Guild Wars 2

Moaning Marv.2194:

She* not he

I think you will find it is a he

To clarify, Yes, we at Judge have moved on to Final fantasy for PVE action. We started as a PVE guild on WoW and were missing that type of game play.
There are several Judge members still left on Guild wars and will continue playing on the Gandara server under new guilds.

This isnt to say that Osi wont return or any of us for that matter. Its a simple clarification of where we are at, at this moment in time. We go with the flow.

Peace

Chance

mishina.5091:

Sorry JDGE but i saw you as a 5 man party a couple of times in WvW so i thouhgt you were new. Really sorry. You can spit on me in game whenever you aee me online..

Haha no worries mate

We tend to do smaller roaming within the week bar on our raid nights where we hit up to 15~ people.

We do not spit on people! Only osicat, hes the only one we spit on when he portals us up an infantry columns kitten.

Yeah weve been going for 6/7 odd years and joined gandara a few months after the game started. We were on Deso originally but moved here and have loved it since.

KaMiKaZe.1874:

Holy kittens, what happened here over the night?

FSP ppl need to chill cause we do blobb aswell, our blobbs just isnt to good since half of the people runs berserker or magic find gear…

What gandara is experiencing now will soon be over cause we had exact same thing few months back, queue to every single border and only 1 commander on the map.
So don’t you cast the first stone :P

Get your act together people and take it out on the battlefield and stop ragequitting after 1 lost fight.

I like you.

No trolling, I really respect what you have said and its nice to see other people being able to empathize with what is going on, on other servers.

+1 for your good sir!

mishina.5091:

newly formed JDGE

Not a hissy fit but we are hardly newly formed

lordkrall.7241:

They changed the rewards for escorting Dolyaks about a month or so after release, simply because people ignored most of the other things and just escorted dollys to get nice rewards.

Cheers that cleared that up

Long live Bessie!

I would like to add that this also surprises me.
Dolyaks represent a significant part of the WvW scene, without our Bessie there would be no tiered keeps/towers. Especially when defending the ol’ gal can be quite a challenge in most cases.

Ive also noticed that when I first started WvWing within the first two weeks of the game I was often rewarded with karma/Character XP/Coins for escorting dolyaks but now I get the gold badge and no rewards? Intentional patch change that I missed or something that needs looking at?

Dina Van Heyr.3018:

Gamgee.8612:

A video from JDGE from last night on AG borders (Thanks peach<3)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VYuzbU7puts

so you had fight at camp against pug which you outnumbered and where you got wiped well done
well most of you, rest got lucky and escaped

We had a fight with an incredibly large force from north camp that greatly outweighed our force of 15~ I can count atleast 25 enemy invaders in one frame of that video there so unless you have a poor sense of quantity, stop trying to blatantly troll.

@Thayes
That solo fight was most likely me if it was against an elementalist using a staff (Or scepter dagger quite recently). I really am not a dueler of sorts so dont take me as an example of our guild Try Frou or osi if you fancy people who are much better at the 1v1 game than I.

In respect to the dont see us much in WvW Comment, we are there, we just dont draw attention to ourselves as we much prefer the guerrilla style of play, While major forces are sorting out towers and keeps in the south we Distract and disrupt in the north sometimes taking out groups much larger than ourselves as shown in that video and many others posted by osi on his youtube channel : Osianic2.

@The matchup

So far had a brilliant week some excellent fights against many guilds, Hope we can cross swords again soon

And this summarizes the week I’ve been having. Please AR you dont need 10+ guys to kill two, its become embarassing.

Thunderbrew.7034:

Blasting Staff doesnt affect Healing Rain. It only affects
7 of our 20 staff abilities FYI.

Did a little research on that one bud

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Blasting_Staff

Direct quote – “Healing Rain’s targeting area and the visual effect it creates do not grow in size with this trait, but the actual radius of the area-of-effect does. This may be due to a bug with the basic form of the spell, as the radius of the spell once created is bigger than that indicated when targeting.”

@Serp I shall amend the lingering attunement, as you can tell haven’t been an elementalist for all that long

As for the build and the points you have raised:

Looking at the cantrip build you have displayed I would totally agree that this would be better in the situations you find yourself in. I personally find in the WvW I do with Judge that what I have picked allows me to survive and work as an “Unofficial” healer. As stated this build is not for damage, I do run seperate builds including a cookiecutter D/D for when Im solo roaming but this isnt part of what this build is for. I designed this for our small scale group encounters (15 people at most) and combined with another support guardian/elementalist we can achieve feats a “Solo” playing ele spec could not. I personally have no videos to prove this but my guild colleague and friend Osicat ,(Shattercat spec for mesmers creator) has plenty to display the benefits of having an elementalist specced and geared like myself in encounters where we are outnumbered heavily by 2/3 to 1.

