Guild Wars 2

So I’ve done very light reading on the ele forums you know, avoiding the hatred…lol
IMO I think todays patch was a step in the right direction and it’ll help get the bandwagon eles back to their preferred class. but i digress.

I made a video of my Auramancer build and running with guild/friends in this new map. I did my job pretty well with our team strategy but with this Orb being in play. other eles I’ve talked to today are picking up from this is “Go for the most survivability” which is just a step backwards for the ele community so i want to bring my auramancer build to the table in hopes of switching our conversations somewhere positive. Also this game was against 5 warriors thought it was pretty funny.

Point of this thread: To show you in the video that you don’t have to revert to old lame builds and to give a bit more insight on how to play this map. Also to discuss if any of you have tried a build you would never think of running in spvp.

/friendly discussion

Well, duh. They barely nerfed anything related to the only viable build we have.

Yeah, lets try not to bring up nerfs. Again thread is about the new map (opinions:likes dislikes about it) and how you play your ele in it.

In respect to future requirement to adapt as movement abilities will be nerfed (drop orb once used). A bunker spec or a balanced spec with (good amount of vit and toughness) should be utilized rather than a squishy dps spec.

Great vid, you guys wrecked the other team lol. Just some things I’ve noticed from my limited tournament play on this map:
- At the beginning of the match, if the other team doesn’t have an ele, the best way to get to the orb is to pop stealth + swiftness + rtl + Burning Speed. If the other team does have an ele, chances are they will do something similar, so be ready to be interrupted. This will then result in a looong fight at the orb, so you might want to just go for 3 capping instead and wait for the orb to reset.
- Lightning flash drops the orb, so I would use mist form (until they nerf it)
- Right now ele is THE best at running the orb, but only at the very beginning of the match or when there is no one waiting at the orb spawn. Also, once any semi-tanky class has the orb, it’s relatively easy to run the orb. Consider changing your role to point defense or orb killing after the first run. Then let your thief w/stealth or guard with sanctuary + focus grab the orb.
- My team has the most success with a roaming dps thief or mesmer, 2 bunker guards, and cond. specced engi and ele.

Hope to see you in the Mists

Finally think I got into a decent place in the new match making system. Also been working on our teams strat. (its going really well) lol

new video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmrdoppyUP0

Imma keep making Ele Spvp videos so if you want to see more of them give me some feedback