Guild Wars 2

My Ele was my first character but stalled around 30 when I lost interest. I want to be a PvE support Ele, but able to handle myself when out soloing hearts, doing DE’s, etc.

I’ve kind of put this build together, possibly with flawed logic, and would like some input or recommendations. I’d like to make her my next 80.

Build.

My suggestions are:

• Your armor and rune should be all the way to support role setup. I like 2 x water + 2 x major water + 2 x monk or 6 x altruism or 6 x dwayna or 4 x altruism + 2 x monk
• Have 2 sets of weapons and trinkets. One set for healing power base gear and other set for dps for soloing.

Staff-support is not a good idea for events/heart/map completion, as the staff as a weapons offers poor defense. It s perfect for dungeon support but it will prolly kill u in open world pve.
If i were you i would take a look at builds that focus on Auras, with D/D or S/D. Those weapons offer more dmg and mobility which u will treasure in open world pve. Plus Aura-focused-builds are awsome for support as well.
Top 2 choices to focus as a support.
1. Staff build focusing on Boons and Combo fields
2. D/D or S/D builds focusing on Aura sharing and Boon sharing.

you will find plenty of them in forums. try them out.

the elementalist staff is like a siege engine, you don’t go to fight an army of bunnies (trash mobs) with artillery. Kinda like don’t bring a tank to a guerilla war. You can provide support but compared to the other weaponsets its more of a single shot chance to make a difference.

D/D is like the combat healer. Always in the heat of battle healing, buffing and rezzing allies when needed.

S/F is fun too since you have soooo many defensive skills but very few healing spells.