Guild Wars 2

All the snowy zones … especially Snowden Drifts

Emerald.8653:

Basically, in beta tests, elementalists were relatively balanced for most of the player-base as a high damage class. A few extremely good players took this and proved that with exceptional skill, the beta test elementalists were downright broken compared to other classes, and to balance for these players, ANet nerfed elementalists to a point where the top players were only doing well with them (instead of dominating 1v3+), with the consequence that the class is extremely inaccessible to most of the player base.

which imo is pretty stupid. Ele will be the lowest played class if they dont get buffed.

Hey everyone, Ive been leveling my Elementalist as of the last few hours and managed to get to level 11. I’m not exactly sure which traits i should be selecting first. Im using D/D as thats the funnest weapon selection for me. My rotation is this:

Ride the Lightning (4) -> Lightning Touch (2) -> Shocking Aura (3) -> Updraft (5) [Gets me Some Distance]

switch to fire

Burning Speed (3) [Closes Gap from Updraft] -> Burning Touch (5)

At this point, if the enemy is still alive, i will pop Ring Of Fire (4) and kite them using the 1 & 2 keys till they die. As much as i feel OP and awesome doing this rotation, it only is great 1v1. If there is multiple enemy’s, then im kinda lost on what to do… I cant switch back to Air for awhile usually, which in turn prevents me from just spamming the rotation. Should i be switching to earth or water? I notice the DPS really isnt that great between those 2 elements.

Im also not sure which traits i should be specc’ing into first. Since i switch between air and fire every battle, should i go arcana? Or should i focus on my DPS by going fire?

I love it! Now im only a level 11, but ive tried the Scepter / Dagger, Staff, and D/D build and i must say D/D is my favorite one thus far… Does alot of dps for single targets compared to other weapons. Has a few AoE’s aswell. The only thing with D/D is that it’s close range only :p

Lilium.8950:

What exactly is d/d? -Noob-

Dagger / Dagger

I am also having slight difficulty with mobs… especially if there is more then 1. If i see 3 mobs bunched together i run away. My thief is a level 11 using D/D and SB.