Guild Wars 2

I’m searching for an Ele build PvP/WvW roaming that can deal massive dammage in a short amount of time.
Something high risk high reward (one shot or get one shot).
Cause I’m really tired of playing D/F celestial and not dying but not killing anything.
I played thief full zerker, but I don’t really like thief skills overall, so I wanna have a similar build for Ele.
Is that possible with the current meta ?

Scepter/dagger is the spec for it but its a high reward/skill type of build. This is one of the video found that show some of the combos. I am not sure if it will work the same way as it use to pre-HoT but it worth a shot. Their should be a few others video showing some scepter/dagger burst combos. I can not find the video I remember showing some of the other combos. The builds are mostly Fire/Air/Arcane.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vFAQJArdhcMokhdOwnB8RM0AY0RoI8DkKQA4DWFyrQUA-TFiDQBIU5HAV/xAPAA4pHwVKB3x+DAw8HCOBAkCwchWA-w

@Frowny. Why water in this build? Just for 10% damage on initial burst ?
I think you get more from earth.

Wolfric.9380:

@Frowny. Why water in this build? Just for 10% damage on initial burst ?
I think you get more from earth.

Mostly. Its a build I use sometimes in pvp so the initial burst helps. Its probably not required to use though I haven’t really messed with earth for a damage build. The reduced cooldown of focus 4 and 5 in water is more useful than you would think though the reduced cooldown from earth could be better overall too.

I chose water because of the extra condi cleanse and initial burst. Soothing ice helping with overall kiting that is gained from taking One with Air. You gain an extra condi clear from that, water trident and swapping to water.

I usually take the cantrip heal instad because its casts reliably in this build and you can still keep pressure up while its being cast due to the instant casts of air 2, earth 2 and Arcane blast.

This build is good at what it does damage wise, but you probably won’t be winning many 2v1 or vs cheesy condi builds (condi thief and condi mesmer mainly).

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vFAQJArdhMMokhdOwnB8RM0AYSFIA8BnUQHYGWFyrQUA-TliDQBG4BAgQlQAR5wO2fAgq/ggTAA80DoAlgBRJDAM/RKAzFaB-w

This type of stat spread could be better overall for survivabily while sacrificing a little damage.

yes exactly. This is what i would do it. I don´t mess around with water :-). But this is propably more personal style. Earth is a lot damage mitigation and if you need water to heal/survive you have already failed …
Necro is a good example. You winn by killing him before he releases his third corrupt/condi bomb, then you die. Bind, bolt, knockdown, lighning storm, phönix him dead, while you swallow by block and cleanse the second wave …. He either panics and dies or you melt :-). Keep obsidian for the savestomp …
Condi mesmers are painful …. You can only beat them if you don´t loose target much. So its a heavy L2P issue and even taht won´t help against good mesmers …

Thanks guys, I think I’ll go with the dagger off-hand, cause I really like it even if this isn’t very strong, but I like fire grab, fire ring and RDL, and it is more aoe. So if there’s 2 peoples or a mesmer, it will be easier to hit them all . With sc/f you have more cc and surviability, but mehh… I don’t really like the focus even if this is strong right now. And the warhorn… I think the animation speed is so slowwww, would be a great offhand if it was faster.

Definitely. Scepters can burst peeps for 15-18k depending on traits and utilities. The damage is nearly instant (<half a second) and is very hard to predict. I like fire/air/arcane btw. It’s probably better to start with water or earth to see what style you like.

I’ve found Scepter surprisingly decent in this meta because more people are running glassier builds.

Btw the person in the first video isn’t doing the burst 100% correctly. You cast phoenix first but you need to flash before phoenix finishes casting. This reduces the phoenix travel time to zero and makes the burst unpredictable.

One of my favorite combos was air focus 5 (knockdown) into fire 2 (dragon’s tooth). At this point they will stunbreak and dodge and right after they dodge use the phoenix-flash combo.

happy one-shotting

I like scepter because of the range. The ability to kite or go close is what i want. I don´t need a huge burst i fight more tactical. And scepter is perfect for that. It´s a mix of burst and sustainen condi damage. I kill with a combination of hiting hard from air/fire, a moderate condi bomb and sustained bleed in earth till recharge. It does not oneshot but it´s a lot of preassure and i like viper stats for this. Drawback is it´s weak to focus fire but can still heal and cleanse for the team. So if the oposign team thinks ele is not worth focusing (pvp) you are golden ^^.

my wvw solo roaming build.
This is what i use when im feeling 100% on my game high risk high reward dagger dagger build.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vFAQJAoYhcMoxh9NwwB0RM8AYVVYGWIlAwBoFSDhYwOA-TFSBQBYRpyiUCeFlVA4BAMj9HSo6PP4EAgH9AkCoKhWA-w

If im feeling alittle off or just not doing as well as id like because im too squishy ill use this set up with the same traits just different gear.
http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vFAQJAoYhcMoxh9NwwB0RM8AYSA4A0CrqwMsQSDhYwOA-TlSBABequSXKDQTJ4VKpe4EAMz+DA8AA2UlCsUqgneASBYuQL-w

This is what I run in wvw:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vFAQJArdhcMoyh9MwzB8RM0AYVW4KEFmUQH4FIVgAwHE-T1BFABXpEEgTAg+q/Uz+DppHAJlfL8AAIEg5tA-w

It’s not as entertaining as fire/air/arcane once was, but at least it’s pretty competitive compared to what’s out there atm. Surprisingly durable due to an obnoxious amount of active and passive blocks/invulns/cleanse/stunbreak, and good sustain. Even tho it’s pretty much full glass gear.

Here’s some footage I never released of what it looks like in action
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JUHIt5srfA