Guild Wars 2

I almost have my last profession (ele) up to level 80. My main is a ranger that is pretty decked out, equipment wise. She uses a 1 handed sword because I like really active, high-risk/high-reward play. I currently play ONLY that ranger in every area; WvW, fractals, dungeons, PvP, world bosses, etc.

But I like the active playstyle the ele offers, something I think many of the other professions are lacking. I’ve been using scepter/dagger to level her, and it feels very similar to ranger sword/dagger or warhorn. I also like D/D.

My question is, where can I put this ele in the play rotation? I know eles are sort of frowned upon in tPvP. Is S/D something that is commonly used in dungeon speed runs? I hear eles are a big part of WvW, but using the staff is like the worst thing that’s ever happened to me; it’s just so boring. Is D/D still a solo roaming thing? I rarely run in to eles when I’m roaming on my ranger.

Just sort of confused where eles are wanted or good at the moment. And is berserker used in all formats?

As far as WvW, you definitely can play a non-staff ele. D/D is good for solo-roaming, and I know a few people who run S/F as roamers.

As far as the lack of solo ele roamers, I would agree that I haven’t seen many lately…but in general, most people seem to be roaming in groups a lot more often.

edit// Also…I personally would advise against running full zerker in WvW as it’ll make you super squishy…especially if you plan on roaming. I use Knights/Cav on my roaming build, and Valk might also work?

I think WvW is the place to park her. I bought berserker CoF armor since I had 9,000 tokens doing nothing. I have 10,000 WvW badges so I think I’ll try a tanky roamer? And maybe try out the berserker gear on a staff zerg ele on the off chance I’ll like it. Thanks.

Zerging in WvW you’ll do fine on an ele. Small, organized group(5) roaming in WvW you’ll do fine. Anything works in PvE.

Solo roaming is a no go, too many cheese builds on other classes.