Guild Wars 2

I’m lvl 65 ele atm, and I really like the gameplay, it’s really cool. I’m in full yellow zerker armor for my level, and d/d or staff depending, also yellow.

I die a button, even using water 2 and 5 and my dodges.
I feel like my damage is low and i’m not sure what i’m doing wrong. I’m 42020 atm taking more dmg n fire and dmg while burning, so idk why my dmg is so low.

Is this normal before 80 for an ele?

Try putting more points in arcana and take elemental attument, most elementalists with survivability issues need to mitigate the incoming damage. Elemental attument, can grant you protection and regeneration when you attune to earth and water. For the adept trait, vigorous precision and windborne dagger are my favorities.

Also if you do play with dagger, put points in air, lightning whip is your strongest auto attack. Pick the 10% more damage trait when attuned to air. Stone splinter in earth ( 10% more damage to targets nearby) can further increase your damage.

I wouldn’t run full zerker when leveling. Use a mix of zerker/knight/soldier, get zephyrs boon and put more points in arcana, as pointed out by DutchRiders. The rules of zerker meta don’t apply for solo leveling since you’re on your own and there are no “roles” to fit.

Sorry for late reply – i’ll try that, thanks for the help all!

The recent nerfs to leveling and zerk have gutted the ease when it comes to ele. Unfortunately I have to agree that you’ll need to invest in more defensive stats, making the experience more drawn out than it has to be. Mixing in a bit of toughness should be all you need.

Are you using Ether renewal? Was completely blown away when I tried it out, increasing my survival ten fold. Sigil of restoration really doesnt heal that much in an offensive setup (imo), and once use becomes completely useless. Also it doesnt help with conditions, which are often the biggest problem..

Good healing, remove conditions every tick (8) on a 15 sec cd, yes please.
The channel really isnt a problem imo in PvE (solo).