Guild Wars 2

There are several stickied guides for PvE but I don’t see anything for WvW or PvP. What stats should I be stacking for WvW and what weapons should I be using?

This is the build I run
http://de.gw2skills.net/editor/?fFIQFAWlcMonhVPwpBktNABgFOAEBWAiLBZghYp3AA-TFiDABLcAB4THxAPAgMV/BgLEQXKBdS5nK7PEA4A43fD893c+5nf+5n3v/+7v/+bpAGbZE-w
It is very squishy so I dont recommend it in gold tier server matchups. Also i dont suggest it for new WvW ele since your positioning wont be good enough to get in range for the attacks while still being safe. But it does melt thru entire zergs if your team has a decent front line.

You might want to build in soldiers gear (or invaders if your cheap) then decide do you want to be the psychopathic D/D ele that picks a couple of people in small groups and ruins their day while being relatively tanky. Or do you want to be the staff ele that pushes 50 people off a tower with a single meteor storm?

The nice thing about ele is you will always see the effect on the battlefield you have. People will die and it will because of you. If you choose staff once they run away you wont be able to catch them and you wont have the option to run away yourself. If you choose dagger you can chase them or run away yourself but you wont deal such overwhelming large radius damage to force them to run away like you would with a staff.

Now between staff and daggers you need to pick your gear a D/D zerker/assassin is the highest damage possible in the game buuut your gunna die if you run that so dont. D/D runs with atleast power/precision/toughness if your really really good at it. Most run power/toughness/vitality. Staff You Need power and precision. you want either to pick your third stat as either ferocity vitality or toughness. I myself run Assassins to get 100% crit rate with fury and 233% crit damage before buffs but if your not good at positioning your almost as ready to die as a d/d running zerker.

TLDR build tanky to start with pick which weapon you like most then if you choose staff slide into your offensive gear slowly.

As Rangerdeity said…

Plus!

If you’re new in wvw (so you don’t have access to Defense Against Guard stacks…) start with Power-Toughness-Vitality. You have to learn a lot and ele is not easy. Full exotic armour is available from karma or from badges and you can craft them and buy them from TP. This shouldn’t be a problem.

Berzerker or Knight weapons. Always carry every weapon even rares do the work. You need focus to protect the siege, staff to support the zerg or to defend a building from the walls, dagger to move around quickly.

Accessories: celestials are the best but you can start with berzerker, soldier or knight too.

Learn to change utilities on the fly! Even if you are a D/D ele defending a wall is not your game. So get out of combat, equip staff, slot Ice Bow, climb the wall again and wreck havoc!

As you progress you can slowly change the gear.

P.S.: my current setup is D/D ele with 02066 traits (Powerful Auras and Zephyr’s Boon). Knight weapons with Blood and Leeching Sigils. PVT armour with Water runes. Celestial accessories.

This is a Hammertrain build to support my guardians and warriors.

Oh, almost forgot:

There is a strong condi build for beginners.

Diva made it a while ago and she did a good work! Check the first 1-2 pages of the ele forum!

Have a good day!