Elementalist - Dagger/Dagger

Overview

D/D provides high survivability, decent damage, and great diversity. Stacking Might is required for this build.

Skill Bar

Dagger/Dagger

Healing

Utility

Elite

Specializations

Variants

For a more offensive version of the build swap out Earth for Fire:

Equipment

9

Superior Sigil of Leeching

Your next attack after swapping to this weapon while in combat steals some health. (Cooldown: 9s)

9

Superior Sigil of Energy

Gain 50% of your endurance when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)

Superior Rune of Durability

(1): +25 Toughness (2): +5% Boon Duration (3): +50 Toughness (4): 25% chance when struck to grant nearby allies protection and regeneration for 3 seconds and resistance for 1 second. (Cooldown: 20 seconds) (5): +100 Toughness (6): +15% Boon Duration; +125 Vitality

Celestial Amulet

+560 Power +560 Precision +560 Toughness +560 Vitality +560 Ferocity +560 Healing Power +560 Condition Damage

Variants

Dagger/Dagger

Superior Sigil of Doom

9

Superior Sigil of Doom

Your next attack after you swap to this weapon while in combat inflicts poison (6 seconds). (Cooldown: 9s)
Superior Sigil of Geomancy

9

Superior Sigil of Geomancy

Inflict bleeding on nearby foes for 10 seconds when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)
Superior Sigil of Battle

9

Superior Sigil of Battle

Gain 2 stacks of might (20 seconds) when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)

Rune

Superior Rune of Strength

Superior Rune of Strength

(1): +25 Power (2): +10% Might Duration (3): +50 Power (4): +15% Might Duration; 25% chance when struck to gain might for 5 seconds. (Cooldown: 5s) (5): +100 Power (6): +20% Might Duration; +5% damage while under the effects of might.
Superior Rune of Hoelbrak

Superior Rune of Hoelbrak

(1): +25 Power (2): +10% Might Duration (3): +50 Power (4): 25% chance when struck to gain might for 10 seconds. (Cooldown: 5s) (5): +100 Power (6): +20% Might Duration; -20% condition duration applied to you.

Usage

Roles

D/D elementalist is a jack-of-all-trades. To be fully effective with it, you have to learn to play it to ALL its strengths. Your roles include:
- Team support: If you can share a water-attuned
  Evasive Arcana
  +
  Healing Ripple
  +
  
  Cleansing Wave
  
  ¾
  
  40
  
  Cleansing Wave
  
  Heal yourself and nearby allies, curing a condition.
  
  Healing: 1,302
  
  Conditions Removed: 1
  
  Number of Targets: 5
  
  Radius: 240
  
  with an ally in jeopardy, that can be game-changing. Protection from
  
  Earth Attunement
  
  10
  
  Earth Attunement
  
  Attune to earth, gaining superior damage-over-time and defensive abilities.
  
  can mitigate a burst too. Paying more attention to this is vital, since you will often get ignored while your allies get focused hard.
- Downed control:
  
  Armor of Earth
  
  75
  
  Armor of Earth
  
  Cantrip. Protect yourself with earth armor and gain protection and stability.
  
  Protection (6s): -33% Incoming Damage
  
  ₁₀Stability (6s): Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared, or taunted.
  
  Duration: 6 seconds
  
  Breaks stun
  
  can secure stomps/resses. Don’t forget to swap to water for a quick heal when your ally gets up.
- Roaming/contesting: With decent mobility, sustain and damage you are capable of fighting on a point and win against most specs in 1v1s.
- Bunkering/rotations: Help out your fellow bunkers by swapping contestation with them if they are running out of CDs.
- Learn to properly stack might: Try to use any of your available blast finishers in a fire field such as
  
  Ring of Fire
  
  ¼
  
  15
  
  Ring of Fire
  
  Damage nearby foes with a ring of fire, burning foes that pass through it.
  
  Damage: 441
  
  ₂Initial Burning (4s): 1,048 Damage
  
  Pass-Through Burning (2s): 262 Damage
  
  Ring of Fire Duration: 5 seconds
  
  Radius: 240
  
  Combo Field: Fire
  
  as often as you can - your blast finishers are:

Frozen Burst

¼

12

Frozen Burst

Detonate a burst of ice that chills nearby foes.

Damage: 103

Chilled (3s): -66% Movement Speed, -66% Skill Recharge Rate

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 240

Combo Finisher: Blast

on Water.
Earthquake

¾

45

Earthquake

Trigger a quake at your location, knocking down foes and dealing massive damage.

Damage: 244

Knockdown: 2 seconds

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 240

Combo Finisher: Blast

and

Churning Earth

3¼

30

Churning Earth

Make the earth churn, crippling nearby foes before unleashing a seismic wave that damages and bleeds them.

Damage: 792

₈Bleeding (8s): 2,720 Damage

₄Cripple (1s): -50% Movement Speed

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 360

Combo Finisher: Blast

on Earth. Churning has a very long cast time, in most cases you should not attempt to use this skill in combat.
Because of
Evasive Arcana
your first dodge on

Earth Attunement

10

Earth Attunement

Attune to earth, gaining superior damage-over-time and defensive abilities.

also becomes a Blast finisher.

