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The game is not balanced around 1v1s.

This statement again…..make up your own sentences for once. It doesn’t take much time playing this game in a pvp environment to realize 1v1 is still a big aspect.

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I’d say fighting D/D elementalist 1v1 in sPvP is a mistake in almost all situations. Why would you do that??

Because 1v1 is inevitable on spvp/tpvp? Can’t say “Here comes a dd celestial op ele, i’m leaving this point for him to take, screw it”

24 skilss to doge almost 4 perma bons up runing from side to side using skills healing with each one and runing at 30% poping skills healing along the way and returning with all bons up and all health up and even surviving 3 vs 1 i belive the ele its rly the tank in this game with almost 100% survivability is this wath the devs want ? i pray one day they will be on the chopping block for some (all) balance

Seriously where do players think they can possibly hold their own on 3v1. Any build, profession and player will die in a matter of seconds when he/she is facing 2 or more opponents alone as long as those opponents deal above average damage. If both are bursty/high dps no matter how bunker he will die as soon as his invulnerability/blocks/endurance are on cd.

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The Angry hater tread xD

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Nerf the entire official forum because it is too OP on the amount of nerf threads.

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Goodbye

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See you back in a few weeks/months. Later Django

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Skyhammer - The Best sPvP Map

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Classes with a controlled pull (engi, mesmer, thief) have a very clear advantage in this map. This map should be removed from solo queue and anyone who says otherwise doesn’t want so because they main engi, mesmer, or thief. Before anyone here argues with me for no reason.

This is a wrong assumption. I MAIN ele and I love this map. Thieves, mesmer and engies very rarely knock me off because i know how to counter their push and pull tricks….I dont even equip stability.

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Apparently if a build isn’t too easy or forgiven to play, it isn’t reliable to some from the forum community. Effective Builds can be divided into 2 main categories.
1 – High risk builds that will really punish you if you make multiple mistakes during combat
2 – Low risk builds that will punish you very little if you make multiple mistakes during combat.

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I have been playing ele since open beta. During all this time i have played all the other professions for extensive period of time and I gotta say there’s no other profession more op than the ele in this game. We literally excel at everything. Pve, wvw, and spvp are too easy to do awesome on the hands of experienced players. The elementalist doesn’t lack anything on any role, bunker, hybrid, burst, dps, support, you name them and we conquer. The most op aspect the elementalist posses is the ability to have various weapon skills, utilities and traits that counters all type of playstyles with different builds.

P.S: 1v1 is inevitable on spvp/tpvp. No matter how hard you try you will always find yourself 1v1 at some point and your results in there can determine the entire victory for your team.

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Nerf Ele Regen

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I agree, our healing capability is extremely high. We have both high passive and active healing in our disposal. It is easy to heal from low health back to full multiple times in combat.

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So. How to avoid a Scepter Ele spike?

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Knowledge is power and it plays a major role on avoiding ele spike. I have played burst ele spec for most weapon sets starting with d/d, d/f s/d and now s/f and I can tell you the ele has many different burst combos. You have to educate yourself on these rotations and pay attention to the current attunement to predict what’s coming. Part of being a skillful player is to learn how to counter all playstyles. Also most ele want to burst but are afraid to die easily so they will trait a lot of points in the defensive tress like water and arcana. This means they won’t burst as much as an ele that goes full glass on both amulet/gear and traits like me. Bunkers with decent amount of damage can still be beaten if they don’t avoid our burst rotations or fail to provide enough pressure.

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Skyhammer - The Best sPvP Map

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I used to hate this map so much at first but I learnt to love it. It is thanks to this map I managed to become an even better player at countering all the pulls and push tricks.

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(spvp) mesmer too much damage for its utilty

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Oh I remember you. You asked about my build after I made you two literally explode lol. I cant remember if this was team q or hotjoin, but I was running my 6 4 4 build with gs staff. I got a very lucky first hit stun chaos storm on both of you which gave me 10 stacks of might instantly. During this time I swapped to gs and used my mantra to stun both of you again to get 20 stacks of might from while casting my izerker. From there I mirror bladed, mind stabbed, and mind wracked in the course of the 1 second stun to down both of you almost instantly. I will be honest and say it was kinda luck based but it did happen, with the OP slightly exaggerating. It wasn’t really a long stun, it was a series of multiple short stuns. Also, Mesmer isn’t overpowered at all, only the player is overpowered.

