Guild Wars 2

So I’ve recently hit 80 with my ele and am wondering what gear to get. I mainly PvE but haven’t done any dungeons or fractals (just trying to get my 100% world completion) and I’m looking to get into WvW. I’ve seen on other posts that PVT armour is the best to for eles get but its so kitten expensive, so are their any other alternatives?

So best armour for:
1.Open world PVE
2.Dungeons/ Fractals
3. WvW

thanks in advance

PVE – Zerk/scholars d/d or d/f Dungeons – zerk/scholars D/F or D/D – WvW 6 slots armor PVT/boondur rest zerk D/F preffered over D/D for the 1vX and fgs as second fall back if necessary (viable for roaming, many other setups very possible up to you, just what i prefer eh) For jewelry i prefer the ascended Wannabe berserker that cuts a small amount of precision for a small amount of vitality. Pvt is by no means the best armor for eles, also i’d advice obtaining through dungeons such as AC. I only roam in WvW if you’re into zerging i suppose full zerk staff is the way to go, hope it was any helpful.

Hamster Wheel.2948:

So best armour for:
1.Open world PVE
2.Dungeons/ Fractals
3. WvW

thanks in advance

This is a good Armour set for DnD ele. Works in PvE/Dungeons and WvW.

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/elementalist/?1.0|8.1g.h4.8.1k.h1h.0.0.0|0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0|1c.71h.1c.71h.1n.71g.1c.71g.1n.71m.1n.71m|211.d1b.211.d1b.311.d1b.211.d1b.311.d1b.3v.d1b|0.a1.0.u5ab.u56b|15.1|1n.1u.25.1v.0|e

You are welcome mate.

Fuzzion.2504:

Hamster Wheel.2948:

So best armour for:
1.Open world PVE
2.Dungeons/ Fractals
3. WvW

thanks in advance

This is a good Armour set for DnD ele. Works in PvE/Dungeons and WvW.

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/elementalist/?1.0|8.1g.h4.8.1k.h1h.0.0.0|0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0|1c.71h.1c.71h.1n.71g.1c.71g.1n.71m.1n.71m|211.d1b.211.d1b.311.d1b.211.d1b.311.d1b.3v.d1b|0.a1.0.u5ab.u56b|15.1|1n.1u.25.1v.0|e

You are welcome mate.

Way too tanky for pve, mediocre for WvW. Yes it “works” but at the cost of inefficiency.

I’m lazy and quite colloquial, I play the same build for PvE/WvW, I just change some traits/utilities/weapon sets/food buff (just to get things faster and to empty my bags full of crafted food) according to the situation. My PvP build doesn’t differ by much though.

Can’t say i play an optimized build, but that works fine.

you should really have a separate set for PvE and WvW. As people have already said, d/d or s/d zerker with scholar runes are definitely optimal, but many people have trouble surviving with these builds as zerk eles with scholar runes could be the most glass way of playing the game.