Just started playing ele..
btw, anyone know popular ele streamers/youtube? ( helps me learn the class more, and for entertainment purposes)
Things I wish I knew: it takes time and dedication to learn. I quit halfway through tempest and went back later. Reflects are your best friend in open world
Strong points: Even after july nerfs, we have very high damage, and at a comfortable 1200 unit distance. Historically we’ve had the highest damage, but at the monent the epidemic necromancer explout out does us. Another thing we do well is AoE. Clearing adds in raids and breaking down zergs in world vs world is a big reason we are chosen in squads. We have an appealing healing / tank build using concentration / toughness / healing power stats in raids, but only experienced Raiders who know you will take it over a druid. We used to have a good pvp healing build but it got nerfed to obscurity in july
Weaknesses: easy to kill and needs lots of support to get anything done. Because of this, Elementalist is more of a raid and WvW content player, and is bad at fractals and standard pvp / conquest
Ultimate do and do nots: wear full zerker gear for most content. Staff is our best weapon in pve group content but use dagger / focus for solo open world and pvp (I wouldn’t bother with pvp til we get buffed)
Current state: A high end, group content god. Raids and world vs world love elementalists because of the needed AoE and availability of support and communication. Elementalist responds very, very favorably to damage buffs. We are investments with a low floor and high ceiling.
Generally speaking, the less people in your party, the less useful you become. You damage will be outclassed by thieves or guardians in small pick up groups that don’t communicate or buff each other. Our biggest DPS bottleneck is cast and recharge time, and we are basically the reason chronomancer is relevant. Without a chronomancer, a revenant helping it extend boon duration, a warrior maxing your might, a healer keeping you alive, and a constant, large target to wail on, your damage will drop from (second) highest in the game to middling. In fractals you will have a harder time dealing damage and surviving than condition damage professions like necromancer and druid, though this will hopefully change a bit.
Basically, Elementalists are expensive, specialized, complicated tools that only large companies invest funds in to maximize efficiency. Small companies, who care less about ceiling efficiency, won’t be able to afford or maintain you. If you had to take a measurement, why buy a $5000 micrometer meant for building optical equipment when you can make due with a 99 cent ruler app on the iPhone app store?
(edited by Alex Shatter.7956)
Generally speaking, the less people in your party, the less useful you become. You damage will be outclassed by thieves or guardians in small pick up groups that don’t communicate or buff each other. In fractals you will have a harder time dealing damage and surviving than condition damage professions like necromancer and druid, though this will hopefully change a bit.
Basically, Elementalists are expensive, specialized, complicated tools that only large companies invest funds in to maximize efficiency. Small companies, who care less about ceiling efficiency, won’t be able to afford or maintain you. If you had to take a measurement, why buy a $5000 micrometer meant for building optical equipment when you can make due with a 99 cent ruler app on the iPhone app store?
Are ele more of a support class or dmg? i was planning on taking ele to arenas and getting good.. but after reading this, i feel like were just a “back-up” also does high burst ele build use melee weap or staff?
Generally speaking, the less people in your party, the less useful you become. You damage will be outclassed by thieves or guardians in small pick up groups that don’t communicate or buff each other. In fractals you will have a harder time dealing damage and surviving than condition damage professions like necromancer and druid, though this will hopefully change a bit.
Basically, Elementalists are expensive, specialized, complicated tools that only large companies invest funds in to maximize efficiency. Small companies, who care less about ceiling efficiency, won’t be able to afford or maintain you. If you had to take a measurement, why buy a $5000 micrometer meant for building optical equipment when you can make due with a 99 cent ruler app on the iPhone app store?
Are ele more of a support class or dmg? i was planning on taking ele to arenas and getting good.. but after reading this, i feel like were just a “back-up” also does high burst ele build use melee weap or staff?
Back end damage support. You blast things from the sidelines and let your team get up close. You need lots of support and bodyguards to do anything. No relevant elementalist build in PVE uses anything but staff after the fresh air nerf. There are no relevant PvPayment elementalist builds
Generally speaking, the less people in your party, the less useful you become. You damage will be outclassed by thieves or guardians in small pick up groups that don’t communicate or buff each other. In fractals you will have a harder time dealing damage and surviving than condition damage professions like necromancer and druid, though this will hopefully change a bit.