If you are curious on the build, this is what I was using at the time: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fhAQJAWRlknpUt1oxMNcrNipxYybih0BcwAlskxB-TZxHABseEAC4CAAwjAQpyAzs/AA

It has to be Master Mesmer Rylock. The most op mesmer player in gw2 since beta. I have to modify my signature to put mesmer as number 1 instead of ele for this category.

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enjoyment of vids (pvp)(not the game mode)

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I agree d/d is so common and the easiest to perform well that by now it has become extremely boring to watch. The most intriguing videos are where it display the player excelling with builds/playstyles that are unusual or where very few succeed. For example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCubgeoc6A0

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Nex's Ele Videos [NEW - Video 4]

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I’m surprised nobody has asked you “what’s your build” or did I miss that post? I guess at this stage of the game it is obvious to everyone. Queueage got boring quickly mate. Blade and Soul or Skyforge are the only 2 mmorpg so far that can possibly replace gw2 … if they get released in na. Anyways, nice videos Nex but i were you i would show everyone different type of builds, weapon sets and playstyles. Bunker specs are fun but too easy to perform well as an ele. Most of the time it will be one sided. With more high risk builds it requires much more player’ skills to do just as great even on 1v1. I believe that’s what the community see a lot less.

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What's this D/F build?

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That was probably me. I recently faced a condi engi that it was taking longer than usual to take down and i was forced to flee seeing 2 more enemies were coming. . With perpl runes the fights don’t take as long but that just makes it one sided most of the time and that is boring. I used one of my condition builds.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQJAodhMMKb23wuBf0ACAW4AQDoIOOIsDKCi2AA-T1RFABAcCAiTPAlq/8nSQEeAAPp8bj9HIFwiSjA-w

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Azilyi's 'Zeitgeist' Staff Ele Duels [Video]

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I always enjoy watching these pvp videos from KrazyFlyinChicken. No doubt he is the best staff ele!

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So when usefull elites?

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I always dislike when players state something as “useless”. Simply because YOU don’t find use of these skills doesn’t mean they are that way for everyone else. Personally i find our elites to be powerful on different builds, playstyle and purposes.

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Soooo.. Medi Guards pwn my face all day

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Lol i will never understand where people make up these statistics. Medi guard will definitely defeat any glass build if the opponent player is not knowledgable enough. A medi guard will never defeat my burst d/d, s/d or sf Ele. They can be kited easily and their burst can be avoided just as easy. Get familiar with their damaging combos and pay very close attention to avoid or counter them. They are easy but annoying in terms of how long a solo encounter against them can last if they are good players even if your damage is high.

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Good luck Nex! Great first video too. Show them variety of builds, weapon sets playstyles (d/d, s/d, d/f s/f and staff if you mastered that too which i never did lol. I always found staff too annoying and slow. >.<) and roles. Archeage is downloading right now whooooot!

P.S: I’ll probably post some of my wvw videos of all the weapon sets playstyle and different builds here too to support your cause…. …. if I don’t get addicted to archeage first lol.

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Serane D/D Ele ~ WvW/GvG/Dueling Build

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Today is the day! Bye bye gw2 for now and maybe forever! 2 if the greatest ele players are leaving!

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Diva's Condi Signet build

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I don’t consider it a huge waste. There has been many times where that additional 3 secs burning has caused the down of some players that run away. Mostly draft racers warriors and thieves. It is also hilarious seeing sigil of fire one shotting even heavies that don’t use healing per sec and has run out of condition removal xD.

The shard of ice not only serve as a great cover for confusion if you masked it well with 1-2 other conditions but also in team fight. Your other team mates that are based on physical damage benefit really well.

I think you are underestimating this build. It surely lacks the physical damage and once again a diamond skin ele completely counters it but that’s about it. At least that’s the case in wvw. In spvp it takes more time to down the player. Of course there a couple of variations towards this build but i have found full dire to be the strongest among the ones I have tested.

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Diva's Condi Signet build

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No better condition build than this one i developed or more likely was created by someone else without me knowing lol.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQJAodhMMKb23wuBf0AHAGpmQ4AwAYHO+GED2BA-T1hAABJqH4U1foe/BJVCCwJAYjHAgYK/CAcAwvBSBoo0I-w

The condition damage is insane. It will literally kill anyone in wvw if played right except an ele running diamond skin. Diamond skin completely counters this build and makes you look like a noob lol. Aside of that even the king of condies necro will melt. Glassy thief? np they will melt too even if they constantly stealth to remove condi. Your reflexes and precise use of your skills need to be sharp.

