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Elementalist is a curse. I picked it and my expectations were set by it. Now that I've started to try other classes, I'm disappointed by how simple they all feel :c

Thanks for this! I just started playing GW2 for the first time a week ago and been having a blast with my Elementalist!

An absolutely excellent guide, looking forward to trying your build, I have a level 80 Elementalist I don't play often, but want to play more!

Dude this is awesome. Are you planning to do something like this for each class? This is exactly what the new player (like myself) needs to feel more comfortable with their class. Appreciate you!!

Started playing yesterday, as an elementalist (I usually go for more complicated/fast paced classes in mmos, like FFXIV Ninja, or wow druid, monk or rogue) and your videos are the ones that helped me choose between elementalist (weaver/catalyst) and thief (daredevil). Will probably make a thief as my next one, then maybe rev after that.

I feel like if you wanna play a hard class you should do it from the beginning. My first characters were Mesmer and Thief wich are often described as two of the harder classes. But since I played them from the beginning I am very confident on these classes now. Learning elementalist (or other classes) now as a veteran player on the other hand is quite the task.

Thanks CD! You were right, I did love this video 😁

My first character was an Ele and I love that class so much. Sure, it was a STEEP learning curve, but I think I'm doing pretty good now.

Thanks, I needed this

I like Ele, Necro and Engineer the best so far. Options baby, options. I also have a warrior, guardian and a ranger. I am really loving the stories and starting all these toons. Can't wait to go through expansions and get my specials.

Played GW2 for the first time a few days ago and looked for a bunch of new player class guides and everyone said to pick the easier to pick up classes, so I started with Ranger and also tried Guardian. I almost dropped the game because of how bored I was coming from FFXIV. They all said Ele was one of the most difficult classes to learn and I was scared to try it, but when I finally did, I was having so much more fun. Thank you for making these videos!

Your content has grown so much from when you first started and was more meme/joke oriented, awesome video, keep it up

My favorite thing to do when I started out playing ele was learning how to juggle the enemies with a single weapon/set; it helped build muscle memory. I didn't have enough damage to quickly down enemies, so I would use the weapon abilities to push back against, stun, or slow their advance while laying down damage areas for them to walk over with my favorite weapon, the staff. Since most PvE enemy's AI is "make a beeline towards the player before attacking", this is pretty simple. And if all else fails, learn to kite in a smallish circle (so long as there are not too many other enemies in the area) and keep going to air for staff air 4's swiftness (now with superspeed!) to keep ahead of them. Also, the part he mentioned about the elementals is true - earth elementals are great (earthen)meat shields, water elementals are pretty tanky and slow enemies, fire elementals are for when you get confident and just need more damage, and the air elementals are better for spread out enemies since they have a ranged attack. When you get the elite elemental glyph, also learn what each elemental's special ability does - the earth one is an aoe cripple that does a great job getting enemy attention, the water one has an aoe heal, the air one stuns (good on breakbars!), and the fire one... does MORE damage. I loved running the Inscription glyph and all glyph skills - it's not ideal by any metric, but it is a lot of fun and very versatile.

Ahhhh... The time when I started the game as ele and finished the main story and went into HOTs expansion with my patchwork of green and yellow gear. Getting turned inside out by everything in a second. Good times.

so much info, feels like i need to take a course before playing

Ele mains rise up!

Really helpfull! Thanks

Didnt know Alt Shift X has also gw2 channel! Thanks for the helpful video sire!

In my opinion the key element to learn to play a proper ele in instanced PvE is to become flexible in your gear/traits/utility. Especs such as virtuoso and spellbreaker are very well rounded. They provide alot of extra utility by default and are an excellent addition to the group. For elementalist this isn't necessarily the case. Every build has multiple elements it excells at but simultaneously also multiple inherent weaknesses: a lack of CC, melee damage, not much aoe, no group support, condi damage, squishyness, relying alot on boon uptime etc etc. Yet if you keep adjusting your build to the situation you can mitigate most/all of these weaknesses. Dagger, scepter, staff, sword and hammer all have damage builds in the 40k dps range.Especially staff right now is really undervalued by the gw2/ele community. Also there is a wide variety of core traitlines that you can use for your builds. Fire, earth and arcane provide good condi damage and fire, air, arcane and water provide good power damage. The ele basically has access to melee+ ranged power damage and ranged condi damage. The only real inherent weakness is its limited access to CC (especially the utility skills really suck for CC). Elementalist is probably one of the very few (if not only class) that can actually benefit from picking the asura race. Technobabble is actually a very viable utility skill incase you need to slot in extra CC.

