Guild Wars 2

Hello,
i started today my 5th pg (i know there are players with 15char… but this is my 3rd month on gw2 :< can this help xd) and it’s an elementalist…
At beginning i didn’t like that class… but after some tests… and after testing it on myself… meh i can say that i love this class XD

now… i just stearted my pg today but i’m one who liketo test build in hearth of the mists and get lvl 80 with everything already decided and tested.
So from what i’ve understand there are some big groups in ele’s builds:
1) choice between D/D (called the noob build XD) and S/D (Staff is pretty useless in pvp … but not in WvW)
2) choice between cantrips and auras (also cantrips get some auras)

so what can you suggest me to try out? These ere few things i like/dont like to do:
1)i like go in melee but i dont like to be forced only in melee…
2)i like to survive… so i don’t like full zerker equip
3)i like to deal a good damage… so i don’t like a tanky gear
4)i like to play hard… so i like to use complicated tactics but really effective
5)i really like to play with attudements swaps and manage boons/damages/effects coming from it

that’s all thank you for help

ps: that’s an already tested build with some nice results
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fEAQJAoYhMmmbyx4gjFAkCmEKowoQHiCWUeMDN2A-j0yAYrAShAJCAZPh0Eo0YVrIasqFMVJguMpqzI7NKiWNA-w

thank you for answers… this is the best class section (followed by guardian and warrior).

Where do you plan on using this?

If it is for wvw then based on the 5 things you listed that you dislike I think you might enjoy this build I shared. https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/elementalist/As-requested-by-the-4-eles-from-last-night/page/2#post2523394

It is very bursty even at range where you can start and finish battles without you getting to melee distance. Of course it has the choice to be in melee and then out to range to continue bursting as well. It is not glassy at all even on zerg vs zerg encounters yet it is not very bunker either to the point where other burst type of players can’t take you out in seconds if you don’t outplay or nuke them first. Being experienced on both type of weapon sets I find the s/d to be much more complicated than d/d so that also fits on your number 4 dislike. It doesn’t have good amount of boon duration so idk where it stands on your number 5 category.

LightningBlaze.4913:

If it is for wvw then based on the 5 things you listed that you dislike I think you might enjoy this build I shared. https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/elementalist/As-requested-by-the-4-eles-from-last-night/page/2#post2523394

It is very bursty even at range where you can start and finish battles without you getting to melee distance. Of course it has the choice to be in melee and then out to range to continue bursting as well. It is not glassy at all even on zerg vs zerg encounters yet it is not very bunker either to the point where other burst type of players can’t take you out in seconds if you don’t outplay or nuke them first. Being experienced on both type of weapon sets I find the s/d to be much more complicated than d/d so that also fits on your number 4 dislike. It doesn’t have good amount of boon duration so idk where it stands on your number 5 category.

thank you for answer man… there is a problem… in the page you liked there are more than 1 build…
are you talking about this one?
http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fEAQJArYhEmIbzR5wjEIEFmAKMKECiHWgDwhlCzAA-jEDBoLA4LgUgAEBgZPDZMBKqVNFRjVXDT5SIV7Ky2bCZmcRVKgKGDA-w

ps: my request was for WvW

I would ask if you are going to be doing alot of roaming. If so, that is going to control your build. I have tried various builds and almost all of them seem to do pretty well in large and small groups. What will set them apart is what I find when I get caught out in the open in 1v1s or 2v2s etc.

So I ask, do you expect to run? Do you want to win? In my case, there is usually a home borderlands that is fully in the hands of the opposing home team. There is no zerg roaming the map and so there is no opposing zerg. That is where our players go who like to solo camps alone or in pairs and because they do, that is where you will find the opposing home server players looking for you solo and in small groups.

If that is what you like to do and you want to be extremely successful doing that, the build that can accomplish that can also be a passable build for the large group raid support roles. The same is not necessarily true the other way around,

If you don’t care if you can solo supply camps and/or aggressively pursue 1v1, 2v2 combat, that opens up alot more build options.

Kjeldoran.3849:

LightningBlaze.4913:

If it is for wvw then based on the 5 things you listed that you dislike I think you might enjoy this build I shared. https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/elementalist/As-requested-by-the-4-eles-from-last-night/page/2#post2523394

It is very bursty even at range where you can start and finish battles without you getting to melee distance. Of course it has the choice to be in melee and then out to range to continue bursting as well. It is not glassy at all even on zerg vs zerg encounters yet it is not very bunker either to the point where other burst type of players can’t take you out in seconds if you don’t outplay or nuke them first. Being experienced on both type of weapon sets I find the s/d to be much more complicated than d/d so that also fits on your number 4 dislike. It doesn’t have good amount of boon duration so idk where it stands on your number 5 category.

thank you for answer man… there is a problem… in the page you liked there are more than 1 build…
are you talking about this one?
http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fEAQJArYhEmIbzR5wjEIEFmAKMKECiHWgDwhlCzAA-jEDBoLA4LgUgAEBgZPDZMBKqVNFRjVXDT5SIV7Ky2bCZmcRVKgKGDA-w

ps: my request was for WvW

That’s the one