Guild Wars 2

When my Ele first got to 80 I wanted to play it safe as it was my first ranged class so I went with PVT gear. Once I learned how to position myself I started taking less damage and in fights where we lose I was usually one of the few people left alive and was able to escape. I only run with large groups and sometimes even in open field fights I found myself left alone to free cast. Is it time to make the switch to Berserker Gear for more damage?

I am worried about the lack of HP though. I ran the numbers over at The Mists with a full set of Zerker gear and trinkets and compared to my character now. I will lose around 6k health. There have been a few tower defense fights where I have escaped with less than that which obviously would mean I would have died. But I feel like my damage is lacking and if I cant DPS then Im a pretty worthless Ele. When we our outnumbered all day long 3:1 in Eternal Battlegrounds I have to be able to kill before we get over run.

How squishy would I be with full Zerker? How good will my damage be? Will I giggle when I drop Meteor Shower + Tornado on up levels?

a bs thief could kill u w 1 hit , and it doesnt even have to be a lucky hit lol

I’m mostly PVT in WvW. That combined with zerker ammy/rings gives me pretty good all round stats. Many people laugh that I still use orbs but that extra 12% crit is nice and I don’t have to drop 60 gold on runes either. I would have said go for celestial armor but this recent change is probably going to invalidate that. I can’t see how some people roam with zerker. I’ll melt myself if I make one mistake but I guess some people are that good. Maybe they’re bunker traits with zerker gear?

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Gear is kinda messy but it gets me to more or less where i want in terms of power/crit/toughness. If anything I wish I had a little more healing/vit. Ele builds are tricky – find the sweet spot that works for you and go with it.

Wyrden.4713:

a bs thief could kill u w 1 hit , and it doesnt even have to be a lucky hit lol

I dont roam so never really had problems with Thieves.

From my experience, yes, a thief can and probably will down you in two hits but at the same time, the numbers from meteornado make me cry out in ecstasy. It’s up to you whether it’s worth it.

Zerg fights in WvW are quite messy often enough that you can kite around outside of the big clumps in your little corner and not bring too much attention to yourself. Presumably you’re running cantrips so you’ll have some means to escape.

just switched to full zerker trinkets. Gonna see how that goes before going full zerker. Still at 16k health which seems like a decent amount. I run with 30 in Water so thats a pretty good chunk of Health right there. Also run with 3 cantrips. If Im still comfortable will switch over to Zerker armor 1 piece at a time.

Also Thieves hurt my full PvT Guardian with soldier runes so Im pretty sure theres no possible way to get around them.

16k health is nothing, I have 1,600 Toughness and 18k health and taken 16k in ONE hit of damage from a Thief. You will die in seconds.

It’s hard enough to survive roaming WvW as an ele even if you build survivability. The sheer volume of thieves, roamspec warriors, and necros is overwhelming and will crush your dreams.
I recommend increasing damage incrementally so that you don’t exit any semblance of a comfort zone and can get used to lower survivability, instead of just jumping in to complete zerker.