Im not discounting your build as a perfect build for those who want to solo/small group play and actually get some kills off but I find it unnecessary in the group build up that we play in. Its our way of demoralizing our enemies when 10-15 of us can destroy there hefty zergs with movement, minimal effort and only 1/2 “unofficial” healers keeping everyone topped up.

As for the +healing, I do believe it has an effect as without the healing, my geyser does not get over 5k healing per 5 players during its duration. More around 3-4k which yes 1k doesnt sound like a lot, but pair that with the regeneration ticking at 700-800 per tick and blast heals from myself giving around 1.5-1.7k this can amount to a lot. Fast.

Again I thank you for your input and the cantrip build certainly is an excellent one to roam with (Tried Kodiac’s build which was vaguely similar and loved it).

Peace

Cosmic

davidcrickett.8536:

Chancer.3716:

Update

Been trying out a seperate build from the 0/0/10/30/30 displayed on this guide changing out evasive arcana for different traits (Such as bolt to the heart and various others) Will display my thoughts once I am out of work onto the reserved posts below the main build guide.

Cheers guys, stay classy!

Yeah, I am having the same doubts about Evasive Arcana, don’t use it much. Maybe Arcane Mastery (I) instead, for some more Arcane Wave?

Tried using arcane mastery instead of evasive arcana and I have to admit the benefits I get from a shorter cooldown arcane wave over the dodge heal/damage/blind/bleed is actually worse than I imagined. You can achieve the benefits of an arcane wave through rolling into a combo field which is making me realize how useful Evasive arcana can be… Hate to admit that but finding that a water dodge roll into a water field with evasive arcana will achieve more healing over time than arcane wave having a shorter cooldown.

Plus the fact the effects of evasive arcana can occur every 10 seconds whereas arcane waves with the arcane master trait only gets it down to around 24-26 seconds (At work so cant clarify exactly but I do remember it being around that number).

There are benefits to arcane mastery though in the essence that you will be using arcane wave to deal damage up close and personal so for those long drawn out 1v1 fights where you are close range a lot and have to be incredibly mobile an on demand combo finisher can help those who dont have enough time to preempt a combo field to place then roll into it (This takes time!)

So yeah I think swapping out evasive arcana for arcane mastery when roaming on your own or in a very small group could be handy but for WvW and dungeons I believe evasive arcana takes the prize.

Yes this goes against what I said but atleast we can understand the trait better now

@David very nice choice of rune combo especially for the 40% boon duration, certainly makes our regeneration that much more powerful (Unless stripped) I personally use dwayna for the amount of times I can re-apply regeneration so even if someone boon strips us or another person we can easily reapply it, or just stack the duration as per needed.

@Kodiac As always chap thank you for you input Ive been trying out my own variant of your old cantrip style of play and have to admit I am thoroughly enjoying it.

@Lillian Wandom Hale. Glad you believe people should try it out chap. It is “Usual” per say as a lot of staff ele’s use a very similar or exact same build, I just wanted to expand on the spec and introduce reasons why we use particular skills and traits.

@Marz(Lhylyth) Thank you bud :-) I could easily say the same about Dius, Superb guild and always a pleasure to fight with you guys on the battlefield.

Update

Been trying out a seperate build from the 0/0/10/30/30 displayed on this guide changing out evasive arcana for different traits (Such as bolt to the heart and various others) Will display my thoughts once I am out of work onto the reserved posts below the main build guide.

Cheers guys, stay classy!

@david yeah this build is really a complete support build for the style of wvw and dungeon groups so solo with damage won’t be great with this spec :P I will be adding my staff solo spec within the coming week and once I can get a decent movie editor such as adobe elements I will explain the spec in more detail through the soothing farmer tones of my voice

Cheers for the input guys, i have to admit this is the first time at ever writing a build/“soon to be” guide so this information really helps!

@ Shotaiken Fixed

Osi if you want to solo combat my thief or ele in Spvp to demonstrate I will fight you to the death

@Kodiac Cheers for your input chap, I am at college at the moment and I will certainly take the time once I get home to add your information to the guide.

@Winds Thanks for clarifying the information

@davidcrickett You’re welcome bud! Its getting a bit slow to start the video guide side of things, editing taking a lot longer than I thought but check back within the week for some more in-depth situational guides!

@Shotaiken Aha didnt realize this before I read your post and tested it, Shall update the guide later on to rectify the fact that obsi focus only affects Meteor shower, Healing rain and ether renewal.

@ Kodiak We do run very similar style builds Have been considering running with tornado over the elemental, especially considering having healing bolts flying out with knockbacks and such within healing rain would be nice to add to the group play we have going on. Certainly use Static field and frozen ground to capture many “Unsuspecting” pray.

