Guild Wars 2

I keep seeing claims of 33-34k full buffs. Wheras orhers say is not viable at all.
But i havent seen any vid. So idk.
Any light on this?

Its not the best dps for eles. When Glyph of elemental power was bugged after the patch a group of eles could easily get +30 stacks of burns. Yes its only a pve build since condition eles lack sustain in pvp.

Ulion.5476:

Yes its only a pve build since condition eles lack sustain in pvp.

Not entirely true. You just have to adapt to a more mobile playstyle. The traits are almost exactly that of the support playstyle. What’s different is the gear, mostly. Maybe I wouldn’t go ranked but atleast it’s fun in unranked.

The buffed skills on main hand dagger have made my celestial Fire/Air/Tempest PvE set-up stronger. I would not go full Condi in PvE even if it was better. You encounter way too many areas in general game play when hybrid or power set-ups will be a lot better. Just think about trying to deal damage to objects.

I’ve been testing different variations all morning. I’ve gotten close to 33k. Interestingly my most successful test included rotating between fire and earth. My armor is sinister, so I may have to bring over my necro’s viper gear to see if it’s better (I would just feel really sad having to overwrite the thorn runes :P —-- I hate farming VB). SEeing as necro condi is kinda dead now, it might not even be a big deal. I will likely test and stop rambling.

EDIT: Done testing for now.

Here’s what I’ve come up as best for fire/earth rotation:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vFAQJBIhdSfJU0AW2A43AQHBWEAshYwOoIEEAClHA3W7sN3C-TBSAQBRU9HA8AAupSQsp8Qg7PEQ9AB4EAESlYkCYRlVA-e

And for pure fire:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vFAQJBIhdSfJU0AW2A40AQHBWEAM3W7sN3GEAKAHgiNZT8TC-TRiAQBQ7EAEN9AwY/BAcABmwDA4aKfspSwqp+DIVCRKAYWWB-e

DPS isn’t much different, around 32-33k, but iirc the fire/earth rotation actually yielded consistently higher dps. This is all, of course, on a test golem so would only be great raid-wise on fights like Sab and Sloth. It’s honestly no different than staff in terms of mobile enemy issues. Bers d/w will still be much better for those types of encounters. I think it’s totally viable though, especially on Sab and even VG considering the necro nerf.

Edit 2: I recorded my tests on Twitch but realized my chat box cover… covers the chat box… It’s here though if you want to wade through it:
Pure Fire: https://www.twitch.tv/impazuble/v/96471250
Fire/Earth: https://www.twitch.tv/impazuble/v/96482938
Played it in a fractal 38 to see how it faired: https://www.twitch.tv/impazuble/v/96482938?t=01h22m05s

Either way, it’s not a bad way to change up playstyle if you’re bored of the other builds at any time.