Team - 4 Ele Balanced

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Focused on: Hybrid damage, Mobility, Utility, Support.

Designed for:

Conquest

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Overview

This is a composition which heavily utilizes the epitome of skill and perfect balance that is DD ele.

Party Composition

	Profession	Build
	Elementalist	Celestial DD
	Elementalist	Celestial DD
	Elementalist	Celestial DD
	Elementalist	Celestial DD
	Thief	Shadow Arts DP

Variants

• The 5 DD ele comp is also a perfectly viable choice, but a Thief is usually taken because of Shortbow's mobility, the Thief's efficiency at spiking down low HP targets and the utility of
  Shadow Refuge

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  60

  Shadow Refuge

  Deception. Create a pulsing refuge at the target area that heals allies and cloaks them in stealth.

  Healing: 1,775

  Stealth (3s): Invisible to foes.

  Pulses: 5

  Duration: 4 seconds

  Radius: 240

  Combo Field: Dark

  Range: 600
  .
• Any member of the team can use
  Superior Rune of Vampirism

  Superior Rune of Vampirism

  (1): +25 Power (2): +35 Vitality (3): +50 Power (4): +65 Vitality (5): +100 Power (6): +10% Maximum Health; restore 10% of your health upon killing a foe.
  . Just in case.

Usage

Opening

• 1 ele will take Close. Watch out for invading guardians! They are arguably the most dangerous matchup as their downed skill can easily steal away a tick or two from the capture point.
• Another ele heads for Far to quickly win the duel over the point. If the opponent gets help, the ele can rely on its defensive utility to stall the 1v2 for a long period of time, or he can skillfully make use of his top tier mobility to disengage.
• Meanwile the remaining 2 eles and the thief will contest and win Middle in due time (unless they encounter 3 eles in which case they can still keep the 2cap on sides, as 2 eles vs 3 eles is the worst possible matchup).

General

• Elementalists can fill a modest amount of different roles which includes every conquest role.
• If an ele goes down (hypothetically), the res bot thief will get to work with
  Shadow Refuge

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  60

  Shadow Refuge

  Deception. Create a pulsing refuge at the target area that heals allies and cloaks them in stealth.

  Healing: 1,775

  Stealth (3s): Invisible to foes.

  Pulses: 5

  Duration: 4 seconds

  Radius: 240

  Combo Field: Dark

  Range: 600
  . If the cleave is too stronk a very clutch passive Vampirism proc will get the job done.
• If an ele DCs and the enemy captures a point, the thief will decap it.
• In a teamfight, the AoE boon sharing/healing should be enough to keep anyone from dieing.
• The Swiftness,
  Ride the Lightning

  40

  Ride the Lightning

  Ride the lightning to your foe, then strike all nearby foes with an electrical burst. If a foe is hit by the burst, the skills's recharge is halved.

  Damage: 244

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 180

  Range: 1,200
  ,
  Lightning Flash

  40

  Lightning Flash

  Cantrip. Teleport to target area.

  Damage: 365

  Number of Targets: 1

  Radius: 120

  Range: 900
  and
  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
  should provide acceptable mobility.

Gameplay

• YouTube:
  Tournament footage

Counters

• 2 or more eles DC
• DDoS
• Enemy team finds a way to get more eles
• ESL's Go4GuildWars2 Europe Tournament Rules ("Each team needs to consist of at least 3 different professions.")