Guild Wars 2

So with no more stone splinters and air training my current ele build will take a 20% dps nerf from traits. Not so fun. But then again I haven’t studied the traits that extensively and I am no buildcrafter.

Have I missed something? What will ele get that compensates for this dps loss?

PvE ele btw, not that interested in wvw or pvp

For PvE Ele, it looks like Fire, Air, and Water will be the new traits to look at. You can still take Aeromancer’s Training (10% crit damage), Piercing Shards (more damage to vulnerable foes and your vuln lasts longer), Aquamancer’s Training (deal more damage above the health threshhold) and Bountiful Power. And now Fresh Air Ele can benefit and have Healing Ripple and Soothing Mist while still aiming for full DPS. Overall, seems like a quality of life buff

It is hard to help if you do not say your current build. Anyway we are getting 4 extra traits, which includes another GM trait. I am sure the Hots bosses will not that burst down and dodge all of the bosses damage.

No compensation unfortunately. just a loss in dps. Theyre also nerfing ice bow and lightning hammer. warrior will go back to being top dog in dps as far as pve goes.

I use standard staff dps build but sub stone splinters instead of blasting staff for additional damage, so 6,6,2,0,0.

Also that really sucks if they are nerfing ele that bad, I hope the new wep will compensate then. As far as Im aware no other class is recieving such a big dps loss from the trait revamp.

Urgh unfortunatly I really dont care or want buffs like healing ripple. I find them totally unnecessary in PVE. Also being attunted to water for piercing shards is again useless for staff ele, especially with the LH nerf.

Glad you are happy neko but non of these buffs seem to compensate to me

Aquamancer’s Training and Bountiful Power are still good damage multipliers.

zombyturtle.5980:

So with no more stone splinters and air training my current ele build will take a 20% dps nerf from traits. Not so fun. But then again I haven’t studied the traits that extensively and I am no buildcrafter.

Have I missed something? What will ele get that compensates for this dps loss?

PvE ele btw, not that interested in wvw or pvp

Aeromancer only worked when you were in Air attunement, but stone splinters is gone so this IS a 10% dps nerf for some eles.

True but air attunement allowed me some versatility to use s/d/lh for longer boss fights if there was a might problem, it also was great for spike dmg in glyph of storms/IB. With conjour nerf i guess that wont be an issue though. I find the enemy health req abit high on Aquamancers training but you are right about bountiful. I guess its not as awful as I first assumed.

Still not loving the changes though.

There is a DPS loss. The loss of Bolt to the Heart is the biggest one. In fact that trait’s placement will widen the gap between Fresh Air and Staff builds in PvE. But it’s not like Fresh Air Ele got absolutely nothing. Bountiful Power and Aquamancer’s Training (assuming it’s kept as 10%) are very strong.