Guild Wars 2

Great video, Diva!! makes me wanna play D/F now! It looks so solid

Actually I can’t blame people, we really need something to do while we wait for longer queues!! Btw, I tried doing this trick just now in the mists lol mesmer and engi npc are still standing on the pillar lollll

I think it would be fun to have another tournament now!! +1 for this

lols at some crazy people!! It reminded me of my childhood though..

First of all, very nice game play and video!!

Good to see people still play dps scepter ele though it’s not so common now a days (Thanks to cele meta). I also agree with most of the comments above, S/F is mainly got overshadowed by DPS Thiefs and mesmers as they are simply better for high burst damage and still carrying much better utilities as compared to scepter ele (unfortunately). Just my 2 cents.

I would vote for Mesmer over Necro for wvw roaming.

Agreed. D/D cele is boring now. I tried D/D zerk ele in pvp for a change lol it wasn’t a good experience for me lol. I can do well on s/f fresh air though!

Good one, dude!!

Lawful.5314:

gaurav.7340:

irrumatio.4893:

My question is, why isn’t this build more popular? The fact that it’s not on Metabattle? It’s easily better than any other condition damage build for Ele I’ve tried thus far. While it lacks the versatility of D/D Ele, it crushes Thieves, and who doesn’t love that?

No idea man, it might not be that good for high tier pvp but I still use it and it works good in pvp lol I miss poison though

This build is slightly outdated now.

Actually, i will correct my post.

This build, used to focus on the additional defense from not receiving critical damage while in Stone attunement, and focused on stacking Condition damage and burning them down with burn and bleeding.

But what is strange, is that in every fight in the video, he uses different traits, one fight he uses zephyrs boon, another fight he uses Elemental shielding, in other fights he doesn’t, and stuff like that.

The current condition builds, or Signet builds as they are called, don’t focus on earth’s critical immunity anymore, but rather on the Written in Stone passive, to retain Signet passives after they are used, while allowing different statuses to be applied aswell with those signets to empower the builds.
While losing the ability to negate critical damage, the new builds started running Elemental Shielding to replace that trait with, which gives you 3 seconds of damage reduction every time you use a signet, which would be the equivalent of not receiving critical damage.

Anyways, if you want a up—to-date condition build, you should check the Ember Elementalist build, or Zeigeist’s signet build.

Lol dude, it’s not strange if you go through the comments on this post you will know. Diva mentioned she was going to try different variations in fights when she released this build after signets received buff so there is a reason why you see different traits being used in the video. Elemental Shielding is a trait variation already I prefer with the same build in wvw. There are a lot of signet builds variations available now as I see and I will give all a try but this build isn’t outdated at all. I still use it and I wreck people so easily especially thiefs lol the main thing of this build is immunity to critical attacks which imo is amazing, pvp is full of berserker builds, I hardly see people play condi builds which is sad but yeah and heavy condi pressure but condi cleanse is a huge weakness with this build which I consider taking burning fire trait instead to overcome this! The trait changes you mentioned have already been discussed in this entire thread, lol dude get yourself updated!

Also, if you see closely, all signet builds are pretty much same with a few variations only. IMO this build is very unique for it’s critical immunity and good for those who are not much comfortable with switching attunements and still want to kill people using ele! But I am definitely going to try the ones you mentioned and see what works for me better. My 2 cents.

Next I’m going to try is D/F condi signet with Perplexity runes since I’m mainly into wvw roaming.

Cheers!

Totally agree with OP +1 for this mate!

irrumatio.4893:

My question is, why isn’t this build more popular? The fact that it’s not on Metabattle? It’s easily better than any other condition damage build for Ele I’ve tried thus far. While it lacks the versatility of D/D Ele, it crushes Thieves, and who doesn’t love that?

No idea man, it might not be that good for high tier pvp but I still use it and it works good in pvp lol I miss poison though

The Geeky Rocker.2873:

Hello all,

I stumbled across this post a few days ago and I was intrigued.

I wanted to try something a little bit different. So I tweaked a few things.

Same logic and concept applies, load up your opponent with conditions and watch them die whilst you stay in Earth attunement to avoid being critically hit . . . however . . . As a little twist instead of signets I decided to try out conjure weapons instead. Please hear out my madness first.

My ideology was simple.

