Guild Wars 2

I’m thinking of switching over from maining a ranger, the recent nerfs hurt a lot, and i’m trying to decide between ele, thief and engi. i’m having a lot of fun on ele in silverwastes and dungeons.

as an ele in dungeons I feel really, really squishy. would this modification of the staff ele build still be viable?

http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-o;4g2WW0C5kM-Z0;9;4032;0036236157;45c1;3udbTudbTm-F74;6WbW6XbX6YbY6230C-2i;5F18ZF18Z;9;9;9;9;86V8u

any advice you can give would be welcome. I leveled most of my 80’s through eotm and pvp so I have some experience on them, just not much in PVE.

I would change Inscription for Tempest Defense as TD works with Ice Bow’s Deep Freeze.

The general consensus for ‘fixing’ the squishy problem is not getting hit in the first place (duh, I know). So rather than adding the extra vitality Arcana could be used in place of Water primarily for Renewing Stamina for extra dodges. Bountiful Power will help to make up for the DPS loss though if you were regularly falling below the 90% threshold you’ll actually see a DPS gain. Flame Legion or Strength Runes can be used in place of Scholar’s if you are really having a hard time keeping over the threshold.

thanks! i’ll definitely make that trait change. right now i’m running with Rage Runes in exotic zerk gear, will those be as good as FLame Legion or Strength or should I switch over to one of those two. I was kinda bypassing Strength as the PS warrior puts out so much might and they’re everywhere.

when on my ranger i could screw up once and still be standing but on my ele in zerk gear I feel like i down in one hit from most dungeon bosses.

DPS-wise you’re looking at Scholar’s offering the best potential DPS, Strength being next due to might uptime, then Flame Legion and Rage being roughly the same. The final two have blinds spots in that Flame Legion does terrible against foes that cannot be burned while Rage doesn’t do well against constructs and such that cannot be crit. Rage is also made redundant in that a decent party will be able to keep up Fury fairly easily.

As far as going down in one shot, welcome to the ele life.