Guild Wars 2

Yea this happened to me yesterday. It was really nice trying to form a group for Twillight Arbor while I was suppressed from chatting in map chat -_-

I just wanted to share my build with others having difficulty with their Ele.
This build is nice for PVE/PVP and has a lot of flexibility survivability.

Basically you need these trait points:

10 EARTH -> Earth’s Embrace – Gain armor of Earth @ 50% health. This talent saves your butt.

5 WATER -> Soothing Mist – Switch to water when low on health to get a regen.

10 ARCANE (10 points minimum in arcane are a must imo)- Final Shielding – Create an Arcane Shield @ 25% Health. – This Trait is win.

These 25 points make such a difference in survivability! The rest of your points are a matter of preference. I usually put my points in fire and 10 in Lightning for the run speed boost when I need to haulkitten.

For Slot Skills:

Healing: Glyph of Elemental Harmony (the boons are nice).
Utils: Arcane Blast and Arcane Wave – Good for setting up combos.
Arcane Shield – Survivability.
Elite Skill: Summon Greater Elemental – Nice for Earth Elemental tanking (pve).

I’ve been reading a lot of feedback on the Elementalist and it seems that some players think that if you put the majority of your traits in one Element, you need to stay attuned to that Element to be most effective. I don’t think that’s how Elementalist was meant to be played. To use your full potential, you need to adapt to situations and switch Attunements. We are not Fire mages, or Earth Mages – we are Elemenatlists, We master all the Elements!
Just my .02 cents.

Feel free to post your builds/slot combos

My god they really need to address this!
The only 2 proffs that can’t weapon swap are Ele and Engineer. Why the hell does mesmer need a weapon swap and not Ele? There are so many key abilities in Staff and good dps in scepter/dagger. It’s a pain -_-

I used to die a lot on my Ele in my mid 30s. Elementalist is VERY reliant on gear. If your gear is not up to date you will die a lot. I recently rolled a warrior. At low level (in very outdated gear), I ran into a Vet mob about 3 levels higher, it barely scratched me…. That would be instant death on an ele lol.
→Try to keep your weapons/armor updated and you will die A LOT less.