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Any good alternatives for runes of Hoelbrak for those who don’t have money?

Scholar, strength, traveler, divinity, privatter, pack etc. All the good runes will be expensive.. so gather some gold and invest in them.

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Serane D/D Ele ~ WvW/GvG/Dueling Build

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I was waiting for blade and soul to come to na but it seems it will never happen lol. I haven’t look up this new mmorpg but i keep hearing good rumors about it. How’s your experience in archeage Serane? did you play the beta? Most importantly is the sorcery profession extremely awesome mage class? :O

so far its pretty awesome heidia. im enjoying it a lot. the combat is a bit slower then gw2 but you have to look at it in a different light. the game is very complex and there is always lots to do. its f2p starting on the 16th so there is no reason not to try it out. as for sorcery, its a pretty good tree. the class system in archeage is pretty interesting and makes for some interesting combination. one for example is engimatist whichis shadowplay sorc and aurmancy which is similar to a d/d ele. i am playing daggerspell atm and pulling a no life weeked in head start :P

I started watching some videos and I must say I love the game sandbox style. It is f2p but there’s also a subcription membership option which undoubtedly provides more benefits. I wouldn’t mind paying a monthly subscription for this game. It looks like a whole lot of fun

I also started reading the official forum and it appears there’s a huge issue of land ownership and no restriction on land owned per player. The other issues can be expected on startup for any mmorpg. Hopefully there will be more servers on Sep 16 for the upcoming masses that will join, including me ^^.

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I was waiting for blade and soul to come to na but it seems it will never happen lol. I haven’t look up this new mmorpg but i keep hearing good rumors about it. How’s your experience in archeage Serane? did you play the beta? Most importantly is the sorcery profession extremely awesome mage class? :O

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S/F WvW setup?

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I have played and solo/group roam as an ele since beta and with all weapon sets/builds. Dagger main hand has always been the easiest to perform well in my opinion. Scepter on the other hand takes more thinking and indeed lacks consistent dps. It is awesome for burst but any bunker built player that can survive can easily recover between the burst cooldown rotations. S/d is more effective for this matter but s/f will require more thinking, skill and effort to defeat such builds. Answering your question is s/f viable in wvw? Absolutely but depends mostly on the player’s skill. I have been solo/group roaming and zerging with s/f for more than 6 months now and my experience with this wep set is amazing within all 3 wvw settings.

Should you run fresh air? Yes! this trait is primarily for scepter playstyle. (specially for burst builds)

Considered maybe a signet build? NO, d/d and d/f performs a whole lot better with signet and condition builds.

Are you wasting your time? The moral of the story is if you are looking to specialize in something else out of the ordinary or simply enjoy causing high damage like a real mage always does on other mmorpgs (in range) then no.

During my journey of transferring to several wvw servers I have met many ele players that perform great with d/d and/or d/f like “pros” yet when they play s/d or s/f they do miserable. Just keep in mind that scepter as main hand is a whole different playstyle than dagger main hand.

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How to get better

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Be a better rounder player by playing pve and WvW too!

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Glyph of elementals is worse now?

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For once i agree with a negative thread. It is realistically a change for the worse from my perspective as well. The heal from water ele is still awesome and can be casted ahead of time without an issue.

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[Build Help] D/D Earth/Fire Condi Build

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http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQJAodhcMKb25wuBf0AHAGpmQ4AwAYHO+GED2BA-TJhAwAw2fYcZgNnAAAPAAA. Is the condition build I use in spvp/tpvp. It is very effective. With today’s patch the LF will get replaced with earth signet. I’ll link you the 2 WvW versions I use of this build when I get home tonight.

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Ice bow: Deep Freeze too powerful in TPVP

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Hello frands Heidia here, #1 all rounder ele that excels in all areas within this game.

Deep freeze is extremely powerful but it can be easily avoided even on team encounters. The sacrifice of a defensive utility is too great. This conjure weapon works only on players that don’t pay attention to their surroundings while engaged in combat.

Wahoo! Bye Frands!