Started playing about a month ago, enjoy the game . Appreciate any and all games related thoughts, insights and suggestions. Thanks

Thank you!

Some additional queries about your suggested leveling build: 1 - do you recommend choosing your spec trees in the order given: Fire, then Air, then Arcane? 2 - Is the absence of equipment stat suggestions intended? Celestial, as mentioned in the video, is an endgame choice rather than a leveling choice. Thanks for an excellent video.

Thx for the informative video! Thinking about coming back. Played D/D ele (norn) back in the day before the expansions came around. How are eles these days? Desired in dungeon runs etc?

I'm new to the game and playing el as my first character so thank you for this info

For me the biggest issue has been the class's squishiness. I started out using largely Berserker's gear at 80 but was dying too quick to pack much punch. Following another guide I popped in some Soldier's for some survivability and it's so far worked for me.

I started playing a few months ago and immediately picked the Elementalist, The Weawer. I really like it . Usally i play solo so at the moment I prefer sword+focus for normal content and Staff for group world events

arcane skills can be useful if ya doing a build where ya use the trait which does a condi based on ur attunement and with earth thats imbo, which then also goes will with the trait that does bleeding when u imobo a target

TBH, Tempest healer in WvW is way more intuitive for me than Healbrand... Elements swapping is still easier than trying to remember what all the skills on the Tomes do

Here because of your ele staff vid with build. Stop with the godly content brother , I'm drinking to much caffeine 😂

muscle memory - its been 5 years since I stopped playing, recently restarted again and holy mother the d/d ele basic combo is still in my hands. d/d and staff are the 2 I just...can do without actually remembering anything (my hand just does it automatically) but I can't remember the sc/f or d/f or tempest rotation anymore, I didnt get to play those as much I guess. so um yeah...muscle memory is a BEAST

Im loving dagger/dagger Air/Earth/Catalyst build. In my humble opinion, running with dagger/dagger as core ele will help new players understand how Ele abilities flow and tie in with eachother. Best weapon to master attunement swapping. Edit: Also note you can switch attunments while channeling/casting. So with dagger fire, 2 is Drake's Breath, while I'm breathing fire I have already switched to the attunement i wanted to be in after fire. That way right when drakes end, BAM already using another element.

Great vid! First toon (and the one i've got the most hours on) is an Ele. You fit a lot of really great info into less than 20 minutes, and even though it wasn't new info for a veteran Ele like myself, I still had fun listening to it. It's nice to hear my own enthusiasm about this profession mirrored in someone else. Due to falling in love with catalyst after EoD came out, I went for Aurene's Weight for my first Legendary Weapon. Love the altered spell effects like on air 1, fire 1, and the orbitals. HOWEVER, it is a little annoying that the orbitals lose their distinguishing elemental appearance. I find myself losing track of what I've already activated sometimes and it can really botch my rotation if I'm not careful. Where as before, I could always see at a glance what attunements I'd already been in that rotation.

I love the staff ele playstyle but struggle when switch elements fire is my happy place 😂

i played it long time ago, i would need 1 or 2 staff/element build (sins u need staff for each element as i remember, switching staff switches element), just switching between so many is a hassle and would probably cause more deaths if i half to do so many things, i am fan of mages but they should come up with a change for this class that makes it simpler

I started gw2 just2 week ish in, love elementalist, but my main gripe is that I don't know if its possible to reorder the skill shortcut like my main damage is fire staff but the 4th skill rolls my character back and it messes me, I know i should't push it but to reach 5 sometimes I accidentally presses 4 it's annoying

Question as i might have missed it in the vido. What stats do i pick to put into my armer as iam lvl my Ele she only level 9 and some of the armer wants me to pick witch stats to put in. I dont knoew what one to pick. Iam also running with a Staff a i prefer ranged combat in mmos. Ps sorry for my bad spelling

Dad made me stop playing my mesmer to be the avatar. Loving it

I like to play ele Tempest with dagger and horn !!! I feel like a master at applying boons !!

