Hello everyone, I just leveled my elementalist to 80, and i would like to start doing fractal (and others dungeons too), but i can’t find a proper build to use, could anyone give me some tips/build? I really don’t know how to set myself properly
I really want thank everyone for the future help (and I apologize for my bad english)
Elementalist in fractals/dungeons--help!
dungeon eles usually are staff eles or scepter+something. d/d eles in dungeons aren’t really effective.
Don’t disturb me, I have a cat in me at the moment.
Like penatbater said, staff or scepter+dagger is best for PvE. For startes defensive gear (soldier or valkyrie/knight) and defensive build (30P in Water, 10 in Earth or something like that) could help you get used to ele-gameplay since you don’t die that fast. Cantrips will also help.
Build may look something like that: http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-kZ;1J0R0VV075cN-Z0;9;49J9J95;052-2;045-4;05;5sV2DsV2D8BB
The more you get used to the playstyle of elementalist the more offensive you can go – more points in fire or air and more offensive gear.
Rachat – Elementalist (Abbadon’s Mouth)
Almost every build is viable for fractals but you need to know how to play the class and every fractal level there is.
I started fractals with the standard 0/10/0/30/30 build and high survivability. Later on i switched some gear/runes etc to get a nice 75% crit dmg and still having 2400/2500 thougness.
Now i m running full zerker with 117% crit dmg and 2100/2200 thougness and still not going down easily.
So the build you need to choose depends on your own skill level and experience with fractals.
whatever build you choose, bring a focus with you and test scepter/focus….
really
All ele entering fotm should have a focus with them.
Staff is often the worse weapon.
D/D, S/F are often best choices…..staff only if you absolutely need 1200 range.
D/D are necessary for when you need fast dps…
Its not they deal lot of damage but at least they deals RELIABLE damage….whereas scepter/staff miss too often.
IF you can afford:
I would go with classic D/D build OR cantrip Build (10 in fire) with zerker D/D & STAFF with PVT focus and a scepter with healing; all stats and pvt trinkets at will and 2 sets of armors:
i personally like to have 1 knight and 1 zerker.
But you can mix PvT and zerker.
This is useful at 30+
Until 20 go with whatever you want…..
@Citrus how can you get that crit% without food ._.? i get about 70% crit DMG on my mesmer with FULL zerker..
GW2 balance:
A PvE player is supposed to avoid a 1-2 second 1 shotting aoe.
A WWW player is considered uncapable of avoiding a 5,75 second aoe for half his health.
A PvE player is supposed to avoid a 1-2 second 1 shotting aoe.
A WWW player is considered uncapable of avoiding a 5,75 second aoe for half his health.
(edited by LordByron.8369)
for 30+ i use this http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/elementalist/?1.0|8.1c.h1h.8.1c.h4|0.0.0.0.0.0|1k.71g.1k.71g.1k.71h.1k.71h.1k.bw.1k.bw|2u.d1e.2u.d1e.31l.d1e.2u.d1e.1k.68.2u.d1e|0.a1.0.u35b.u56b|1.7|1m.1s.1u.1v.0|e and switch to scept\focus PVT or staff ZERKER when needed, for lvl lower same accessories but zerker armor
Solisnake(Elementalist)Lighting Rajin (Guardian)
YamataNoOrochi(Warrior)Ziggy Th White Duke(Mesmer)Aleandro De La Vega(Ranger)
YamataNoOrochi(Warrior)Ziggy Th White Duke(Mesmer)Aleandro De La Vega(Ranger)
rampager gear, undead runes, scepter/focus add some more might-stacking traits and y’r set.
For levels below 20, and on most encounters up to 30 I use full zerker gear, Dagger/Dagger, 0/10/0/30/30 build, sigils of energy/battle/bloodlust/force/precision (I switch them around a lot), sometimes I run 0/25/0/25/20 too.
In certain encounters, when even when I’m on my Guardian I switch to range, like the Ascalon Fractal boss or the Harpies in Uncategorized Fractal, I use a Staff with slightly different major traits.
I still need to re-try focus :P
@LordByron.8369 i m using food that buffs the crit dmg by 8%.