Guild Wars 2

Hello there!

I am very interested in Ele roaming. However, I don’t know if I want to necessarily wait 30 days to create celestial gear. Are there any viable roaming builds that don’t focus on celestial gear?

Thank you!

w8 30days for cele gear you start be op.

there was a guy who posted some videos not too long ago of a ‘balanced’ ele build. I don’t think his build was celestial but asked him to show us how to play zerk ele roaming in wvw and never got a response.

I suspect the video creation process takes time and ofc he has to find good material for it.

Hi OptimistPrime!

What weapons are you going to use? Solo or small group?

I play D/D roamer and I can tell you Celestial armour is not a must-have. Currently I run PVT armours with pack runes. My accessories are celestial. It takes a bit of gold + laurel + guild commendations, but it worth it IMHO.

And the good thing about celestial ascended accessories is that they are account bound and not profession-specific. So basically you have to buy them only once.

They are replaceable with knight-soldier-berserker-rabid-etc… but the cele always wins stat wise.

My suggestion: If you don’t have 30 days and a crapload of money to craft celestial ascended or exotic, stick to Knight/Soldier and play around with the accessories.

Oh and remember: full celestial is usually bad!

sorrychief.2563:

there was a guy who posted some videos not too long ago of a ‘balanced’ ele build. I don’t think his build was celestial but asked him to show us how to play zerk ele roaming in wvw and never got a response.

I suspect the video creation process takes time and ofc he has to find good material for it.

That was tormentum nex. He hasnt been on in a month. He does that alot.

Aggrostemma.1703:

Hi OptimistPrime!

What weapons are you going to use? Solo or small group?

I play D/D roamer and I can tell you Celestial armour is not a must-have. Currently I run PVT armours with pack runes. My accessories are celestial. It takes a bit of gold + laurel + guild commendations, but it worth it IMHO.

And the good thing about celestial ascended accessories is that they are account bound and not profession-specific. So basically you have to buy them only once.

They are replaceable with knight-soldier-berserker-rabid-etc… but the cele always wins stat wise.

My suggestion: If you don’t have 30 days and a crapload of money to craft celestial ascended or exotic, stick to Knight/Soldier and play around with the accessories.

Oh and remember: full celestial is usually bad!

Why is full celestial bad?

Zephyron.7081:

Aggrostemma.1703:

Hi OptimistPrime!

What weapons are you going to use? Solo or small group?

I play D/D roamer and I can tell you Celestial armour is not a must-have. Currently I run PVT armours with pack runes. My accessories are celestial. It takes a bit of gold + laurel + guild commendations, but it worth it IMHO.

And the good thing about celestial ascended accessories is that they are account bound and not profession-specific. So basically you have to buy them only once.

They are replaceable with knight-soldier-berserker-rabid-etc… but the cele always wins stat wise.

My suggestion: If you don’t have 30 days and a crapload of money to craft celestial ascended or exotic, stick to Knight/Soldier and play around with the accessories.

Oh and remember: full celestial is usually bad!

Why is full celestial bad?

its not “bad” per say, its just that the damage output isnt optimal. Having a base of celestial then either zerker or knights would be best. I myself have a half my trinkets and half my armor in celestial, with runes of strength. This allows for around 2k base damage along with a strong sustain.

Thank you Marmatt for the explanation

I was over exaggerating a bit. It’s not bad, it’s suboptimal. Half celestial gear gives you every basic value every ele needs and the knight-zerker-soldier-rabid-dire items push your chosen stats to an acceptable level.

Full celestial is just doesn’t give you the numbers what you need in any role. You must tweak this…
D/D Melee: PVT or Knight
Staff Nuker: Berserker
Staff support: PVT or Knight
condi spec: Dire or Rabid
Commander: PVT
etc… you get my point…

This means you don’t have to (and shouldn’t) burn all your money AND laurels/commendations/ectos/whatever on Celestial gear.

Craft armour OR get the accessories. You don’t have to do both.

Suggestion: get the celestial accessories. They are useful on another 2-3 professions too so if you decide to play another one you already have the gear.

My 2 cents

Here is a video of Non-Celestial SD ele. Its a older video but still viable, took a break from the game for about a year, I recently started up again.

OptimistPrime.9283:

Hello there!

I am very interested in Ele roaming. However, I don’t know if I want to necessarily wait 30 days to create celestial gear. Are there any viable roaming builds that don’t focus on celestial gear?

Thank you!

Whoever told you you HAD to be celestial or even d/d to roam? Make a build you will be comfortable with. Play and adjust your traits to suits your comfort zone.

I solo roam staff (battle/bloodlust or energy) all the time in zerker gear with defensive traits 2/0/0/6/6. It is totally doable and enjoyable. If people start to join you, your staff will shine even more.