PS: That catch phrase from Vee Wee has become contagious lol

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Staying in a single element [suggestion]

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I like your idea op. Unfortunately the Ele mechanic isn’t meant to be stuck on a single attunenment no matter how much effort you put into it. Believe me because I have tried your suggestion long time ago for extended period of time with no avail. The only way you can make this possible is if the skills had no to very short cool down and the damage was increased a bit. In such scenario I would always stay on air attunenment as s/f because it has everything to counter any type of playstyle.

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are there people getting angry if lose?

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What kind of question is this… of course there are players that get mad when they lose. You can’t expect a game to be a pacific perfect world. In competitive environment like spvp and wvw you will always have players that are exactly that, competitive.

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The jealousy coming from some posters is hilarious.

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ele destroyed me in under a second... twice

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You are at complete disadvantage if this took place in WvW. You are an uplevel and with low health. I’m surprise he didn’t instant down you in 1-3 skills only. Unless it is one of those Ele players that worry about survivability in a burst spec so they trait/geared for more than enough defense to make up for their lack of player’s skill. In spvp it can a be different case. Burst spec eles melt thieves even when they evade… It is all a matter of knowing when to burst to avoid failure.

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Why the hate against WvW roamers in spvp?

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The amount of matches and time it takes to get from rank 0 to 80 show some good pvp experience. It does not determine the player’s skill. I have met so many rank 80 from various servers I have transferred within WvW and I can honestly say the majority are really bad players on solo and group encounters. Based on some posts made here it goes both ways. The reality is that someone that excels from one environment does not excels in the other if he/she has not spent enough time developing the skills associated for that setting. I’m learning that now. I’m still good and even called pro by some players in spvp but I know I still got some ways to go within this area of the game. If it wasn’t for all my pvp experience acquired as a solo/group roamer I wouldn’t perform as good to spvp on the first day coming back after over a year and a half. Let’s be real for a moment if you played other mmorpg games you should have learnt that the majority of players are awful in pvp. It is not rocket science but it does take great amount of time, thinking and most importantly experience to become a skillful player.

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Why the hate against WvW roamers in spvp?

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Another thing that hasn’t been mentioned in this thread: knowing how to “play” properly downed state when in a 2vs2 (or more).

I saw a lot of good WvW roaming type players failing in playing the downed state, for example when you’re in a 2vs2 on a point and the teammate + one of the enemy is down – most of the times the result is that the teammate is killed and the enemy is rallied. They lack the knowledge when to stomp the enemy instead of rezzing the teammate (or viceversa), based on classes downed/still up, the hp of the enemy still up etc.

And this is another thing that makes a huge difference between helping your team or letting them down.

In the short amount of time I have played spvp again, i already met a couple of players that only spvp for months yet they still do what you stated here. This is not isolated only to wvw roamers but also to spvpers both beginners and veterans. Various players have different reactions. Some even panic when going on 1v1 or in outnumbered fights. There are others that indeed don’t pay attention to details.

I should have probably stated that the skills you acquire through both solo and group roaming in wvw transfer over to spvp with minor changes. In wvw your smaller group can win against much larger groups due to the communication, support and skill of each player. In spvp it is also possible against bad opponents. In spvp it all comes down to conquesting the points but most of the analogy as an very experienced solo and group roamer is implemented. In spvp you can duel and sharpen your individual skills as well so once again the changes are very minor if you have excelled on both settings.

I just don’t understand why wvw roamers should be stereotyped by players that
1) Haven’t spent enough time or never played in wvw in the first place as a solo/group roamer

2) Failed within wvw yet are successful in spvp.

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Why the hate against WvW roamers in spvp?

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There are very valid points stated on this thread. Long story short it is all about misunderstanding, assumption, inexperience and rumors about wvw roamers. Like i stated, the mechanics are different but it doesn’t take much time to adjust and play accordingly within this spvp environment. As a group wvw roamer, you also learn to be a team player and being aware of your surroundings (including your team mates, opponents and specially zerg) is absolutely critical.

I agree there are a couple of cheese or easy mode builds that require very little player’s skill to perform well. If you didn’t know this is intended on every mmorpg. The main purpose why these builds exist is for newcomers to stand a chance against more experienced players.

I also believe the ranking system is completely flaw and inaccurate. It does not represent individual player’ skills because everything is as a team. How else can you explain on my first day coming back to spvp, i played 4-5 hours straight and got to rank 14. I take a rest for 2 days and my rank is all the way down to the thousands again lol.

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Elementalist in sPvP

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If you want a bit more info refer to the thread below titled “Back Kinda”. It is about the same topic. https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/elementalist/Back-kinda/first#post4355080

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Back kinda.

