Guild Wars 2

Whenever I make a character, I always get discouraged or distracted and jump to a completely different character. B/c of this, I have several not 80 characters. I would like my first 80 to be somewhat of an all-rounder that is viable in most things. So that leads to my questions, how are elementalists in PvE(dungeons, fractals, random events, leveling, etc), SPvP, and WvW. I haven’t played in a long time so I’m unaware of any small but possibly gamechanging nerfs/buffs.

And just as a little sidenote, what would you recommend is the best way to level as an ele? I know EotM is probably the fastest, but is there a specific build I should be doing while there? Any tips for tagging things? Sorry for all the questions, been away for a while and want to spend the least time re-acclimating as possible.

pve: highest dps
pvp: highest survivability/dps ratio
wvw: most versatile support/attack profession

in general: best gameplay, best looks!

tanztante.6532:

pve: highest dps
pvp: highest survivability/dps ratio
wvw: most versatile support/attack profession

in general: best gameplay, best looks!

Lol, ele sounds like the whole package then. There were only ever 2 other classes that seriously interested me and that was engineer(jack of all trades, master of none) and thief, because I’m just a sucker for stealthy assassin archetypes(plus I got my hands on trapper runes recipe and crafted a set, so I have those waiting for me) no matter the game. Thief obviously didn’t jump out as the most useful class I could pick since they don’t seem to catch a break, and currently my ele and engineer are racing each other to 80 as I jump back and forth.

ele and engi are very good as first lvl 80’s since they’re the most apm/tactic heavy. lots of possible combos for both professions, its very active gameplay.

Ele is basically the jack of all traits but you’ll have to continually adjust based on the situation ahead of time. Like bringing frost bow to dungeons and world bosses or bringing glyph of elemental power to be used in air when y’r running a zerker build. Or just plain cantrips to survive or do might stacking with. Or when you go staff in wvw to bring pyromancers puisance and blasting staff combined with probably arcane wave as an extra blast finisher and evasive arcana in earth for the extra blast finisher.

For engi all builds are interesting except for maybe the bomb and the nade builds.

trapper runes for thief?

well, ele is also THE jack of all trades. so go go go, ele!

Dungeons: highest theoretical dps… forced into evading and die to a sneeze.
Also the DPS needs time to setup in some builds.

without support of a proper speedteam is not the best class as people says..its good but arguable fighting for 3rd or 4th place.

Fractals: indeed the top dps profession and the most reliable too.

WWW solo roaming: unless you play fresh air, you will have problems keeping in fight many professions in fighting range.
(if you play fresh air you are a loot bag for rangers and thieves and maybe Others…)
Totally unplayable with lag that is the norm lately on peak hours.

WWW Group roaming: decent…as any profession.

WWW zerg: its often requested as waterbot (basically you are a pet casting water field and CC for the zerg)…..
Can be played with a certain degree of dps, but once again lag makes it unplayable since you have to anticipate everything.

ha! ele is evading like a boss, if you know how to use it. just get away from stupid max dps builds and you can theoretically solo lupi without armor :P

Whatt i meant is evading lower your dps by a lot.
Many professions requires far less evading, thus doesn t have to stop the dps so often.

Example:
A warrior will facetank most ligh Attacks and even some heavy one, while regenerating ghealth with signet.
Also GS3.

A mesmer will just blurred frenzy often and regenerate health via phantasms.

An ele to be good dps doesn t use heal signet nor Dagger fire 2, but has to actually evade.

Since you can t even afford a breakstun skill to be optimal dps, you have also to evade a lot.
And pray to not be forced to change attunement/drop your hammer…

P.S. also you finish endurance quite easily in some fights and you get downed.
Try to stack with pugs and tell me you won t be downed often…

P.P.S. soloing doesn t mean being good for something.
Soloing is a personal challenge…but most solo build are overall BAD for groups.