I had a question. You say the weaver is a "tankier, sustain master" but I had a lot of trouble with survivability when using Sword-Dagger weaver even when choosing barrier traits, and I think this is because of the close-range playstyle and because Weaver felt like it had weaker heals compared to Tempest. How do you recommend surviving with Weaver?

"Pussyance" haha😂 ty for the laugh. Great guide, I've been considering playing ele for a decade. Might have to give it a shot.

i accidently started gw2 with elementalist (level 24 rn) should i just make new character or continue?

I'm a Revenant Main, and giving ele another try.

this class reminds me of the Gauntlet: Slayer's Wizard.

As a scourge main, im finding it difficult to get into any other class. I really am fascinated by elementalist and mesmer....however i am struggling to wrap my head around continuously swapping elements. I forget to swap them and trying to remember that is proving taxing for me.

Im a reaper main trying elementalist for the first time, surely this will go well

My first class 2014, was elementalist, zerk through and through, when there was no mount, map completed. Was downstate all the time at zhaitans map, at HOT i was a hot garbage. Now it is park at kaineng city getting me jade crystals😅

From 3:16 to 3:18 what skill is that one? Seem to be entering Earth Attun but I can't recall which skill makes that whirlwind

I never thought that I would feel so seen in a niche corner of a niche game in a niche genre! ELE MAINS RISE UP!!!

my fave is weaver with a staff and twin swords

Base ele: Okay, this is pretty complicated, but i think i can manage. Specs: Oh dear god

I love Elementalist, I hate not using my hands to cast (except for staff). In Dungeons and Dragons, I will pick a component pouch over a focus ANY DAY. I also would like more ranged options aside from scepter and staff. I love how dagger plays but I don't feel like a caster

This was/is indeed very helpful, however if im honest, not quite as helpful as i wished for - but that could be me wishing too hard :) So do understand i appreciate this guide Heres a few things i have struggled with as a new player, selecting Elementalist as aa second/third toon Firstly as we level we are given about 12-15 Staves, and like 2 Daggers, a Focus and maybe a couple of Scepters, thats over 80 levels, which means of course no matter which weapons you prefer or choose, youre pretty much going to be using a staff until 80 This of course means you havent been practicing the right skills (at least it does if you play to Double Dagger etc Similarly, the game lets us level too fast, you can barely get half a 1-15 zone done before you find yourself fighting weaker foes (which doesnt help you learn) OR you go into a 15-25 zone and get trashed because your Gear is a range of level 5-10 Your solution to this "low level gear is quite cheap on auction", does not seem to be true, at least not for my last 2 toons, i listed all i had "spare" as i levelled, no one wants to buy which means i actually lose some of those precious copper and silver i actually earn And if you wish to buy any gear it is either not there at all, or its Vitality/Toughness - which yes might help, but not as much as Power/Precision I do recognize this IS NOT YOUR FAULT of course But it is a hurdle, and its much more of a hurdle on a squishy Mage who still hasnt figured out which element they should be switching to, and when, and then getting the wrong skill because "oh yeah i had to buy a scepter because i couldnt find a dagger for sale" The following here isnt your fault either, and i shall try to be very brief (but will probably fail) I know MMOs, never played WoW, but most other MMOs i did, since UO in 1997 (not a boast, a fact) This means that perhap unlike other - much younger - new players i have some idea of what to do and when etc, i have experience (ok im old dammnit) I bypassed the Free Trial and went straight for the big package, with all the story content pre-bought (LW stuff) I was given 2 level 80 boosts, which i didnt want to use, but as theyre worth $10 didnt want to delete either, and you cannot move them, so if you want the shared slot you got to use them I made a Ranger, Boosted it to level 80, unlocked Raptor, Jumper and Glider - by doing Chapter 1 of EoD, and then i retired that toons, i wont play a boosted toon So then i made a Ranger, levelled it properly, i ran into similar gear issues, but this wasnt a probablem because my Pet Tanked and i shot arrows Now i levelling my Elem, and im currently 73, so your guide is a bit late anyway - again NOT YOUR FAULT :) The problem ive got now is i got 2 guys waiting to buy/earn Exotic level 80 gear Celestial is 12g + per piece, Berserkers is 4g +, and Nika's is affordable at less than 1g But as soon as i popped my level 80 cherry, all login rewards are based on me being level 80 They want me to go to Zones i have never heard of, even if i find them on the map i need to go through 12 other zones to get there - or spoil more story - so im not even getting my 2g a day from login Ive sold all my mats i had collected, not knowinf i f i will come to regret this later, ive scounged up about 15g I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THIS GUIDE, AND YOUR EFFORTS What i would have liked to have seen is maybe a short series on what to do when your new, penniless, and lets assume you have ZERO money for gear See i thought getting to 80 and being an unstoppable Elem would mean i could grind up some easy gold and get geared really easily, but didnt think of the fact you are not an unstoppable killing machine until you got gear and maybe a Specialisation too (try earning 250 HP with unsuitable gear I have subscribed, and i always Like videos that i Like You maybe cant help, but you seem like the kind of guy who might try to help, so im taking advantage of your niceness ❤

