Guild Wars 2

Hello,

I’m having a hard time trying to find build that will suit my gamestyle. I really like D/D Ele and his close combat spells (especially Tempest), but sometimes I feel that I die to often (maybe I’m a noob ). Before HoT I played as a zerk, but with HoT out I want to try something else. I made myself new build with condi dmg. I feel the difference, but still something is lacking.

Maybe I should go Carrion, but I heard Vitality is not as good as Toughness for survivability or leave Rabid stats for gear and get accessories with Dire stats. Other options Dire and Rabid. Or even go full Knight.

Anyway I want to hear your opinions. Maybe you already tried something, maybe not, but have enough in-game experience.

P.S. To be clear and to avoid off topic opinions – I want opinions on the stats prefixes and specializations, not on the Tempes or Ele.

Try Marauder, and don’t use the Signet heal.

Marauder should provides you enough Vit that you can stand one blow from the boss without getting downed. After that you can use the heal skill and water to get back to full.

You need to time your dodge well, which should be okay in PvE.

If you still find your survivability too low, use Water, Arcane, Tempest with the aura heals trait.

If that still doesn’t work, just go full scale zerker fresh air Tempest staff. I can solo most the boss with that. In PvE staff is superior to D/D unfortunately.

And what about Toughness vs Vitality? Which one is better for PvE?

Both are good. If you want to min/max, toughness is better for healing, and better for cases where boss deals damage based on your HP.