Guild Wars 2

The new fire trait can synergy very well with burning precision and with glyph of elemental power for consistent blinding every 5+ seconds. Also gives to focus some needed defense in its fire traitline, with fire shield allowing you to block an attack.

Under that trait, MH dagger is going to get a blind with drake’s breath, which coupled with the added evasion with burning speed, can make its fire sequence much safer when timed carefully.

For pvp’s scepter eles, having to go 30 air and 30 fire will probably not be worth the sacrifice in arcana, though.

The new air trait definitely works better for mh dagger, and perhaps staff. A shocking aura will automatically interrupt, so it’s a garanteed burst with a lightning bolt and 5 seconds weakness. This synergies well with 30 fire for several reasons: investing in fire increases your condition duration (making the weakness last 6.5 seconds), strengthens the burst with lightning bolt, and both grandmasters will offer extra defense on both fire’s and air’s skills. But will that defense justify the loss in arcana? Or will it be enough to justify the really high melee AoE burst potential that will come out of this?

Staff can “interrupt” several times with lightning field and unsteady ground, but those skills are used more often to disable movement. Still, putting them on your ground while someone is attacking you might be highly effective.

OH dagger and focus will have both two skills that may trigger it. A well-timed gale with scepter, and that’s three lightning bolts in a row instead of two (or even four, with sigil of air).

Hi shocking aura only interrupts channeling skills. D/ f with 30 in fire sOunds interesting. I’m going to theory craft. You will find lightning skill rarely used. The water trait will be seen early on in pvp but ultimately die out. Could still be good in pve. The earth trait will make burst builds able to not invest so much into toughness (scepter could utilize it well imo). The arcane trait just no.

I thought shocking aura automatically interrupted. Hmm…

The new earth trait might be pretty great for MH dagger users too. It’ll allow them to stand a little better when in a crowded point, and with rock solid and stone splinters on the same line, ether renewal will work great against burst and against conditions.

This gives them 40 (8) free trait points to spend, while having a solid source of cleansing, damage defense, bonus damage and some cripple.