Guild Wars 2

I have read almost everywhere how bad or average was Conjure Fiery Greatsword.
My elementalist is currently level 36 and have unlocked this elite to test it myself. I have also used quite some time Glyph of Elemental.

So, I expected to be disapointed but I wasn’t, far from it.
Granted the fact it disables all other weapon skills, this is my main issue.

Now, when I’m fighting several tough monsters or veterans, this elite makes the fight a lot easier.
- Auto-attack deals good and AoE damage (a lot more than my weapon)
- Fiery Eruption does great burning
- Fiery Whirl is, IMO, exceptionnal: high damage to several monsters + cripple. with this along with auto-attack, I can destroy most melee mobs without beeing touched.
- Fiery Rush: classic charge skill with good damage
- Firestorm: I haven’t mesured if it is very good or not, but I always cast it first.

How I use it: I start with normal weapon skills to cast my most important skills and when I’m starting to hit big cooldowns, I cast FGS.
Then, I consume all charges quickly, use some protection/heal skills, and pick the second one.

Globally, I think that this elite does more damage than anything else I have. But it does have several drawbacks:
- almost only raw damage, but very good at this
- disable other weapon skills, it is a pain when you need protection skills.
- not always convenient to pick the 2nd one on the ground
- 60s timer AND a timer. it is common to every conjures but I don’t understand why there is a timer? charges aren’t enough?

It is said that it also offers great mobility? Beside Fiery rush, I suppose it is tied to Fiery Whirl, I suspect it does quite some distance when whirling (more than warrior GS maybe).

So all in all, I really like it as much as Glyph of Elementals.

Everything is good in pve. In pvp though, greatsword gets you killed.

yeah FGS has its uses.
Personally i like the ax better.
You can use it just like you use the FGS but its all around faster and more tank friendly to the ele.

but I liked FGS enough that i did not put much time into the other elites.

If you think of the conjure as an auxillary atunment it will change your views of not having your other abilities available.
you do have them available it is just that the conjure has a much longer cool down than the atunments do.

in pvp the long cast time and the mobility issues make it dangerous.
I have died many times bringing that out.
got some kills with it too but generally an ele needs to be on the move. It the eles primary tank. although daphoenix suggests only moving as needed. Thats harder than it sounds…
the ax on the other hand moves around in a much more ele tank fashion.

In general, I like it. It does wear thin that it’s universally better to drop target when using Fiery Rush, but you have to have a target for Fiery Eruption to land where you want it.

I like the damage of FGS but I don’t like losing access to my other skills.
I prefer Glyph of Elementals because it adds damage without losing access to the other skills.
In all tho I am not that crazy about any of our elites.