Guild Wars 2

I wanted to ask few questions about ele in pvp.

1. Is 0/10/0/30/30 cantrip build valid sPVP and WvW build?
2. If I go full PTV is it better to eat the potion which converts toughness and vit into power or crit?

1. Valid in WvW, don’t know about it in sPvP
2. Power tends to be a better choice since the build lacks crit damage and you’ll already have fairly good uptime on fury which gives a flat 20% crit chance.

Heya!
1. WvW was basically the R&D lab for this 0/10/0/30/30 build. It’s very viable! In sPvP, while very viable, I have more fun with a more agressive setup.
2. my preference goes to power as well.

PvP
0/0/10/30/30
S/D

cantrip D/D

10/0/0/30/30

or 10/10/0/X/X

In WWW
I should check the builds considered viable but they are usually glass cannon and use staff and or require aura sharing (this according to some GUILDS)
Unless you are in lower tier where zergs=roaming
D/D was hindered by glamour fields and marks and made completely useless by skill lag.

Since Tomorrow will possibly see a strong nerf of ele all will change.

@Nuithari: what is an R&D lab? :P What do you mean by more aggresive build?

@LordByron: I see you completely give up that 10 point in precision while using S/D transferring it to toughness and condition damage. Seems reasonable since it will increase bleeding and burning damage while increasing toughness by 180 while attuned to earth, but what trait you choose? I was using Zephyr’s Boon in my build. I see Obsidian Focus very viable while casting Churning Earth, but do you know if this trait works with channeled spells from attunements different than earth? Same question would regard Salt Stone and Stone Splitters.

Also in 10/0/0/30/30 what trait you choose from fire tree? I guess Internal Fire is better than Ember’s Might?
So far I only played ele in sPVP and it is not that bad, I’m still too low lvl to fully enjoy WvW but I am already looking for a build “for me”, so thank you for your answers, I will surely try out different setups posted by you to find the one I would enjoy most

Looking at the changes ele didn’t receive that much of a nerf (or am I missing something? )

vove.2768:

@LordByron: I see you completely give up that 10 point in precision while using S/D transferring it to toughness and condition damage. Seems reasonable since it will increase bleeding and burning damage while increasing toughness by 180 while attuned to earth, but what trait you choose? I was using Zephyr’s Boon in my build. I see Obsidian Focus very viable while casting Churning Earth, but do you know if this trait works with channeled spells from attunements different than earth? Same question would regard Salt Stone and Stone Splitters.

Obsidian Focus/Salt Stone/Stone Splinters all work on abilities from other attunements, here’s a list of abilities Obsidian Focus works on Elementalist Channeled Abilities