(y r u running?) The state of this class in WvW

[katniss.6735]

I started playing again late of this year. I have 8000+ hours on this Ele. I don't play other classes.

 

I play assassin staff dps weaver with the utmost ease. For dagger/focus, however, I've tried numerous runes/armor combinations (full legendary gear/weaps/jewellery) versus Condi rev/condi war, but they put out damage so fast that I can't even stand anywhere near them. People who play everyday tell me that you need to keep 900 range from revs, and I assume that's how it works for condi warrior, too. Thus a D/F ele support healer can't do anything at all besides run away. If I stay and try to tank I will quickly run out of defensive cds and not be able to get rid of the 3 stacks of torment that somehow do 10k damage for no reason whatsoever. I don't want to see a condi rev/war and think "lolbroken" and run away as a general rule. I think everyone pretty much thinks revs are busted. A condi warrior takes no damage while dealing huge damage. Incredibly frustrating. I feel like anet likes doing stuff like that to make people not want to play at all. I certainly don't want to play D/F anymore.

 

The problem is the low stack condis doing so much damage, then repeatedly apply more applications after cleansing them.

Ranger seems to have a lot more cc now, too. I noticed some posts about people saying it's an unwinnable fight, but I think weaver with fire and/or air elementals is the way to do that. I'm starting to think that weaver is the only thing I should ever play when not in a group or I'll just be dead.

 

Everyone is playing the most obnoxious cc/condi/mobility. Only fresh air weaver is anywhere close to enough mobility and damage to do anything and it's all at the expensive of a never-get-hit playstyle.

[vardeleanu.8972]

I don't play warrior, revenant, or ranger (the only 3 classes I don't have lol) so I don't know too much about their skills, but I suggest, as a general rule, to not use focus if you're not playing in a group. Mobility is very important to roamers, so D/D or S/D should work better.

 

Also about playing only weaver, fresh air weaver definitely has the most mobility out of all ele builds, with 6 seconds of superspeed, but give tempest a shot. If you can avoid getting outnumbered it could just maybe provide the non-never-get-hit playstyle that you're searching for.

Just stay away from core ele. Not even worth trying.

[Lan Deathrider.5910]

Condi warrior huh? Core or berserker? Regardless they don't have many cover condis, so so long as you are smart with your cleanses and kite them you should not have much trouble.

[FrownyClown.8402]

For small group i dont think staff is an inferior support weapon besides ranged mitigation. For solo play anti toxin is the obv choice. I prefer to run tempest d/d with speed runes and ether renewal.