Guild Wars 2

My build is s/f therefor I want to play with it. The main problem is that focus’s skills are the things thatcprotect me from lupi and I lock them with my LH (thatvis my main dmg producer).

I have seen this video before, and it cannot be called s/f. All he uses are conjured weapons

Can s/f ele solo lupi or at least melee him without dying?

Same in pve. I’m not as experienced as you but I can say that pve’s state is sad as well. We get killed so fast from attacks so we need to evade as we can. A good suggestion will be to have a distance between you and the target/mob but any lvl 80 will know that our builds are all melee except staff that is boring to most and doesn’t do enough dmg. I see warriors when I play in Arah or FoTM, they do more or less the same dmg as me, and take hits that will take 2/3 of my hp without any problem. I see a lot of posts like this lately, and if it will be the same as diablo 3 than ele’s state will just get worst. We will reach a time when we get killed by one hit and won’t do any dmg while the warriors will keep pressing 1 and get the job done. Really, I played so far every build other than d/d, I know every rotation, and it is just rediculos what crazy combos and number of keys we need to press in order to get dmg as other classes.

I want tips and guide lines on how to be better. I get it that I have a lot to learn even thou I’m not a noob or a starter.

Arrah is my nightmare, really. I have done CoF dzens of times but Arah is like someone takes my ele and say: “see that ele, look how I insta kill him before you even see a monster”

XD It is exactly what happened in diablo 3 with the wizard. At first it was strong then got nerfed to the buttom while the melee heavy armored barbarian which highly resembles the warrior got buffed to infinite. Devs in RPG just hate the creative smart class and buff the heavy armored class that has all the skills the same.

Can anyone help me stop getting this:

That’s why I take arcane barrier LH and fire signet as my utilities. Arcane barrier gives me the survivability I need

Also, what can u say about the healing of the build. I find it to be lacking

You said the u’ll take the conjurer trait. Does it mean u r using LH?

How will the build change after today’s (10.12) patch?

@spoj: I see what you are saying but if I will follow what you wrote I’ll basiclly change my build (elite, utilities and weapon). Moreover In my Arah runs the eles (not only me) die first from all classes, and guardians for instance have no problem.

P.S can u send me a link to the build and vids or how to get to them?

acctually I wanted to post this in another forum… I accidently posted it here.

My ele that I stupidly forgot to upload:

Hi. I want to tell you my story as an ele. As you can see from the look of my character below I have a combination of Arah and CoF armor. I have NERVER bought and never will buy a CoF path. Because it’s a fun dungeon, the mobs are pretty easy have a variety and are neither in too big groups nor too small. However, in Arah I bought p2 and p1 and only running p3. The reason is that Arah for ele is a complete nightmare. I’m running zerk gear with a small additions of vitality and toughness here and there and when we skip in a dungeon my ele will surely die. I find myself staring at the death screen most of the time. Because unlike others we have light armor and no stealth (mesmer) or “Life Force” that necro have. U can’t get a group that won’t skip and when ur build is focused on dmg (not GS) u find urself a burden to the group. Path 3 however I do run and most of the times open a LFG post myself.
P.S If you don’t know then ele’s main build is GS Lightning Hammer (stacking might)

Hi. I’m a lvl 80 ele, I have full zerk exotic armot setand weapons and working on exotic trinkets. I use it because it combines well with my s/d LH build. However I find it’s survivability preety low, there are some bosses that can even insta kill me if I don’t dodge well. this is why I’m using Arcane Barrier when I start my combo.

Should I go full zerk with my s/d LH ele or to mix zerk ad a little bit of soldier for survivability?

Thanks! In FoTM, can u get armor that u cannot get anywhere else?

P.S: It looks a little bit like arah

I see a lot of people with very cool armor sets. Where do they get them? (It’s not a dungeon or crafting armor set) example: @Facepunche’s ele:

But I don’t see what skill makes the opponent valnerable?

This is why I love elementalists:

For me it’s choose Silvary if you are an anime fan and choose Human if you are a LoTR/fantazy fan. Asuran if u love small kitten things, Norn for big kitten things and Charr if u want to look wild an like a kittening beast. P.S: My ele is Sylvary

By the way I chose a 30/20/10/10/0 S/D LH build in the end. So.. thanks anyway

I found this forum: http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/83561-hamartias-sd-elementalist-build-dps-might-stacking/. What do u think about the first build? (30/20/10/10/0)

@Jarek- I see your point, but u don’t consider the faster fire skills recharge the 30/20/10/10 build has. However, u still have a very strong point.

