PvE Water Build

OK, im absolutely in love with water and want to know if there is any build i can use in pve for it. Give me ur comments plz!!!

-Dean

ice spear
ice spike
deep freeze
glyph or energy-e-
mealstrom
res
blurred vision
armor of mist

or

water attunment
water trident -e-
ice spear
blurred vision
armor of mist
res
mealstrom
-snare can be anything i often use ward vs foes or ice spikes


I have used the second build to hunt a few bosses and do PvE missions. with water attunment and icespear and water trident you can keep spamming them for a long long time. mealstrom is a nice AoE interupt if your warriors and can get a caster pinned, if your not worried about casters i would take something els.
this isnt a perfect build but its just a template i use then i change it bassed on the area im going to be in. the first is a little more agressive then the second, hope its some help.

iV

If you are going to go Water, just keep in mind that your job is not to do as much damage as possible, but to put snare and cut down the effectiveness of enemies while putting pressure on them. There are some who are completely against water eles, but as long as you tell any groups you join what you are running you should be ok. If you don't specify this, many will assume that you are a nuker and flame you when they see that you aren't the damage dealer they expected. You may still get flamed just by virtue of running water in PvE, but as long as you know your role, you can be a perfectly viable ally to your team no matter what element you use.

I have a Water + Deadly Art build:

Dancing Dagger, Entangling Asp, Ice Spike, Deep Freeze, Maelstrom, Frozen Burst. Assassin's Promise (E), Water Attuntment.

(Water Helm, Sup Water Rune, Minor Energy Rune, and whatever Vigor rune u have) (Water:16, Energy:9, Deadly Art:10)

This build make up with the dmg with Water, and some of the slow recharge Water spells such as Maelstrom and Frozen burst. (also Entangling Asp)

I find Deadly Art hex are better for casters then assassins... dancing daggers and entangling asp are both spells. I really like Entagling's knockdown effect with 15 sec poison. (must follow with dancing dagger though) *don't poison necro enemies, as some of them have plague touch*

Once your target is poison, start using your water spells. (U don't necessary start with Dancing Dagger + Entangling Asp, you can slow your enemies first then use Maelstrom on caster etc.) With right timing Entangling Asp can do both good interrupt and poison degen. When your opponent's health drop to half or lower then half.... use Assassin's Promise. When enemy die within the hex duration... ALL of your spells including Assassin Promise will be recharge and u also gain energy.

With this build, I use Flint's Wand and Artifact. (For more energy, water magic +1 stats) *Shatterstone wand or Stonebreaker wand will also do*

So far this build work for me in PvE~ Dunno how good it work in PvP yet... (probably not as good as Water Trident + all the slow hex build)

On the odd occaison I go water I use the following:

Elemental Attunement {E} / Ward Against Harm {E} / Water Trident {E} (but usually elemental attunement tbh)
Water Attunement
Aura of Restoration
Ice Spear / Arc Lightning
Shard Storm
Vapor Blade
Ice Spikes
Deep Freeze

I don't like Maelstrom too much as enemies tend to just walk out of it so it serves no real purpose. Like I say...usually I use Dual Attunements all the way but sometimes I will substitute in a ward or Water Trident since it is a nice cheap spell. Sometimes I use Arc Lightning as it strikes 2 foes if the first is under a water magic hex...double damage is always good.

When I run with water I use 15 points in water magic, 13 in energy storage... since dual attunements give almost limitless amounts of energy (providing you keep them up) then it is easy to take a few points out of energy storage and re-distribute to Air Magic for Arc Lightning.

Edit: oh yea, you'll notice no res in there. As I am an E/N and the only res I have is Resurrection Signet...I just refuse to bring it. After the 3 enchantments...if I took res signet as well that would leave 4 slots for proper spells! Not really good enough when you think about it. If I was /Mo or /Rt I would consider using a reusable res but tbh when I'm playing as ele there is n ever room on my skillbar for a one-use "one-hit wonder" skill like resurrection signet.