Guild Wars 2

Hey Swiftwynd, I really like your build! I’m leveling my Elementalist in solo play (lvl65 at the moment), and have been running a D/D signet aura build. I’m considering mixing it up a bit to better synergize with your Water-heavy Hammer setup, while maintaining a similar level of self-buffs (as I do not have any other players to supply conditions/boons).

Here’s the rough build at lvl65:

http://www.guildhead.com/skill-calc#mcszz9moaNCmoaNCmGaVG0cszMm

The idea behind this build is to provide myself with Burning and Vulnerability, in order to trigger some of the damage stacking, while still gaining much of the signet/aura benefits I was using before (on-demand Swiftness and Fury, and later Protection).

Casting Signet of Fire provides the following for me:
Swiftness
Fury
Fire Shield
Burning
Vulnerability
+20% damage (Piercing Shards)
+5% damage (Ember’s Might)

My question to you is: do you think this set-up is more efficient for solo-leveling via questing than going with a ‘lite’ version of your max-dps build?