Basically, Elementalists are expensive, specialized, complicated tools that only large companies invest funds in to maximize efficiency. Small companies, who care less about ceiling efficiency, won’t be able to afford or maintain you. If you had to take a measurement, why buy a $5000 micrometer meant for building optical equipment when you can make due with a 99 cent ruler app on the iPhone app store?
Are ele more of a support class or dmg? i was planning on taking ele to arenas and getting good.. but after reading this, i feel like were just a “back-up” also does high burst ele build use melee weap or staff?
Back end damage support. You blast things from the sidelines and let your team get up close. You need lots of support and bodyguards to do anything. No relevant elementalist build in PVE uses anything but staff after the fresh air nerf. There are no relevant PvPayment elementalist builds
so are we still viable? i wana contiune to play this class cuz it looks fun.. but if the class itself suck in arenas, then i might tryout new class..
Generally speaking, the less people in your party, the less useful you become. You damage will be outclassed by thieves or guardians in small pick up groups that don’t communicate or buff each other. In fractals you will have a harder time dealing damage and surviving than condition damage professions like necromancer and druid, though this will hopefully change a bit.
Basically, Elementalists are expensive, specialized, complicated tools that only large companies invest funds in to maximize efficiency. Small companies, who care less about ceiling efficiency, won’t be able to afford or maintain you. If you had to take a measurement, why buy a $5000 micrometer meant for building optical equipment when you can make due with a 99 cent ruler app on the iPhone app store?
Are ele more of a support class or dmg? i was planning on taking ele to arenas and getting good.. but after reading this, i feel like were just a “back-up” also does high burst ele build use melee weap or staff?
Back end damage support. You blast things from the sidelines and let your team get up close. You need lots of support and bodyguards to do anything. No relevant elementalist build in PVE uses anything but staff after the fresh air nerf. There are no relevant PvPayment elementalist builds
so are we still viable? i wana contiune to play this class cuz it looks fun.. but if the class itself suck in arenas, then i might tryout new class..
What are “arenas”? If you mean fighting other people online (pvp) then yes, find a new class.
Generally speaking, the less people in your party, the less useful you become. You damage will be outclassed by thieves or guardians in small pick up groups that don’t communicate or buff each other. In fractals you will have a harder time dealing damage and surviving than condition damage professions like necromancer and druid, though this will hopefully change a bit.
Basically, Elementalists are expensive, specialized, complicated tools that only large companies invest funds in to maximize efficiency. Small companies, who care less about ceiling efficiency, won’t be able to afford or maintain you. If you had to take a measurement, why buy a $5000 micrometer meant for building optical equipment when you can make due with a 99 cent ruler app on the iPhone app store?
Are ele more of a support class or dmg? i was planning on taking ele to arenas and getting good.. but after reading this, i feel like were just a “back-up” also does high burst ele build use melee weap or staff?
Back end damage support. You blast things from the sidelines and let your team get up close. You need lots of support and bodyguards to do anything. No relevant elementalist build in PVE uses anything but staff after the fresh air nerf. There are no relevant PvPayment elementalist builds
so are we still viable? i wana contiune to play this class cuz it looks fun.. but if the class itself suck in arenas, then i might tryout new class..
Generally speaking, the less people in your party, the less useful you become. You damage will be outclassed by thieves or guardians in small pick up groups that don’t communicate or buff each other. In fractals you will have a harder time dealing damage and surviving than condition damage professions like necromancer and druid, though this will hopefully change a bit.
Basically, Elementalists are expensive, specialized, complicated tools that only large companies invest funds in to maximize efficiency. Small companies, who care less about ceiling efficiency, won’t be able to afford or maintain you. If you had to take a measurement, why buy a $5000 micrometer meant for building optical equipment when you can make due with a 99 cent ruler app on the iPhone app store?
Are ele more of a support class or dmg? i was planning on taking ele to arenas and getting good.. but after reading this, i feel like were just a “back-up” also does high burst ele build use melee weap or staff?
Back end damage support. You blast things from the sidelines and let your team get up close. You need lots of support and bodyguards to do anything. No relevant elementalist build in PVE uses anything but staff after the fresh air nerf. There are no relevant PvPayment elementalist builds
so are we still viable? i wana contiune to play this class cuz it looks fun.. but if the class itself suck in arenas, then i might tryout new class..
As a solo class…you’re not good, you won’t carry bad teams to victory, you won’t win any duel at equal skill level..you basically need a good/great team to shine, you’re a full glass /half-cannon class.
If you like to play with guilds and friends, I suppose ele is good enough for everyday gameplay…for everything else the class is pure trash