Guild Wars 2

Yes, I noted what was different from D/D, just that you gain 2 blast finishers in fire.

I dislike staff too. In higher fractals, I like using Scepter/Dagger. You gain range, you don’t sacrifice your Earth 5 (which you sometimes have to start casting from range, and blink in close range), you still have great water utility and even gain a heal with Water 3, and fire attunement stacks might like crazy with 2 blast finishers (and a 3rd instant if you use Arcane Blast as utility).

Can anyone say condescending?

My pretty ele
My prettier ranger
My prettiest warrior

I bought GW2 so I could play a Sylvari. The race is amazing and shrouded in mystery.

Anyone knows this answer to this yet?

^^ That’s very interesting, thank you for the clarification.

Kaleden.9386:

Powerful Auras doesn’t share auras generated by combos (ie Fire + Leap = Fire Aura or Ice + Blast = AoE Frost Aura) or the Arcane Resurrection trait.

That’s not true, I just tested it. With a staff, use ice field + earth #2 blast finisher, and you + group members are granted Frost Aura. It doesn’t last 7 seconds like using it with a dagger, it only lasts 3 seconds, but it works.

Fire Shield however, is only applied to the elementalist =/

Are you sure it’s a visual bug? I tested it with people just now. If I use a focus, it gives fire shield to everyone. If I use a staff, and do an ice field, followed by my earth blast finisher, it gives frost armor to everyone. But when I use DD and do magnetic leap through my fire field, it only gives me fire shield. I tried with them in combat, out of combat, at various distance, it doesn’t work. I didn’t see the visual effect, or the buff in the group window, and they didn’t see it on themselves either. Is it broken? Has anyone tested it recently?

I’m really happy I found this thread, it’s a great guide, and I like the ele community. That said, I’m hoping some of you might be able to answer some questions I have.

1. I have the Powerful Aura trait in water, and it works just fine with applying frost aura and shocking aura to my group. However, I seem to only be able to apply Fire Shield on myself when I use fire field + magnetic leap. Any idea what I’m doing wrong?

2. For the Evasive Arcana trait, do you guys know how much less Churning Earth hits on a dodge than the actual channeled skill?

3. For the Superior Rune of Battle, what is the cooldown on giving might?

Thanks And again, great work Daphoenix, this guide has helped me so much!

OMG whoever came up with this, thank you! I’d been sitting an hour in Lion’s Arch trying to do TA and found this and got a group one minute after.

It’s a shame there isn’t an in game tool, with all the overflow and instancing though.