Elementalist - Core Power

The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good

Focused on: Strike damage

Designed for: Open World, Open World General and Open World Core

Difficulty:

Normal

This build was last updated on May 26, 2024 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A basic Strike-oriented build for Elementalist in the open world.

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Skill Bar

Dagger/Dagger

Staff

Utility

Weapon Variants

• Sword/ Warhorn - powerful weapon set if you have access to Weaponmaster Training

Skill Variants

Heals

• Arcane Brilliance - blast finisher

Utilities

• Glyph of Lesser Elementals - spawn a small elemental army that dies when you mount up, good for fighting strong bosses.
• Cleansing Fire - additional condition cleanse
• Lightning Flash - for mobility.

Equipment

Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required; you can use exotic gear with the same stats.

Standard Equipment

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Berserker

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Dagger
Berserker

Dagger
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Staff
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Relic

• Rune of Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter and Rune of Superior Rune of the Scholar are interchangeable.
• You can use Relic of Zakiros to trade a minor amount of damage for sustain, Relic of the Cavalier to start combat with boons, or Relic of Durability for a little extra defense.
• For defense, equip the highest tier Jade Core you can afford. Use defensive food, traits, or skills if required. If necessary, use Knight trinkets.

Consumables

Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.

DPS

• Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
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Farming

• Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
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• (and variants)

Usage

Damage

• This build functions well with a simple priority system.
• Focus primarily on rotating between Fire Attunement and Air Attunement.
• Save Water Attunement and Earth Attunement for CC or Healing.
• Try to keep enemies in your fire fields
• Blast your fire fields for Might.

Dagger/Dagger

Fire

1. Drake's Breath
2. Burning Speed
3. Ring of Fire (elementalist)
4. Fire Grab
5. Fill with auto-attacks.

Air

1. Convergence
2. Ride the Lightning
3. Shocking Aura ⇒ Transmute Lightning
4. Fill with auto-attacks.

Staff

• Staff is primarily just used to tag enemies at range in groups.
• Often, the most effective tactic is simply to camp Fire Attunement and use its skills off cooldown, other than Burning Retreat (though this can be funny if you're wanting to add some chaos to your life).

Defense

• Avoid damage by dodging or repositioning.
• Use CC to stun enemies.
• Heal yourself with water skills like Cleansing Wave.
• Use Glyph of Lesser Elementals and/or Glyph of Elementals in Earth Attunement or Water Attunement for powerful, tanky pets.

Crowd Control

• Shocking Aura ⇒ Transmute Lightning
• Updraft
• Earthquake
• Crashing Waves (from Ice Elemental)
• Shocking Bolt (from Air Elemental)