Guild Wars 2

So Ele’s. You done it. I’m shelving my Thief for an Ele. It all started when I first began playing this game. When I feasted my eyes on the dry bones set, I was in love. Ele’s had it rough at the start, and so did I.

Well, when leveling my thief, I happened upon the Dry Bones set when I was completing the Gendarren Fields map. I took the opportunity to get the celestials build 4/0/2/2/6 build on here, picked up my daggers, donned my Dry Bones, and now I’m slaying like I’ve always wanted on my Thief, but I hated having to stealth and run, and stealth and backstab just to get some damage out, while not being able to heal myself when kitten went sour. Well, Ele plays just like I’ve always wanted. I’m hooked.

If there are any tips, let me know. I’m loving all the combo fields for stacking might. It’s like a mini game to stack to 25. Also, FIRE GRAB. Such a satisfying feeling when I get that off. I love lightning flashing and fire grabbing back to back. So much damage!

Seeya in game.

o:~>>Bazuul The Profound<<~:o

So your saying. I’m bad at thief, lets try ele!? Good luck

haha awesome!!
welcome to the ele-club

indeed that celestial build is amazing
Still trying to find and finding new amazing builds. Just made a tanky ele build that has stopped me from playing my tanky warrior :p

Why the 4 points in fire ?

I know that the build you are using is actually the fotm in ele forums, but if you try to switch some points and try something like this 2-0-2-4-6 or 2-0-0-6-6 you’ll see that is better, and you get that little defense boost that could actually give you the chance to try a zerk amulet and really see big numbers!
By the way, ele is a kittening awesome class, it can bunker, hybrid, roaming or (as i’m doin) rock a staff and a zerk amulet and achieve the most hated build in the whole pvp community right now, and every weapon combination is viable.
Have good fun with the class ^^

Luimes.4281:

So your saying. I’m bad at thief, lets try ele!? Good luck

Haha, nah. I can melt face on a Thief, but also on an Ele. I just really prefer the Ele gameplay style so much more. The APM is higher, as well as makes me think faster. Thief is fun, but I don’t feel I contribute enough to my team. As an Ele, I give out boons to my team, and can cure condi’s all while dealing damage. I can deny stomps easier on an Ele than a Thief with updraft and Earth #4, then helping rez my teammate. On a Thief, I’d have to trait specifically to stealth upon rezzing, or use Last Refuge to stealth rez, which is nice, but it takes too many specific traits and utilities just to help out my team in ways the Ele does with much more grace.

As a Thief, the playstyle is very hit and run. I stand on the edges of combat with my bow, pecking at people until someone is at 50%, then I jump into the fray and do some back stabs. If I get focused or damaged, I have to stealth and run. That’s not helping my team very much.

As a D/D or D/F Ele, I jump into the fray right away, dealing as much damage as I can, getting boons onto myself and my team, cleansing, healing, and CC’ing. If I get focused, I can go into Earth and Water, peel my enemies and heal myself up while clearing condi’s from myself and my mates. It’s a much more teammate friendly profession than a Thief who has to quickly kill someone or GTFO while not providing much group utility.

In MMO’s, I’ve always liked the classes/profs that are a jack of all trades and can assist groups as well as deal some great damage. Thief isn’t that. Thief is hardly anything anymore. It used to be the damage dealer, not it deals some good damage, but not enough to have that title. Thief is in kind of a weird place right now. Team role limbo one might say. Glass builds are too glassy for the little bit of extra damage it deals. Tanky builds are too tanky to deal any damage while still falling over to condi’s while having virtually no condi removal unless traited.

Basically, Ele is just an all around much better profession that I’ve seen much more personal success with. Either way….DRY BONES….So cool.d

Mijo.3274:

I know that the build you are using is actually the fotm in ele forums, but if you try to switch some points and try something like this 2-0-2-4-6 or 2-0-0-6-6 you’ll see that is better, and you get that little defense boost that could actually give you the chance to try a zerk amulet and really see big numbers!
By the way, ele is a kittening awesome class, it can bunker, hybrid, roaming or (as i’m doin) rock a staff and a zerk amulet and achieve the most hated build in the whole pvp community right now, and every weapon combination is viable.
Have good fun with the class ^^

I’ve spectated some good Ele’s that ripped me apart when playing on my Thief, and one was 2/0/0/6/6. It was a sick build that pretty much couldn’t be killed, and with might stacking, still put out awesome damage, but I think they were using a Celestial Amulet. I can’t even fathom how awesome that build would be with zerkers instead. I’ll have to give it a try! Thanks for the info.

What’s the staff/zerkers build that people hate playing against? I’m curious to try it now.

there r mainly 2, the one i use is http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQFAmAVPLZGgAQCHIyAxly0p0bA-TZQaAAQZAA

and the other one : http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQFAWgVPFQAIkSGOQkBjmJqUp3A-TZQaAAQZAA

empty slots r choosable

about the heal, if i dont get condi favored proffessions as enemy i take arcan heal, if not i take ether renewal

Wyrden.4713:

there r mainly 2, the one i use is http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQFAmAVPLZGgAQCHIyAxly0p0bA-TZQaAAQZAA

and the other one : http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQFAWgVPFQAIkSGOQkBjmJqUp3A-TZQaAAQZAA

empty slots r choosable

about the heal, if i dont get condi favored proffessions as enemy i take arcan heal, if not i take ether renewal

The first build looks interesting. Is it not too squishy, though? Especially with Zerkers. Also, would I not be swapping attunements as much?

