Guild Wars 2

If anyone is nice enough to post a detailed d/d build that gives good defense but considerable damage output for spvp I would be eternally grateful<3

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQJAoYhcM6cW4wxBd0AdAB5xpvRBlzbnB-TJxHwADeAAa2fAwJAoYZAA

The 10 in Earth can be 10 in Air for Zephyr’s Boon.

Mist Form can replace Cleansing Fire or Armor of Earth.

You must learn to master:
-Dancing through attunements for skills and boons (such as Protection in Earth attunement)
-Attuning to Water and dodge rolling in Water for heals
-Using Burning Speed (Fire 3) with Lightning Flash for burst damage.
-Blast finishing in your Fire Fields (Fire 3 and Fire 4) with finishers from Earth (Earth 4 and Earth 5) and Water (Water 3) for more Might
-Strength Runes and Battle Sigil are a must

I’m running something a little different to that, but I am nowhere near the greatest SPvP player so take what I say with a pinch of salt…

The build is 4/2/2/0/6 (yes, I ditched water entirely :S)

In fire take spell slinger (might on cantrip) and burning fire (auto-cast cleansing fire)
In air take bolt to the heart (bonus 20% dmg on those below 33% health)
In earth take stone splinters (bonus 10% dmg to those within 600 range – basically all the time as a d/d ele)
In arcana take the standard vigour on crit, buff on attunement switch and evasive arcana.

Heal: Signet of Restoration (sustain!)
Utilities: Armour of Earth, Lightning Flash, Mist Form (cantrip OP lololololol xD)
Elite: Glyph of Elemental Summoning (really good in 1v1s – possible switch for FGS)

For Sigils I took Battle and Energy/Geomancy/Air (second one is personal preference)

Strength runes are great!!

The only problem with this build is because there are no points in water it is very vulnerable to conditions, but maybe swapping to cleansing fire or taking Sigil of purity/generosity might cure this.

The tips above are great but here are a few more :P

Dodge roll in earth inside a fire field —> 3 stacks of AOE might
Most AOE skills (point blank area of effect) don’t need a target, so they (sometimes) can hit people you are facing away from, or even those in stealth! For example Earth OH #4 is a great way to interrupt an incoming backstab.

I can’t think of anything more, but the guy above gave great advice and his build is probs easier (and better) than mine. I just got bored of 30 arcana and 30 water since it’s the ‘standard’. Still use it for PvE tho! :P

I’ve been dominating mostly with this build.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQJAoYhMM6cW4wyBrEBWACxYhG9QUgyH3FE-TJBHwAAOBAGeAAd2fAZZAA

I personally like the sigil of intelligence with battle or strength because you can control which skills you want to crit. So it’s good for timing your bursts. My build is really focused on bursting with bolt to the heart and stone splinters. And Tornado is a really good control skill when in teams. And I love it to troll at Skyhammer. Just pop it and go in and push people off. It’s hilarious.

And this build has wonderful sustain with EA and ether renewal for condi clears. Mist form is a great get away especially if you attune to water while in it to clear some conditions and dodge while in mist as well. Easy 3 removals. You can get away with a few good churning earths with armor of earth + LF in a team fight. But I wouldn’t even suggest attempting to use earth 5 in 1 v 1 or 1 v 2 situations.

If you are a returning Ele you probably know the builds Daphonix made popular. They are still going strong for d/d.

Fire: (0)
Air: (2)Zypher’s boon
Earth: (2)Stone Splinters
Water: (4)Vital Striking, Cleansing Wave
Arcana: (6)Renewing Stamina, Elemental Attunement, Evasive Arcana

Weapon : D/D
Amulet: Celestial Amulet
Runes :Rune of Strength
Sigil 1: Sigil of battle
Sigil 2: Sigil of Strength OR Bloodlust
Utility: Lightning Flash, Cleansing Fire, Arcane Shield
Heal: Healing Signet
Elite: Glyph of Elementals (use in fire)

This is my personal favorite setup for d/d in spvp, I’ll sometimes swap out cleansing fire for Glyph of Elemental Power and pop it in either fire or air attunement for constant burning or weakness.