Guild Wars 2

Do the trait Inscription and Glyph of Elemental Harmony stack? Will casting it in water attunement net me 20s of regen for instance?

Yes.

I was definitely working that way in the past, but since I’m not using that combination anymore, a testing is what you need, just try it yourself and you’ll see.

I’m lvl 20. Brand new. Just strategizing future builds as I level. Thanks for the info guys.

Fun fact:
Taking Inscription and Quick Glyphs will allow you to get permanent swiftness by just using your GoEH.

Cool – was planning on doing that anyway for more frequent heals.

I run glyphs, so always have 10 in air to shorten recharges - used to run Inscription as well but the boons aren’t really worth it in my opinion. Possibly if running 30 points in Air, not really thought about that yet.

If you’re staff you can maintain swiftness comfortably with Quick Glyphs and 30 points in arcana. Windborne Speed gives ~43% uptime and GoEH gives 65% uptime, giving you a couple of seconds after recharge before you have to cast each skill.

I was mostly thinking about the 20s regen from being in water attunement. I’m low level, so I want to stay alive.

For staying alive in PvE, I’d highly recommend Glyph of Storms. I often open fights in air (since I’m there for swiftness anyway) and draw aggro, then swap to earth and cast glyph of storms before chaining to as much pbAoE as possible.

There aren’t many PvE foes that attack frequently enough to do much damage through the several blinds of e-GoS. You need to be a bit more careful against the ranged ones, but if you choose your battlefield right - and pay attention to the foes you’re up against - the vast majority of the PvE open world can barely touch you. It’s not quite faceroll, but you should quickly develop a number of strategies to apply to different groups of enemies as you find them.

While the Regen is very useful, stopping damage from happening in the first place is (in most cases) a better choice. Your ability to share heals/regen is great with allies around, but on your own you should think about Blinds on foes, Protection (and Might, and any other boon you can manage) on yourself, and backing out to wait for skill recharge if you look like you might not make it.