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Thank you all for your input. I have some follow up questions regarding my Guardian, but I will take it to the Guardian forums.

@Jerus and @Nash – It seems that I will need to keep multiple sets of weapons on me. Currently, I just have the GS, Hammer, Scepter, and Shield. The only reason why I use the Scepter over the mace is for range fights.

@Nash – no I’m not looking for record times. Just looking to enjoy the game while clearing content.

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Devozione.3742:

@bladex, @velarian, @jerus, @ finntastic – thank you so much for the feedback. I didn’t think I would get much on this, but I really appreciate it.

Right now, I am around level 15 fractals. Two of the people joining the group are new to GW2, but are very experience MMO players. Currently, we have Me (Guard), Warrior, Thief, and our Ele (she is thinking of going Mesmer). Based on the comments, Ele is ideal for the group, but Jerus mention they can be replaced with Thief/Engi/Mesmer.

@Jerus, don’t get me wrong, I love playing the Guardian; however, I also the like Warrior too. The downfall I see with the Guardian is I have to play a hammer & scepter/torch build (http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Guardian_-_Fractal_Hammer) over the GS, according to metabattle. I’m not big into the hammer, but if that is what is needed, I guess I will try it again! Is there a GS build I could use, or is it frowned upon.

Again, I really appreciate the detailed advice as it has helped me understand it better!

Do re-consider before switching your only ele to anything else. Its sheer damage, burst, cleave and solid utilities are incomparable. Don’t even replace it with a mesmer; the latter has neither burst nor cleave and requires a lot more patience and coordination for a long attrition fight. Thief and Engi are comparable. Mesmer is better than Guard because I’m biased.

Thanks for breakdown of the roles to fulfill. I spoke with our Ele and he is going to stay with it. It seems it would be best to have at least one Ele in the group.

DrEckers.2039:

Greatsword is widely used over hammer. It gives higher dps, aoe Blind, and a 5 enemy vacuum pull. Hammer on the other hand has better utility with perma prot, immobilize, and walls. Use what you enjoy more do not feel like you have to conform to the Metabattle builds.

Thanks. Do you have a build I could try?

@bladex, @velarian, @jerus, @ finntastic – thank you so much for the feedback. I didn’t think I would get much on this, but I really appreciate it.

Right now, I am around level 15 fractals. Two of the people joining the group are new to GW2, but are very experience MMO players. Currently, we have Me (Guard), Warrior, Thief, and our Ele (she is thinking of going Mesmer). Based on the comments, Ele is ideal for the group, but Jerus mention they can be replaced with Thief/Engi/Mesmer.

@Jerus, don’t get me wrong, I love playing the Guardian; however, I also the like Warrior too. The downfall I see with the Guardian is I have to play a hammer & scepter/torch build (http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Guardian_-_Fractal_Hammer) over the GS, according to metabattle. I’m not big into the hammer, but if that is what is needed, I guess I will try it again! Is there a GS build I could use, or is it frowned upon.

Again, I really appreciate the detailed advice as it has helped me understand it better!

Hello all- The title says half of what I am looking for. I just recently obtain 4/6 ascended armor pieces and have ascended accessories. My friends and I are looking to progress through higher level fractals.

Part 1 of my question, is there a specific group make up (i.e., Warrior, Elementalist, Guardian, Thief, Mesmer)?

Part 2 of my question, can there be more than one profession in the group (i.e., 2x Warriors)? The reason why I ask is I am currently a Guardian. I sort of want to switch to my Warrior for fractals; however, one of our teammates is a Warrior. I am not sure if I would nerf the group by running as a second Warrior.

Any insights or thoughts would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

Hello Mesmer Community,

I am new to the Mesmer profession and have a question regarding a specific build. I was in Dry Top the other day with my Guardian and saw a Mesmer with a GS solo a veteran (or champion, don’t remember which on). Not only was she/he using the GS, but the Phantoms were up the whole time.

I’ve look through different builds and cannot seem to find a build that allows the Phantoms to be up most of the time, specifically with the GS.

If anyone could chime in and point me in the right direction towards this build that would be great!

Thanks in advance.

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Quintal.6594:

I mainly use staff, and find ele to be very durable. With 15 points in water and evasive arcana I can heal 5-6k every 9 seconds just by going to water and rolling once.

I often pull 3-4 mobs at once in orr and just aoe them down while dodging like a crazy person(renewing stam).

In explorables I equip a bit of toughness/vit so I can survive the “haha screw you 15k hit” attacks that fly around. but most of that can be dodged anyway.

If I find my self in trouble I pulse-blind them for 10 seconds with glyph of storms and heal (or nuke)

We have a ton of great escape utility’s, personally I like cleansing fire, but mist form and lightning flash are also life savers.

Overall I think we’re just fine on the survivability front. We have a lot of tricks

Hmm, I have not tried the evasive arcana. I will try that and moving around more often to see if that helps.

Great! Thank you all for the advice. I will give it a try and see how it works.

Does anyone else think there Elementalist has low survivability/armor/health? I am not sure if I am playing the profession incorrectly, but I have a hard time fighting mobs my level. I die constantly, making it difficult to level by myself. I am almost to the point of switching professions so I am not constantly eating the floor!

I switch between all four elements. I have used all the weapons (the profession is able to use) and still have no luck. I found the staff and the dagger/dagger to be my best option. In addition, I have tried multiple traits for increased damage/healing/toughness/vitality.

Is anyone else experiencing the same issues? Please provide any feedback or tips on what I could do to increase my survivability.

Thanks!