Hello, for the past week i have been excited to think of all the new builds available if that patch is real. I will continue to look into scepter, but for now I have been trying to make a d.d build that has huge def, huge crit, and huge attacks. So i went with the 4 aura build and did theory tweeking (only using exotics)
What do you think? any suggestions, I find this part of the process the most interesting. And again we will ultimatly have to wait and see.
You might want to squeeze in some healing power coz healing power is never wasted on an ele it also synergises well with toughness and increases survivability. And you only have 1 stunbreaker postpatch is that intended? Other than that it looks interesting.
Edit: Also earth trait I could be swapped for earths embrace. your rune has some prot duration so it will extend that one. And honestly i feel that Earth trait I is more made for scepter since it has 2 channeled autos (Air 1 and Earth 1)
Alright Ill check it out. The reason I completely dropped water was cause I thought of it only being important on regen bunker build, but yeah the cleansing wave not being there kind of stinks. Oh and for 1 on earth trait i was just thinking 5 earth fire 2, water 2, and ether renewl channel. This is a silly question but does healing ripple heal you for some too?
anyway I went back and decided to make a scepter version too. tell me what you think of it lol. Im assuming the “rotation” and point of the build would be start in eletric to close gap, then go into fire and use 3-5, then either earth or water. Or would it be better to swap back to electricity after every swap?
Healing ripple is a free mini heal when you attune to water. And the reason I mentioned scepter for earth trait 1 was cos Earth 1 and Air 1 are quite spammable on scepter while dagger fire 2 and water 2 are less spammable:P Imo this looks better than the previous one. And rotation is situational
Last time I checked it did. But that was couple f patches ago them breaking things in the process isnt new. Think i should test and see if it still works. Earth 1 is a channel too so it should work (at least gw2 wiki says its a channel).
@ ptolomy
That is what i figured, just never tested. anyway thanks for the replies. the response on the earth 1 trait was just mainly thinking about earth 5 and the heal, but yeah lol. one last theory craft for the day taking into consideration your thoughts. Also as a side note was thinking about changing food to lemon grass poultry for lower conditions. think that would even be worth it?
I’ll have to look closely at my endurance bar, because the icon doesn’t show up at all
Btw the endurance regen from the air trait II if i remember correctly doesnt work with earth 1 if thats what you mean. But Earth trait I (gain toughness on channel) worked last time I checked with scepter earth 1 and has no icon I think. But ill check it again:P
This build lacks a lot of sustain that a D/D ele needs. The sustain comes from Water 15 minor trait and 30 Arcana trait Evasive Arcana. Going 30 in air takes at least one of these sustain sources away. Going into earth on top of that removes another source of sustain. The build that would work out well are the builds already out: 0/10/0/30/30, 0/20/0/20/30, 0/0/20/20/30 . All work pre and post patch (if the leaked notes are correct).
@neko and curtoky Yeah i started with the 0/20/0/20/30 base, and in the second version on this page it became 0/30/10/10/20 but yeah I tend to agree, but i want to use something from the new patches, and i feel that going with the standard 0/10/0/30/30 is just sticking with the old (which quite frankly seems to be better) but yeah. Maybe I will do something like; 0/15/10/15/30 with valkeiry gear and earth runes. any more thoughts or should we just wait to see what happens lol?
I would like build diversity too like mesmers but the unfortunate thing about Elementalist is that they lack sustain/base defenses which forces them to go into defensive trees (15 water and 30 arcana)
I used to run an aura buff build 0/10/10/20/30 . I think having an additional water trait like boons on cantrips outweighs the benefit of air 15.
Hello, for the past week i have been excited to think of all the new builds available if that patch is real. I will continue to look into scepter, but for now I have been trying to make a d.d build that has huge def, huge crit, and huge attacks. So i went with the 4 aura build and did theory tweeking (only using exotics)
What do you think? any suggestions, I find this part of the process the most interesting. And again we will ultimatly have to wait and see.
