Guild Wars 2

Just curious what the highest possible hit for an Elementalist is.

Here are some numbers I’ve seen.

Fire grab:
w/ grounded 13.8k (spvp on a thief)
w/ grounded + bolt to the heart 16k (spvp on a theif)
w/ grounded + bolt to the heart + vulnerability 18k (light taget golem)

Churning Earth:

standard: 10-12k (target golem/glass cannons)
w/ bolt to the heart 15k (target golem)
w/ bolt to the heart plus vulnerability 17.5k (target golem)
w/ bolt + vulnerability + grounded … never got this but I assume it could reach over 20k. It is difficult to set up grounded for churning earth.

The build that produced those numbers isn’t really practical.

hmm I’m sure you’ve messed up somewhere since Churning Earth’s base is higher than Fire Grab’s, even on a burning target.

Thanks for the help though.

This was in PvE so not sure it that matters, but was able to get the overkill achievement on my elemental using RTL on a knocked down enemy.

http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae137/simplesimon79/gw007.jpg

Propably involves churning earth with piercing shards, vital striking, bountiful power, arcane power and grounded, while guardian pops all boons on you, knocks down your foe and you´re decked out with kitten tons of +crit dmg gear + scholar runes.

…i´d actualy like to see that happen.

Broke my old record today http://i47.tinypic.com/evck6g.jpg

I once did 250k to myself by jumping off the bridge near the vista on the bottom of Rata Sum and angling just right to plummet all the way to the bottom of that cave!

Oh, right, most damage to something else…

In CoE explorable I got a 11k Churning Earth once, with a non-glass cannon build and half defensive gear. I had another Ele in my group at this time, so some serious Might stacking from both of us must have been the reason for that damage.

Just hit a 21k while playing solo today, (no might, very little vulnerability) It is easily possible to go past the 30k barrier with full zerker and a decent party.
(I will upload a video of it soon).

On Arah’s Magecrusher, an essentially light armor boss:

http://youtu.be/rYmHaj9ONZg

It includes a 49k firegrab. A Risen Zerker would be a better target except it actually fights back >.>

Probably not the type of skill you’re looking for, but Tidal Wave can dish out massive damage underwater if you manage to hit an enemy against a wall, along the ground, or if you can snag yourself against an object (such as the keg at the bottom the underwater point in Raid on the Capricorn). I’ve not yet bothered to try it out on enemies under controlled settings, but I would not be surprised if Tidal Wave can deal some of the most (and quickest) damage to a single target from any single elementalist skill in PvP. In the very least, it’s a competitor for that title. :P

I have seen 20k meteor storm crits with tornado up, which is always nice to see in zergs. I think realistically churning earth would most likely hit the highest, hell I crit for 11k in a fractal the other night in my ptv/healing power set. Ele is so kitten fun.

The max for me in WvW in DnD is 7+k firegrabs and around 10+k churnning earth.
on high ranked players. But thats rare. Very rare.

Not really impressive.

If we count multiple hits from a single attack, then Frost bow/Meteor shower will crush the competition (bar FGS rush ofcourse)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnPui3MAx8Q