S/W Arcane Tempest PvP
Lol ok…
1 you don’t have a single condi cleans out of water overload that most of the time will be interrupted and alone can’t help you
2 you are running without lighing flash, that is mandatory for a glass cannon build… You will die everytime someone focus you… And you can’t do the best combo scepter offer, phoenix→lighing flash
3 why runes of dragon Hunter??
4 warhorn offer nothing at your build really… No defensive skill out of Sand squall, no condi cleans, no mobility
5 the cc of warhorn are so slow that everyone will Dodge or move away from it, so forgot about land dragon thoot
6 it can may work at very low tier pvp but everyone that know what the skill of his class does will wreck you
7 no it is not op
8 no It’s not viable vs “pro” player
Parabrezza
I don’t care about condi cleanse. It’s meant to decimate enemies in PvP immediately, allowing you to heal after defeating them swiftly.
If you join teamfights, you’ll increase the pressure to such of a degree that it’s just hilarious.
I was able to solo Stronghold with this four times. I’ve killed Legendary warriors with this solo. I don’t know, give it a try maybe??
The Arcane skills for utilities do even more damage compared to without them. You can do two Arcane blasts within 32 seconds while 1 lightning flash within 32 seconds.
Once the buff rolls in, this build will be even better with the Arcane Shield cd buff.
It’s a fun, sacrificial burst build that wrecks if you use it right. A lot of eles that I know of just can’t use Warhorn correctly, and they die. I don’t blame you, Focus rotations screw you up.
It’s a fun build meant to have fun. I didn’t care about sustain or condis, since I just wanted a way to get rid of enemies abruptly without sacrificing too much with Zerkers. Plus, with Zerker you have less precision.
Beware of Bunkers though. They CAN hurt you as your defenses are nimble. If you’re roaming in PvP, stick to non-bunkers (no Druids / Eles with dagger/focus). I mean you can, but I wouldn’t recommend it. Come with somebody else if you have to.
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no heal, no toughness, long cooldowns, limited condi clears. Against any decent player they will avoid your burst then absolutely melt you. Burst isn’t pressure btw.
“Trying to please everyone would not only be challenging
but would also result in a product that might not satisfy anyone”- Roman Pichler, Strategize
It does have heals, just gotta know HOW to heal.
It has Water Trident, Tidal Wave, and Water Bubble which can be used in conjunction to Arcane Brilliance.
The bursts consist of lightning strikes and Arcane Skills, used with Air 5. I don’t use Air 4 often. After using your burst, the enemy will go invuln. Right after their invulns, use Phoenix. Spam D Tooth often and it will land. Use Air Overload often too, unless you have too much focus on you.
Dragon’s Tooth works really well on downed players too.
You just have to get used to the flow. 17k HP is a lot of health for an elementalist.
Scepter doesn’t have long CDs which is the good thing. Use Warhorn exclusively (Air 5, Earth 4, etc)
You’ll be surprised at how fast pace the build is.
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The bursts consist of lightning strikes and Arcane Skills, used with Air 5. I don’t use Air 4 often. After using your burst, the enemy will go invuln. Right after their invulns, use Phoenix. Spam D Tooth often and it will land. Use Air Overload often too, unless you have too much focus on you.
Thats not a burst… Air2 + 2 arcane skills does more or less 6k damage.
Combo Phoenix, lighting flash, arcane blast, Air swap, air2 is a burst … And does more or less 14k damage.
Phoenix can be dodged easy if you dont use teleport to make it istant
No one with half brain will never get hit from dragon thoot (if not downed obviusly), it doesnt matter how much times you cast it
Parabrezza
Man you can play what you want, I’m not saying you can’t play this build.
I’m just saying that this build will never work at middle-high tier pvp… Since it has no mobility, no defensive tools, no condi cleans and it is easily counterable.
If you have fun with it in your stonghold matches just go on to play it, but you can’t come here to say this build is op and work well vs “pro” players because It’s a lie.
Have fun bye bye
Parabrezza
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I’ve used this build for quite some time now, just made a few tweaks here and there before publishing it.
Another major aspect of the build is that it generates high Might stacks. That is when your bursts will be at their prime.
With swiftness, there is some mobility. Arcane Shield (48 CD) is enough to serve as a second-chance stun break after the air shout trait.
Okay so I swapped Lightning Flash for Arcane Shield and Rebound for Fiery GS. Highly recommend this update. Editing OP.
ALSO, it appears offhand dagger might work well with Arcane Shield, as well as Signet of Restoration..
I still like WH more than dagger, but you can go ahead and try a faster paced build with the dagger.
Oh btw, I never said this build works ‘well’ against pro players. I said it works a.k.a. is viable against them. In fact, no build in GW2 ‘works well’ against pro players, since if they’re your counter you’re as good as dead. Ranked hasn’t started yet, but I’ll definitely use this throughout the season and make a consensus on it. People have begged me for it so here it is ;p
I just made an even more powerul build, but I’m deciding to keep this one private. Close topic please.
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