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{{MBuild
| profession = elementalist
| specialization = weaver
| designed for = conquest
| focus = direct damage, control
| rating = good
}}

==Overview==
A Weaver build for PvP which uses the trait Lightning Rod to turn CC into burst, while also mitigating direct damage through the Weakness it applies.

==Skill Bar==
{{Skillbar
| profession = elementalist
| specialization = weaver
| set1 = dagger, focus
| healing = Signet of Restoration
| utility1 = Twist of Fate
| utility2 = Lightning Flash
| utility3 = Primordial Stance
| elite = Tornado
}}

===Slot Changes===
'''Utility'''
* {{Skill|Signet of Air}} - short CD stun break.

* {{Skill|Unravel}} - resets the CD on attunements and allows for double attuning immediately for its duration. This is great for accessing your defensive weapon skills on Earth and Air in case of an emergency, or proccing {{Trait|Elements of Rage}}.

* {{Skill|Stone Resonance}} - Stability and general sustain.

===Template Code===
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| id = build-template-1
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==Specializations==
{{Specialization|Air|mid|mid|bot}}
{{Specialization|Arcane|mid|mid|top}}
{{Specialization|Weaver|top|mid|bot}}
'''Variants'''
* {{Trait|Bolstered Elements}} - more sustain.
* {{Trait|Elements of Rage}} - more burst.

==Equipment==
{{PvP equipment
| weapon1 = Dagger, Focus
| sigil1 = Cleansing, Energy
| rune = Divinity
| amulet = Marauder
}}


===Equipment Changes===
'''Amulet'''
* {{Amulet/Avatar Amulet|label=yes}} - a more defensive choice. Consider taking Arcane Restoration on Arcane and definitely pick {{Trait|Invigorating Strikes}} on Weaver.

==Usage==
'''Elite specialization basics''' 
*Weaver allows the Elementalist to attune to 2 elements at the same time, and skills 1-5 are decided based on both. Let's call them ''primary'' and ''secondary'' attunements. 

*If you swap to {{Skill|Fire Attunement}} then fire becomes your primary attunement and weapon skills 1-2 will be fire skills. Afterwards if you switch to {{Skill|Water Attunement}} for example then water is now your primary attunement and fire's moved to secondary - now skills 1-2 are water and 4-5 are fire. Skill 3 is a dual skill influenced by both active attunements {{to}} fire + water for example is {{Skill|Steam Surge}}. 

*The order of the attunements doesn't matter here, water primary with fire secondary has the same dual attack as fire primary and water secondary. Attuning to the same element twice has its own dual skill.


'''General
* {{Skill|Signet of Restoration}} should seldom be touched, as the passive is extremely valuable. Note that several trait procs also count as skill activations and will benefit from the passive of this signet. 
** Unless you either have a high amount of {{gw2skill|Confusion}} on you, or you're already at maximum health, you should ''always'' be casting something (autoattacks will do too). This is to get the most out of this signet's passive.

* Cycle fire {{to}} air {{to}} fire {{to}} air to maintain {{gw2skill|Swiftness}} while roaming between capture points.

* {{Skill|Primordial Stance}} should be used on an attunement combination that involves Air, as its purpose is to stack Vulnerability before a burst.

* {{Skill|Twist of Fate}} can be cancelled by stowing your weapon in rare cases when the full evasion isn't needed (let's say you have to cleave a downed target and must keep the pressure up, but had to break stun).


'''Damage'''
* {{Trait|Lightning Rod}} is the bread and butter of this build, causing every CC effect in the build to add to your damage. The general playstyle revolves around weaving together hard hitting skills such as {{Skill|Plasma Burst}} with CC for burst damage.

* ''If taken'' Attuning to the same element twice grants {{Trait|Elements of Rage}}, which is a decent damage increase. {{Skill|Unravel}} makes obtaining this buff easier. Best attunements to double attune to are Air and Fire.

* {{Skill|Air Attunement}} is the most important one in the build and should be attuned to often, both for damage and sustain. {{Skill|Convergence}} alone could provide a ~50% AoE Weakness uptime and it does really good damage, while {{Skill|Lightning Whip}} is the go-to cleave skill in the build.


'''Sustain'''
* {{Trait|Lightning Rod}} plays a major part here as well, constantly mitigating damage trough Weakness spam.

* Sustain's low in general, especially when it comes to handling conditions. Cleansing is limited to your sigil, dodging on {{Skill|Water Attunement}}, and {{Skill|Magnetic Wave}}. Perhaps your best tool against conditions is {{Skill|Obsidian Flesh}}, which makes you immune to incoming conditions and causes you not to take damage from the ones already on you for its duration.
** Earth #4-5 in general are some of your strongest defensive tools. Due to their placement on the skill bar however, as a Weaver you may not gain access to these skills immediately when swapping to {{Skill|Earth Attunement}}. This can be solved by using {{Skill|Unravel}} in case of emergency. Unravel's also great for grabbing {{Skill|Shocking Aura}} on {{Skill|Air Attunement}}.

* {{Trait|One with Air}} lets you kite melee opponents should you need some breathing room.

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