Guild Wars 2

Elementalist

25.
Shocking Aura: Added the shocking aura buff to the skill fact.

26.
Elemental Attunement: Normalized this trait so that each boon can apply up to 5 allies within a 240 radius.

27.
Evasive Arcana: Normalized the radius of each spell created to 180.

28.
Persisting Flames: The duration increase for fire fields is now consistent.

29.
Burning Fire: This trait now lists the proper skill names in its description.

30.
Written in Stone: Fixed an issue which caused Signet of Air to lose its effect partially though the skill’s recharge.

31.
Glyph of Storms: This skill now properly displays the duration of each spell.

32.
Geyser: Increased the base radius to 180. Increased the radius when equipped with the blasting staff trait to 240. Fixed a bug so that the water field radius would match the increased radius with the blasting staff trait.

33.
Water Blast: Increased the healing stat scaling from 10% to 25%. Slightly decreased base heal at low levels but it will heal for same base at level 80.

34.
Conjure Flame Axe:

35.
Lava Axe: This skill now grants 1 stack of might for 8 seconds when striking an enemy.

36.
Explosive Lava Axe: This skill is now a blast finisher.

37.
Flame Leap: Reduced the recharge to 15 seconds.

38.
Conjure Lightning Hammer:

39.
Lightning Leap: This skill will now hit up to 3 targets.

40.
Wind Blast: Increased the launch distance to 600.

41.
Lightning Storm: Increased the lightning impact radius from 60 to 120. This skill can now be used while moving.

42.
Static Field: This skill will now stun a target entering the field instead of dazing them. Increased the radius from 180 to 240.

43.
Conjure Frost Bow:

44.
Water Arrow: Increased the velocity by 20%. Normalized the healing radius to 240 around the target. Increased the base heal by 20% Increased the healing scaling from 10% to 30%.

45.
Frost Volley: Reduced the recharge to 4 seconds.

46.
Frost Fan: Updated the chill skill fact to display the proper duration.

47.
Ice Storm: Increased impact radius from 90 to 120.

48.
Deep Freeze: Reduced the cast time of this skill to 1.5 seconds.

This video was part of the leaked patch notes, suggested to all ele players out there:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boh92DrYEWs

Too bad earth shield was skipped. Agree with all flame axe changes.
Don’t play staff so idk.

LOL Earth Shield. Easily the worst conjured weapon, no changes at all.

Glad they’re sprucing up the other conjures, though. Especially loving the Flame Axe changes, its going to be a self-comboing machine now.

Almost every single time there have been leaked patch notes they end up being being fairly close to spot on accurate.

I’ve been a doubter before, so I’m going to say: legit.

Awesome.

After this the elementalist is going to be more awesomer. I am so excited that I want to cry. These changes make me so happy and glad I am playing an elementalist.

All duration stacking boons and conditions now stack to a maximum of 5 times.

Ele fixed.

Oh, God! I can hardly wait! Hooray!

I don’t understand the change for 26 and 27

FrownyClown.8402:

I don’t understand the change for 26 and 27

Think of them as reducing ranges.

Attunement buffs have varying ranges around 400 as of right now, and if the notes were true, they’re reducing them all to 280.

And Evasive Arcana range is about the same now, but the range nerf is even larger.

This can’t be complete, or did I miss the obligatory major nerf somewhere?

If this is all, it is depressing. Ele gets some minor help with conjures (although they are still really weak). They don’t address any of the actual deficiencies with the class:

-Very poor sustained damage due to terribly weak auto-attacks
-Necessity to trait 30 arcana +15 water (30/10 or 20/15 absolute min) to have ANY survivability (healing). Burst healing is supposed to be a core aspect of the class.
- No real means of escape b/c RtL is terrible with a 40s cooldown on miss. Needs either shorter CD all the time, even with slightly shorter range, or – at the very least – to be unblockable.
- Focus continuing to only have niche use b/c it is a brawler weapon, but has no heal on it. The lack of mobility means you might as well take another class if you are going to waste your time with a Focus. Also, NO damage and absurd cooldowns on skills, especially in fire.
-Utilities are still largely garbage and provide no real support to team-mates.

There are other issues when comparing across classes (why does obsidian focus give + 300 toughness, but the necro skill gives +400? Why is renewing stamina a major trait, yet is a minor for mesmer/guardian? etc.)

Ele will be in an even worse spot after this patch b/c other classes got even more buffs (engie bombs, for instance).

Hope there are more notes than this since I was expecting some major balance patch they have been talking about. I hate using Conjure weapons and see no buffs in the list. Looks like my main sits on the shelf longer if these are legit. lol