Anomaly.7612:

Wyrden.4713:

there r mainly 2, the one i use is http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQFAmAVPLZGgAQCHIyAxly0p0bA-TZQaAAQZAA

and the other one : http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQFAWgVPFQAIkSGOQkBjmJqUp3A-TZQaAAQZAA

empty slots r choosable

about the heal, if i dont get condi favored proffessions as enemy i take arcan heal, if not i take ether renewal

The first build looks interesting. Is it not too squishy, though? Especially with Zerkers. Also, would I not be swapping attunements as much?

staff zerk ele dies right away anyway if targetted, idk wich deals more dmg but i am more comfortable w this due to the other one requiring 90% more hp and 600 range of ur target wich isnt that good in the snow map when u r high above at middle nuking stuff :p

Wyrden.4713:

Anomaly.7612:

Wyrden.4713:

there r mainly 2, the one i use is http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQFAmAVPLZGgAQCHIyAxly0p0bA-TZQaAAQZAA

and the other one : http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQFAWgVPFQAIkSGOQkBjmJqUp3A-TZQaAAQZAA

empty slots r choosable

about the heal, if i dont get condi favored proffessions as enemy i take arcan heal, if not i take ether renewal

The first build looks interesting. Is it not too squishy, though? Especially with Zerkers. Also, would I not be swapping attunements as much?

staff zerk ele dies right away anyway if targetted, idk wich deals more dmg but i am more comfortable w this due to the other one requiring 90% more hp and 600 range of ur target wich isnt that good in the snow map when u r high above at middle nuking stuff :p

and as nuker ele u mostly camp fire , u wont attunement switch much as full zerker, maybe some water fields, cc, then back to fire to pressure enemy and make em not ignore u, and when someone is after u, run, u wont have any chance:p instead the fire skills reduction u can take the downed font, w that spec it crits 3-4 k on non bunker ppl, + u hit 2-3 k w ur auto atk, its pretty op

So I tried zerkers, and I die too fast. I go back to celestials, and I can’t kill anyone all the while being mauled by S/D thieves and thieves in general. I’m having a hard time today as opposed to yesterday it seems.

Anomaly.7612:

So I tried zerkers, and I die too fast. I go back to celestials, and I can’t kill anyone all the while being mauled by S/D thieves and thieves in general. I’m having a hard time today as opposed to yesterday it seems.

Maybe try bunker spec?
D/F 0/0/6/4/4 anti condition spec and cleric amulet, runes of the grove, sigil of water, sigil of life. Use Dagger 3 right after switching to water atunement for blast finisher in water when you feel like y’r going below the 90% threshold.
Have bunkered against 3+ people on clocktower for 5 minutes was epic. Then all 5 started hacking at me and calling me a hacker and all. The QQ was very enjoyable.

I haven’t been up-to-date on thieves lately. There have been some condi thieves that totally wreck me. All I can do is slow them down when killing me. Not sure what cantrips you’re using but I go with cleansing fire and I used focus earth 4 to remove conditions. But there was this one thief that could insta-reapply bleeds and torments. I know he was rocking nightmare runes too because I got feared a few times. Guess it can be paper, rock ,scissors depending on the build of the thief.

I also have a difficult time with bunker necros. I have fought some necros where I literally did not move their health bar at all. And the ones I do…I might get them to 50% before they kill me. I don’t know much about necros either so I couldn’t tell you their specs. I just know that it takes like 5 kittening people to bring them down to phase II before you have to unload DPS to kill them in phase III of the fight with them.

I’ve been running D/F, 2/0/2/4/6…. with spell slinger, reduced recharge of cantrips, and cantrips add regen & vigor in the water line.

Mek.2947:

I haven’t been up-to-date on thieves lately. There have been some condi thieves that totally wreck me. All I can do is slow them down when killing me. Not sure what cantrips you’re using but I go with cleansing fire and I used focus earth 4 to remove conditions. But there was this one thief that could insta-reapply bleeds and torments. I know he was rocking nightmare runes too because I got feared a few times. Guess it can be paper, rock ,scissors depending on the build of the thief.

I also have a difficult time with bunker necros. I have fought some necros where I literally did not move their health bar at all. And the ones I do…I might get them to 50% before they kill me. I don’t know much about necros either so I couldn’t tell you their specs. I just know that it takes like 5 kittening people to bring them down to phase II before you have to unload DPS to kill them in phase III of the fight with them.

I’ve been running D/F, 2/0/2/4/6…. with spell slinger, reduced recharge of cantrips, and cantrips add regen & vigor in the water line.

Ah yea I ran that build for quite a while too. Its what got me interested in playing elementalist again. I tried out necromancer and go full zerker on him and am still very tanky.

I’m currently running this build:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQJAodhcM6Z24woBdEBBASsAzyJaV54lXD-TJhHwACeAAAOBAk2fYZZAA

It works quite well (understatement).

This build intirely depends on the skill lvl of the one playing it. Quite frankly even though I made the build I’m nowhere near skilled enough to execute all the combinations and rotations in this build. I can beat people 3v1 but sometimes I get beat quite easily too simply because I lacked the skill to utilize all this build has to offer.