Guild Wars 2

So I’ve finally decided that I want my third character to be an Elementalist (After trying and deleting one three times so far :P), but the problem now is that I can’t decide what race the Elementalist should be. The only races I play are usually Charr and Asura, so I’m leaning more towards making my Elementalist one of those two. Any suggestions?

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/elementalist/Any-advantages-from-a-race-in-WvW/first#post1866551

My Elementalist is Asura. It’s my favorite race in the game. What I dislike with big races is that they walk slower, although my D/D runs quickly always, so that’s not really relevant

Asura’s animations are pretty cool for say Burning Speed or Earthquake. A big thing is that all effects are quite a lot smaller. Voice animations on male charr is pretty sick but IMO Asura female are the best even though mine is male. Check IntigoGW2 on youtube for voice.

Every race in the game runs at the same speed. Asurans are closer to the ground, so it only seems faster when in first person mode.

It sorta depends on what it is about those two races that you are leaning toward. If its all about aesthetics then I’d say good luck. If its about racial skills, then your mileage may vary. I made my elementalist a norn. I really didn’t have any real particular reason why, but since I picked up snow leapord, I turned him into Eleninja. Between that, and the mobility of D/D, along with the great cantrips like Flash Teleport and Mist Form.. getting into hard to reach places and around patrols and ninja’ing skill points without being caught or damaged severely is somewhat of a blessing. The mobility is top notch. As a Norn, the summoned weapons also look only that much more intimidating.

I just don’t recommend extended hand to hand fighting while transformed. Stealth, pounce in, do your do, get the kitten out.

If I had to choose between Asura and Charr, I’d go with Charr.

After trying out a Charr ele, I ended up going with an Asura elementalist.
To be honest, even though I like the Charr; Asuras are pretty cool,
and playing a mini ele the shoots fire out of dual daggers is pretty awesome.
Thanks for the opinions!

Ramethzero.3785:

Every race in the game runs at the same speed. Asurans are closer to the ground, so it only seems faster when in first person mode.

Yeah I know this but Asuras seem to walk faster and that makes a big difference to me.

well in terms of racial skills i regret not taking asura over norn…

basically because asuras get two skills which are very benficial to a condition damage focused build like mine.

norn elites kinda suck leopard form can be pretty cool just for the stealth and charge.

other than that i would choose always the race you like looking at the most.
ask yourself what kind of ele you want to be – not im terms of build – more in a rpg area – and you will be happy for a much longer time.

nothing sucks more than realizing that you have an lvl 80 human engineer but really wanted some fat-bearded-bold grease monkey – hence norn.

asura female t3 look nice
human female t3 look sexy

human female staff look horrible no special effects when holding a staff.
asura male with dagger is cool (will swing the daggers)

ele’s healing power are ok, so racial healing skill isn’t a must

ele’s ultimate skill are “imo” weak, a norn or human (chill+poison) could soemtimes help

My main is a Human Female Elementalist. All my alts are male, but my GW1 main was a human female and I wanted to reuse the name. I am happy with this choice.

If I was forced to change race, I’d make a Male Asura. This is based purely on the way Wooden Potatoes’ Asura spins its daggers.

I chose a Human Male, sort of the “legacy” character from GW1. Initially, I had leveled a Sylvari Ele all the way to 80 until I realized that the VA of the Sylvari with constant attunement switching was too… whiny. And pleading. The Human VA is at least much more authoritative, and somewhat reminiscent of Avatar on occasion.

Asuran T3 light cultural is the best armor ingame.. I wish I went Asura!

Female Charr in T2

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