Guild Wars 2

Here’s a silly build for WvW that I thought of recently to help relieve stress. It’s somewhat inspired by the “Karmic Justice” builds from Dark Souls.

The main goal of this build is to rush into a zerg or large group and try to dish out as much damage as possible and hopefully down a few enemies. When you go down it’ll create a Lava Font and trigger the 6th bonus of Rune of the Afflicted causing a Putrid Explosion. If you’re lucky this will down more enemies and have a small chance of killing someone already downed.

My opening attack usually consists of a Burning Speed + Lightning Flash combo, then Ring of Fire + Arcane Wave + Arcane Shield for might. If I’m still alive at this point I’ll swap to Air, use Shocking Aura and start spamming Lightning Whip. If possible I try to focus on uplevels and potentially squishy targets (Mesmers, Elementalists, Thieves, etc.).

If I’m having difficulty reaching a zerg that’s beyond a chokepoint, sometimes I’ll use a focus for Obsidian Flesh to walk through AoEs. Another useful strategy is to use Glyph of Renewal (Fire) to continue attacking after being downed.

Main Build:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQJAoYnMISLD25A+MAfEGIAIiGcMNvX46GA-T1BBABYp8DgTAQe6BC4BAUp6Pss/wZKBJDg8YA-w

Here’s a variant I thought of for EOTM that takes advantage of the Spirit of Light transformation. The “Burst of Light” attack deals some decent damage and also procs more damage with the Lightning Rod trait.

EOTM version:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQJAoYnMISLD25A+MAfEGIAwCHAOAJgR5AxrgNQSE-T1BBABYp8DgTAQe6BC4BAUp6Pss/wZKBJDg8YA-w

Any thoughts?

I do not think you will make it to do any dmg but i think the +10% dmg when in air seems to be kind of worthless for your build may be run arcane lightning if you realty want to push your dmg. Also if you could find a way to go 2 into AR you can get fury on swap and another shield giving you a bit more dmg and a few more sec of life (though i wish the shield being on such a long cd would be just a bock for a few sec not just a 3 block shield 75 sec is way too long for something as week).

I forgot about Arcane Lightning, and you’re right it about it being better than Air Training. I’ve tried using Final Shielding before and found that it doesn’t proc reliably. You have to get hit after going below 25% and a lot of times I just drop to 0% instantly. As for Arcane Fury, it’d be nice to have but I don’t know what to give up in exchange.

OP: really I don’t get this… if you charge in your team/zerg not only looses a player… It looses an Elemetalist!

What’s the point of dying? Stay alive! If you die you probably rally the half of the other zerg…

As a D/D ele you can get in, wreck havock and get out. But you need stability. Your (not sloted) Armour of Earth won’t be enough anyways so ask some Guardians to help you out!

If your aim is the frontline: 5-10 gua-warri will down you before you get out of the RideTheLightning animation…

If your aim is the backline: you must not dye! Kill them and then support your team with auras, CC, firefield… Ask for a thief-ranged ele-ranger-engineer to help you out… Your melee burst and CC with their ranged burst and CC is deadly for a single target backliner…

Just my 2 cents…

Well the intent of the build is to kill yourself, along with a few enemies if possible, like I said it’s a silly build. I try to avoid doing suicide attacks when friendlies are around because I don’t want to rally enemies. This usually means I’m running around solo or I run way ahead of my own zerg while they stack up.

Aiming for the frontline is definitely a bad idea. I usually approach from the side or behind the group, and try to aim for squishy targets as I mentioned before. I don’t necessarily care about supporting my server with this build, but an added bonus is that sometimes I distract enemies causing their group to spread out too much.

Why not open up with churn in fire field+lightning flash combo? Here is a vid you may be interested in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzBV9X6Z07M

I’ve seen that video before, it’s pretty interesting. That combo is nice but I could probably only use it safely if I start Churning Earth behind a corner or on top of hill then Lightning Flash into the zerg as they pass by.

I’ve done a similar “downstate ele” build for giggles in Spvp. Basically go as glass as possible with staff put down a lava dont right b4 you’re about to go down, when you do a 2nd one forms. If anyone is an idiot and truest to rush a stomp they melt like butter. Also if you use #2 while in downstate after logcenough( w/e that traits cd is) u can make a 3rd lava font on the ground.

lol this remind me the mesmer survivor with the suicide group gvg build from gw1

Kinda like the gw1 necro bombers in jq

lovely!!! love the way u think about an ele haha
BUT
when u die, all the downed enemies get back alive so don’t die… i changed your build a bit to do more dmg (fury on attunement switch and burning duration cuz thats ur only condi dmg BUT u have 7% more dmg on burning foes… wauw :p )
sigils and arcane lightening (air trait) too
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQJAoYnMISLD25AMAfEIIAQiG4wscCX9p0bA-T1RBABRcCAuS53N7PgneAAeAAUq+jZKBJDg8YA-w

so start with air 4 and 5, do ur burning burst in fire, then use LF to get ur kitten away and redo ur burst combo ;-)

EDIT: use spell slinger in fire trait for more might

The changes you made are interesting but I don’t want to give up the Runes of Afflicted. I always laugh maniacally every time the explosion goes off, I don’t even care about dying. Some people may rally but there’s still a few who just lie back expecting to be rezzed rather than fighting back.

Oh yeah, Spell Slinger is an awesome trait. I’ve tried it before along with Glyph of Elemental Harmony + Inscription to get even more might. I’ve easily built up to 25 stacks within a few seconds using a 6/6/2/0/0 build that includes Earth’s Embrace and Burning Fire. Fire Shield from a focus also helps since there’s a lot of people hitting me and the ICD is per target.