Guild Wars 2

I need to learn a third class for the pvp ascension achievement. I was wondering if anyone could direct me to a good build that does not involve the elite spec (and ideally a tutorial for the build). Everything I can find seem to be outdated or requires the elite spec, which I do not have time to get on this character.

I guess I’m open to a non-bunker build as well if that’s the only way to be competitive without the elite spec.

Thanks

You will have very hard trouble playing an elementalist in PvP without using tempest right now, as the only thing that made us viable prior to HoT was removed from the game (Celestial amulet), and ALL other classes (including elementalists) got buffed to oblivion with the release of elite specs.

That being said, there are variants that can work, and give you some viability in PvP, but you have to be ready for alot of hate, and death versus the current meta.

What I propose is; bunker it up.

I’d go with D/D (same as we used to go prior to HoT) as the weapon set, with rune of fire, cleric amulet (you’ll melt if you don’t roll it), sigils of battle and renewal (or energy) on the daggers.

As far as the utility goes, I’d just go with triple cantrip yolo. I’d use Arcane Briliance as a heal, cause it is also a blast finisher, which is nice, and in team fights will be the best heal of the 4 available. Then I’d use Lightning Flash, Mist Form (for stomps and rezzes) and cleansing fire for the cleanse + extra dps. Elites are pretty much all crap, but I guess tornado is the way to go? Idk, I’d take that, but I’d probably end up not using it much anyways.

Trait lines, well… I’d play it safe and go for Earth-Water-Arcane.

In Earth, I’d take all the upper traits;
in Water, I’d go for down, up, up,
and in Arcane, I’d roll mid, mid, up.

The playstyle? Pretty much the same as the old D/D; Learn how to stack might, try to land your fire fields (3 and 4) on the enemy, play it safe, focus on team fights. Your most important role in team fights will be blasting the fields most likely; Either stacking might, other boons, or sharing regeneration and cleansing condis. Stomp with mist form, ress with mist form, lightning flash for running away / shadowstepping to otherwise inaccessible locations, etc…

Idk, give it a try, let me know if it helped you. I’m sorry I can’t help you more, but I feel elementalists are pretty limited right now even with tempest; even more so without it.

Hope it helped anyhow, look forward to seeing you in-game!

Regards,
Master Mage Ahrim

I hate to link metabattle, but this is the healbot build, and is the only one right now that can get you to Ruby (at the moment of this post).
http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Tempest_-_D/F_Aura_Share

I tried a lot of builds, and ultimately, this is the only one that gives me 100% win rate.

^ It’s team driven get a bad team you die so fast it’s not funny. Again you’re in the passenger seat supporting or you stall like as hard as panda on points till your team comes racing in. Flailing around like a limp sock go tempest and get carried.. My god we eles used to carry people so hard fire trait or earth trait this is like a bad taste now. Skills not req yo, just patients and tunnel vison go tempest!!!

You seem to imply that you need to “earn” the elite spec. If you have HoT, the elite spec is automatically unlocked for you in pvp.

For most games, you can get a decent number of wins just by knowing how to rotate. Something with mobility can get you there, allowing you to exploit points left open (thus, d/d or staff are good choices). Building tanky is almost a must nowadays (damage has increased so much that squishy eles just blow up too easily), so water/arcana is a must, with earth a good 3rd choice. Staff can still stall pretty well and support well (but not nearly as well as cleric healbot), with a dash of damage on the side in team-fights. D/D will give you more opportunity to outplay your opponents in 1v1’s, but scrappers, druids, and reapers are just so much stronger that you will have little chance unless much better than the opponent. You can at least stall for a while, then lightning flash/RtL to gtfo or wait until help arrives.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vFAQJAoYhcMowhNOwzB8RMsBYVPYDeDoPQGYEMNgAQBE-TJBIABB8AAmvMAAnAgM2fAA

EDIT: You can swap Earth Embrace with Elemental Shielding and Geomancer’s Training with Rock Solid

Slive.9053:

I need to learn a third class for the pvp ascension achievement. I was wondering if anyone could direct me to a good build that does not involve the elite spec (and ideally a tutorial for the build). Everything I can find seem to be outdated or requires the elite spec, which I do not have time to get on this character.

I guess I’m open to a non-bunker build as well if that’s the only way to be competitive without the elite spec.

Thanks

It’s hard to be competitive period without the elite spec now with the removal of celestial amulet. Support is almost unquestionably the only thing we are viable at and Tempest adds a lot of powerful group sustain.

Support is just also the best way to ensure your own personal success in a solo queque, even before HoT. Everybody and their mother rolls damage so being the only support in a match is a huge advantage. Knowing how to play support well allows you to carry your team more than you could if you were just straight damage.

The only thing that comes close without Tempest is a staff support build; old D/D builds were mostly sustained bruiser builds with self focused effects.