Guild Wars 2

if you want to run a signet of restoration build, what are some things you want to keep in mind when building around it to make it effective? it’s obvious that ele’s have low base hp, but imo, you should have some gear with +vit and +tough at least so poison, bleed, burning, torment over time doesn’t eat away half your health in a few seconds.

It’s important to not build primarily on vitality, because it makes healing a bit harder to manage because your health pool is so big. For example, with a condi-bunker warrior, you might run something with settlers gear, melandru runes and lemongrass food + healing signet and maybe regen banners…or some variation. But regeneration is a little less effective/noticeable when your health is higher. That’s why you might stick with settler’s, because it offers good toughness, condition damage and healing.

Back to ele now.
Here’s a d/d SoR build I threw together that looks decent, but i’m looking for any extra help/improvements on it.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fEAQJAoYA62AC5xJ4Csw4BIMCdYpwMA-jwDBofAoggUDA8Cg5cRMFKI5RZtspIasadA6GY6SRWjKpuDByjIxOFZVIAujBA-e
0/0/30/30/10
I’m not sure how much I really like the trait setup, but my gear selection kinda makes up for the loss.

It does not rely on 20-30 arcana, though I might have wanted to go 20 arcana…
It’s mainly a signet build+cleansing fire and with cantrip traits. I think I may have invested too much into vitality, because even I think anything over 16khp is a little much for an elementalist, however it has a good amount of toughness, and it offers decent direct damage and good condition damage. A few other things that bother me about my gear/traits, is my decision to add Sigil of Life just for the extra healing boost on SoR and using Diamond Skin b4 the dec10 patch.
If I were to rate this, i think i might give it a 7.5 maybe 8/10 for its current setup…
it’s a really different setup than I usually do, but i’d like some feedback and input and any other suggestions as long as it doesn’t change this build TOO much (as long as it’s reasonable)

This build is so all over the place I don’t even know what’s going on.

Most people run Signet of Restoration by itself and do it just fine without having to build around it. It’s fine as is.

Also, if you’re doing some sort of condi bunker (not that I think Eles make good condi bunkers), I believe the choice gear is Dire, Apothecary, and Settler’s gear. The Soldier’s Pieces and Sharpening Stones are a bit odd thrown in there.

Personally, I just run 0/10/0/30/30 with Soldiers and Berserkers gear for WvW small-scale, which is what I think this build is for.

it is a bit over the place, but I’m just wondering if it’s usually better just to stick with all of the same gear type rather than splitting it up. And I don’t like the idea of ele’s being a Condi-bunker, even though there’s a lot of skills that offer decent condition damage, it just doesn’t come close to a necro or engi Condi bunker. ya know what i mean? And i’d also like to know, if you know, does Arcane Power proc Elemental Surge from every hit? (just wondering)

In my opinion, stick to Soldier’s Gear and Berserker’s Gear, and take an array like 0/10/0/30/30 or 0/0/20/20/30 or 0/30/0/10/30 or 0/30/0/20/20.