Thank you for your input Raised a lot of points I haven’t considered in all honesty.

Again though, the 100ish toughness it gives on top of what toughness is given through the cleric armor just increases survivability in situations when heavy aoe is present, but I certainly agree that swapping them dependent on situation is viable

See with arcane wave I’m torn, brilliant for bringing certain blast combo finishers but for its damage as such (especially considering this is isnt a damage heavy build) is kind of minimal, yes 1 area might combo is nice or a 1-2k area healing combo but in comparison to the survival that the three utilities I have chosen, I’m not sure if it really could be viable, in certain situations I would say yes.

But perhaps that could be where you swap signet of earth out for it, but I believe mist form and arcane shield can’t be swapped, definitely when your in the thick of it.

Check this space for Sunday video! Including a small portion of a judge raid!

Thank you guys. I shall be getting a screen recorder today so expect some video guides in the very near future!

Well for starters what gear are you using and how are you traited? Perhaps can advise you on a way of maximising survival and damage

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The Utilities

Now I will always maintain that you pick the utility skills dependent on what situation you are in and how you like to deal with it. I tend to use those which increase my chance of survival meaning I have a better chance of survival to increase the chance of success of those around me. Because of this I use (Most often)…

#Mist Form – Few things about mist form, in terms of a quick get away or when you truly are in the thick of it, its a life saver. I couldn’t even try to count how many times this skill has saved my donkey on a day to day basis. 3 seconds of increased movement speed and invulnerability really goes a long way!
Also the ability to begin reviving someone and then pop this bad boy and still be reviving is lovely

#Arcane Shield – For when you really need to get that channeled spell off. You will find there are many times when you are under fire but desperately need to get a geyser or other AOE attack off and this skill can give you the time you need to put the hammer down. In conjunction with Mist form as well, this just maximizes your up-time even more!

#Signet of Earth – Well this is my swap in and out skill, Passive toughness and an on demand immobilize is nice but really you can swap this skill out to whatever you feel necessary at the time. Its just another survivability tool or 1v1 tool that can really make a difference.

#Elite Glyph of Elements – You would be incredibly surprised how helpful some of these elementals are. The water elemental is incredibly good at healing and can add a hell of a lot of survivability to the group. The Earth elemental can give that distraction that you may or may not need and the Air elemental with its Aoe style stun is just a brilliant annoyance tool in any scenario.

The Gear

Now as you have guessed from how this build is traited and what utilities are used, this is not a bursty style damage spec. This is just a high sustained damage, healing, support spec. In knowing this we need the gear to reflect and compliment what we are doing.

I personally have chosen Cleric gear as it offers what we need to stay alive and keep others alive while still offering damage when we need it. For those who dont know Cleric gear is Power, Toughness and Healing power. Survivability and Healing. Love it.
I do run 6/6 Cleric gear but It is completely up to you whether you use the full 6/6 or swap it out for say a few pieces of invaders gear for the vitality or say some condition gear to add to the burning/bleed damage you will be giving off.
It really is up to you what you swap just bare in mind by swapping say – the chest piece you will be swapping a lot of stats in comparison to the boots or gloves.

Trinket wise I personally use only 1 piece of cleric here and thats the necklace. The rest I currently use a mix of toughness vitality and toughness condition damage, this is just to be a jack of trades of sorts. This way offering viable condition damage while still being up for the supportive elements that this build offers.

Runes and sigils, well I leave this up to you, personally I like to use dwayna runes as you can tell I’m super Healy! But it’s down to personal preference and what you feel you need, same with the sigil on your weapon, it’s a matter of personal preference.

Combo Fields – Learn to love them

I see it too many times in WvW, Dungeons and Spvp. An AoE goes down and people do not use it to gain additional boons and buffs which can turn the tide of a battle.
Being a staff elementalist You are the main dealer of combo fields. Dependent on the situation learn to stick your healing rain on the enemy to grant regeneration to all those using a projectile finisher, also giving melee with leaps, blast and whirl finishers all manner of healing.

This also goes for any other AoEs we have, for example:
A blast finisher in a fire field grants area might! Take a couple of thieves throwing cluster bombs in a fire field BOOM 20 odd stacks of might for a multitude of characters, to me that is brilliant.

Combo fields. Our best friends.

To Summarize

I hope you have enjoyed reading how I play my elementalist as a support role, I also hope you can gain some knowledge and can also share your knowledge with me.

Very much like Osi, I will start to use videos, Answer questions and constantly adapt this guide as the game evolves. This will not be the end for this guide and your input will be ultimately what could make this guide successful to help all elementalists considering a different playstyle.

Thank you and I look forward to working alongside you, the community.

