Guild Wars 2

So yeah a while ago I made a thread regarding ele bieng celestial in nature and then some posters suggested sage amulet. I was admittely very skeptical regarding sage amulet for it’s lack of precision it offered. However after doing some tweaking here and there. I managed to tweak on my existing condi hybrid burst build to offer it more sustain and surprisingly the pressure it offered was remarkly decent for the stats it lost.

Initial build:

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vFAQJArdnMMAFYi9MA+XCcYilHArIQOFaCuT2M7nVIAcA2gA-TJBFABFt/QAPAAAOBAnXGAA

Sage amulet version:

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vFAQJArdn0XCFYi9MAWYCcYilHATIAcA2guT2L7nd4EkB6gA-TJBBQBA4BAUl9H6wJAAilBAA

With both builds u change the the third utility skill for aftershock for more projectile. U can also change wash the pain away on the sage amulet version for ether renewal

What I realized is that the fury offered through air attunment trait tree in combination with that extra precision through sigil of accuracy puts your precision at 31 percent at intervals which actually gives u quite a nice amount of crits. I haven’t tested in ranked yet. but so far i’ve become noticeably more tanky. I don’t need to kite the entire match anymore. But so far it looks promising to me.

So yeah I did underestimate sage amulet. Ofcourse i’d be happy with 33.333 or more percent crit total. so that i could guarantee that roughtly one out 3 hits on average would be a crit. but I’m for the time bieng content with sage.

Discuss.

I nealy always use sage + Soldiers. It´s the most solid alround option. I use a more shout heavy setup but it allows multiple versions. Using air was not the best for me. With air i did a funny ligning rod build. Going for air and multiple overloads i would trait stability on OL but precision is very low. You might consider air/earth using signets.

Maybe such a version. A bit more selfish due to no wash the pain away.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vFAQJArdnMMAlNg9NA+XCcYilHAb4EkBWBuT2M7nVIAcA2gA-TJBBQBQsMAAeAAd4EA0v9HAA
I realy like viper but against competent oponents ist tough to survive….
And i currently use intelligence sigil over acuracy

Fresh Air seems like a waste if you’re going for condis. You’ll want to spend most of your time in Fire and Earth. Taking the whole trait line just for the fury… I don’t know.

The thing is But I’m not going for condi’s solely faenor. Both builds I use for dealing both condi and power damage. I’m not a fan of staying in one or two attunmentes, When the situation in pvp can require me to change attunments in a moments notice. The 11 percent precision plus fury allow me to have periods of dealing power burst damage when I’m not on fire and earth. Or use overload air for cleave. also the air overload gives me more access to shocking aura which offers me protection and healing+regenration. The build is a bit more an all arounder then have it soley focus on or the other.

Wolfric, Yeah i intially considered taking signet of fire to up the precision. but then i had to give up one extra shout or potential aura which is one extra condi cleanse or one extra source of healing/regenration or both. Which would then force me into having the only reliable condi clear in ether renewal which again can be interuppted wiht it’s 2 sec plus casttime. I could have decided to sacrifice arcance shield, but then I’m sacrificing one extra stunbreaker and an active defence against high spike damage classes, for example if i get ganked by thief or a actually competent power shatter coming out of nowhere. Bassically i took as u said the alround solid option at the expense of sacrificing a bit of power. If signet of fire was a stunbreak i prolly would consider taking it over aftershock. Unfortunately in solo queue u Always or atleast in my case, I Always come across a team that deals both condi and or power damage or a team with thiefs or GS/Mace burst, Heralds, high power damage. Even with GS mace burst having that 6 second window of unblockable attacks the aftershock and using the arcane shield when they don’t expect it. But yeah I definately agree that your option offers more offence.

I also changed the rune to leadership in that case ;-).
thiefs are rarely my problem. Main issue is warrior and condi mesmer. I have to preasure and kill which is possible for fighting mesmer if hes not too good but warrior is a pain. He will just outsustain and kill after a while having heavy regen, condi imunity + cleanse and CC and strong damage … Just to much for a poor ele.
I agree thet arcane shield is well fiting. I also always have one stunbreaker in addition to OL which prooved to be good. but i regulary trait the autostunbreak for that. I learned to listen to it´s cracle and use the superspeed. But i don´t use fresh air and OL is a nice aditon which is diffrent. I am shout heavy also traiting tempestous aria which weakens oponents. This is good defence for the team and also acts a cover condition.

Wolfric.9380:

I also changed the rune to leadership in that case ;-).
thiefs are rarely my problem. Main issue is warrior and condi mesmer. I have to preasure and kill which is possible for fighting mesmer if hes not too good but warrior is a pain. He will just outsustain and kill after a while having heavy regen, condi imunity + cleanse and CC and strong damage … Just to much for a poor ele.
I agree thet arcane shield is well fiting. I also always have one stunbreaker in addition to OL which prooved to be good. but i regulary trait the autostunbreak for that. I learned to listen to it´s cracle and use the superspeed. But i don´t use fresh air and OL is a nice aditon which is diffrent. I am shout heavy also traiting tempestous aria which weakens oponents. This is good defence for the team and also acts a cover condition.

Yeah I use tempestous aria for my fresh air power tempest as well. sorry wolfrice what do u mean with OL? I’m bad with abbreviations.

OL = Overload. I mean i don´t rely on overloads. I try and if its interrupted i move on. They are situational. I use air often as a fight opener and fire an downcleaver. Earth inbetween.Water id my least used.

Wolfric.9380:

OL = Overload. I mean i don´t rely on overloads. I try and if its interrupted i move on. They are situational. I use air often as a fight opener and fire an downcleaver. Earth inbetween.Water id my least used.

oh I see thanx for clarifying, Oveloads are definately situational. But i admittely use them more often, espically in teamfights, very nice for cleave. Tough my dps aside from overload comes from fire, to stack burns, and earth to use projectile finishers on my fire fields and bleed, Air for the power damage i can do in combination with fury.