General

Updraft

40

Updraft

Gain swiftness from a gust of wind that launches nearby foes.

Swiftness (10s): 33% Movement Speed

Launch: 200

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 180

Evade: 1 second

works on downed people, disabling their skill for multiple seconds thus they can't use their interrupting downed skill, giving enough time for your ally to make a safe stomp. Try to position yourself in a way that the enemy is between you and your friend, so you don't knock the downed out of stomp-range.
Earth Magic only: Whenever you gain an aura you also receive Protection due to
Elemental Shielding
which makes your auras an even stronger tool of defense. Auras are:
- Shocking Aura
  
  25
  
  Shocking Aura
  
  Envelop yourself with electrical energy that stuns nearby foes if they attack you. Each attaker can be affected by this only once every 2 seconds.
  
  Shocking Aura (4s): Stun nearby attacking foes with an electric shock (only once per 2 seconds for each attacker).
  
  Stun (1s): Unable to use skills or move.
  
  on Air.
- Frost Aura
  
  40
  
  Frost Aura
  
  Protect yourself with frost armor that reduces incoming damage by 10%. While active, it chills foes that hit you. Each attaker can be affected by this only once per second.
  
  Frost Aura (7s): -10% Incoming Damage
  
  Chilled (2s): -66% Movement Speed, -66% Skill Recharge Rate
  
  on Water.
  - Note: You will only apply protection on aura if you spec for earth instead of fire, which is less popular right now.
- You can use
  
  Magnetic Leap
  
  Magnetic Leap
  
  Pull yourself to your magneticaly grasped foe and deliver a strike.
  
  Damage: 71
  
  Combo Finisher: Leap
  
  Range: 900
  
  (this is
  
  Magnetic Grasp
  
  ½
  
  12
  
  Magnetic Grasp
  
  Immobilize your foe, making them vulnerable to a Magnetic Leap attack.
  
  Damage: 24
  
  Immobilize (2s): Unable to move.
  
  Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile
  
  Range: 900
  
  Unblockable
  
  's chain skill) on Earth in a Fire field to gain
  
  Fire Shield
  
  40
  
  Fire Shield
  
  Envelop yourself in a fiery shield that burns foes and grants might every time you are struck (cooldown of 1 second per attacker).
  
  Fire Shield (5s): Enveloped in a fiery shield that burns foes, grants might each time you are struck (1-second cooldown per attacker).
  
  Might (10s): 30 Power, 30 Condition Damage
  
  Burning (1s): 328 Damage
  
  Condition Duration Reduction: 20%
  
  .
Burning Speed

¾

15

Burning Speed

Slide forward and blast the area, leaving behind a line of fire that burns foes.

Blast Damage: 710

Fire Wall Damage: 36

Burning (1½s): 131 Damage

Number of Targets: 5

Fire Wall Duration: 4 seconds

Blast Radius: 240

Evade: ¾ seconds

Combo Field: Fire

Range: 600

is hard to land against strafing or ranged enemies, and it is an important source of damage. You can use

Lightning Flash

40

Lightning Flash

Cantrip. Teleport to target area.

Damage: 365

Number of Targets: 1

Radius: 120

Range: 900

mid-animation on top of your opponent to make sure it actually hits. You can also Lightning Flash mid-

Earthquake

¾

45

Earthquake

Trigger a quake at your location, knocking down foes and dealing massive damage.

Damage: 244

Knockdown: 2 seconds

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 240

Combo Finisher: Blast

or before

Updraft

40

Updraft

Gain swiftness from a gust of wind that launches nearby foes.

Swiftness (10s): 33% Movement Speed

Launch: 200

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 180

Evade: 1 second

for CC that is very hard to dodge, but make sure you can follow up-- you're wasting two important cooldowns. It's also possible to change the distance you travel with Burning Speed by adjusting your camera - bird's eye view (so when you see your character from above), while holding down any movement keys, drastically reduces the range of this skill which is useful in melee range.
You can swap Attunements even while casting spells in order to trigger
Arcane Fury
, the casting won't get interrupted - this can cause serious damage to foes in the case of hard-hitting skills like

Fire Grab

¾

30

Fire Grab

Damage foes in a cone in front of you. Deal more damage to burning foes.

Damage: 426

Damage vs. Burning: 682

Number of Targets: 5

Range: 300

.
Fiery Whirl

¼

5

Fiery Whirl

Advance forward, slashing foes in your way.

Damage: 224

Cripple (3s): -50% Movement Speed

Number of Impacts: 8

Number of Targets: 3

Radius: 130

Evade: 1.25 seconds

Combo Finisher: Whirl

Range: 900

of

Conjure Fiery Greatsword

1

180

Conjure Fiery Greatsword

Conjure. Manifest a fiery greatsword in your hands and at the target location. When it lands, it damages and burns foes. Wielders of this weapon gain increased power and condition damage.

Damage: 246

Conjure Fire Attributes: 260 Power, 180 Condition Damage

Number of Charges: 15

Burning (3s): 984 Damage

Number of Targets: 3

Duration: 60 seconds

Radius: 150

Range: 1,200

is an excellent evasion skill; it can be used while Immobilized to evade burst.