The Darkpower Alchemist Revealed Pt 1

I must agree that pumping four attributes probably wont do you good.
When I started playing I had high hopes for that but you're just underpowered.

Also, I must agree that relying on a good monk is superior to self-healing spells, especially having in mind that you can use that mana for something else then (mending - ring a bell? )

Self-healing is useful when you go farming solo or with hechies, imo. Being a fire nuker (please dont flame me ) i use fast PBAoE spells with moderate energy comsumption (inferno, flame strike) in conjunction with Aura of Restoration to keep me alive in a tight spot. That's usually when I solo/take henchies. You can't discuss tactics with them.
For instance, I wanted to counter necro jade scarabs and their constant bonding/draining using mesmer interrupt spikes combed with air spiking.
It didn't work because there were just too many of them. So, once again I reverted to (PB)AoE, Aura of Rest. (added Shatter Hex, Backfire and Power Spike though). Shatter hex is very efficient with w/me and w/n builds because they tend to hex first, then rush in for the kill.

Teamplay, PvP, GvG....that's another matter entirely, one I am yet to explore.

I know it's slightly offtopic (I'm not e/n) but I'm a talkative person

It's been awhile since I checked this thread,and it seems you all have an opinion about my build desciption. You want numbers,they are there. You want armor stats,they are there as well. I even have told about weapons I have used.And the most you can say about this is that you are being taken down by large amounts of text?

Fine, I'll make it more spaced,if that makes it easier to understand. Underpowered builds come in situations of PvP/GvG confrontations.The concensus thought is,high numbers for damage and let the monks heal you.But monks have a hard enough job to do,why shouldn't I be able to heal myself somewhat? My early numbers were stated due to low level situations. I started this thread when my E/N was level 12 or 13. At level 20,I still have the spread of Energy/Air/Curses/Death, but the att numbers are higher, Curses/Death at 10, Air at 14, Energy at/around 10(9).

I hope my text isn't losing anyone yet.

The fact of the matter is, I was told that my build was mediocre,yet none have probably tried to use it for themselves,which means it is only being used by myself,making it a one sided conversation of me trying to convince the masses of its usefulness. I will always lose that argument.

The previous experiments of being a MM have become obviously limited in my end results. Yet,I have realized that I can become an Anti MM with the use of Verata's Aura. That was a good day of playing.

Aeromancer is nice in isolation,yet, high damage attacks are more easily achieved and exploited in groups with a like mind and goal(ie.A Team).

Pyromancer is overdone. Geomancers are on the rise. The winds of change are blowing towards Cantha,and the new skills will bring new builds and abilities.Hydromancers are underused and underpowered on an offensive level IMO. I hope they will get a boost.

I still like SS.Awesome spell. Concetrated power is what I like most about it,even if a Necro primary can use it better than I can. Together we will use the power for the greater glory of our team.

I understand that you may not see why I use death skills,and you may feel that I should invest those attribute points in one of the other skill sets,but I have been face down in more snow,sand,and dirty water than I would care to remember while depending on another to heal me.Hence,I will ALWAYS champion the cause of bringing a self heal.

Agree or disagree, I appreciate all the comments I have recieved in this thread.

And for the record,I do trust the monks to do their job,but we all know every monk isn't good at being a healer. Every monk won't get to me in time,and every monk won't see me as a priority when choices are to be made in tough situations. Consume Corpses was used due to its ability to:

1) Remove me from dangerous situations.
2) Heal me and recharge mana at the same time. And..
3) Reposition me for another angle of attack,giving my character the chance to attack from a more advantageous perspective.

That being said,I have just explained a rule of engagement.

When you trade mobility for firepower the chance of survival increases.Also,while under fire neutralize the threat,reposition yourself and reaquire the current situation.This is how you survive,in any world. I'm done talking now.

Since you bumped this, just to add:

I'm afraid that Fire is just plain more useful in PvE then Air, considering the cost and the efficiency. In PvP it's directly the opposite. Geo's are on the rise (and rightly so) in both PvP and PvE. I love Geo, can do dmg nicely, I love warding and occasional tanking.

And Water is underused - it has great effects (slowdown) and mediocre to low damage that doesn't quite fit in in neither PvP or PvE. You can do better with other schools I think, but I'm afraid I'm not that learned in the ways of Water Magic, so don't take it for granted.

I love Necrotic Traversal (fellow Necro MM probably wouldn't). Use it in conjunction with fast point-blank AoE spells. Of course, it'd be nice if Traversal hadn't the word 'random' in description. Better yet if I tested it out (and I didn't). Just feeling a bit creative:

1. Necrotic Traversal
2. Vampiric Touch (for self-heal)
3. Inferno
4. Flame Burst
5. Grenth's Balance (for self-heal)
6. Ward vs. melee
7. Fire attune
8. Lava font/Phoneix??

Thing to pump here is blood/fire/storage. Traversal is 5 secs of Poison minumum (enough perhaps).

Just popped into my head now, during first morning cofee, so be mindful...

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I'm glad you guys bumped this thread back up cause i never saw it =(. I have been playing around with a E/N build in TA with guildies and I must say E/N is very effective in PvP but not so in PvE though IMO. I have converted my ele to basically a necro with limitless energy. This is the build that I currently use which IMO works great. Try it out and let me know what you guys think. It's actually pretty fun taking down a warrior and having them run from you =).

Energy 8
Fire 13
Blood 12 (need it for life siphon to degen -3 and give you +3)
Air 6

I know the attributes are to spread to be effective but trust me they are not.

Life Siphon
Vampiric Gaze
Blood Renewal
Strip Enchantment
Enervating Charge - For Warriors
Mark of Rodgort
Ether Prodigy {E}
Rez

Use a flame artifact with a +health and +energy, wand is a +energy also. fast cast is not useful in this build.

The point of this build is to degen the target at -10. Life Siphon does -3 and Mark of Rodgort does -7. Vampiric gaze is a self heal and also an armor ignoring skill which is great to finish off running targets with.

This is how the build is played. i find my target and hang back first. Once i find my target i cast Blood renewal, cast mark or rodgort, wand for burn (-7), cast Life Siphon (-3 Degen), then wand again. At this point in find a warrior esp the hammer ones and hit them with Enervating Charge then i go back to my original target and wand him again to keep the burn on. Now cast Blood Renewal again for your +8 regen then cast Ether Prodigy. Strip enchantment of course is used to strip whomever you want either your target or another for a quick 130 hp heal. Just rinse and repeat the process if the target isn't dead yet. The good thing about Mark of Rodgort is that they can't use Plague Touch to get rid of it, they get rid of the 4 second burn but not the Mark itself =). Another thing I wanted for this build was to waste a mesmers or necros remove enchantment spells cause you have none to remove. so make sure your monk doesn't put one on you. As a note I have found this build especially useful against monks, warriors and other ele's. Rangers tend to have an interupt skill with them at all times as to mesmers which makes a second shot of Mark of Rodgort tough at times. Necros if ready for you can also be tough since they are the masters of degen anyways.

Now for the weakness of this build...interupters that target you kill you of course. KD's are also annoying as heck. I originally uses an axe to stay close to the target so i could use Vampiric Touch but a wand is better since this way then won't know who to run from most of the time. Although an axe is funner though imo.