Guild Wars 2

Hi fellow elementalists,
after browsing through the forums for more often that I think I did, I realize 80% of the guides,discussion on skills are all on pvp/WvW. So lets start the ball rolling for your favorite rotations in pve! I shall start with mine:

D/D: Optimal dps with 30 in arcana:
Lighting 3, 4, 5, swap fire, fire 3,4,5, dodge roll at 90% of fire 5, swap earth,earth 4,5,2 , swap water (when casting earth 2), water 3,2,4, (swap lightning when casting water 2, lightning 4,3,1(till fire CDs), dodge roll + swap fire, fire 2 (walk backwards to get range for fire 3, fire 3,4, dodge roll + swap earth, earth 3,5,2, swap water when casting 2, water 3,2 ,swap lightning while casting water and follow the same rotation while using earth 4 instead of 5.

Staff dps (abusing water vulnerability trait 20% more damage when attuned to water)

Earth 2,swap fire,fire 3,2,5,swap water (while casting 5), water 2, glyph water, water (3,4,5 or 1 to buffer water 2 CD time), water 2, swap lightning when casting water 2, lightning 1(multiple target) or lighting 2(single target),lightning 5, earth 5,2, swap fire when casting earth 2, fire 2,3,1,(till fire 5 CD), fire 2,5, and repeat from there.

S/D: Never really used this for long. Someone contribute some neat rotations?

S/F: Same for this

D/F: Ditto.

Some useful questions:
1) Any method to 100% pull earth 3 off for d/d without getting stuck(earth 3 bug) ?
2) Tips in kiting (e.g cof p2)

3) general gameplay improvement: Increasing map awareness, adaptability, combos with other classes?

Hope we can have a fruitful discussion!

Thanks,
Soulgarde

Well hello there!

First off thanks for taking the time to open a thread about PvE Elementalists. It’s a nice change from PvP and WvW threads I see out there (primarily since I’m more interested in PvE)

Next up I am still leveling. Yes I am a new GW player, my elementalist is still 54 and I have no idea what happens at end game.

However I have experimented a bit with a couple of weapon choices and I thought I could maybe chip in.

S/D: 2(fire), 3(fire), 4(fire), 5(fire) and in theory any single target at your level will be toast. Another alternative I like with S/D is 2(earth)[the floating stones], 1(earth), 2(earth), 3(earth)[if the enemy is ranged], 4(earth), 5(earth) and then maybe a couple of another 1s.

As you can see I am a huge fan of single elements, but in case you go against champions/veterans a mix of earth and fire (starting with earth to stack the bleeds) is quite nice.

The other weapon I’ve tried is the staff and with my limited trait options it goes like this: 2(earth), 5(earth), 4(earth), swap to fire, 3(fire), 2(fire)[a bit closer to you since the mob in most cases will already be on his way to you] and then 1s.

Now I am trying D/D while leveling which is fun but I cannot post a respectable rotation since I’m just mashing buttons

As for kiting, the most I’ve done was with staff (air5,water4, earth4 plus Earth elemental if you happen across a tight corner)

Again from my limited experience a good combo with another profession is Ele/Guardian (yes my boy, everyone likes the guardian) and ele/necro which works quite well in the dungeon (yes it’s only one) that I tried last night.

That’s it from me and in theory I will come back with more coppers to share.

Toodles ^^

hey! good thread. Here’s what i have to add:

D/D – my normal roto is similar to yours’. However, my goal with this roto is to stack might while doing dmg.

air 3, 4, 5, > fire 3, 4, > earth 3,4,5 (throw in cleansing fire, armor or earth, and arcane wave…7 stacks from both cantrips via traits and blast finisher)> water 4,3,2 > back to fire 5,2,3,4

I like to wait until my second time going fire to use 5 and 2, because i cant squeeze them in initially without loosing my fire fields, and because in 2nd time around i have more might buffs.

and no, i dont know how to prevent the earth 3 bug. I just mash earth 4 until i get satisfaction

staff swiftness roto: (cast on self) Earth 2 > air 5, arcane wave, 4. I get swiftness from switching to air via traits, as well as swiftness from using my heal via traits. Altogether, its about 55 secs of swiftness.