Guild Wars 2

25 CD -> 15 CD

Traited: 20 CD -> 12 CD

I wonder how this will synergize with “on-heal” runes like Rune of the Herald, Revenant, Adventurer etc

I am pretty happy with the changes on paper. Arcane staff builds almost seem like a possibility now. I will have to do some testing later

Only if this carried over to wvw!

Arcain wave and blast need an update now then we can make arcain skills the real core ele tools that they need to be.

Arcane Blast needs to hit a lot harder like a kill shot or should be more then just one shot.

Arcane Wave is now super weak compared to the new ice spike it should be a doable blast / 2 hit or should have some type of support effect for the user.

Hopefully they’ll buff the rest of the arcane skills. They’ve been slowly updating them bit by bit. They reduced the cooldown of the shield, even though its still too long IMO. They changed arcane power before to a group buff. Now they’ve reduced the cooldown a bit on the heal. These pvp only updates annoy me though. Theres alot of pvp only changes for all classes that really needed to be carried over into wvw.

I was toying around with an arcane staff build earlier in the FFA arena. Traited, Arcane Brilliance is 12 seconds as Abelisk mentioned. And then throw on the AoE Arcane Power in earth and you have incredible control with frequent healing. If played well, it’s very survivable, and it can kite for dayz. On top of that comes the usual benefits of staff; that being area denial, control and AoE healing. If Anet would just add a little more burning to fire (like burning on Fireball or a projectile finisher on Fireball), I would even consider a Sage build. But right now, I think Demolisher is the way to go. It helps make up for the lack of Earth line, and staff, when played right, can provide plenty of cleanses.

Lucid Singularity to me seems like a good option when not running as a healbot. Though the selection of that over Elemental Bastion might come down to enemy comp. Immunity to immobilize and chill works wonders against thieves, necros and warriors.

There are many nice rune options now with this low Arcane Brilliance CD. Adventure, Herald, Revenant, Water, Lyssa, Vampirism all have nice on heal bonuses. I’m really looking at Vampirism for the highest possible damage.

Someone try this: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vFAQFAWnMICdOg1MA+MAcYiFWAr4ImBmAuZ1v6YlIBcACAA-TJhTABbeBAOuMAA7PA9DAAA Try it with other weapons too and other traits. I really want to see another spec become actually viable.

Another spec to try is Fresh Air baseline with Arcane Brilliance. The main problem I see with this though is Fresh Air’s need to stay at range and kite, making it difficult to get the most out of AB.

this is something i waited so long… After reading it i could not belive it. I always loved the skill but it was totally outperformed. I immidiately went back to it yesterday and go a private message in the first match what hell of build i use ^^ (there were the letters OP in his sentence …). I might be back to arcane tools now it seems like the last puzzle piece after shield and power buffs. Maybe this was the step needed to give a window for non support builds (well it´s still support but offensive). I already see the flamewar how OP brusier ele is. It actually might also help d/d ele.

As note i paired up with the guy that wrote me and as he said he is ele main i shared what i do. He horribly died while i always had been last man standing and we got a blowout. Being trained with a build makes a huge diffrence.

Fresh air: yes i tried it. S/F air, arcane/tempest with vampire rune and arcane skills. Problem is i am not used to fresh air so underperform but it still played ok and they died left and right … But one match and we lost it is not enough to say

All silent? Eles still testing and better being silent about it ^^.

I had no time yesterday for mor testing but i guess i will try this one today. Usually i use earth not fire. It´s very sensitive to conditions …. But it´s such a good feeling to play it. ….

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vFAQJArdnMIC9Xi1MA+MAcYiFBAzt1GbztFbym4ZIIAEKLiA-TJhAQBn7EAEo9HAwDAQilBAA

I didnt have time to test it propperly, but I will try it on Fresh Air build (air, water, arcane) because that crit synergize really well with FA and immob (earth) or chill (water) will help to place the burst.