Guild Wars 2

Adapting to the recent destru- I mean fix to Elementalist, I come here to present the new Elementalist META build for staff users.

Traits
-30 Fire (Ember’s Might, Internal Fire, Pyromancer’s Puissance)
-10 Air (Bolt to the Heart)
-30 Arcane (Arcane Resurrection, Windborne Dagger, Nothing)

Utility
-Conjure Frost Bow
-Conjure Lightning Hammer
-Conjure Earth Shield
-Tornado

How the build works
The 30 points in Fire are obviously to pump out more DPS. The chosen traits will support this. Make sure you stay on a 1.200 distance from any mob (for more survivability). 10 points in Air with the Bolt to the Heart trait will help you burn down stuff faster.
Of course the 30 points in Arcane are needed for the Elementalist to be effective. Like when your teammates who are on the other side of the room bashing the faces in of your enemies are in need for a heal. You will be there to give them your 200HP healing Geyser.
Arcane Resurrection will be useful for when one of your teammates somehow dies, like in case of moving out of your healing Geyser. Windborne Dagger is there to give you your 15% speed boost. And yes, I know it says it does only when wielding daggers, but little know that it actually only works with staff (this is intended btw).
The final trait slot is left empty, because that way it’ll actually be of better use than any of the other available traits in the line (but you still need the 30 points in Arcane to switch back to Fire as soon as you can to maximise DPS).

Your utility skills are all powerful tools of destruction, each giving you 5 unique skills to pick from. Not only that, but they give insane stat boosts as well. Like + Healing Power on your Frost Bow.
Finally, Tornado will be your ace skill. A useful tip for becoming a pro with this skill is to leave the transformation as soon as you accidentally activate the skill. This way you actually won’t die, and the skill will safely be on cooldown, effectively preventing you from accidentally activating it again for 3 minutes or so.

I’ve been trying out this build, and so far none of the test dummies have been able to survive. We better make good use of it before the next set of nerfs come our way.=D

My gosh, this build totally rocks. It also confuses people when I drop all these weird weapons and stuff on the ground.

If you are Asuran, replace nado with Summon Power suit.

For extra pwnage, drop all this junk during a DE or Wv3 fortification assault when theres a ton of players around. People will simply adore you for dropping all these toys on the ground and lavish you with praise!

“What teh kitten, all my weapon skillz got replaced by these sucky ones. ARG!”

“WHY AM I A ROBOT, OMG!?!”

Expect these cries of joy frequently! It’s great!

Lol, actually got sum warrior thinking the power suit could take down a keep door. This is epic! Oh and it does take down Wv3 walls and doors /winkwinkgrin honest!

Thank you to the first poster for this OP build. /bow

omg you’re right healing power on frostbow makes the #1 so insane and added to healing
geyser it makes your team invicible. Thank god there are only 15 charges or else it would definitively be broken.

Defyx.3956:

omg you’re right healing power on frostbow makes the #1 so insane and added to healing
geyser it makes your team invicible. Thank god there are only 15 charges or else it would definitively be broken.

If you want you can sacrifice your staff DPS and spec into extra charges for your frost bow.

OP delivers a solid build, much appreciated!

can someone tell me if this is good build or not ?
since i see some sarcasm, so im not sure, and i just start my ele so i dont really know anything

Shademare.8369:

can someone tell me if this is good build or not ?
since i see some sarcasm, so im not sure, and i just start my ele so i dont really know anything

When in doubt, roll a greatsword Warrior.

Shademare.8369:

can someone tell me if this is good build or not ?
since i see some sarcasm, so im not sure, and i just start my ele so i dont really know anything

It is the most OP build ever.

Sarcasm aside, no, don’t go with this build.

Sera.6539:

Shademare.8369:

can someone tell me if this is good build or not ?
since i see some sarcasm, so im not sure, and i just start my ele so i dont really know anything

It is the most OP build ever.

Sarcasm aside, no, don’t go with this build.

ok, now im not sure which one is the sarcastic, the most OP build ever or don’t go with this build ?

Finally, Tornado will be your ace skill. A useful tip for becoming a pro with this skill is to leave the transformation as soon as you accidentally activate the skill. This way you actually won’t die, and the skill will safely be on cooldown, effectively preventing you from accidentally activating it again for 3 minutes or so.

Lol. I must say i have fun in tornado form. Shame it only last 3-4 Sec before people root and kill me.

Shademare, the build is awful. Don’t try it. All elementalists (myself included) are QQ-ing for the next 24 hours in protest to a poorly communicated bugfix that a very popular trait received. If you want real builds, check out dapheonix’s or Xavori’s recent topics, or possibly the “Post your Build” thread.

Back to the silliness of this topic… OMG! The Beetletun rats don’t stand a chance now!

Empty slot is too powerful to be a Grandmaster trait. Coincidentally, Empty Slot is also our best Elite and best Conjured Weapon.

Nerf this please.

Heimlich.3065:

Empty slot is too powerful to be a Grandmaster trait. Coincidentally, Empty Slot is also our best Elite and best Conjured Weapon.

Nerf this please.

I just LOL’ed here at work reading this and caught akward stares from my peers. Thank you for this.

Omg trying this right away, maybe Eles finally won’t suck.

FAKEDIT: Nope, still sucks. Better than going with EA, though. And that Tornado suggestion is freaking OP.

Leeach.3547:

Finally, Tornado will be your ace skill. A useful tip for becoming a pro with this skill is to leave the transformation as soon as you accidentally activate the skill. This way you actually won’t die, and the skill will safely be on cooldown, effectively preventing you from accidentally activating it again for 3 minutes or so.

Lol. I must say i have fun in tornado form. Shame it only last 3-4 Sec before people root and kill me.

Sorry you must be mistaken, Tornado has stability so you can’t be rooted.

You must be thinking of Magnetic grasp the skill that puts you into melee range and then self stuns for 3 seconds

;)

Evoneva Drakon.1754:

Sorry you must be mistaken, Tornado has stability so you can’t be rooted.

You must be thinking of Magnetic grasp the skill that puts you into melee range and then self stuns for 3 seconds

;)

Actually, you can be. Stability makes you immune to control effects only, not to the conditions Crippled, Chilled, or Immobilized.

All jokes aside, we are still useful to take down the treb……..

Weapon X.5163:

All jokes aside, we are still useful to take down the treb……..

Not really, according to the patch notes that was “fixed” too.

Evoneva Drakon.1754:

Leeach.3547:

Finally, Tornado will be your ace skill. A useful tip for becoming a pro with this skill is to leave the transformation as soon as you accidentally activate the skill. This way you actually won’t die, and the skill will safely be on cooldown, effectively preventing you from accidentally activating it again for 3 minutes or so.

Lol. I must say i have fun in tornado form. Shame it only last 3-4 Sec before people root and kill me.

Sorry you must be mistaken, Tornado has stability so you can’t be rooted.

You must be thinking of Magnetic grasp the skill that puts you into melee range and then self stuns for 3 seconds

;)

And this is why immobilize is the strongest condi in the game, because you infact can immobilize a stabilized target.

Wow, had a good laugh at this post but then..

I tried the build and holy kitten man, you need to replace tornado with fiery greatsword! the extra condition damage is almost OP when combined with the power it gives me!

But just don’t drop the weapon and pick up the other because you no longer have the extra stats!

As far as trait choices I chose to only use 20 in arcane for windborne dagger and arcane res seeing as those are mandatory in any build, then I went for 30 in earth for the rock solid trait, must say I am unstoppable for those 2 seconds every 12. As for the other 2 I went with nothing to balance things out so I’m not to great since the whole earth trait line is abnormally powerful.