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kuwlij · Jun 11, 2006, 08:32 AM // 08:32

Hi,

i'm currently working on an Air spike build. i'm looking to see what can be improved in it. your comments appreciated:

atts:
Air 16 (sup rune + head)
Earth 12 (min rune)
Energy 6

skills

Lightning strike
Lightning Orb
Enervgating Charge
Ward vs Melee
Ward vs Foes
Iron mist
Ele Attunment {elite}
rez

concerns,
Iron mist i find really important when you target runners and warriors charging towards you. I dont know if i want to go with enervating charge or lightning javelin. i would like that the build be made more durable vs anti casters, maybe i could squeeze in that mantra skill as mesmer secondary which stops me frm getting interrupted at a cost of energy.

Cador · Jun 11, 2006, 03:07 PM // 15:07

the main air spike skills are

Chain lightning
Lightning orb
Lightning Strike.

AndrewAtHome · Jun 11, 2006, 05:32 PM // 17:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cador

the main air spike skills are

Chain lightning
Lightning orb
Lightning Strike.

I find that Enervating Charge works better because it's more spammable whereas Chain Lightning isn't as it causes exhaustion, which I get enough of from Ether Prod and Gale in my build. I this situation, as the energy storage attribute mentioned above is only at 6, you don't want exhaustion screwing things up.

Ensign · Jun 11, 2006, 06:29 PM // 18:29

You're missing Blinding Flash and Gale. Those are the two most important skills in an air spike build. You should also be running two attunements if you're going to go the elemental attunement route - the value of the regular attunement is so high that you can't afford to not run it with ele attunement up.

Blinding Flash, Gale, Orb, Strike, Elemental Attunement, Air Attunement, Ressig is your basic air spiking template. Most people turn it into a Mesmer/Elementalist for fast casting and the better damage compression that comes with it. The last slot can be anything you like, such as a ward, windborne speed, or the like. Iron Mist really isn't that important when you have a bunch of Gales in the build.

Peace,
-CxE