Guild Wars 2

Been looking for a solid leveling build that can handle itself in general pve, along with dungeons ect.

I heard earth was good, for it’s defensive qualities along with it’s bleeds.

Is there a build that centers around Power/Conditions/Vit?

Thanks!

For levelling, I greatly recommend the elemental summons, together with the Air trait ‘Quick Glyphs’. They will make your life a lot easier.

Putting 5 points in water ASAP will help (for the passive regen). Also, points in arcane reduce the cooldown of attunement swapping, which is crucial for viability. Also, what ThiBash said; get your summon elemental glyphs ASAP. The earth elemental is a very decent tank while leveling (and with the elite glyph, the water elemental does some aoe burst healing). Also, the more points you put in water and arcane, the more useful +healing gear is.

EDIT: P.S. Ultimately you will have 0 / 10 / 0 / 30 / 30 traits, with Air: I, Water: III, IX, XI, and Arcana: V, VI, XI. Healing gear helps a lot with survivability. Oh, and for dungeons if you want to share your Auras (with D/D that’s Air #3 and Water #4 for shocking aura and frost aura) you can change Water: IX, XI traits to V, XII. This build is primarily focused around D/D, but it can also be used for other weapon combinations just as well if you just change the traits around a bit (without even retraining).

EDIT: P.P.S. Runes on armor are Water and Monk for boon duration and healing (at 80, you will use 2 / 2 / 2 Superior / Superior / Major). On offhand always use Battle, and on main hand either use Life or Bloodlust. Always use Glyph of Elemental Harmony as healing skill, Glyph of Elementals as elite skill, and 3 Cantrips as utility skills (Lightning Flash / Cleansing Fire, Mist Form, and Armor of Earth). Although, while leveling you may want to use Glyph of Lesser Elemental (Arcane Wave is good for an extra blast finisher and burst damage skill, and at lower levels Signet of Fire gives you ~10% increased critical hit chance).

Thank you both very much!