Guild Wars 2

Just think of this as a way to improve the skills of those servers that have had lower ranking. You don’t get better by playing people of the same skill or worse than you.

Is he supposed to give you something? Because I actually did an event with him. Killed something then it ended. Not sure if he gave me something or if there are steps after. Any ideas?

You are correct that unsteady ground is not a combo finisher and that shockwave is a Projectile.

I use Unsteady ground usually in WvW to help ensure my blast hits my target. And Shockwave as a “root.” These are probably the more simple combos to achieve, not utilizing Arcane Evasion.

For combo field explanation there is another thread that is exceedingly useful.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/elementalist/How-do-combos-work

Simple non-blast finisher combo
1) Earth
2) Earth →Eruption
3) Earth → Unsteady Ground
4) Fire → Lava Font/Flame Burst
5) Pew Pew auto attack

Blast Finisher combos
1) Air → Static Field (can use other combo fields in other attunements)
2) Earth → Shockwave
3) Earth → Unsteady Ground (sometimes optional)
4) Earth → Eruption
…choose your own adventure time…
5a) Fire → Lava Font (make sure on top of eruption)
5b) Water → Geyser (make sure on top of eruption)
5c) Water → Frozen Ground (make sure on top of eruption)

In staff, if you are fighting one mob at a time, then you are doing it wrong. I am up to three vets at once. Still working on four.

I devised a litmust test for an elementalist that I like…if you WvW –

1) Can your ele solo a supply camp? Yes
2) Can your ele take out the veteran guard that does mele? Yes
3) Can your ele take out two veteran guards that shoot guns and whatnot? Yes
4) Can your ele take out quatermaster? Yes
5) Can your ele take out Veteran guild claiming npc? Yes
6) Can your ele take out dolly’s that usually run in and try to kick you? Yes

Now if you are asking me if I can pull them all at once and do it. No.
Pulling smartly is the key.

I solo all the time in WvW with staff and or d/d depending on my mood.
Taking out camps solo is definitely easier in my staff condition build setup.
Slightly harder in my dd/support setup.
Haven’t tried a camp with dagger setup :p Maybe i will do this tonight.
The real problem I tend to have are enemies running in looking for supplies while I am killing a vet.