Guild Wars 2

Credit to Cryokenesis for showing how strong Offensive Cantrips can be. This build wouldn’t exist without him

This is a casual, fun PvP build that I’ve been playing around with in PvP formats. I’m not sure if it’s ‘optimal’ for the Ele, but I think that it’s very fun, and allows you to play very aggressively thanks to running Spellslinger and Four Cantrips.

Here is the build.

The idea is to run a very aggressive D/D Elementalist relying on double Cleansing Fire as condition removal. Because of this, you can continue to lay pressure versus someone applying Conditions to you without having to swap to Water and roll around.

The Might stacks you get from aggressive use of Cantrips (such as Burning Speed with Lightning Flash) allow you to put a surprising amount of sustained and burst damage on a foe.

No Ether Renewal or Mist Form. These skills ruin your tempo. You either burst someone, or disengage with RTL. Trying to stick in a fight in melee while trying to get Ether Renewal off will generally hurt you more than it will help.

This is ultimately a skirmishing build with a good amount of sustain and damage. In other words, it’s simply another take on the various Cantrip Elementalist builds that Eles have played with since launch. The big difference is that running double Cleansing Fire puts an offensive twist on this sort of build.

Also, because you’re getting such a good amount of Vigor and Regen thanks to Soothing Disruption, you really don’t need Renewing Stamina. Windborne Dagger gives you movement speed mobility without having to re-attune to Air or blow an Aura to get it.

Basically, this build is all about tempo. Play aggressively to win.