Guild Wars 2

Not every ele runs the build that gives perma swiftness.

It would be a great quality of life change if air elemental gave swiftness buff out of combat.

What about signet of air?

Seems a fine change to me.

However, if you’re lacking mobility, switch to staff, use Windborne Speed, drop a Static Field, switch to scepter/dagger, use Phoenix and Earthquake to blast it, use RtL, turn around and use Updraft, switch to your loadout of choice.

If you’re running a standard 0/X/X/30/30 build, just switching to air and casting the glyph of elemental harmony in air will give about 90% swiftness uptime.

If you have even 10 points in Arcana with Arcana V this will still give about 70% swiftness. Dagger offhand can add Updraft, and Staff can add Windborne Speed. If you run Inscription (Air VIII) you double the swiftness uptime from the glyph to again bring it to 100% uptime (and if you’re using other glyphs in air, they’ll give swiftness as well). Zephyr’s Boon helps too, especially if you can abuse leap finishers in combo fields.

If you really can’t work out a rotation for 100% swiftness for your build, just use Signet of Air. It’s not that much slower and the active effect isn’t terrible for the cooldown.

Best part about using signet of air is that you can just switch it to a different utility before combat begins.

Chaosky.5276:

Seems a fine change to me.

However, if you’re lacking mobility, switch to staff, use Windborne Speed, drop a Static Field, switch to scepter/dagger, use Phoenix and Earthquake to blast it, use RtL, turn around and use Updraft, switch to your loadout of choice.

I just got Meteorlogicus, so I’m pretty much going to be S/D at all times. =)

I do swap in Signet of air, and this isn’t a high priority change— it just seems like there’s no reason Air Elemental couldn’t just give swiftness.

^it gives! At least the elite.
Its random

kostbabis.8791:

^it gives! At least the elite.
Its random

Excuse me. I meant out of combat— it only gives swiftness when attacking something.