Guild Wars 2

This is for all the eles sick of the DF shoutmancer build which is extremely boring to play and the eles in game who asked me to post the build.
I have placed in platinum with this build and yes I did duo Q but before anyone discredits the build since i did duo.. i duo’d with a vanilla shatter mesmer so we played 2 non meta builds and 1 without an elite spec and went 7-2 until the last match where an engi literally did not play and afk’d in the beginning due to the fact that he saw we were non meta(POS punk kitten didnt even try). Placed at 1700 on fun builds and our Last 5 games we consistently went against past pro league players and held our own.

I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS BUILD FOR HIGH PLAT or am claiming this is the new meta but if you miss the fast paced dd ele playstyle i highly recommend this for unranked or if you only ele and there is an auramancer in party already.

Build plays the same as the old dd ele. High maneuverability, support(obviously not as much as auramancer), can 1v1 but better at team fighting, condi clear, aoe cc and decent damage with the right rotations. Yes i do recommend taking arcane shield, the cd reduction makes it well worth taking as an additional stun break, cover overloads to make sure they finish channeling, survivability, and even against thieves when you are expecting to be bursted down and they are low for some counter pressure. Depending on enemy comp you can run Invigorating Torrents vs Harmonious Conduit and Powerful Aura vs Cleansing Water. Leadership, Scrapper, Hoelbrak/Strength runes instead of Surging.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vFAQJAoYn0XCdOgFOA+MAcYilTAzdsmWfrETgAwCooEMC+AA-TJxHAByXGQgHAAAnAgx3fAA

Hope you guys enjoy, lmk what you think and if you have any questions.

Have a vid of it in action?

I’ll record some games tonight and post it up as soon as possible, i just figured out my computer can record games. or i’ll see if caspian wants to stream while we duo in the future

This build is not viable at all. You went full defensive with your traits in water and arcane, yet used harmonious conduit in tempest. Harmonious conduit without fresh air directly stunts the play of d/d ele. Overloading is too slow and you lose a lot of your extra surviveability. I suggest taking Invigorrating Torrents so you can cleanse more than not, and probably never overload. The reason why cele worked so well is because it had all the skills it needed whenever it needed it, and that cannot happen with an extra 12 second cooldown on your attunements.

Poelala.2830:

Harmonious conduit without fresh air directly stunts the play of d/d ele.

DD ele meta never ran fresh air in the past

Poelala.2830:

This build is not viable at all. You went full defensive with your traits in water and arcane, yet used harmonious conduit in tempest

It is still suppose to support like auramancer.. sacrifice the invuln and defensive traits in earth for arcane with OH dagger for maneuverability, aoe cc, and because offhand dagger is just way more fun compared to focus. water swap plus dodge roll and water 2 will heal your team mates and the shout heal i only really use for support. i get enough heals from auras and water swap/dodge

Overloading is too slow and you lose a lot of your extra surviveability. I suggest taking Invigorrating Torrents so you can cleanse more than not, and probably never overload. The reason why cele worked so well is because it had all the skills it needed whenever it needed it, and that cannot happen with an extra 12 second cooldown on your attunements.

this goes for the meta shout build too… you do not spam overloads since that practically puts a target over your head. Overloads are situational and requires good positioning and awareness. i find it actually easier to overload with arcane shield and armor of earth and i really do not feel the extra CD on the attunement used.

Ummm did you not read the part where I said take invigorating torrents instead depending on team comp, auramancer will take harmonious conduit if there is a lot of cc on the enemy team and no real threatening condi classes. I wasn’t trying to build a dps ele and you have more than enough condi clear via water swap and can trips. The problem most eles make is they see a bunch of condis and blow their clears on trash condis like weakness and cripple on themselves. It might not be easy to play and you will have to work harder but it is suppose to be FUN.

Air overload+up draft+burning speed&lightning flash+RoF+Fire grab in a burst rotation will chunk anyone into proccing their passive for a thief to burst after. That combo will catch people off guard. You can waste lightning flash since you have other means to escape with offhand dagger. Remember it is a fun build, I know it’s not hard making into Plat but I did use this build and still do in ranked just fine but I also clearly stated to use it in UNRANKED or anything lower than t2 plat

I’ll post a video of gameplay of it soon,