Guild Wars 2

What about a Thief? I’ve seen some really good Thieves able to take on mass amounts of people single-handedly. With cloaking and their burst DPS…?

I absolutely love when a character can single-handedly take on multiple enemies and beat them all. I’ve seen a few videos on YouTube of a thief being able to do this on GW2, however, I haven’t seen very many Elementalist videos of this kind of thing, or Elementalist PVP videos in general. Is this just the way a Thief plays? Is a Thief the only class that can do this kind of thing, or could an Elementalist do this as well?

Is it possible for a an Elementalist to take on mass amounts of enemy players, and, with the right skill, beat them all? If so, what kind of build/strategy/weapon combo would that look like? What kind of skills are involved? Obviously, a Thief can Cloak, break stuns, Shadow Refuge, etc, but what kind of skills does an Elementalist have where he or she could replicate (or do better than) this 1vX kind of play style? Thanks for any and all help!

Hmm okay. I was thinking about playing a Thief too, (with a Shortbow), or a Ranger (with a Longbow/Shortbow). Do either of these classes have better DPS than an Elementalist?

Hi all!

I’m so excited to finally play this game, lol, and I always play the mage class. I love glass cannons, and so far I’m level 20 and have experimented with a Scepter/Focus combo and the Staff. I think I prefer the Staff, because I’m going a pure Air trait build, so that I can get as much Crit Chance/Crit Damage as powerful. I’ve been stacking all +Power items too, and I use the spell that makes my next five attacks critical quite often too. So that seems to be my strategy so far.

1. Should I try out a different weapon combination? I don’t see myself using D/D, simply because that’s SO close to the enemy. Out of all the weapon combo’s, which does the most damage?
2. Should I stick with my CC/CD build, or should I go pure fire to get even MORE +power? Or should I mix the two?
3. Am I able to switch weapons? I see a button that allows it, but when I click it in game, nothing happens.
4. About how many levels should I replace my equipment?
5. I really REALLY like the Air skills, both for Staff and Scepter/Focus. Should I just stick with them, or use Fire instead? Which does more single target biggest number hitting skills?
6. Should I pay attention to movement speed? I like using the Lesser Elemental while attuned to air, so I move 10% faster I think with it on. And then I also use the fourth skill for staff air, so I move an additional 10% (these numbers might be a little off). And then I also have a new boon that let’s me move up to 25% faster, because every five seconds it adds +5% movement speed (until 25%). Do all these stack? Where do I find out my current movement speed in game? Is movement speed important for an Elementalist?

I just want to put up the highest possible numbers I can lay down on enemies, thanks.