Regenerative Ele.

oOWakleonOo

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2005

Tyria or Cantha

The Kings of Ascalon

E/Me

I was thinking about the one downfall of ele. and how i could overcome it. I then figured out that i need to have a skill that regenerates energy. I know there are some Necro skills that can do this but you cannot cast them on yourself! Does anyone have a good build that has good energy regeneration?

Entropius

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

Well, there are a couple of options.

The first is to look right at home, in the Elementalist lines themselves. You have the Attunements, which provide large amounts of energy. Dual attunements (Elemental Attunement + (element) Attunement) give you an 80% refund on casting costs -- a tremendous bargain.

Unfortunately, doing this leaves you vulnerable to getting your enchantments removed, leaving you with no way to regain energy until they cycle.

Another option are the Glyphs of Lesser and "Greater" Energy. Glyph of Energy has the advantage of negating Exhaustion (most useful with Earthquake), but is only efficient if you can use a 25-energy spell every 15 seconds. The Glyphs also make you difficult to shut down by draining: you can still use expensive skills if you can regenerate even 5 energy.

Somewhat more specialized is Ether Prodigy. It's not subject to enchantment removal (since you can just recast it), but to get good use out of it you can't run any other exhaustion skills and have to run high Energy Storage. It's useful to power subclass skills, however.


You can also get your energy management from other classes. The Mesmer Inspiration line is popular, as it has good non-elite energy skills. Drain Power, Spirit of Failure, Drain Enchantment, and Channeling are all common. Mantra of Recall is elite but also good.

oOWakleonOo

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2005

Tyria or Cantha

The Kings of Ascalon

E/Me

thanks

disarm76

disarm76

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Portugal

That is a good tactic: elemental attunement + normal element attunement.
It gives you 50%+33%=88% energy back.
Actually, with the normal elementalist regeneration (>>>>) you most of the time gain energy!
Endless energy! humm...seems to much good for me...

Vincent Ritz

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2005

Masters of the Realms

W/Mo

1. 50 + 33 = 83
2. 50 + 30 = 80

Game specifically says 50% and 30%

Trust me.

(Math Nazi, Up Up and AWAY!)

Mentalmdc

Mentalmdc

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Vile Of Faith [NOVA]

Mo/Me

Elemental attunement and Fire/Water/air/Earth Attunement do not stack, sorry to burst your bubble

[BTW this is from my own testing]

-THE M-

damocles

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2005

The Netherlands

Guidless :(

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mentalmdc
Elemental attunement and Fire/Water/air/Earth Attunement do not stack, sorry to burst your bubble

[BTW this is from my own testing]

-THE M- Then you aren't testing so well, as they do stack

Lord Cooper

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

Black Death Knights

E/

ele/me is the way to go (in my slightly biased opinion)

opaltiger

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2005

E/Me

ether prodigy is what I use - works well, activate it at maybe 20 energy. Then again I'm an earth ele and I never run out regardless. ;P

If you have a protector in the party, Ether Renewal works. =D

Lord Mendes

Lord Mendes

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

Derka-Derka Land

Steel Phoenix (StP)

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mentalmdc
Elemental attunement and Fire/Water/air/Earth Attunement do not stack, sorry to burst your bubble

[BTW this is from my own testing]

-THE M- they do stack
i run ele attune and air attune on my pvp air spiker and yes they do stack
i have been playing this build for 2 months and i am 100 percent sure they stack

disarm76

disarm76

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Portugal

Quote:
Originally Posted by Vincent Ritz
1. 50 + 33 = 83
2. 50 + 30 = 80

Game specifically says 50% and 30%

Trust me.

(Math Nazi, Up Up and AWAY!) Yeah, you're right...speed typing, speed thinking, slow math!

Josh

Josh

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

England, UK

D/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mentalmdc
Elemental attunement and Fire/Water/air/Earth Attunement do not stack, sorry to burst your bubble

[BTW this is from my own testing]

-THE M- Well sorry to burst 'your' bubble, as I just tested myself, all 4 Element Attunements, including Elemental Attunement, stack.