Guild Wars 2

Ok so this is the first time ive actually made my own build, i usually just copy and paste what ever is good each month :P

Looking for some feedback and advice on trait/gear choices. Im kinda new to the ele myself, and dont like the feel of DD so I thought i’d go glassy Staff.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fEAQFAWhImmbyxywjDAhHEwQCCFPYRRxM7A;TkAg0Cvo6yokQJrXuukeNEB

Traits: 30/20/0/0/20
Fire: Eternal fire. Pryomancer’s Alacrity. Pyromancer’s Puissance.
Air: Zephry’s boon. Bolt to the Heart.
Arcana: Elemental Attunement. Blasting Staff.
Gear: Full berserker armor/weapons. Valkyrie jewelry with a karka earing .
Runes: 2 monk, 2 water, 2 fury.
Sigil of Battle on staff.

I like staff because i find it has ALOT of control over the battlefield, in large fights anyway. In smaller skirmishers Staff ( i think ) tends to fall behind a bit as the hard hitting AoE’s need to be placed more defensivly whilst your constantly trying to keep out of melee range.

The build is your typical mage. Sit in the back and lob fireballs around. I generally start in earth. Magnetic Aura ( for the fury ) and place down my first AoE, Eruption. From there ill switch into water for Ice spike. Then into fire to start the heavy AoE rotation. By this time i have a reasonably high amount of might too.
Water 4 ( frozen ground ) is saved with my utilitie Arcane Wave for a frost aura if i need to give myself fury a boost.

After ive went through the rotations and Attunements come back off cooldown i cycle through again to keep fury up. If i done right i can keep perma fury up.

The aim of my build going so heavy into Fire and Air was to maximise my damage. By keeping fury up all the time I sit at a little over %50 crit chance and over 75 crit damage.
The price you pay for this of course is a very squishy ele.

The build was made to focus around tower defense/offence ( wvw ). I dont think it would be ideal for PvE/Dungeons as it hasnt got very high defense and no team support ( which it seems ele’s are most desired for ).

That said, im not a fan of having to change builds for each different scenario so i’d probably try and make it work.

Ive tried the build myself, I think its pretty good. But always looking to be better.

Any advice or criticism regarding the build are welcome, Thanks for taking the time to read it.

Edit: Grammer. Added build link. Formatted.

If you get the “bad link” error message just copy and paste the link. Not sure why its not working.

Very similar to mine, and mine is very good for dungeosn and PvE if you know how to kite properly. I go 30/0/0/20/20.

Traits are,

Fire: internal fire, pyro anchor alacrity, persisting flames
Water: aquamancer’s alacrity, cleansing wave
Arcana: elemental attune net, blasting staff

Bigger, longer lasting, more damaging fire fields are the main focus but the benefits from the others really suit team play.

Edit: I use PVT gear with rune of vampirism and I have a few different staves I switch between depending on which rune I want. They range from water and air, to purity and restoration.

Edit 2: The nice thing is I can switch to daggers and still have a good build for it just by changing skill 3 in fire and 2 in arcana.

Thanks for the reply Azrael. Your build, to me, seems more like a moderate damage and survival build.

The aim of my build going so heavy into air was to maximise my damage. By keeping fury up all the time I sit at a little over %50 crit chance and over 75 crit damage.
The price you pay for this of course is a very squishy ele.

My build is specifically made to be interchangeable for group PvP, group PvE and solo PvE. I tend not to solo PvP with my Ele because of how squishy they are regardless of toughness and gear.

For what your focusing on I can see that would be a good variant. Im going to test my build a bit more and maybe try and improve on it.

both nice tower defense builds, but I wouldn’t venture too far beyond that with it. Staff ele needs to consider support if roaming. Other than that, I think it’s great if you don’t mind hanging out at SM all day plinking at people coming at your door