Guild Wars 2

I want to build a set of ascended gear for my Elementalist – primarily for WvW and solo PvE. That’s quite an investment, and I don’t really feel like spending such a heavy amount of gold on a set that is less than optimal for WvW (roaming and zerg) play.

All I’ve been able to find are links to various combinations of the typical soldier’s/knight’s/valk/cav combinations that are used, but what is the standard here?

Well, I’ve been looking for information like this too lately. The best I can find at the moment is a site called metabattle.com where they have meta builds and for your particular inquiry (same as mine, actually) they have this:

http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Elementalist_-_D/D_Roamer

I would like some feedback from those here if this is a good build or not before I spend 3 weeks charging quartz to get the Celestial build that’s recommended.

The builds on Metabattle are solid and that linked one will work fine for Roaming. Celestial still seems to be the best balance for us in WvW/PvP so it’s worth going through the effort.

Something I should have probably clarified in the metabattle guide is that there’s no reason you have to get the exact same pieces celestial as I do. I recommended celestial armor but the build is 100% identical if you get the same amount of stats worth of celestial in more easily obtained pieces such as amulets and rings.

Gokil.2543:

Something I should have probably clarified in the metabattle guide is that there’s no reason you have to get the exact same pieces celestial as I do. I recommended celestial armor but the build is 100% identical if you get the same amount of stats worth of celestial in more easily obtained pieces such as amulets and rings.

Any idea which combination of the equipment would achieve similar stats to full celestial eq?
I’m afraid I don’t have the patience to count it myself, so I rather ask first

Umm if you search for Blinx, he has some good builds, setups, and options. Also, if you search for El Cabi, I think he has much more aggressive setups. basically, there is no meta.

If you enjoy survivability and roaming with groups as a support character then the standard d/d build with celestial gear is amazing. If you want to solo/yolo roam then I think El Cabi has some great tips on how to do it effectively and gear/build tweaks.

You don’t have to run celestial gear though and celestial gear is a pain in the kitten to farm for because of the crystals and charged crystals.

It really comes down to whether or not you are going to try it solo or with a party and what role you wish to fulfill within that party or as a yolo roamer.

This is el Cabi. He provides the info for builds and goes over them in other vids.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q91vCHaLjY

Regardless, though, pick something, then tweak as necessary for the different roles you wish to fulfill as the need arises. That’s how its all designed. Don’t fall prey to the meta-trolls.

I’d swap Cleansing Wave with Soothing Disruption. Everything else is fine.