Guild Wars 2

I was looking for some playstyle that emulates an enhancement shaman in wow if anybody is familiar with that and it seems elementalist with conjured lava axes and lightning hammers are the closest to it.

Can anybody attest to the effectiveness of using these weapons?

I can attest to the ineffectiveness of using these weapons.

Dagger/X Elementalist is actually what you’re looking for.

These aren’t updated for the recent patch but they’re a good start:

PvE Berserker Dagger/Focus: http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Elementalist_-_D/F

PvP Celestial Dagger/Dagger: http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Elementalist_-_Dagger/Dagger

Dagger Ele is a Close-Ranged Elementalist that can specialize in team buffing and strong sustained DPS.

(Also, yes, for someone finally seeing Ele as a Shaman instead of a Mage, for once!)

Neko.9021:

Dagger/X Elementalist is actually what you’re looking for.

These aren’t updated for the recent patch but they’re a good start:

PvE Berserker Dagger/Focus: http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Elementalist_-_D/F

PvP Celestial Dagger/Dagger: http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Elementalist_-_Dagger/Dagger

Dagger Ele is a Close-Ranged Elementalist that can specialize in team buffing and strong sustained DPS.

(Also, yes, for someone finally seeing Ele as a Shaman instead of a Mage, for once!)

Ah, I tried one up until level 7 and they felt a little more like an elemental shaman rather than enhancement. I’m more into slapping people around with spell imbued melee stuff rather than slinging spells.

I know where you’re coming from, but honestly, outside of a specialized Lightning Hammer build in dungeons, running around with Conjures is kinda awful. On the other hand, attacking everything with your Air 1 attack is pretty strong and satisfying.

How is the lightning hammer build you mentioned? Is it hard to gear for? Is it considered “trolly” and would get kicked from dungeon groups (I wanted to build rifle warrior but somebody said I would get kicked from groups because its trolly)? I googled the skillset of the lightning hammer and it seems pretty fun.

It’s very very strong, but:
-You need to hope PUGs won’t steal your other Lightning Hammer
-In open world, you won’t always have the hammer ready and available. So you’ll want a normal weapon to use.

In PvE, for DPS, it’ll all Berserker gear.

Here is a Hammer build: http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Elementalist_-_S/F_LH

Given that, for leveling and open world, I still think Dagger/Dagger DPS-focused Elementalist is the way to go.

Cheers, I’ll be sure to try this out. Thanks