View source for Elementalist - D/D Conditions

{{MBuild
| profession = Elementalist
| designed for = Conquest
| rating = basic
| focus = 
}}

==Overview==
This D/D Conditions build is a very mobile and strong build capable of debunking even engineers, as well as providing a great deal of AoE condition damage to turn a fight in your parties favor. 

==Skill Bar==
{{SkillBar|Label=Fire Attunement|Skill1=Dragon's Claw|Skill2=Drake's Breath|Skill3=Burning Speed|Skill4=Ring of Fire|Skill5=Fire Grab|Skill6=Signet of Restoration|Skill7=Lightning Flash|Skill8=Armor of Earth|Skill9=Mist Form|Skill10=Glyph of Elementals}}

{{SwapWeap|Label=Water Attunement|Skill1=Vapor Blade|Skill2=Cone of Cold|Skill3=Frozen Burst|Skill4=Frost Aura|Skill5=Cleansing Wave}}

{{SwapWeap|Label=Air Attunement|Skill1=Lightning Whip|Skill2=Lightning Touch|Skill3=Shocking Aura|Skill4=Ride the Lightning|Skill5=Updraft}}

{{SwapWeap|Label=Earth Attunement|Skill1=Impale (elementalist skill)|Skill2=Ring of Earth|Skill3=Magnetic Grasp|Skill4=Earthquake|Skill5=Churning Earth}}

===Slot Changes===
* {{gw2skill|Ether Renewal}} over {{gw2skill|Signet of Restoration}} - For condition cleanse over the passive heal effect.
* {{gw2skill|Signet of Earth}} over {{gw2skill|Armor of Earth}} - For additional toughness and access to another strong bleed as well as an immobilize. 


==Specializations==
{{Traits2014|Elementalist|00446|||-/IV/-/VII/|-/III/-/IX/|-/II/-/VIII/-/XI/}}

==Weapons==
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|weapon='''Dagger'''
|stats=
|sigil1=Superior Sigil of Energy
|sigil2=
|infusion=
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{{Second-Weapon
|weapon='''Dagger'''
|stats=
|sigil1=Superior Sigil of Doom
|sigil2=
|infusion=
}}
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|weapon=
|stats=
|sigil1=
|sigil2=
|infusion=
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{{Second-Weapon
|weapon=
|stats=
|sigil1=
|sigil2=
|infusion=
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===Sigil Variants===
* {{gw2sigil|Superior Sigil of Battle}} 
* {{gw2sigil|Superior Sigil of Agony}}
* {{gw2sigil|Superior Sigil of Geomancy}}

==Equipment==
{{PvP Equipment|Superior Rune of the Undead|PvP Carrion Amulet}}

===Equipment Variants===
* {{Gw2skill|PvP Celestial Amulet}}. 

==Usage==
Works for Conquest and Death Match, can be adapted for WvW and PvE. This build works strong against bunker builds and engineers.
Ideally your rotation would begin with charging {{Gw2skill|Churning Earth}} followed by {{Gw2skill|Lightning Flash}} on top of your target. Begin the traditional {{Gw2skill|Earth Attunement}} rotation of {{Gw2skill|Ring of Earth}} and then {{Gw2skill|Earthquake}} to stun them while you switch to {{Gw2skill|Fire Attunement}} and begin using {{Gw2skill|Drake's Breath}}. At this point the enemy should be recovering and attacking back, use {{Gw2skill|Burning Speed}} for the evade and damage while attempting to land a {{Gw2skill|Fire Grab}}. If this rotation went well and the enemy hasn't cleansed conditions or popped stability you can further stun and control them in {{Gw2skill|Air Attunement}} using {{Gw2skill|Shocking Aura}} and {{Gw2skill|Updraft}} while your earth and fire attunements/spells cooldown and your conditions do their magic. Repeat the rotation until they are downed and secure the stomp with {{Gw2skill|Mist Form}} or {{Gw2skill|Armor of Earth}}.

This build also does heavy AoE condition application which can effectively turn a fight around. Landing a {{Gw2skill|Churning Earth}} on multiple enemies plus {{Gw2skill|Drake's Breath}} will apply heavy condition pressure and cause the enemy team to break apart. Which makes your job at that point to stun and CC while keeping conditions applied and secure stomps with your invulnerability.

==Counters==
* Heavy condition pressure and lockdowns. (Stunlock warriors and most necromancer builds)