Guild Wars 2

Here it is: http://youtu.be/_WdcXE-j6qY

Build is here: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQJArYhMM6cWzwnBrEBCAW0AQBY0NQcKIDcErA-TJBFwAI3fgxDAoaZAAnAAA

Fun for hotjoins

Very cool. What do you find your hardest matchups to be?

And what do you usually do after you burst someone since some of those skills are on a pretty hefty cd?

If my eyes don’t deceive me, the rotation you used mostly was Arcane Power>Phoenix>LF(While attuning to air)>Lightning Strike>RtL>Updraft then occasionally into Earth for an earth quake if they somehow survived. Are there any alternate combos you enjoy or do you keep this one and basically roam around point to point, jumping in when needed?

I only ask so many questions because I’ve always wanted to play a burst ele, I’ve just never been fast enough to play fresh air and honestly found it a little tedious, switching back and forth over and over.

the way i do it :

phoenix > lightning flash > air > air 2 > arcana > rtl> updraft if u got the new air gm trait, i play with fresh air so i dont use it

the build is weak to everything, u need the element of suprise

i actually played the same build with air sigil /energy, scholar runes, and fresh air instead the thing, it will honestly only work in hotjoins:p

and nice footage, the 6 hr > 5 min footage is so true thoo~~

Necrotize.2974:

Very cool. What do you find your hardest matchups to be?

And what do you usually do after you burst someone.

Sorry it took so long to respond, it’s thanksgiving day for me :P. I’d say my hardest matchups are turret engis and minion necros. It’s partly because it de-centralizes the damage, meaning you might not crit the player as much as you want. The bigger reason is that the AI seems to have a better reaction time than actual players, and will be able to take you down even after their owner is downed, making it very difficult to finish them.

After I burst, if there’s still trouble, tornado can be really devastating to anything on a point. The cool down to the burst isn’t too long (40s), but your fire cool downs and lightning skills can still pack a punch without the burst. Honestly though, you do need to rely on a surprise burst most of the time, and fight to survive the rest. But again , tornado can be devastating.

You got the burst right! Just remember to cast Phoenix right behind the target, and LF right in front of them.

This is very fun to watch, thanks for sharing!

One thing though: I pray you use one of those fancy mice or something, or else you are putting your hands through all kinds of pain! How do you actually pull of that burst with the default keybinds! My mind is even more blown!

The Bursties are real with this one! Very Nice Video! I was just playing a build similar to the one you posted, yesterday, for fun. Zerker amu, Scholar Runes 5-6-0-0-3, but i should try 1 in arcana for the 10% dmg increase from earth that seems more op. That’s essentially with a 40% dmg increase with scholar runes, earth and air trait, plus the 5 in fire? Then your next 5 attacks crit with that arcane power. But i did battle sigil instead of hydromancy. Definitely going to try that earth trait! thx

Elementalist Elements: Element of Fire, Element of Water, Element of Air, Element of Earth, and Element of Surprise.

I felt like I was watching a Looney Tunes cartoon…

BlackBeard.2873:

This is very fun to watch, thanks for sharing!

One thing though: I pray you use one of those fancy mice or something, or else you are putting your hands through all kinds of pain! How do you actually pull of that burst with the default keybinds! My mind is even more blown!

It’s not so bad, actually. I have my 6-10 skills bound down on Shift, z, x, c, v so that everything is a little closer together. Also, using the hybrid ground-targeting option really helps with the Phoenix/LF part. No fancy mouse, just the official steel series Guild Wars 2 one :P

So yeah, with my setup , my middle finger holds down 3, with my thumb hovering over Z to tap that right when I release 3. Then it’s index to f3, ring to 2, middle 3, index 4 then 5.

Nice video but can you compare the damage between your build and the old full kitten 0/30/25/10/5 burst build?

Boottspurr.9184:

It’s not so bad, actually. I have my 6-10 skills bound down on Shift, z, x, c, v so that everything is a little closer together. Also, using the hybrid ground-targeting option really helps with the Phoenix/LF part. No fancy mouse, just the official steel series Guild Wars 2 one :P

So yeah, with my setup , my middle finger holds down 3, with my thumb hovering over Z to tap that right when I release 3. Then it’s index to f3, ring to 2, middle 3, index 4 then 5.

why do all that when you can be a dirty cheater and bind the combo to mouse4/5?

sorrychief.2563:

Nice video but can you compare the damage between your build and the old full kitten 0/30/25/10/5 burst build?

why do all that when you can be a dirty cheater and bind the combo to mouse4/5?

Heh, I’m not a fan of cheating. And why cheat when you can do it legit? Either way, there’s some tricky mouse cursor related timing/positioning to this burst that can’t be replaced by a macro..

I can try out that trait setup tomorrow (going to bed now) and let you know the difference. I’ve only experimented with 5/6/2/0/1, and different 2/6/2/2/1 +-1 setups so far.

It looks like they’re very close in damage, actually. Earth is probably more reliable too.

The reason they’re so close is because I just realized the phoenix only seems to hit AFTER I’ve switched to lightning.