Guild Wars 2

Just leveled up my Ele last week and since i absolutely hate Multi-Boon and Bunker builds (already have a fully geared guardian which i lost interest due to the same), i decided to go for Zerker and Valkyrie and the damage you can get is amazing from it. Pyromancer’s Puissance is amazing for DPSing and my survivability is decent too. Sure, i probably cant 1v1 with this but its amazing against zergs and pve dugeons (done fracs till 24 with it uptil now). Even Dragon’s tooth was critting for 11k damage.

I go 0/20/0/30/30 and use the might stacks + boon duration to make up for the low power values.

it’s better than going 30/30/x/x/x imo.

Just don’t plow into zergs because you are going to be instagibbed. And yeah, you can’t 1vs1 with a GC ele.
Also, be sure not to be the “slowest guy” when retreating because you’re going to be instagibbed.
And don’t get caught up trying to take down a target in a zerg fight because you’re going to be instagibbed.

On a plus side, you get to troll people with Mist/Vapor form often. That never gets old.

12k?! What the heck does your build look like? I’m running full Berzerkers and I’m lucky to get 5k on anything.

PinCushion.7390:

12k?! What the heck does your build look like? I’m running full Berzerkers and I’m lucky to get 5k on anything.

He probably has 30/30 in Fire and Air traited for max power and crit chance. Also Fire Grab does 20% more damage to targets that are already on fire, so that may have been a factor. Also factor in armor of the target, so it depends what/who you are attacking.

I run a semi-glassy build and my Air D/D autoattacks are regularly around 2000 damage, so it is definitely possible to crit that high.

Gaudrath.6725:

Just don’t plow into zergs because you are going to be instagibbed. And yeah, you can’t 1vs1 with a GC ele.
Also, be sure not to be the “slowest guy” when retreating because you’re going to be instagibbed.
And don’t get caught up trying to take down a target in a zerg fight because you’re going to be instagibbed.

On a plus side, you get to troll people with Mist/Vapor form often. That never gets old.

Not sure if sarcastic or genuinely clueless.

Razor.6392:

I go 0/20/0/30/30 and use the might stacks + boon duration to make up for the low power values.

it’s better than going 30/30/x/x/x imo.

0/10/0/30/30 i hope…. ._. (otherwise they are 80 points in traits)
i use the same without crit dmg i also use power runes and i don t get past 7000 <.<

P.S. in zergs any characters just implodes unless its stealthed or has Aegis.
Ele relies on healing but they don t have that insane vit/toughness so they are even more weaker to focus by players.

LordByron.8369:

Razor.6392:

I go 0/20/0/30/30 and use the might stacks + boon duration to make up for the low power values.

it’s better than going 30/30/x/x/x imo.

0/10/0/30/30 i hope…. ._. (otherwise they are 80 points in traits)
i use the same without crit dmg i also use power runes and i don t get past 7000 <.<

P.S. in zergs any characters just implodes unless its stealthed or has Aegis.
Ele relies on healing but they don t have that insane vit/toughness so they are even more weaker to focus by players.

Well crit dmg is in large part where the high numbers come from…

Nice, my ele often crits for 10k+ on Fire grab and around 14k with Churning Earth.
Mostly zerker gear and 0/20/0/20/30.

Anyone noticed that staff produce far lower damage than a dd or sd ele

s/d does the lowest damage in my opinion. Very limited AoE options and if you consider how the most damaging spells of s/d are indeed from the dagger part of the combo, then you have a pretty subpar weapon damage-wise.

staff does a lot of area damage, perhaps more shifted to DoT / dps and not as bursty as d/d thats why it feels like it does little damage.

don’t forget about the range too.

Mystic.4805:

Anyone noticed that staff produce far lower damage than a dd or sd ele

Actually, I noticed quite the opposite. The fact that I’m not constantly struggling to get in the right position to be able to hit my target makes the relative dps difference a lot smaller than it would seem on paper.

You don’t need a ton of crit damage to hit for 12k+ with fire grab. You can do that much with a 30 20 0 0 20 build, 48% crit damage and scholar runes.