Guild Wars 2

So I’m just starting to get back into the game after a few months hiatus. Before I stopped playing, I had gotten my Warrior to 80, but hadn’t actually finished his personal story.

Seen as how I’m coming back, I’d decided to start a new character to level and see another races story. One of the big things for me when GW2 was advertised was how each class could fulfill multiple roles. So, I decided to go with an Elementalist, figuring I could find a way, and very much enjoy Battlemage-esque characters.

Currently level 13ish, and he’s not very tanky in the least. Pretty fun though. Not looking to tank dungeons or WvW or anything, just want to be able to get hit more then 3 times, as my framerate isn’t the best with larger events, and I definitely cannot go to WvW thanks to zergs giving me maybe one frame per three seconds.

tl;dr Does the Elementalist have any tanky options at higher levels, or am I left going support/cannon?

I’m wondering this too. I despise my guardian in WvW (runs too slow) , so I’m wondering if there is a guardian-esque build out there.

As for leveling, 0-0-0-15-10 should be you first few levels.

If memory serves me right 15 points in will give you a decent heal when switching to water. So if you are using a staff, pull with earth 2, swap to fire for #3 then a few #1s. Once the mob is at your feet drop a #2 fire, switch to water for a heal, regen, and mist, drop a #2 on it’s head and just spam #1 till it drops, healing yourself with water blasts and your signet.

It’s quite tanky, and I wonder just how tanky it can get if taken to an extreme.

Bunker spec for ele:

Traits: 0 / 0 / 10 / 30 / 30

Earth: III (earth’s embrace)
Water: III (Soothing disruption), IX (Cantrip Mastery), XI (Cleansing Water)
Arcana: IV (Final Shielding), V (Elemental Attunement), XI (Evasive Arcana)

Utilities: Armor of Earth, Mist Form, Lightning Flash, Ether Renewal.
Elite is up to you, what you prefer.

Weapons: Scepter / Dagger
Sigils: Sigil of Energy (triggers on attunement switch), second sigil is up to you.

Amulet: Cleric Amulet / Shaman Amulet
Rings/Accessoires etc.: Based on healing power / toughness / vitality (whatever comb you prefer)

Runes: Water / Monk / Earth (whatever you prefer)

I explain quickly how this works:
You have 3 cantrips. On every cantrip you activate you get vigor and regeneration. Whenever you gain regeneration you loose 1 condition.

Attunements:

Water-Attunement:
Whenever you swap to water-att. you heal up to 3k life, gain regeneration and through that you loose a condition.
Skills: You have on water-attunement 2 heals (water-trident, cleansing wave) that gives you up to 3k heal per skill. with frost-armor it’s easy to kite melees (especially thiefes)
Whenever you dodge on water-att. you get heal up to 3k (cd: 9s). All heal / regeneration you get through Water is AoE based (affect nearby allies)

Air Attunement:
Whenever you swap to Air-Att. you get swiftness.
Skills: you have 1 blind, 1 knockback which gives you also swiftness. The most important skill “Ride the Lightning” is one of the best escapes in game ( if you go low-health use it to get out) and is also a great movement skill. Whenever you dodge on air-att nearby foes are blinded.

Earth-Attunement:
Whenever you switch to earth attunement you get protection.
Skills: nr. 3 is good for aoe blind. Nr. 2 reduces dmg, nr. 4 is aoe knockdown, 5 is for great aoe dmg. whenever you dodge on earth-att nearby foes get crippled and bleeding.

Fire-Attunement:
Whenever you swapp to fir-att you get 1 stack might.
Skills: Basically you combo: Phoenix (2) then cast the ring (4) and then phoenix (3) + fire grab (5). This is not only for dmg. This provides you a lot of might-stacks. (blast finishers in firefields give you 3 stacks-might per blast). Whenever you dodge on fire-att. nearby foes get burning + dmg.

Heal-Skill: Ether Renewal can be replaced, but for me it’s the best heal out there. When you can channel it to the end you get about 7k heal and loose 8 conditions in 3 seconds.

In conclusion: You have access to massive condition remove, lot of boons (regeneration + protection), you are a great support for a whole team due to boon-sharing (trait) and attunement-swapping + dodging which effects allies too. You have more than 2k toughness and 3k armor. You have the ability to escape a battle (Ride the lightning). You have anti-melee conditions as chill (frost-armor), earth-attunement dodge (cripple), blinds. You have access to several heals (water-trident, cleansing water, dodge on water-att., swapping to water-att. ether renewal).

If there are any questions feel free to ask me ingame.
IGN: Empathetic Fighter

Wow, thank you Empathetic Fighter! Do you happen to run bunker ele on your stream?

Zerefin.6248:

Wow, thank you Empathetic Fighter! Do you happen to run bunker ele on your stream?

Well, just pm me ingame when you have time to watch. I play tournaments from GMT 19:00 – 23:00 normally.