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In reference to your first question I’ll just quote a post from Otaking.4675 from the spvp forum. I share the same opinion as an experienced ele player.

“Ele and war are the core of the current meta for the reasons you listed. Every ToL team recently has had a d/d ele and a hambow at the core.

That said, Ele are not first on the target list but necros , rangers, and engies are due to lack of stability and less ranged defenses. They’re just far easier to lock down and kill than ele. (Depending on whether you’re d/d or s/f but that’s besides the point)

As you said, you can hold 1v2, some eles can hold 1v3. Albeit they are using lightning to take off heal and return but no other class has as much recovery, mobility, cc and defense in one package. Saying you have no abilities that will save you no matter what is false when you have lightning flash and a natural mist form.

Hambows are similar or you can make a sword warrior and kill people with torment, or axe/warhorn shoutheal and never die to anything. Hambow has the most tournament value though.

I believe Ele, while you say it is a Jack of all trades, the thing is in GW2 this translates into unlimited skill cap because you have a response to anything a class can throw while retaining high damage, tankiness, cc and mobility. Counterplay is way more important than 100 extra points on your pure damage build, or 100 extra points on your pure bunker build.

It’s more like master of all trades than jack, so if you like ele already you are on the #1 class in PVP right now for most modes. I personally can’t stand ele style and playstyle.

Warrior by contrast has some weaknesses, putting them at #2."

The ele is so great right now within spvp that any build works for them. Bunker, burst, condition, support, hybird etc. Personally i love playing burst and conditions specs. I switch around these build in spvp depending on what type of opponents i get.

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Why the hate against WvW roamers in spvp?

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I’ll start by providing a bit of my background. Initially i quit spvp over a year and a half ago due to how repetitive it was for me. All this time I have gained pvp experience as a wvw solo roamer.

On several solo and team matches i now play in spvp, there seems to be a lot of badmouth against wvw roamers stating things like they are PvE amateurs, zerg oriented and unskilful players. Ironically these same people call me pro without knowing the fact that i just came back to spvp from wvw. Do they fail to realize that if you excel in 1v1 (from your experience as a dueler and solo raomer) then you will be great in group within spvp? Of course there are some coordination, communication and mechanics that are different in spvp but the player’s skill you acquire within wvw helps a whole lot within spvp setting.

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Scepter needs condi damage?

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IMO the scepter only needs his water weapon skills and auto attacks modified. Since beta, the scepter has been the weapon of choice for burst, it would be weird if it ever becomes better at conditions than dagger main hand skills.

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Is it that hard for some people to perform great with this profession even after spending 2 years? even as a bunker 25 stacks might dps spec? really? I guess the class is not meant for everyone. Probably they are first timers playing a mage type of profession on a mmorpg. The ele is not beginner friendly that’s for sure.

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[Spvp][Elementalist] D/D celestial needs nerf

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If you excel (without easy mode cheese builds) in 1v1 then you will be great in group fight but the same can’t be said vice-versa. I loled too on the nerf of drakes breath.

Pvp lesson 101: Learn to strafe

P.S: lasting long because you are playing a bunker build doesn’t make you a skillful player on 1v1 encounters.

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[Spvp][Elementalist] D/D celestial needs nerf

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This game promotes bunker low risk high reward builds. Every profession has them. It is understandable since the game was developed for casual gamers. I main Ele and I consider them overpowered in every area of this game if the player is skillful.. However, when it comes to the usual bunker meta Ele built found in spvp, the profession itself is not the culprit. The main source of the issue comes from the celestial gear, rune of strength and sigil of battle.

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Blinding Burn Auras condition build

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As requested by all those HoD and Magguma roamers. Here you go:

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQJAodhMMKb25wuBf0ACAW4AQDoIOOIsDKCi2AA-TFSHABD8AASTPAIqQk7+DMq+ydKBPS5HAnAASBso0I-w

I don’t know if this build was already shared but i still get people demanding to post it here on the forum.
I will just give a brief summary. The build is all about the synastry between the traits. You have 3 auras from your weapon sets plus 2 more from the signet due to fire embrace trait. For each aura you gain fury, swiftness and protection. The fire aura gained from signets grants you might and burn. Your crit chance is high enough to keep procting burning precision trait specially with fury granted from the auras. The consistent burn not only grant you the condition to highly damage your opponent but also blind effect as a very good defense. I don’t need to highlight the perplexity rune.

