Guild Wars 2

Guys ,

can someone please somehow enlighten me ?
I am about the uninstall GW2 because its only frustration in the last few days.

I tried every build i could think of, but its always the same, you cannot compete with anyone = you skill level.

If i play thief, or S/F Ele its fine, but as D/D i could really cry.

Anyone has any ideas ? any builds that work your you ?

I really love this game, but i don’t know if i can stand this any longer

Only D/D build I’ve had success with in solo queue: http://intothemists.com/guides/2578-bunker_surprise

I understand your frustration.

But as it stands now, people who excel at using ele in tPVP are those that really mastered the class and you cannot learn that in a few hours of playing.

As for build suggestions, I’m really enjoying Staff Zerker. Haven’t touched D/D since the ultimate nerf. The classic D/D build is not as sturdy and mobile anymore. Those characteristics prolly went to warriors.

If you want a tanky D/D you can only go so far as preventing death and bunker down for an extended period of time but you can’t kill anything except for ambient creatures.

What you might do is build a zerker or valk D/D and practice dodging, skill shots, and positional awareness. Zerker D/D can deal sustain damage and can also burst. You will die a lot at first, but once you get the hang of it, you can at least kill someone else before that someone else’s reinforcements slaughter you to death. Kill fast or be killed even faster.

That’s all there is to ele in tPVP in my opinion.

I am a Valk D/D ele, and I do fine. I have two counters in Terrormancer Necromancers and GOOD PU condition mesmers.

I can beat or tie everything else, so I have fun. And if I change my traits to be the slightest bit more tanky, I can even tie necros and mesmers that would normally kill me off..

I understand I may be part of that group Gallrvaghn mentioned, but really ele is all about your dedication to the class. If you have fun on it, then you need to work to become one of the best at it.

I have confidence that anybody with good skill binds and quick reaction times can be a good ele, it just takes that dedication to play the class whenever you log on GW2. It’s not for the alt-o-holic.

Best of luck to you.

Maybe every build you could think off wasn’t good enough? It’s really easy to mess up a D/D build in PvP, since there is little stat boosts to work with. I’m running a zerk ammy+soldiers jewel (or valk ammy with zerk jewel sometimes), arcane wave, arcane shield and lightning flash. 0/20/0/20/30 or 0/0/20/20/30 runes of the ogre. Your job is to crash teamfights and do good aoe burst in the form of fire combo +double arcanes, then churning earth + lightning flash.

Remember that your first priority is staying alive. Which is why you come lay down your burst combos in teamfights, but you have to learn to back out before you get downed. This build takes the aoe burst from typical arcane scepter setups plus the superior skirmish potential of D/D.