I will always advertise Azeron Cyborg for any Elemental Player 😁 makes it so much easier in my own opinion. Tough it is expensive, around 300€ when I bough it ~2021.

Hm...I have played an Elementalist in every RPG I played, so I chose it also in GW2. Started last week. Lets see how it works out...

After giving elementalist another (10th) chance what i have found that the class is not really that hard to play in fact during these 5 or so weeks after making it my main i have had more success with it in both wvw and open world than my necromancer and i have actually had way more fun playing it than harbinger mostly it seems that in wvw if i go insanely aggressive mode most people do not know what to do when a tiny madly scepter waving Asura fireball goes ham on them might be because there is so few elementalists compared to dime a dozen rangers and people have way less experience on what to do against eles. I even have had way more success to fight against thiefs and other professions that usually just faceroll me when i try to play on professions that are marked as "easy" to play.

I imagine my greatest challenge will be keybinding on the steamdeck lol

With ele expansion coming time to make one 😂

Nice guide. Thank you for putting it together. 😊 Even 5hough you are an arcane hater. Lol 😆

Should i use action cam or normal cam?

playing the game for the first time I made an elementalist today and now almost after 12 hrs of random roaming around and not using any hero points I came here lol

Let's do some napkin math to see whether the "Elementalists have so many buttons" meme is true, and just how far we can take this: - Attunements have a button each. 4 buttons. - Elementalists have five attack buttons like everyone else. These change with the attunements. 4 attunements * 5 buttons = 20 buttons. - If you switch to another weapon you get another full set of attacks. 20 buttons. - Several attacks have sequences: if you go with two one-handed weapons you get 2 additional buttons for each set (dagger 4 air and 3 water, scepter 2 earth and focus 5 fire). The staff only has 1 extra button so we ignore this one. 2 buttons * 2 sets = 4 buttons. - Even though the Elementalist can't do so in combat, they can press a button to switch between weapon loadouts. 1 button. - The Glypoh of Elemental Balance heals and gives a boon based on attunement, giving it four different modes. 4 buttons. - Conjure Lightning Hammer, Earth Shield and Flame Axe are one button each, but they change all your attacks. The first two have a three sequence basic attack, the last one two. 8 + 8 + 7. 23 buttons. - Glyph of Elementals is an Elite skill that lets you summon an elemental based on your attunement, and the button itself is replaced while it's summoned. 2 * 4 = 8 buttons. 4 + 20 + 20 + 4 + 1 + 4 + 23 + 8 = 84 buttons. Note that you can reach this while still leveling up. Playing an Elementalist is comparedd to playing a piano, which is not that far off because one octave is 12 keys (7 white, 5 black), and there's seven octaves on a piano for a total of 84 keys (although the piano sitll has a few extra keys to get to 88 above this number). But wait, there's more! Once you hit 80 and pick up the Weaver you get even more buttons: - All Sword attacks have a three button sequence for the auto attack. 4 attunements * 5 buttons = 20. This replaces the 13 buttons you get from either of your main hand weapons, so the increase is by 7 buttons. - If you have two different elements attuned your third button is replaced by another. There are six possible combinations that differ based on your weapon, so 2 sets * 6 attacks = 12 buttons. - You can now attune two elements at once, and it changes your attack buttons based on the order you have them in. This replaces your old attunement system, 4 attunements * 4 attunements - 4 buttons from the old system = 12 buttons. - The Primordial Stance skill changes its effect based on which elements you are attuned to. 4 * 4 = 16 buttons, which can replace Flame Axe for 9 buttons. This gives the Weaver access to 7 + 12 + 12 + 9 = 40 new buttons, adding to the previous total of 84 for 124 buttons. Have fun!

