Elementalist - Staff Backline
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Contents
Overview
A backline build providing damage, CC and field support. Requires a precise usage of skills and positioning to survive.
Skill Bar
Skill Variants
Heal
- for Tempest variants.
Utility
- trade a defensive cooldown for instant AoE burst and a blast finisher
- for Tempest variants.
Elite
Summon Druid Spirit is a strong elite for Sylvari Elementalists. Affects up to 5 enemies within a radius of 900' around the Druid Spirit. Sends one slow-moving projectile towards each affected target. Each projectile deals ~1800 damage and can result in a critical hit which deals +50% damage. Struck foes are immobilized for 1 second.
- for Tempest variants.
Specializations
Main
Variants
- for more condition clear and boons from .
Variants
- Can't find such trait "Tempest Defense"! Please refer to our trait index Tempest Defense and Lightning Rod add significant damage but only if you can catch the enemy in your CCs (Especially Static Field) without
Stability.
Variants
- for more evasion.
Variants
Swap Air for Water for more group support and sustain at the cost of damage.
Trade Arcane for Tempest for access to strong heal, utility and elite skills as well as some utility from overloads.
Equipment
Variants
Stats
- Use as much Marauder's as you feel is necessary then fill out with Berserker's
- Avoid inefficient stats like Valkyrie's. Marauder's is strictly better than Valkyrie's when considering effective power and health.
Sigils
- Extra survivability - Pairs well with
Runes
- Better
Fury uptime in situations where it is not provided by the group.
- Highest potential damage but difficult to maintain versus
Retaliation
Consumables
Food
Utility
Usage
The general purpose of the build is to use CC to trap enemies into your zerg's burst and then use damage skills to contribute to the burst. Which opening to use depends on commander's/own's preferences and zerg numbers.
General:
- This build requires to rapidly switch between attunement. You can reduce the time on an attunement by switching it while you are still casting a skill (this will not interrupt it).
- Meteor shower is your main damage source, but it has a long cast time and by the end of it you can find yourself out of position or focused by enemies. You can avoid this in two ways:
- Use after you start casting it.
- Use the "burning retreat trick" (see GYF). This way avoids using but you can find yourself even further away from your zerg. Gfycat: Burning Retreat Trick
- If you are alone and have to run somewhere, you can stack swiftness: Use in Air Attunement and switch out and into air to proc . You can also blast with by using Eruption before swapping to air attunement.
- 's direction is based on your where your character is looking. Turn briefly while casting the skill to aim it and effectevily blocking the passage. Gfycat: See GYF for explaination
- You can interrupt by using stow weapon as soon as you are full healed in order to save time.
- provides great mobility and a damage boon when wielded. It can be used after casting to increase the damage.
Defensive opening
- Start on Water. Use to slow down enemies, place so that the melee train will either heal and remove condition or gain and finally for great damage and vulnerability for your zerg burst.
- Switch to fire and deliver your burst/bombing: , to ensure bonus damage from and finally .
- Switch to Air and use: to separate enemies from their zerg, . If you or your allies are slowed, use .
- Switch to Earth, use to separate enemies from their zerg. If your zerg is attacking use to immobilize enemies. Place on the commander.
- Switch to Water, place on the commander (if possible where you just put ) to provide area healing.
Aggressive opening
- Start on Air. Use: to separate enemies from their zerg.
- Immediately switch to Fire and use: , to ensure bonus damage from and finally .
- Switch to Earth, use to separate enemies from their zerg. If your zerg is attacking use to immobilize enemies. Place on the commander.
- Switch to Water, place on the commander (if possible where you just put ) to provide area healing and condition cleanse. Use and proceed with rotation from Fire.
Gameplay Videos
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