Killing Elementalists

Rt/A, killing them like an assassin. (also, note that rit is more of a supportive role, while ele is the main battle tank on the battlefield[more or less]) PvP is built like a tank. Paragons, rits, monks, perma SF and some necros are the armor. The operators are warriors and rangers and sometimes also necro. Ele and assassin are the cannon.

1 on 1 in pvp Ur doing it wrung.

Don't fight them if you cannot beat them, let Mesmers handle them.

Ur doing it wrung.

Don't fight them if you cannot beat them, let Mesmers handle them. ^ This.

And, if he is out-damaging you, adjust that ratio by:

1. Improving your armor-rating (most eles are doing non-armor-ignoring damage).

2. Give him a cheap spirit to waste his better spells on, while you move aside and cast Dissonance or Disenchant (if spirits are your thing).

3. Select an effective secondary for anti-caster.

Ur doing it wrung.

Don't fight them if you cannot beat them, let Mesmers handle them. mhm

the whole 1 vs 1 never run because you are coward and have no honor mentality that is so common = fail

if you know you can not win a toe to toe 1 vs 1 with a specific class then you simply shouldn't fight them in the first place.

Interrupts are an ELE worst problem.
You can't out-damage an ELE but if you can prevent them (if only briefly) from turning you into a puddle with their massive damage then you have a chance.

Multiple degen, hexes, and interrupts (from any class) can tip the balance in your favor

PvP is built like a tank. Paragons, rits, monks, perma SF and some necros are the armor. The operators are warriors and rangers and sometimes also necro. Ele and assassin are the cannon. No, more like armies. Paragons, rits, monks,(btw, perma in pvp is lol) and necros is the backline, the support fire for the infantry. The wars and devs are the infantry, the hands of the army. Rangers and assassins are more or less like snipers, disabling critical skills at critical times, also helping out during retreats.

No, more like armies. Paragons, rits, monks,(btw, perma in pvp is lol) and necros is the backline, the support fire for the infantry. The wars and devs are the infantry, the hands of the army. Rangers and assassins are more or less like snipers, disabling critical skills at critical times, also helping out during retreats. Oh no! The horror, mesmers are all alone in the world having no place in this army of GW. Grr, can't really think of a spot for them in this army. Where the heck does midline come into the picture? Designated marksmen?

Oh no! The horror, mesmers are all alone in the world having no place in this army of GW. Grr, can't really think of a spot for them in this army. Where the heck does midline come into the picture? Designated marksmen? Forgot mes but they can be the snipers as well. In my previous comments, i put midline w/ backline. But w/e

As a rit, melee classes have always been a joke in pvp (the sword rit build never fails). Mass blind takes out rangers and paragons. Necros and mesmers arent really that troublesome since they lack the capacity to deal with my spirits. Elementalists, on the other hand, give me alot of trouble. When facing them 1 on 1 in pvp, I aways find myself beaten because of their extremely high damage and their capability to heal themselves with their energy storage skills. When I use spirits, they (the spirits) die seconds only after I cast them. Anybody have a good build that would deal with eles? Hmm, that's a tough one all right. With ele's in their current state, my answer would be "no."

Ele's today can be played a lot like touch rangers except that they're using nukes that heal them instead of touch skills, and their energy management makes them invincible instead of saccing 20%.

Take Immolate cast through Aura, Attunement and Glyph of Restoration with 16 Fire + 13 Energy Storage. It costs 5 energy (you get 4+1 back), you do 121 damage (79+42 burn) and heal yourself for 178. That's just your basic nuke.

In short, it's going to be very tough, but it's a team game so why not concentrate on that if you can't solo them? If you had a melee team mate you could try Rt/E Glyph of Renewal + Warmonger's Weapon together with Ice+Tenai's Prison for instance... and if your aim is just survival then you might try Rt/Me Sentry's insignias with Elemental Resistance and Power Drain.

I've never had trouble killing eles in 1v1.
What I do is bring a spirit build with dissonance, pain, bloodsong, and use Spirit Twist to cast dissonance quickly when the ele is in range. While he's having fun being interrupted on every spell, pain, bloodsong, disenchant or whatever else I brought is cast and he dies in 3-5 seconds. Works on monks who don't know how to stick to healing too.

Rangers, on the other hand... See, I never had a problem with Rangers just by holding onto Weapon of Remedy... =P