The build isn’t bunker due to the fact you don’t have many ways to keep healing yourself (unless you preferred to use the signet of restoration which works wonderfully too but beware of conditions) but you will feel as such due to the constant blind effects and protection you have at your disposal. I would not recommend to switch lightning flash for one main reason….. It’s THE BEST utility ever!!! just kidding. It is my favorite utility but the reason is in wvw you will need it along with fgs to get away from zerg or to catch up ranged opponents.

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Our condition builds need help!

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I don’t see where’s the skill when lasting a long time against a p/d thief. You are just removing conditions and healing yourself backup. These steps require very minimal thinking and awareness. The longer you last against these thieves, the worst it is for you. Your condition removal resources are on longer cooldown and your ether removal can be interrupted easily once you have used your utilities, defensive weapon skills.

If not all, then most thieves will run a single stun breaker. You want to force the thief to use this utility early in battle. You time the second stun really well to interrupt and follow it up with high dps/burst. If you allow them to stealth they will heal themselves all the way back up. Again the best counter is to place an excellent interrupt and burst them down to the point they can’t recover. In this scenarios it is truly good player skills since it require attention to details during the heat of battle and timing your skills precisely. It is the opposite of mindlessly pressing buttons to just deal damage and healing yourself backup to obtain the same punishment over and over again.

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Our condition builds need help!

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Every bunker build no matther if it is power or condition spec is annoying to go against. They are indeed too easy to play and very forgiving yet they yield much higher rewards than non-bunker builds in this game. Low risk – high Reward ftw.

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Elementalist Ready Up recap

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One suggestion I would make is to make sure you have at least 87% condition duration so you get 2 seconds of burn from your fire 2 and fire 4 trait. It essentially doubles that damage.

I haven’t played in about 2 months or so. Looked at video today thought it was a good overall balanced update. Like the blinding ashes change since going 6 fire makes you squishy this gives you defense when outnumbered. Like the lightning rod change. FGS is better with imo with a real attack on rush not situational. Rush was going to get changed anyway. Like the elemental change to get a good attack on demand. I like the elemental contingency change also.

This is a WvW perspective.

Welcome back oZii. The fire trait line is meant more for condition builds. For example one of my favorites builds to play is the following

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQJAodhMMKb25wuBf0ACAGpuQ4AQDoIOOIsDKCA-T1RHABD8AAcTPAjq/k7+D3pEEgTAwRK/IFgiSjA-w

It already works wonderful and after the patch it is going to be even better with the signet modifications and blinding ash aeo improvement

Also 10 points in air instead o water syncs more with this build if you have burning precsion and indeed increasing the condition duration liek you suggested.

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Elementalist Ready Up recap

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One suggestion I would make is to make sure you have at least 87% condition duration so you get 2 seconds of burn from your fire 2 and fire 4 trait. It essentially doubles that damage.

I haven’t played in about 2 months or so. Looked at video today thought it was a good overall balanced update. Like the blinding ashes change since going 6 fire makes you squishy this gives you defense when outnumbered. Like the lightning rod change. FGS is better with imo with a real attack on rush not situational. Rush was going to get changed anyway. Like the elemental change to get a good attack on demand. I like the elemental contingency change also.

This is a WvW perspective.

Welcome back oZii. The fire trait line is meant more for condition builds. For example one of my favorites builds to play is the following

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQJAodhMMKb25wuBf0ACAGpuQ4AQDoIOOIsDKCA-T1RHABD8AAcTPAjq/k7+D3pEEgTAwRK/IFgiSjA-w

It already works wonderful and after the patch it is going to be even better with the signet modifications and blinding ash aeo improvement

o yea i just put the wrong trait on this build i linked. It is suppose to be ember’s might and not burning precision.

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Signet Buffs (Happy) ^^

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I was thinking the same. The damage increased on the fire signet i believe is only the physical aspect and not the burn condition damage. Right now my signet of fire burn effect does 15k of damage if it is not removed. If the condition damage is increased 100% it would be extremely overpowered. Literally 1 shoting anyone that does not remove it and that can easily be accomplished by masking it with other conditions.

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why can't we have nice things :(.

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Fairly sure the OP is ele, yeah?

Absolutely, it’s the most versatile profession that excels in all areas of this game. It shines way more than any other profession. Along with experienced skillful players it makes this profession very op.

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