View source for Elementalist - S/D Fresh Air

{{MBuild
| profession = Elementalist
| designed for = Conquest
| rating = archived
| focus = direct damage
}}

==Overview==
One of the most offensive Elementalist builds for PvP, S/D ele provides great '''mobility''' and '''damage''' with very powerful combo chains. {{gw2trait|XII|Fresh Air}} also provides single target pressure to fill in the gaps in between your burst. 

==Skill Bar==
<b>Weapon Set</b>
{{SkillBar|Label=Scepter/Focus Fire Attunement|Skill1=Flamestrike|Skill2=Dragon's Tooth|Skill3=Phoenix|Skill4=Ring of Fire|Skill5=Fire Grab|Skill6=Signet of Restoration|Skill7=Arcane Shield|Skill8=Lightning Flash|Skill9=Optional|Skill10=Conjure Fiery Greatsword}}
{{SwapWeap|Label=Scepter/Focus Water Attunement|Skill1=Ice Shards|Skill2=Shatterstone|Skill3=Water Trident|Skill4=Frost Aura|Skill5=Cleansing Wave|}}
{{SwapWeap|Label=Scepter/Focus Air Attunement|Skill1=Arc Lightning|Skill2=Lightning Strike|Skill3=Blinding Flash|Skill4=Ride the Lightning|Skill5=Updraft|}}
{{SwapWeap|Label=Scepter/Focus Earth Attunement|Skill1=Stone Shards|Skill2=Rock Barrier|Skill3=Dust Devil|Skill4=Earthquake|Skill5=Churning Earth|}}

===Slot Changes===
* For the {{gw2skill|Optional}} slot:
** {{gw2skill|Mist Form}} - provides a way to negate an incoming burst and to safe res/stomp people. 
** {{gw2skill|Signet of Air}} - short CD stunbreaker and great mobility.
* {{Gw2skill|Glyph of Elementals|}} over {{Gw2skill|Conjure Fiery Greatsword|}} 
* {{Gw2skill|Ether Renewal|}} over {{Gw2skill|Signet of Restoration|}}

==Specializations==
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===Trait Variants===
* {{gw2trait|III|Cantrip Mastery}} over {{gw2trait|VI|Vital Striking}} - reduces recharge on important survival skills at a slight DPS loss
* You can relocate '''2''' points from '''Water''' into Earth''' to pick {{gw2trait|VI|Stone Splinters}} for a different 10% modifier. 
* The modern trait spread allocates 2 points from '''Arcana''' to be moved to '''Water Magic''' giving access to {{gw2trait|-|Healing Ripple}} and {{gw2trait|X|Cleansing Wave}} It obviously saves a dodge roll; evades being considered vital on glass specs.

==Weapons==
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|weapon='''Scepter'''
|stats=
|sigil1=Superior Sigil of Battle
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|infusion=
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{{Second-Weapon
|weapon='''Dagger'''
|stats=
|sigil1=Superior Sigil of Air
|sigil2=
|infusion=
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===Sigil Variants===
* {{Gw2sigil|Superior Sigil of Energy|}} 
* {{Gw2sigil|Superior Sigil of Doom}} over {{Gw2sigil|Superior Sigil of Air}} - high Poison uptime can be usful when fighting Warriors, Guardians or other Eles (Poison decreases healing recieved by 33%).
* {{Gw2sigil|Superior Sigil of Fire}}

==Equipment==
{{PvP Equipment|Superior Rune of Strength|PvP Berserker's Amulet}}

===Rune Variants===
* {{gw2rune|Superior Rune of Hoelbrak}} 

==Usage== 
'''Setting up burst:'''
* In order to take Scepter/Dagger to its maximum potential, you have to make combos. An effective but slightly difficult combo is: 
:* {{Gw2skill|Ride the Lightning|}} to your target (if you aren't in meele range), then use  {{Gw2skill|Updraft|}} 
::* After Updraft, immediately switch to {{Gw2skill|Fire Attunement|}} -> {{Gw2skill|Dragon's Tooth|}} -> walk up to him while casting DT and put {{Gw2skill|Ring of Fire|}} under your target -> {{Gw2skill|Phoenix|}}. 
:* If done well, DT and Phoenix will hit him at the same time while he is still knocked down from updraft. Once he got up, it's likely that your target will dodge one, after that's done, use your {{Gw2skill|Fire Grab|}} (while casting Fire Grab change attunement, thus you will have fury one at the time your skill lands, increasing the potential damage of one of your strongest skills.
:* This combo also makes you gain multiple might stack, because {{Gw2skill|Ring of Fire|}} is a fire field and {{Gw2skill|Dragon's Tooth|}} + {{Gw2skill|Phoenix|}} are Blast Finishers. To maximize your stacks, you can swap to {{Gw2skill|Earth Attunement|}} and do an {{Gw2skill|Earthquake|}} too - which adds another CC to your combo chain - and even your first dodge in Earth Attunement is a blast finisher.

* Your elite skill mainly serves as a way to gain insane mobility by {{Gw2skill|Fiery Whirl|}}, but {{Gw2skill|Fiery Rush|}} and {{Gw2skill|Firestorm|}} can also be used on a capture point to put on some AoE cleave. It's also an useful weapon against most of the AI builds (MM Necromancers, Spirit rangers, Turret Engineers and others). 

'''Tips & Tricks'''
* {{Gw2skill|Updraft}} works on downed people, disabling their skill for multiple seconds thus they can't use their interrupting downed skill, giving enough time for your ally to make a safe stomp. Try to position yourself so that the enemy is between you and your friend, so you don't knock the downed out of stomp-range.

==Counters==
* Thieves

==Video Guides==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXjGXYXSwek Elementalist Spellbook: Zoose S/F Fresh Air Guide]

==Top Streamers==
* Twitch: [http://www.twitch.tv/phantaram Phantaram (The Abjured, formerly Team Paradigm) - EU/NA]
* Twitch: [http://www.twitch.tv/superchey Denshee (The Civilized Gentlemen) - NA/EU]
* Twitch: [http://www.twitch.tv/thundercatshoooo Zoose - NA]
* Twitch: [http://www.twitch.tv/shakuzan Shaku (Made in Meta) - EU]