Bored at work so I decided to put together a build for WvW. Solo roamer +zerg surfing with the occasional supply camp. Was using a S/D condition build yesterday but didn’t feel right
I would like to be able to burst someone down quickly and if I get zerged have the ability to get away and reset.
Completely open to any ideas or suggestion.
My main is a Ranger who’s main play style is what I would like to do with my Ele. Hit hard and fast. If they don’t die quickly I am out. I don’t stay for long drawn out fights unless specced for it.
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If you really want to burst someone I’ll give you some general guidelines
- Spend no more than 5 points in arcana tree.
- Change your heal, and signet of earth… (it will only work on beginner level players to help you land your dragon tooth) to lightning flash
- Increase your power, critical damage and hp
- Decrease your armor a bit
Unless you really like to burst or are willing to spend a great amount of time playing as a burst ele in wvw I wouldn’t recommend you go with this playstyle. As a burst ele is not a matter of downing players in 1-2 seconds (again only bad players will get downed within this time frame on 1v1). It will mostly require you to analyse your opponent build and predicting some of his most beneficial skills/rotations to avoid them. In short it is all about countering and outplaying your opponent and knowing when to use certain skills. It will lead to frustration if you don’t pay attention to anything else aside of your own skills rotation.
Heidia- The elementalist is the #1 most OP profession in this game since beta!
Hello, I play s/d zerk ele for small group / solo roaming in wvw.
It is really glassy, but I can pretty much demolish anything that I get the jump on. My main burst comes from arcane blast, earthquake, lightning flash, fire attune, phoenix, ring of fire. On most non-bunker players, this will down or close to down them. For more bunker types and those that stunbreak/invuln your burst, you can continue to put pressure on with other skills, or retreat with RTL. With zerk ele, you are really glassy, so a lot of your survivability comes from blocking and blinding the enemy’s burst and killing them first. It takes some getting used to, but after you learn your limitations it’s quite enjoyable.
If you really want to burst someone I’ll give you some general guidelines
- Spend no more than 5 points in arcana tree.
- Change your heal, and signet of earth… (it will only work on beginner level players to help you land your dragon tooth) to lightning flash
- Increase your power, critical damage and hp
- Decrease your armor a bit
Unless you really like to burst or are willing to spend a great amount of time playing as a burst ele in wvw I wouldn’t recommend you go with this playstyle. As a burst ele is not a matter of downing players in 1-2 seconds (again only bad players will get downed within this time frame on 1v1). It will mostly require you to analyse your opponent build and predicting some of his most beneficial skills/rotations to avoid them. In short it is all about countering and outplaying your opponent and knowing when to use certain skills. It will lead to frustration if you don’t pay attention to anything else aside of your own skills rotation.
That is excellent advice. Appreciate it.
As mentioned earlier I main a Ranger but like taking some runs with my Ele and Warrior ….and it’s usually a bit of a gong show because the hours played on those 2 classes combined in WvW doesn’t even come close to Ranger.
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Hello, I play s/d zerk ele for small group / solo roaming in wvw.
It is really glassy, but I can pretty much demolish anything that I get the jump on. My main burst comes from arcane blast, earthquake, lightning flash, fire attune, phoenix, ring of fire. On most non-bunker players, this will down or close to down them. For more bunker types and those that stunbreak/invuln your burst, you can continue to put pressure on with other skills, or retreat with RTL. With zerk ele, you are really glassy, so a lot of your survivability comes from blocking and blinding the enemy’s burst and killing them first. It takes some getting used to, but after you learn your limitations it’s quite enjoyable.
Edit: Nice, that is glassy for sure. 123% crit damage? Never seen a build with it that high. How well does Lava Tomb work for you to get you up again after being downed?
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