Changelog
19-Jun-14: Started small revisions, Staff finished
11-Sep-14: Revisions for Sept 9 patch
28-Jan-15: Revisions for Jan 27 patch
5-Aug-15: Updated for June 23 patch
14-Dec-15: Updating for Heart of Thorns
Introduction
This is an overview of the builds I commonly use in PvE. I have used all the weapon sets and think Staff and Warhorn Fresh Air builds are the strongest DPS, and Dagger/Focus is a great balance between damage and utility. I recommend that an Ele swaps traits and weapons to best fit the situation and party. If you have any questions about this guide or Ele’s in PvE, I respond fastest to mail and messages on Reddit (/u/DEKeyz) or contact in-game.
I also have a collection of video build guides.
Playlist of all build videos
- Fresh Air
- Staff
I also have a collection of Fractals of the Mist guides:
Playlist of all Fractal videos - Aetherblade
- Aquatic Ruins
- Cliffside
- Mai Trin
- Molten Duo
- Molten Furnace
- Snowblind
- Solid Ocean
- Swampland
- Thaumanova Reactor
- Uncategorized
- Underground Facility (outdated)
- Urban Battleground
- Volcanic
Some things I’ve done on my Ele:
Make BIG NUMBERS like a 49k Firegrab
Solo Giganticus Lupicus
17s all Ele Lupi kill using FGS
Clear TA Forward in 7:12 with Staff Ele perspective
Contents
- Introduction
- Profession Overview
- Gear and Consumables
- Dagger/Focus
- Scepter + Hammer
- Staff
- Fresh Air Warhorn
- Slot Skills
- Dungeon Tips and Tricks
- Useful Links
- EP/DPS Calculation Assumptions
Acronyms
- AoE: Area of Effect
- ArBl: Arcane Blast (skill)
- ArBr: Arcane Brilliance (skill)
- ArL: Arcane Lightning (trait)
- ArS: Arcane Shield (skill)
- ArW: Arcane Wave (skill)
- D/D: Dagger/Dagger
- D/F: Dagger/Focus
- D/W: Dagger/Warhorn
- DPS: Damage per Second
- DT: Dragon’s Tooth (skill)
- Ele: Elementalist
- EP: Effective Power
- FB: Frost Bow (conjure)
- FtB: Feel the Burn (shout)
- FGS: Fiery Exploit Sword (conjure)
- GoEP: Glyph of Elemental Power (skill)
- GoE: Glyph of Elementals (skill)
- GoS: Glyph of Storms (skill)
- LH: Lightning Hammer (conjure)
- LW: Lightning Whip (skill)
- LoS: Line of Sight
- OL: Overload (tempest skill type)
- RtL: Ride the Lightning (skill)
- S/D: Scepter/Dagger
- S/F: Scepter/Focus
- SoF: Signet of Fire (skill)
- SoR: Signet of Restoration (skill)
- Zerk: Berserker’s (gear prefix)
(edited by DEKeyzToChaos.7381)