Hello forum people!

I’m Overlord Cosmic (Better known as Chancer) from the guild Judge [JDGE]. You may know this guild name from my co-officer and friend Osicat, creator of the ShatterCat guide for mesmers, If you are considering playing a Mesmer I highly recommend checking out his guide!

Shattercat guide: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/Guide-WvWvW-Pve-Shatter-Cat

Anyway to the point, I’m going to explain the build, gear and uses of my build and I am also interested in the points you may wish to raise so we can improve this spec to try and show how much of an effective spec a staff elementalist can be.
The spec itself I believe works best as a staff support spec but easily could be modified for Dagger/Dagger or Scepter/Dagger as a bunker style build.

The Traits

Ive chosen a fairly common build known by many elementalists but Im going to try and explain in detail why we pick what we do.

0/0/10/30/30
Link to build: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fEEQFAWhImkbnx3gjDAkHvYCLjChUeMzO2A

The minor traits are utilized for support as can be seen through
Soothing Mist – This is free passive healing for anyone around you (Not sure if this counts as an AOE, so Im going to assume this is therefore only applies to 5 people) when I explain the gear you will understand how powerful this little minor trait becomes.

Healing Ripple – Now one thing I’ve noticed new elementalists doing is staying in one attunement, Something that an elementalist has to learn is that attunement dancing (Changing between attunements) is a major bonus considering the bonus’ they give, also the uptime of AOE’s and other skills means you never have to stop doing anything.

Lingering attunements – You will see where this +6 second attunement bonus will come in handy once I explain the major traits. To be brief +6 seconds of boon duration (Especially considering Regeneration and protection) is godly for a minor trait.

The Major Traits

#Earth Magic – Earths Embrace – I prefer this trait over the other 6 purely due to the survivability it adds to the build. Armor of earth whenever you reach 50% health? Yes please! This is a flatout 10 second stability and 10 second protection boon which is nothing to shrug about, this could be the difference between dying and living.
I would say you could swap this out for Obsidian Focus which gaining a significant toughness while channeling meteor shower or churning earth could be a life saver in certain situations.

#Water Magic – Aquamancer’s Alacrity A 20% reduction of Water magic skills is essential for those encounters that just seem to last a long time, the more healing and regeneration you can dish out, the higher chance of your parties survival! Need I explain more? (Plus throwing frozen ground around a lot really helps!)

#Water Magic – Cleansing Wave The removal of a condition on multiple allies during a fight can solve a lot of problems, When fleeing this could be removing cripples or immobilizations, or when you are fighting condition specced classed this can completely ruin there damage, especially when you will be attunement dancing a lot.

#Water Magic – Cleansing Water Again going off of the condition removal, giving regeneration to people when you are swapping to the water attunement or using healing rain on a large group means condition specced classes basically get the boot!

#Arcane Magic – Elemental Attunement I really only rate this for 3 of the 4 boons you can get, but that is enough reason to take it! When swapping to water, you get regeneration thats a flat out heal over time + condition removal due to the water traits. When swapping to air there is some free swiftness to keep you and your group highly mobile. Finally when swapping to earth – Protection, 33% damage reduction for you and all around you, can really make the fights a hell of a lot easier.

#Arcane Magic – Blasting Staff Well this trait speaks for itself, Larger Area of effect skills. All of a sudden you can cover your entire group with healing rain, cause burning to a larger amount of people, cripple more people using unsteady ground. Its a given whenever using a staff build.

#Arcane Magic – Evasive Arcana I like this trait due to that little added extra “Oomph” it adds to the equation in a fight, be that extra healing, a blind, a small aoe blast or churning earth, every little helps and no other arcane magic trait really speaks out to me as supportive.

Aveneo.2068:

MarzAttakz.9608:

Parthis.2091:

Hello from Judge [JDGE]. We joined Gandara this evening, moving from Desolation. Looking forward to a fun matchup, although having faced Arbor at their peak it’s sad to see them gutted like this.

Sorry to see you and your misfits go, Gandarra have indeed gained a fantastic guild. Best of luck with your new home, I’ll miss bumping into Frou and seeing Osci in the strangest of places.

Agreed, it’s very sad to see you go as I really liked you guys. But I can fully understand your reasoning for leaving Desolation.

So I’d like to wish you all a very fond farewell and thanks for all the fun I had with you guys while you were on Desolation!! Gandara is very lucky to have you…

Cheers guys. Its been an absolute pleasure serving Desolation with you until our time there was up.

To the matters at hand. AR, be afraid and prepare to be judged

Desolation will rise again, like a freaking phoenix from the ashes!

Osi always great to see your videos and PUT ME IN ONE, JUST ONCE!

Peace out

Cosmic massacre