I found this forum: http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/83561-hamartias-sd-elementalist-build-dps-might-stacking/. What do u think about the first build? (30/20/10/10/0)

And what is the s/f build u r using?

thank u very much. It helps a lot

@Mochann: Can u explain more about the staf build?

Hi. I was away for a few months and a lot has changed. Can someone help me with staff or s/d builds for PVE?
Thanks in advance

Hi. I’m looking for a build and need ur help.
Love DPS but don’t want to be glassy. I don’t wanna use only LH but also my weapon skill set (like staff or S/D). If anyone has a build like this (Frost bow is a nice bonus) then I’m looking for ur help.

Hi. I have a lvl 14 guardian, and wanted to ask what r the good weapon combinations. I’m currently using sword+torch/staff. Love the might stacking. wanted to know what is ur opinion and what is ur suggestions.

conjured weapon- double lightning swords.

ice roots: roots of trees, made of ice, growing from the ground toward the enemy.

lightning dog: like the pheonix, just with a lightning dog that doesn’t reaturn and blind the enemy+doing dmg.

elite- elemental dragon, dragon with earth body, tail made of ice, air/lightning wings and magma head.

mud gayzer: gayzer of mud that does dmg+crippling enemies.

fire pillar- a pillar of fire that moves towards the enemy and explodes on hit.

ice crystals- An aoe skill that works simillar to fire meteors but instead of the meteaors there will be an ice crystals poping from the ground. the area will be smaller( but not much smaller) and the crystals will affect chill on hit. ( http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110323203330/fairytailfanon/images/4/4a/Ice_magic_1.jpg )

conjured weapon- double lightning swords.

ice roots: roots of trees, made of ice, growing from the ground toward the enemy.

lightning dog: like the pheonix, just with a lightning dog that doesn’t reaturn and blind the enemy+doing dmg.

elite- elemental dragon, dragon with earth body, tail made of ice, air/lightning wings and magma head.

mud gayzer: gayzer of mud that does dmg+crippling enemies.

fire pillar- a pillar of fire that moves towards the enemy and explodes on hit.

ice crystals- An aoe skill that works simillar to fire meteors but instead of the meteaors there will be an ice crystals poping from the ground. the area will be smaller( but not much smaller) and the crystals will affect chill on hit. ( http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110323203330/fairytailfanon/images/4/4a/Ice_magic_1.jpg )

A rapier as a new weapon type would be great. It is just fantastic for eles and mesmer

As a former diablo 3 player, that has spent more than 200 hours in the game (diablo 3) , I can say that skill runes are NOT the solution. They are very boring, they don’t create new skills and in most of them the change is just a different color. Moreover, the main problem in GW2 is that after the first few lvl there aren’t any skills that the player can look forward to, skill runes won’t change that. And as a RPG player I can say that skills are one of the most important things in the game, it’s the main thing that keeps combat fun.

Thank u very much ^^

however you still put 30 in fire for more charges, doesn’t it mean you want to focus more on the LH than the scepter? Can 0/30/0/10/30 work with LH, and is ur build (30/0/0/10/30) good for map exploration?

new suggestions anyone?

acctually I can even manage with X/X/0/10/30. I just love swapping attuns and want more skills.

Hi. I’m looking for a pve build (exploring+dungeons) that focuses on the s/d skills and using the hammer while they are in CD (and not only ussing LH skills and abandoning the wepon skills). I know there are a lot of builds out there and I read them all, but I couldn’t find a 0/30/0/10/30 pve build that. I saw Neko’s builds and I think that it’s a good start but not exactly what I’m looking for. (Btw playing more solo than in a party)

I wanted to know what is it?

I saw something on an ele video that looks like a frozen ground. it happens whan he switches element, or using a skill.

It looks like that:

It’s just boring to play so much with the same skills…

Piken Squar is a good pve server. I chose it because of that (I’m mainly, if not only, a pve player)

I couldn’t agree with you more about GW2 needing more skills. I posted somthing about this a moth ago. here is what I posted:

“There are a lot of weapon skills. However, you unlock them all by lvl 10 and then decide about your weapon and you are stuck with the same skills. Moreover, if you still manage to change your weapon alot there are still no new skills after the first 10-15 levels. The utilities are good but there aren’t lot of active skills with combat use and short cooldown. This is why I’m suggesting a solution: to any weapon make 2 sets of skills instead of one. The first set will be like now and the second will unlock at level 50. The player will be able to choose between 2 skills for each key (like you choose utilities) and then you get a lot more skills and a LOT more build variety. Another suggestion is to add more active utilities (like summons or attacks).”

I don’t think that they have covered all the skills. What about gravitation control, changing form, light and darkness, calling magical creatures, energy prisons and more.