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Guillotine · Jun 02, 2005, 09:30 AM // 09:30

Which would be an ideal choice for a secondary profession for an elementalist looking to deal efficient damage?

rii · Jun 02, 2005, 11:00 AM // 11:00

Single target or area of effect?
If single target, then air,
if aoe, then fire.

Lim-Dul · Jun 02, 2005, 11:20 AM // 11:20

I think he meant what profession to choose rather than what element. =)
Nevertheless my answer would be: there is NO profession, that would deal more damage than an elementalist, so just chose pure elementalist skills + maybe some protective ones from any other profession (look at the skill listing - most professions got protective skills/spells - even elementalists for that matter but then you would probably have to concentrate on two elements rather than one).
As for the choice of secondaries - you know, Elementalists are often chosen for their Energy Storage attribute - this makes them very useful as a kind of "primary-secondary class" - so you choose an Elementalist and only spend points on Energy Storage and put the rest in your secondary attributes. =) Unless you're into such a thing it pretty makes no difference what profession to choose. A Mesmer with Inspiration Magic would be nice though - not because of the damage, but because of energy management - no matter how deep your energy pool might be - you'll run out of mana at a certain point of time and then Inspiration Magic would help you to re-gain your energy and as a result you would be able to deal damage again. =)

P.S. There is no IDEAL secondary profession. Just think what you want to achieve and match your secondary with your playing style. The "deal damage" line is too general to give you any good advice - especially since Elementalists alone deal LOTS of damage. =)

Burem · Jun 02, 2005, 11:48 AM // 11:48

To deal the most damage? Depends on wich elite skill you want to use.

If you're going ether renewal (only really works WELL with fire) you can go pure elementalist and whatever secondary floats your boat. If you aren't going to use one of the elementalist energy spells I'd go with mesmer.

CareBearPK · Jun 02, 2005, 04:39 PM // 16:39

Use warrior so you can sprint around and away from people.

kalaris · Jun 02, 2005, 04:53 PM // 16:53

Warrior Tactics, Balanced Stance, so you can't be knocked down

and technically a W/E and W/R can both outdamage an Elementalist on single targets under the right, and easily reached circumstances.

A M/E with Lotsa fastcast though... mmm tough one =P

Awol Duteq · Jun 02, 2005, 05:24 PM // 17:24

Techinically you could consider Mesmer, as you would then add power leaching skills and be able to spam...longer.

zoomy942 · Jun 02, 2005, 06:06 PM // 18:06

i would go necro. you can create dead bodies with your AoE, and then with the death magic, you can start exploding the corpses!!

salatious · Jun 02, 2005, 06:46 PM // 18:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Awol Duteq

Techinically you could consider Mesmer, as you would then add power leaching skills and be able to spam...longer.

well to be honest the elementalist is already the best to deal the most daamge. what you want to do is what Awol stated add mesmer so you can steal energy to keep the elementalist going. Im currently a E/Monk right now but as soon as i can change that i am to Mesmer

Aalric · Jun 06, 2005, 08:14 AM // 08:14

To deal most damage an ele/me would work best. However, I think an ele/mo is best, as you already deal huge amounts of damage from your spells, and you now have the ability to heal yourself. (Relying on other monks, especially Alesia, is pointless - they rarely heal when needed.)

Meltigor · Jun 06, 2005, 08:35 PM // 20:35

I like elem(fire) necro(death magic) blow those corpse to smithereens ...very effective

zoomy942 · Jun 06, 2005, 08:43 PM // 20:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Meltigor

I like elem(fire) necro(death magic) blow those corpse to smithereens ...very effective

or use the corpses as bone horrors to keep the baddies grouped together while you set tehm all on fire!

Scaphism · Jun 06, 2005, 08:47 PM // 20:47

An Ele/Ra is a good choice for a high damage build. Take a stance like Serpent's Quickness to reduce the recharge on all of your skills and you'll be able to fire off your high energy spells faster, provided you can keep your energy up. Another good stance to look at is Storm Chaser- speed boosts are always useful, as is the extra energy from elemental attacks. (Not that stances don't stack, so you have to use one after the other.)

Enigmatics · Jul 04, 2005, 03:49 PM // 15:49

Necro secondary provides some hexes, and soul barbs is always helpful