Ele question

Masked Killah

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

Killahs United

R/E

Hey i wanted to start a ele and i was wondering what the best second profession is. Could you plz tell me what You think and a few tips.

theclam

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

Monk is always good. It adds versatility.

Masked Killah

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

Killahs United

R/E

yeah i thought about monk. What do u think about nercomancer?

Tsukiyomi

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

My sister who's an ele uses mesmer as secondary, so maybe try mesmer?

Sunrazor

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

When in doubt, go Monk. At the very least, without spending any attibute points, you'll have reusable Resurrection.

Borak Bloodbane

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

Toledo, Ohio

Knights Who Say Nee

W/Mo

depends on what you want to do later in the game...but if you arent far and havent experimented much you may want to do monk cuz it is the simplest for someone who is knew to the game. If you are not knew to the game i would suggest mez as a secondary for its energy removal skills for possible future pvping.

Masked Killah

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

Killahs United

R/E

Sounds pretty good. I am not a noob have a lvl 20 R/E and two lvl 15s a M/me and a W/Mo and i wanted a caster. So i was thinking going E/N but E/M sounds pretty good too.

Borak Bloodbane

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

Toledo, Ohio

Knights Who Say Nee

W/Mo

i have never used a necro except a few blood skills as a monk/nec so i cant really help you out that much w/ this one. But give your post a couple days for more people to look at it. There are no bad profession combos but you will just have to research the skills a bit and see what necro skills compliments your primary. If its pve then i do know that certain blood spells work really well for assisting monk in healing and such.

Malchiel

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

2ndary monk. Now I think I've said too much ;p

As for 2ndary nec... why would you want that? I think you should leave necroing to the necros ;p but there're some useful ones. Such as rend enchant. To make sure your lightning bolts do full damage.

But you can't have only 1 rend enchant. You need a few more... so yeah... better concentrate on dealing damage than shutting down healing.

deathwearer

deathwearer

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Canada/Quebec

Silentum Altum

E/Mo

Every other class can be usefull, all depend of what kind of build you're gonna use and what you will do in battles. For the mission i highly suggest you Monk because you usualy in the back and if every one die You can res them without a problem, and when you are in the desert you will be able to change your secondary profession for what you want.

Ragnarok

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jun 2005

This necro elite skill would be pretty helpful.

Offering of Blood
Description: Sacrifice 10% maximum health. You gain 8-18 energy. This is an elite skill.
Energy Cost: 5
Activation Time: 1/4th of a Second.
Recharge Time: 15 Seconds.
Linked Attribute: Blood Magic. Increases energy recovered.
Skill Type: Spell

Borak Bloodbane

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

Toledo, Ohio

Knights Who Say Nee

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ragnarok
This necro elite skill would be pretty helpful.

Offering of Blood
Description: Sacrifice 10% maximum health. You gain 8-18 energy. This is an elite skill.
Energy Cost: 5
Activation Time: 1/4th of a Second.
Recharge Time: 15 Seconds.
Linked Attribute: Blood Magic. Increases energy recovered.
Skill Type: Spell
aye that is a good elite for recovering energy as a mending monk but as an elem? 18 energy isnt really that much for an elem..but maybe you could get it to work.

Lasareth

Lasareth

Aquarius

Join Date: Jun 2005

Somewhere between Boardwalk and Park Place

Monk for raise. You'll be surprised how often you use it :3~

Immortal Flame

Immortal Flame

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

LA, California

Nothing to Lose [NtL]

Yea things like offering and blood rit, which sacrifice life to give you energy would definitely help. Although mesmer skills like channeling make more sense to me. Due to elementalists' weak armor, sacrificing life might not be too good an idea, especially if you want to PvP.

Borak Bloodbane

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

Toledo, Ohio

Knights Who Say Nee

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lasareth
Monk for raise. You'll be surprised how often you use it :3~
yeah...if your party is not doing so hot..maybe but one would hope that his/her party is able to do a descent job of staying alive..especially if monks actually run away when things start getting too steamy and defeat is imminent

Masked Killah

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

Killahs United

R/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by deathwearer
Every other class can be usefull, all depend of what kind of build you're gonna use and what you will do in battles. For the mission i highly suggest you Monk because you usualy in the back and if every one die You can res them without a problem, and when you are in the desert you will be able to change your secondary profession for what you want.
When you said every class i disagree. i would not be a E/W i have known afew of them and they all regreted it. Sure warrior gives u some melee but ele should stay raged (that is what i think at least).

Malchiel

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ragnarok
This necro elite skill would be pretty helpful.

