Guild Wars 2

Hello fellow players,

I’d like to ask more experienced eles whats the optimal stat distribution or gear for WvW now. Since they removed guard stacks, we loose a lot of vit and power.

I run currently my beloved old D/D roaming build, I’ve tried some variants but this one fits me the most:
Air – Top/Mid/Bottom
Water – Top/Top/Top
Arcana – Mid/Bottom/Top

It’s great for roaming, Air offers decent mobility. I think elemelentalist from [Walk] used to run with similar build (love his videos btw).
For zergs it is still good enough (played with Staff), although Fire traitline instead of Air might be better.

With my gear I have approx.:
2340 power
1800 toughness
1350 vit
1550 prec
410 ferocity
200 healing

I play Hoelbrak runes, Sigil of Leeching + Energy.

So, my question is, have you found some new good builds?
(I’ve seen Chemsorly’s, but I feel like it’s heavy zerg-oriented)

What do you think about my stats, should I change anything? Maybe less toughness and more vitality? How about the healing, should I get rid of it since it scales differently? Idk.

Thanks for every opinion!

staff ele for zerg is still great, some play the new stuff like tempest/fire/air, for overloading air and such but for roaming…

i had a lot of duels as d/d and d/f with “normal” build and with tempest , i lost most of them vs the new elite specs, i think only a daredevil thief would lose now vs an ele

i honestly think that ele is now in a bad spot for roaming , any decent or dedicated roamer should win vs an ele on the same skill lvl in a 1v1, only the zerglings that you catch while they run to the zerg would lose vs an ele

the only role for roaming as an ele i see in a group as a support aura mancer, just like the builds we saw yesterday in the ESL monthly

and one last thing, the moment i saw that phantaram changed from ele to revnant , i knew ele is in a bad spot :/

Marauder is not a bad set for staff ele wvw build.

/salute :-)

IMO your gear is a bit too heavy on toughness compared to vit, and arguably a little light on healing power.

Can’t help you with new builds because I haven’t been able to play yet since HoT… Best of luck!