Would like a Factions Only Ele build

Okay, I'm completely new to Elementalists. I'm a Warrior player, but am begining to get bored with the clasic walk up, crush things/protect yourself

I'm looking for something I can PvE with all the time, and would like any element other than fire really, cause I think fire is overrated.

So yeah... sorry its not very specific, just looking for something fun and playable

For Factions only I would probably reccomend Earth (Seeing how you don't want to use fire) and go an Unsteady Ground Warder. Faction's really limits viable elemental elites for every other non-fire element.


- Stone Daggers
- Unsteady Ground [E]
- Ward against Melee
- Ward against Foes or Ward of stability depending on the area (I'd imagine Ward of Stability would be useful in missions like Arborstone and against Jade Brotherhood Mages)
- Churning Earth?
- Anthing I suppose, Factions really limits you. Maybe Arcane Echo?
- Earth Attunement
- Res

hmm, okay, I might give it a try, if you think fire would be a much better idea for PvE, than I would like to see a fire build(provided it is the best Factions only option)

Nope, the Factions-only Fire options blow hard - you lack Meteor Shower (woefully outdated, true, but better than other possibilities...) and you lack all the good Nightfall stuff, Searing Flames, Mind Blast etc.
Personally, I'm not a big fan of Earth either for Factions-only either... I never feel as though I'm carrying my weight without Eruption.

I'd recommend either Air or Water, who do get good stuff in Factions.
Air can run a perfectly fine dual-attune ele, with Lightning Hammer and Orb fro damage, and Blinding Flash as well.

Water eles get Shatterstone. 'nuff said.

::EDIT:: Looking at skills, it's not really worth your while to make a dual-attune Fire guy either, you lack Rodgort's Invocation

Well, I would like to hear an actual build ofor air, as that was what I was hoping to find was playable in Factions, lol

Air? Easy as pie.
16 Air Magic, 13 E-storage

[skill]lightning hammer[/skill][skill]lightning orb[/skill][skill]blinding flash[/skill][skill]enervating charge[/skill][skill]lightning strike[/skill][skill]air attunement[/skill][skill]elemental attunement[/skill][skill]resurrection signet[/skill]

Put up the attunements, and spam away.
Really, Strike, Charge and the Res are optional, and can merrily be replaced by hard resses, Gale, or Aura of Restoration if you need enchantment coverage.

The above, or some version of it, is probably the single best build available with factions only skills.

Yeah that looks like a solid build, thanks a lot guys