Guild Wars 2

Interesting, I’ll see what I can do. Looking forward to it!
Unless you’d prefer participants not to do so, I might post some ‘work-in-progress’ shots later on.

So far I’m liking the new Arcane Wave a lot.
In my experience there are several advantages. It allows you to blast fields at a distance (like blasting a lava font you placed on a target). You can also use it to insta-tag mobs at range in pve. It is also more accurate at hitting several targets because you get to pinpoint the damage ‘ring’, and you can do so at a safe distance. Arcane Wave has gotten a lot more versatile in pve.

I admit I have not yet tried it in Pvp, things might be different there. I can imagine its a little slower. The underwater issue sounds like an oversight that might be fixed later on?

OP; The crafted ascended weapons are account bound, and only soulbound on use. You can pick up weaponsmithing on an alt (and get some levels in the process) and transfer the weapon to your main. I have neither weaponsmithing nor artificing on my ele.

The damage boost from ascended weapons is noticeable (and pretty good in wvw). Getting one can be a costly endeavour though, so I’m guessing the choice depends on your playstyle.

Elementalist, at least 60 tries.
Scepter/Dagger, Mostly knights equipment and celestial/berzerker ascendeds. Classic 0/10/0/30/30 with boon duration runes (probably suboptimal)
Lighting Flash, Cleansing Flames, Signet of Air, Fiery Greatsword.

Strategy:
Nothing specific in phase1. You can memorize large parts which is helpful.
Used Fiery Greatsword in phase2. Basic autoattacks (no need to face target) plus FGS#2 and FGS#5 whenever possible. Reposition to safe zones with FGS#3 and LF. Using 2 cantrips on short CDs also helps with clearing conditions and keeping up regen+vigor. FGS tends to run out before the fight ends. Used earth#1, air#2, fire#3,4 to finish it.

Dishing out too little damage was a problem at times. Same goes for unlucky orb pulls. Adding in more offensive gear helped eventually.

Overall:
Great fight in a very bad environment! (Floor, queues, dome, lag). Colour deficiency didn’t help with red rings on the floor mesh.

Agreed with Cufufalating, this is a great matchup with a lot of action.
From my perspective I seem to be fighting RoS most of the time. Wsr appears to have lower numbers but you do put up a good fight.