Guild Wars 2

Hi,

I’m just wondering which build is the best ??

I’ve tried a full conition set (rampagers->power-precision-condition) with a scepter/dagger, but my dps seems pretty low …

Also, i tried a full power/crit build (berserker->power-precision-crit damage) with a scepter/dagger and a staff, and had a lot of dificulty to survive,

If any found a good build for pve ele, would be nice to post here !! Thanks.

run a support build, using a staff and 30 points in arcane to get to evasive arcana (granting you lots of blast finishers) and try to get decent uptime on area might (fire field+ blast) and area heals (water field + blast)if you see allies in trouble. Also try to use movement impairing conditions (cripple, immobilize and chilled) on hard hitting melees. You still deal decent dmg with lava font and eruption mostly, while dramatically increasing dmg and survivability of your team. Going glass cannon as ele isnt really worth it i feel, other classes do it better so you should play to ourstrength, which are combo fields, condition and a sprinkle of cc.
Run arcane wave.

Eldrene Ay Ellan.9206:

run a support build, using a staff and 30 points in arcane to get to evasive arcana (granting you lots of blast finishers) and try to get decent uptime on area might (fire field+ blast) and area heals (water field + blast)if you see allies in trouble. Also try to use movement impairing conditions (cripple, immobilize and chilled) on hard hitting melees. You still deal decent dmg with lava font and eruption mostly, while dramatically increasing dmg and survivability of your team. Going glass cannon as ele isnt really worth it i feel, other classes do it better so you should play to ourstrength, which are combo fields, condition and a sprinkle of cc.
Run arcane wave.

This is exactly what I do, seems to work very well.

I know the dps speced people love the might stacks.

Condition Damage/Toughness Scepter/Dagger Elementalist works amazingly. I run it, that is all I run, with Glyph of Renewal for added support if needed. We ran Sorrow’s Embrace Story yesterday with 3 Elementalist, my fellow guild member using almost exactly the same build as me, and the other being a pug (No idea what he was running). Pretty much 30 Fire/30 Earth/10 Air. Use Earth for increase damaged against bleeding foe, 20% CD for your earth attunements (Spam the hell outta that blind and knockdown on bosses). I take the 10 in Air for 20% CD on glyphs, since I use glyph of renewal and glyph of Elementals for my Elite (Those Earth Elementals really can take a beating). In Fire I have the 30% burn chance on crit, 5% more dmg to burning foes (I run signet of fire), and gain a fire shield on using signets that can burn foes.

Essentially I can keep constant Bleed/Burn, up to 12+stacks of bleed by myself easily, on enemies at all time, and I watch for a good chance to use Churning Earth safely for that nice 8 stacks of bleed. Also try to run Glyph of Storms, in Earth attunement it does a sandstorm that constantly blinds and bleeds, it is amazing in dungeons, indispensable against bosses and provides amazing support for your melees.

There really, really isn’t a “best”. Use whatever you find you’re comfortable with and like the style of. My personal style is the post I’ve got linked in my signature, but it may not work for you.