Guild Wars 2

DaedalusDragon.3754:

I main Ele, and am lvl 51. I also die very fast… if I’m hit. I play the glass cannon build and I can kill enemies very fast with decent gear and a staff. You just have to practice dodging and utilizing all of your (VAST) skills to keep enemies away from you. With a staff you can slow with water, stun and knockback with air, and cripple (and possibly immobilize… my brain kinda just died so I don’t remember) in earth. If you are still having problems there is no shame in working in a bit of toughness and sacrificing some damage. I run 20 fire, 10 air, and 10 water (for lovely damange buff when at 90+% health) (extras going inito air). This game is so amazing because every class can be played with so many different builds. I have tried out powerful condition builds that have much less burst but a lot of good, prolonged, dps AND a lot of toughness.

I am always wondering, though, do most people do a lot of attunement dancing on normal mobs? Or is this just a discussion of elites and champions? When I fight normal mobs (unless in some situation gone awry or the number of enemies demands it) I just stick to fire. I will, of course, switch a lot during champion or harder fights to lay down combo fields and interrupt attacks when applicable.

Almost always switching just to put out that extra damage/heal/speed boost/ damage boost that each attunement gives you…. this makes the class a head ache after awhile, but gives you a slight advantage IMO

Kotor.5129:

As a lvl80 elementalist I can say when you go down the map it gets hard to solo. I use a lot off kite but in the higher regions that almost impossible. It sucks you need a group.

I agree, I see rangers soloing things 5 levels higher without a 2nd thought while I struggle to kill things the same level as me.

Arcane shield gets a buff and we are good, we don’t need damage. maybe another second and another hit on it sounds good

I have been playing one since the beginning and it seems to me that the only way to play this is to play tanky, if I do that I simply don’t do enough damage without switching between all my elements. My “pets” are on too long of a CD to be useful and without them I die to easily.