Guild Wars 2

I have my war up to lvl 20 and I’m looking for some advice on a good spec. I’m looking for a spec that has a good amount of damage and survivability and prioritizes damage over survivability. I’ve spent most of my time in WvW on my other classes and participate mostly in zergs or medium size groups (rarely roaming). I know there are threads out there that might have what I’m looking for, however, simply typing in the search box has not produced the results I was hoping for. In lieu of searching page by page I figured I’d just start a new thread. If any friendly soul can point me in the right direction I’d be grateful.

I went with zerker chest because it provides the greatest amount of stats (which ever they may be). Replacing too many soldiers pieces made me feel a lot more squishy so I was looking for the best bang for my buck so to say.

If anyone has any gear suggestions/advice that don’t result in splat I’m willing to try them out.

Guten tag!

This is a spec I’ve been running for about a month+ now and I figured I’d share it with the elemenalist community as another option. I’m very happy with this spec in WvW and somewhat in sPVP – I dont’ sPVP much at all. During the random sPVP matches I was a part of this sepc performed well.

After having leveled a Mesmer, I missed the versatility of the elementalist. Granted I can roflstomp 1v1 as a Mes (ez-mode), I went back to my ele and respecced to what I am now. I enjoy the versatility of this spec mostly in WvW for its ability to switch quickly between staff and s/d (my first love since beta) and d/d if desired. I’m not an avid sPVPer. When I did test this in sPVP I could kill effectively….it was fun.

Spec
0/15/10/25/20

Utilities
Cleansing Fire
Lightning Flash
Armor of Earth

Gear
5/6 PVT
1/6 Zerker (chest piece)

Weps – Zerker

Accessories – Valk

Air – I use Bolt to the Heart in staff and s/d but switch to Zephyr’s Boos when in d/d (could stay with Bolt to the Heart in d/d if prefered). Since you can switch attuments while casting I chose to go for Electric Discharge for bit of extra dmg.

Earth – I use Earth’e Embrace because the additional toughness and addtional-33%dmg which is not on the same cd as Armor of Earth is very nice.

Water – Soothing Disruption and Cantrip Mastery because I’m still a cantrip kitten. You’ll also get the extra 2%dmg per boon with Bountiful Power. Each cantrip gives you 2 boons and then fury when you switch attunments which is a nice +6%dmg for just being an ele.

Arcane – Elemental Attunment and Renewing Stamina (for s/d and d/d) and Blasting Staff for staff.