I find ele amazing to play and not boring at all sure it's not as op as mirage soloing everything but at least I don't fall asleep

I hate don't haveing boon strip on ele. Or 0 Utility like ageis or stability like on firebrand or mesmer.

what video is that!!!?? (dragons!) ggwp

Elementalist is the best 😁

Playing elemental is the reason I had to go out and buy a 12-button gaming mouse. It changed my life for the better.

I pick elementalist as main and I love daggers 😂 🗡️

Dude my first alt was an elementalist, but i never maxed them. Im workin on my max level Spellbreaker and a 22 Guardian, homeboy bouta enable my alt addiction 😢

Guys plz for your hands sake don’t use shift modifiers for 123 buttons, you’re killing your hand. Assign a side mouse button as the alt key and use alt modifiers instead

ele is fun, only took me 2000 hours to master!

3:05 pyromancer's WHAT NOW

I miss playing elementalist. I'd always get 3-5 of the pvp accolades. No class can beat the tempest air damage.

That Sand Giant is really a P. I. T. A. how did you manage to put him down alone?

Oh god 03:05 Pussy-Ants DX im pretty sure thats not how you say that, lol. Also I feel like the complexity of Elementalists isnt as hardcore or scary as many make it sound. While with most builds you need to be swapping attunements, you dont lose much if you play suboptimally. So you can chill and use the elements you deem useful, but you dont have to stress about doing the "perfect rotation". Only the Elite Specialization Weaver is difficult and needs you to play very well to be impactful. Tempest and Catalyst and Base Ele are not that crazy difficult.

Need guardian guide let's go

elementalist is one of the most versatile professions. if you're starting out with it, you should play like chess thinking about 4 to 6 steps ahead. realizing that you need to basically loop in heals and defense skills especially within pvp / wvw. if you're looking for most optimal damage scepter / focus is key. Staff is really for maximizing aoe or casting heals. daggers are my favorite as they are all about mobility. it is true that elementalist is known to be a glass cannon but in pvp / wvw mobility and power damage is key to success. heals and defense comes into more pracitcality within pve for dealing with mobs that bully you. the reason why most people have problems with elementalists is because most professions in gw2 are spam friendly. elementalist you can try to do that but you will fail most of the time if you're just spamming. you will want to work towards understanding your opponent more than understanding your own skills. knowing what kind of damage players or mobs cast onto you lets you learn when to cleanse debuffs and condition damage and when to layout strike or aoe damage. i would venture to say that elementalist is one of the most focused in a fight because if you pick the wrong skill at the wrong time will be the worse time in the fight to keep fighting. with most other professions you can be ok with being lazy in fights. catalyst / tempest are basically what i play most for ele esp for pvp / wvw.

My problem with ele is it's light armored thus the lack of "cool" fashion unlike heavy armored classes

Celestial great is great on ele

Aways wanted play like Aang

oooooo they added ele weapon swapping recently didn't they.

Why oh why are all elite specs so heavily focused on melee, where is my ranged AoE DPS/Controller :(

Lightning flash should be a stun break, change my mind. Looking at you.... filthy.....Mesmers.

How bad is weaver on 280ms

When they say glass canon, they mean elementalist.

Shift 1 ? ah shit my fingers don't reach. Also keybinding numbers don't work only letters

I'm still mad Anet neutered D/D ele. 😡😡

i decided to main ele this xpac and...wtf.

I`ve been waiting ages for a ele with a proper long range spec... I dont get it why Anet makes every elit spec for ele close range! Bow ele? Yeah.. you could wish for... actually viable frost bow or conjure weapon builds? Well no... too bad for a good class!

The ele needs a rework. Each of its specs are far too similar. The ranger feels like it has 3 nee classes.. while the ele feels like 3 new talent tree branches.

This guy sounds like kill tony

The attunement switching/Weapon switching is such a turn off from the game.

thanks for the great guide! Dude, Puissance - "pwee-sonts", I know its a tough one - so you neednt say pussyants again!