Offering of Blood
Description: Sacrifice 10% maximum health. You gain 8-18 energy. This is an elite skill.
Energy Cost: 5
Activation Time: 1/4th of a Second.
Recharge Time: 15 Seconds.
Linked Attribute: Blood Magic. Increases energy recovered.
Skill Type: Spell
A monki would have better use for this. Yea as already said 18 energy isn't that much. Chk out the ele elites rather. They allow you to cast almost non stop.

Borak Bloodbane

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

Toledo, Ohio

Knights Who Say Nee

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Masked Killah
When you said every class i disagree. i would not be a E/W i have known afew of them and they all regreted it. Sure warrior gives u some melee but ele should stay raged (that is what i think at least).
i can think of a reason one would be ane E/W and it is for the stances..but since i am too lazy and do not wanna think right now that is all i can come up w/ atm. For sure you wouldnt do it for the use of melee. Think outside the box a little you are putting limitations on the classes

deathwearer

deathwearer

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Canada/Quebec

Silentum Altum

E/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Masked Killah
When you said every class i disagree. i would not be a E/W i have known afew of them and they all regreted it. Sure warrior gives u some melee but ele should stay raged (that is what i think at least).
Let me say LOL right here, i have a El/W build, my whole team was saying omg you're gonna suck, at the begening ( today in fact ). At the end of the day they all regreted their words, pretty bad i must say, my build is insane.

Masked Killah

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

Killahs United

R/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Borak Bloodbane
i can think of a reason one would be ane E/W and it is for the stances..but since i am too lazy and do not wanna think right now that is all i can come up w/ atm. For sure you wouldnt do it for the use of melee. Think outside the box a little you are putting limitations on the classes
Huh good point never though of that. Guess warrior is not so bad. But for the char play style i want i kinda need a pure caster.

Masked Killah

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

Killahs United

R/E

I really like the W/Ele combo but that is a different topic

deathwearer

deathwearer

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Canada/Quebec

Silentum Altum

E/Mo

What are you trying to say? Not sure what you want to say since you could have use the bad form of the word ( if i assume it's the word i think )

Masked Killah

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

Killahs United

R/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by deathwearer
What are you trying to say? Not sure what you want to say since you could have use the bad form of the word ( if i assume it's the word i think )
What i dont understand what u mean here. I think Ele/war is good i just thought of the melee part. the stances could be a good benift.

deathwearer

deathwearer

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Canada/Quebec

Silentum Altum

E/Mo

Im a Melee El/W, not using stance. ^^

Masked Killah

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

Killahs United

R/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by deathwearer
Im a Melee El/W, not using stance. ^^
O how good is the ele forge armour is it 70

deathwearer

deathwearer

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Canada/Quebec

Silentum Altum

E/Mo

60 al.

Little Thom's Bro

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

Mo/

Masked Killed, why do you keep on double posting, im sure you read rules. All your thread.

deathwearer

deathwearer

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Canada/Quebec

Silentum Altum

E/Mo

The El/Mo is my Farmer/PvE char.

Masked Killah

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

Killahs United

R/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Little Thom's Bro
Masked Killed, why do you keep on double posting, im sure you read rules. All your thread.
o no i am sry i just started today.thx for telling me that.

Arturo02

Arturo02

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

See that third planet from the sun?

Sacred Forge Knights

R/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Masked Killah
Still nothing about nercomancer. Must not be to good then.
I'm still new to the game, but my first choice for a build was an e/n using energy, air, and blood. I have just reached the shiv arena but I logged a TON of time in the first arena.

I've had a lot of fun with the build so far. It is very viable in pvp so far, but that was only the first arena and then a little bit in Shiv (like 5-10 fights) so it may not work out. We will see.

Why do I like it so far? It does good damage, I like that central nuker role, and you do get some ways to stay alive. Mesmer was an option for me as well, but I already have that as second on my ranger and I think the two might be too much pressure on your energy pool.

I recommend necro as your second profession but that is only because I love to play it. Pick one you love as well and you'll be happy.

Aria

Aria

Sig Fairy

Join Date: Feb 2005

Once upon a time..

There is no "best" secondary profession. It all depends on what exactly you want to do with the character (shutdown, pure nuker/spiker, a dash of defense, supporting healer, etc).

In the future, please read all the rules before posting, and please post in the right forum.

And please please please use the search button. Reading a few of the guides in the New Players Center as well as reading a few pre-existing threads from the large pool of active threads around here should give you at least a starting idea.

Good luck on finding what you want.

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