Guild Wars 2

Does anyone run differently then D/D or Bunker Elementalist now days?

I do =), I have only tried it in sPvP and in PVE (up to lvl 50). But I think this build works great and is allot of fun.

I currently run 20/20/0/0/30 Staff, Whit Scholar runes and Knight amulet(whit berserker jewl) in PvP

Check out my videos at http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwiZ15PBG3f4yal-B1VPJoA?feature=guide

Are you actually clicking all of your skills there?

Ye I admit I´m a clicker :P. (if thats what you ment). I just feel more comfortable using my mouse clicking the spells then binding them to keys.

Binding spells probly better but, hey I´m still doing great =).

Hey whatever works for you, your video proves it so who am I to suggest otherwise :P

This one´s pretty fun. As is his other build.

For SPvP:
D/F 0/30/0/20/20 with Arcane Blast/Wave which you use in water attunement (+20% damage with Piercing Shards trait for extra damage). Very fun build.

I tried S/F briefly with the Grounded trait (20% damage on knocked down or stunned people), Piercing Shards (20% damage in water attunement with vulnerability up) and Bolt to the Heart (+20% damage to people below 25% health, trying to gain +60% damage on Arcane Wave, Arcane Blast and Dragon’s Tooth). It is a kinda hard to pull off, and not really worth it, but it feels nice when a +60% damage Dragon’s Tooth + arcane spells hit your target.

Normally I would use D/D 10/20/0/30/10 for an universal elementalist with runes of divinity and celestial amulet. Sigil of superior battle and superior accuracy. Using glyphs and three cantrips. Cantrips grant you x3 might, as does attunement swapping, so it helps out with power and condition, which makes all your spells viable and worth casting.

Bunzy.8674:

Does anyone run differently then D/D or Bunker Elementalist now days?

Aren’t you the Anet apologist guy who keeps trying to saying that Ele’s have tons of viable builds?

In any case, your OP is correct, from a WVW viewpoint.

I still occasionally see a sceptre guy, but not often, and they tend to fold pretty easily… the glacial dragon’s tooth animation just cripples that weapon.

spvp 0 0 30 30 10. S/D I like it better than 0 0 10 30 30. But both are good. you are very tanky and can deal out good damage. The 30 arcane build rely on dodge a lot where the 30 earth build requir you to move rather than dodge.

for wvw 0 20 30 20 0 . Gear can get you over the hump of tankyness and you need burst in wvw cause you have to kill ppl fast.

As a frequenter of sPvP and tPvP as an ele, there are actually a few viable builds outside what you mentioned here.

i see plenty of elementalist on staff in WvW. probably half of ones i see is on staff. other half is S/D, rarely D/D. i wouldnt know what traits they run but i went glasscannon on ele for WvW on staff. >.> screw support aoe everyyyythhhiinngg

SuiRyuJin.4615:

i see plenty of elementalist on staff in WvW. probably half of ones i see is on staff. other half is S/D, rarely D/D. i wouldnt know what traits they run but i went glasscannon on ele for WvW on staff. >.> screw support aoe everyyyythhhiinngg

In wvw your own survivability doesn´t matter as you can always find a wall of friendlies to put between you and foes, unless you´re melee range which is why d/d is fairly rare.

Also staff which normaly is harder to play with (atleast that´s the public opinion, i don´t agree though) suddenly becomes easiest just because it has range and aoe.