Guild Wars 2

So with all the nerfs and trolling about the nerfs I was wondering what you guys did.
I swapped around a couple pieces of armor so now I only have half the healing power but way more vitality, power, crit perc and crit dmg.

Still a healing build with 700+ healing power but at the same time I can burst 8-12k dmg in 2-3 seconds and immobilize a target for almost 5 seconds (enough to take down most targets).

I don’t really feel like the nerf was unjustified and am more than happy with what I’m running now compared to the full cleric 1700 healing power when I hit 2k tops with a crit firegrab.

Also gonna experiment with sigil of battle for the mightstacks.

I swapped a few pieces of armor, didn’t need to really as my build didn’t even use 30 in water.. now have about 600 healing power and tons more toughness,
decided to use my ele for zerg fighting only so a total change of playstyle really.
Mesmer is currently my favourite for roaming and small group play.

I am trying new different builds. Now i’m trying 0,20,20,0,30 and i find it quite funny .

@OP

Which part of the game do you play? PvE, sPvP, tPvP, WvW? Which gear are you using after the nerfs?

If you don’t give us some input we can’t really give you a proper answer.^^

I think most people were complaining about s/tPvP and that’s where non-bunker builds were nerfed quite a lot over the last few months. They nerfed bunkers as well but no as bad. They are still viable and will stay viable unless Anet decides to nerf eles into the ground.

It is easy they play WvW because in S/TPvP u only have 1 Item that gives u stat´s and thats your necklace. So what will u change only a bit? U can change it to an other or you don´t change. And thats the reason why only S/TPvP sucks so much because they have nerved so much on the elementalist that in S/TPvP u only can play bunker nothing more.

I play 0 10 0 30 30, and use knights armor and daggers with celestial trinkets (Knights with beryl for the non ascended ones)

Ozymandias.5704:

I play 0 10 0 30 30, and use knights armor and daggers with celestial trinkets (Knights with beryl for the non ascended ones)

but S/D build is better bunker and safer damage output.

Blackhat.4016:

@OP

Which part of the game do you play? PvE, sPvP, tPvP, WvW? Which gear are you using after the nerfs?

If you don’t give us some input we can’t really give you a proper answer.^^

I think most people were complaining about s/tPvP and that’s where non-bunker builds were nerfed quite a lot over the last few months. They nerfed bunkers as well but no as bad. They are still viable and will stay viable unless Anet decides to nerf eles into the ground.

I was talking about the dungeons and I have tried some pvp and the only times I survive even a tiny bit is when I stay well out of range with staff or I go bunker. Anything else gets me killed.

Swimsasa Stoon.8936:

Blackhat.4016:

@OP

Which part of the game do you play? PvE, sPvP, tPvP, WvW? Which gear are you using after the nerfs?

If you don’t give us some input we can’t really give you a proper answer.^^

I think most people were complaining about s/tPvP and that’s where non-bunker builds were nerfed quite a lot over the last few months. They nerfed bunkers as well but no as bad. They are still viable and will stay viable unless Anet decides to nerf eles into the ground.

I was talking about the dungeons and I have tried some pvp and the only times I survive even a tiny bit is when I stay well out of range with staff or I go bunker. Anything else gets me killed.

Difficult dungeons usually mean you are going to be dead as an ele within 1-2 hits, 3-4 if you are using a bunker build. There are several reasons for that. The big ones are the low base HP, low base armor and no real defensive game mechanic like Illusions, stealth, etc. The only ways to survive there are invulnerability, dodging or – like you said – range.

For PvP I don’t like staff at all. The skills are either unreliable (because the skill is really slow or you can just walk out of the AoE) or have a long casting time which means you are usually dead before you hit the opponent. S/D or D/D bunkers are way better for PvP.

Currently bunker is the only way to go as an ele for PvP. The risk you take for slightly more damage is way too high. It’s simply not rewarding to play anything but bunker.

Those are probably the reasons why a lot of eles play that way.

^
PvE, Ele’s aren’t really in as good of a spot as they are in WvW in Spvp.

I personally added some knight’s pieces to mine and still works very well.

Its all subjective though. I have a guildie who mains guardian, jumping on his ele from time to time, and whenever we run a dungeon he laughs and enjoys himself greatly, as he is very formidable in dungeons. He uses the regular D/D setup, with a mix of valks and knights, I think he might have a piece of cleric or two dunno though… Havent asked in a while.