Guild Wars 2

I’m pretty new to the game and I was expecting ele do be able to do a lot of damage and be destructive, but when I actually got down to it I felt weak, I never did enough damage to be worth while or I was too squishy and almost got 1 shot by thiefs/any other class. I ran full zerkers in PvP with scepter/dagger and all my skills were easily dodged and too weak to utilize, air attunes 1 spell was really weak because it took 3 seconds to cast but you got to cast the 2 spell every 4 seconds, which felt random when in a group fight, the dagger abilities put me in close range which really I don’t want to do as a ranged class with so little defense, my fire spell were easily dodged or I needed to be in close range to use them, water spells healed me for a surprising amount but did no damage and had a ridiculous cool down, and earth spells took way too long to cast for what they did. I tried to do the D/D ele which worked very well but now I know it’s getting nerfed so I can’t rely on it anymore. Staff is really hard to use because all the spells are aoe long range and easy to get out of/dodge, and if some one gets close to me I’m done for. dagger/focus just doesn’t work together very well, and conjured weapons feel weak and can only be used for a small amount of time. What am I supposed to be doing? What is ele supposed to be doing?

They make good bunkers with d/d and s/d.

That’s about the only thing they’re worth taking for over another class.

Chaosky.5276:

They make good bunkers with d/d and s/d.

That’s about the only thing they’re worth taking for over another class.

Thats great, of course I pick the worst class in the game for my first character.

Radmage.3741:

Chaosky.5276:

They make good bunkers with d/d and s/d.

That’s about the only thing they’re worth taking for over another class.

Thats great, of course I pick the worst class in the game for my first character.

Radmage, it took people 2 months to figure out how powerful a d/d ele build is. It took 4 to utilize it to its highest performance. Elementalists are the class with hidden potential, just like the engineers. It takes time to learn the class and use it to the best of the ability. You are coming in at an exciting time to be an elementalist. You will have tasted how powerful they are, and now you will witness the rise of the elementalist all over again. When I started they were percieved to be a free kill, I thought so too when i started with my first character (thief). It was when i ran into my first D/D ele in early October that i realized that they were not the elementalist from guild wars 1. They were something much more fast pace and complex. Give it time and effort and you will be greatly rewarded.

Radmage.3741:

Thats great, of course I pick the worst class in the game for my first character.

In terms of PvP, the ele makes a great roamer, and bunker with some of the best condition removal, healing, and mobility in the game.

It’s a hard learning curve at first, but right now, the top tier is dominated by Elementalists.