Guild Wars 2

Hi guys, i have an 80 elementalist which i have not played in a long time

My elementalist i would love to get back into for WvW, i saw some videos of a S/D build and enjoyed it.. surly i don’t have to be D/D as everyone seems to be that now

So basically, the reason i dont play my ele is i went afk in LA for about 5 mins ( nature called) and one of my housemates thought it be funny to salvage all my gear and weapons and spend my gold on absolutely nothing, so as a result i have an Elementalist with no armor, no weapons, no money and sitting in Lions arch doing nothing. anyways i’ve managed to get about 46silver and looking at getting some gear from TP, of course i can only afford Masterwork..yay

So i am wondering if anyone knows of any viable WvW S/D builds now as i know there’s been changes in patches.

What armor/weapon stats/jewelery/traits would you reccommend for wvw.. i basically want to be able to Defend camps and solo flip camps as i usually run alone or with 2 – 3 people

Any help would be great thanks

i’m guessing masterwork gear will do until i can get gold and slowly upgrade piece by piece to exotic

Lot of people come to S/D and just start with the 0/10/0/30/30 d/d build. All the things that make it great for D/D make it great for S/D. As you get comfy, you can start going about 20 points into fire and take either 20% less cool down or +charges on conjures. Play with the thunder hammer and FGS and you’ll see why. Full dps specs also look for 20 into air (or even 30) since each point is crit damage %.

As to gear: Probably fastest ways to gear up right now are either still karma for a Power/Vit/Toughness set or WvW with the badge changes.

oooo i need to get hold of some karma, got about 23k (another thing that was spent)

I use this, although my gear’s rare, not exotic.

Not saying it’s the best, but I like it – pretty balanced between defense and offense.

andyMak.6985:

So basically, the reason i dont play my ele is i went afk in LA for about 5 mins ( nature called) and one of my housemates thought it be funny to salvage all my gear and weapons and spend my gold on absolutely nothing, so as a result i have an Elementalist with no armor, no weapons, no money and sitting in Lions arch doing nothing.

Holy crap, dude. That’s awful. Your housemate was a kitten.

You’ve already gotten some solid advice. My recommendation for WvW is to run Signet of Earth. That on-demand 3 second Immobilize will let you land some serious combos on enemies who otherwise won’t be standing still. Not so important in PvE (where most mobs will just stand there and attack anyway) but everyone’s moving all the time in WvW so anything to make them sit down and wait for your Dragon’s Tooth and Pheonix to land.

Outside of that, there are a lot of slot skills that work. I, personally, feel uncomfortable without at least 2 Cantrips on my bar in WvW. Lighting Flash and Mist Form make you extremely slippery.

Oh, and don’t forget to buy a staff. It can be worthwhile to switch when you’re defending/sieging a keep.