Guild Wars 2

Hi all

I just hit lvl 80 on my elementalist and bought zerker stuff with scholar runes to run staff conjuer build. It is very effective, however feels so boring fighting from distance all the time (most eles like that I have seen been just standing still and blasting fireballs and lava font).
This is why SF LH build appeared interesting to me. The problem is I have tried it few times already and I discovered I kinda suck at it :P

The might I stack goes away quite fast (it is 10seconds if i remember well). I thought about buying strength runes but 55g is kinda expensive. Are they really necessary to this build? they extend might duration by 30% so it makes 13 seconds still not that much I guess.

I make full might stack rotation before battle, but during it I cannot swap weapons so the might level is kinda low.

If you wanna run Melee Ele, try Dagger Focus Ele!

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQJAodnMISTD2yAWPAfEGQAwCHAqAHgR3AxpgMQNE-TxRBABXp8jm9HwTPRenAAAeQAUq+jZKBFDgeA-e

Here’s Zelyhn’s Guide to the Ele for it:
http://dulfy.net/2014/07/11/gw2-elementalist-pve-class-guide-by-haviz-and-zelyhn/

And here’s the Metabattle guide for it:
http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Elementalist_-_D/F_Elementalist

If you think that staff isn’t really fun, you have several options. Here 3

1) Staff can be a bit more fun and efficient if you want, especially for short fight. My rotation is usually like this. Earth 2 – Fire 2 – Arcane Brilliance – Arcane Wave – Swap to Air – Glyph of Storm – Icebow 5 – Icebow 4 – Icebow 3 – Earth 2 – Fire 2 – Meteor Shower. You pack a good amount of fury and burst damage early one and it’s a lot more fun than camping fire. You also want to stay at close range (less than 300) to share buff with your team.

2) D/F is quite nice to play. It’s the most fun build right now with an interesting rotation. It’s also quite decent in term of dps. It’s 9-10% less dps than a LH build or 16-17% less than a staff build, but that’s still a better dps than a ranger/guardian/warrior. It’s also easier to surfice on a D/F, especially on high level fractal. Unfortunately, it seem that it will be nerfed with the new traits. We’ll see if it’s still worth it later.

3) LH like you tried is also a good option, but you got your numbers wrong. A blast give 20second of might and Rune of Strength give 45% more duration so 29 seconds. That’s more than often for most fight in a decent team.