Guild Wars 2

ok guys try using this build with Runes of the Krait and switch to fiery greatsword .

stacking cond’s is already pretty strong in this build but with greatsword out ur dps goes through the rough. Only problematic builds I have fought are certain tanky engi’s and rangers

As many of you, I have gotten a little annoyed with the way the typical elementalist builds have been performing due to previous patches and the meta. All in all this my attempt to become useful once again. Cheers

I run:

0/30/10/20/10

fire: -
air: 4 – 10 – 12
earth: 6 – -
water: 5 – 9 -
arcane: 5 – -

healing and utilities:

healing: ether renewal
utilites: lightning flash, cleansing fire, glyph of elemental power

ultimate: Conjure Fiery greatsword (great for consistant dps + mobility)

I am using scepter and dagger and divinity runes . The sigils are up to you

not going to say its the best but I have had alot of success with it recently

Im posting here today because my friend is too lazy to take care of his account properly so I’m here in his instead of him to find out what needs to be done.

he played the beta weekend tests but he hasnt put much time in game himself. His account had been on for a good month straight and it was not him. was an obvious bot controlling the account and was the hacker running the bot.

I think now the account has been either banned or suspended. He has tried to email the proper people but they sent him a message stating that he should get a email with the password reset and what not. but they changed the receiving email because he hasnt played since the beta weekend events.

He has all the purchase info and account key. so is there a phone number that he can call or way to contact arenanet on the issue?

if your having trouble in pve as an ele I suggest your use either a D/D or S/D

your traits can be

0 fire
0air
10earth
30water
30arcana

the focus of the build is cantrips so you should use mist form, armor of earth and either lighting flash or cleansing flame. and the elite is well.. only one good option greater elemental :p

you can pick your own slots for this build but in order for the survival to kick in you need to focus on cantrips so keep that in mind *hint *hint

your gear as far as your armor stats are really up to you as running a build as I stated provides plenty of healing and or protection to run whatever your fancy.

hope this helps..

I didnt give you a full trait list because I think it’s important as an ele to learn the class and not have it handed to you :p

and I’m happy to see that there are other’s running successful roaming builds as an ele
but so for what I have noticed is that they are all extremely low hp. even the build I run is low hp. and I know this is due to the low base hp of an ele. 13k hp however is pretty low and I have to ask myself if having 500 more armor = to 4k more health. still not sure at the moment.

to mouse – I watched quite a bit of Phanta’s streaming and did enjoy his valkyries S/D build. however I couldn’t help but notice the several times that Phanta gets instagibbed despite him being a very player.

all in all I think this game is still new and builds have not yet been maximized to their fullest potential but, I am again glad to see working builds :p

I agree. I really hope a Dev. could look at posts like this because it’s totally true. I don’t plan on switching my class and my oppenent shouldnt either.

Someone mentioned before that there should be sacrifice for picking the line-up that you did. the skill part comes in when you over compensate for it by winning despite the disposition the map or the enemy team puts you in

Sorry for double posting but, I wanted to thank those who decided to at least read what I had to say.

and to Mouse, I think I would have to specifically look at the build your talking about.
The one Im familiar with that is used competitively is the Bunker Build using Arcane Wave while using Staff. for the often considered “OP healing”

but yeah Ill check it out

and I agree Mathiuzz with your statement about the key to success being communication and individual skill of players, but I am more about trying to balance the game. If it takes one class at a time to do so.. So be it

and to Weapon X I am saying that yes you can roll a dps ele, but I’m saying its gotta make use of the cantrips because the only way the class can survive is via cantrip builds…. all one would have to do is grab an offensive Amuelet and your now running a “DPS” variation of said build.

Sorry for wall of text
TL:DR is at the bottom

Basically I’m here to make a valid point to every pvp focused player on GW2.
I’ll start by saying that it’s common thought that Necromancers and Elementalists are weak and less viable in spvp. now this may be true in 8v8 situations where its completely unorganized and usually unbalanced teams.

I’m here to tell you that in tpvp Elementalists can still be very effective. Here are what they bring to a team regardless of build:

*AOE Burst Damage
*AOE Interupts/knockdowns
*High Mobility aka swiftness/lighting flash/ride the lightning
*Some sort of healing be it direct healing or regeneration
*Might
*Protection

now that I have outlined what they bring regardless of how the Elementalist has set up for their build I will tell you that the Elementalist is deceivingly not a class that has several viable trait options. This is due to how the traits were put together and the current meta(which is bunkers/roamers/ and zerg rushing objectives as a team).

Why is that Elementalists don’t have many viable builds is because, the ARCANA tree which is the support tree for Elementalists is NECESSARY for the Elementalist to stay competive. be it the CDR on the attunements or the fact that Evassive Arcana is just so good that it makes every other option seem dumb.

If you max out a tree other than ARCANA or WATER, you have officially kittened yourself as an Elementalist. the Cost/Reward factor for each of the other traits don’t justify themselves.

WHY ARE OTHER TRAIT LINES BAD?*

*Fire is bad because the only thing useful out of it is the ability to gain might on cantrip use.

*Air is bad because you sacrifice higher burst damage for lower Hit Points/condition Removal or you Sacrifice the CDR that ARCANA gives you.

*Earth – what can I say about earth that won’t make me seem like an Idiot? hmmm idk
well basically Toughness although it is important to have a certain amount you wouldn’t devote more than 10 points to this tree because every other slot/per 5 points invested buff are lame and not beneficial enough and unfortunately for the Elementalist, it has very low base Hit Points ( I believe it is the lowest in the game by a large margin).

TL:DR -
I have done all of this to basically make it known that Elementalists can succeed but, after alot of play time and experimentation and experience. I can tell you that cantrip builds for the Elementalist are the ONLY way to stay competitive with the class.

please don’t flame me or troll this thread please :P
I would like to know your opinions on the matter please