Load conditions > switch to Earth (so can not be critically hit) > use conjure weapon to hit harder while still applying more conditions whilst still staying in earth rather than staying with just the Earth attunements skills.

Theoretical analysis complete, time to try it out on the battlefield.

Video 1 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLucU7x6yLY

Video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9N3wxH1HUo

I would just like to point out this was like my first time ever solo roaming so I am still learning.

Upon review I know I make a ton of mistakes like for some reason using water skill 3 on the enemy??? (fail I know) / not using earth skill 4 at better times / using the mouse clicker -_- old habits die hard . . . But . . . I am using this as a learning curve to see on how to improve.

I believe with a bit more time there could be some potential. The footage taken is over the past 4 days so I am still trying to learn the completely new build. Still looking for areas to improve upon. I know some may say having 2 conjure weapons as part of my utility skills is an utter waste and pointless and you are correct. I am merely at an experimental stage at the moment seeing and speculating what could go well with what.

Because I know the element of surprise can be a very powerful factor, most people don’t expect to see someone hurtling towards them welding an earth shield and then when you pop earth shield skill 5 . . . woahh well . . . I wish I could see the players reaction as I bet most of them are thinking “What the?!”.

Being unpredictable & tactical will rather win or lose you the fight.

Overall I think its a pretty fun build. Could have a bit of potential. Just something a little bit different.

Any feedback would be great.

Thank you for your time.

Nice video man. Apart from several mistakes (which we all tend to do) you played well this build, but personally I prefer playing her build as it is reason being, signets over conjurer weps are far more superior, they have 1200 range, lower cd and do massive condi pressure on your enemy if don’t dodge it (like Diva also said need to time it well). Next I want to see if someone try perplexity runes with this build lol jk

Dahkeus.8243:

+1 for this build. A great build that will definitely catch enemies off guard. Also a good build for new players.

I totally agree on this, people new to elementalist profession (I know many of those) are really liking this build for the easiness+effectiveness it provides, the wvw version is undoubtedly better since we can promptly use poison also which kinda lacks in pvp version.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

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Good luck.

Thanks for the reply man! We cross checked it, the computer’s and mobile clocks are showing exactly the same time. :-)

Absolutely amazing, Diva!! I can even get 2 people down’d alone with this build, it’s sucha strong and really AWESOME!!! People really got surprised Condition Signet Ele FTW, Diva <3

Thanks for sharing this with us. +1

@Diva: Looks epic your condi signet build but yeah a gameplay video would be nice thanks for putting efforts and sharing a different kinda build for ele!! Will await your video, show us how you play this condi signet build efficiently. Thank you

whoa! very nice video, Diva! I saw you were very squishy but you handled it pretty well and your team was also quite good to carry you well. I have yet to try this new assassin trinket, your reduced HP pool scared me………..

yeah man, but the player in this video has managed really well as far as I noticed. I’m also looking for more views from some expert elementalist.

So I didn’t know a staff ele could be an option in tpvp, just saw this video and thinking of giving it a try

Do people play full dps staff ele that frequently, I’m not sure how viable it is in current meta.

Diva.1476:

Hey All,

I’m a fan of staff ele ever since I started playing this game. Post 15th April patch, even though the whole DPS has been nerfed but imo a lot can be recompensed through new sigils and runes available to us. I recorded a new video of my staff ele in pvp group arena, it may not impress some of you out there who seek a “proper” build for a long 1 v 1 etc with some technicalities like ‘stun breaker’ ‘condi cleanse’ etc, but this high dps ele is very good for killing opponents faster due to it’s high burst/ crit damage. You obviously have to dodge/ position yourself correctly and cannot face tank anything. If you manage to keep yourself at a good distance, you can pretty much kill anyone (with using your cc skills) in 1 v 1 also as shown in some clips at the end. I personally enjoy it a lot every time I play pvp with my friends and I thought I should share it with you guys also

Here is my video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDe4InTC7wI

EDIT: Here is my build: http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQFAWnMISLDW9AmNAdEIgAQIlMcgILEWKTp3A-TJBBwAVeAAAuAA12focZAA

Hello Diva! I’m really amazed to see your video, you played really well being a squishy staff ele in a pvp arena. Very helpful to your team and a perfect skillful staff play :-)

I will definitely try your build I know I need to practice a lot with it since I play a warrior mostly but I always wanted to play a staff ele……… just as you played in the video