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Old Jul 07, 2009, 07:32 PM // 19:32   #1
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I'm trying to pick one of these two elite skills to use in PvP for my elementalist. Can someone help me out here...
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Old Jul 07, 2009, 07:40 PM // 19:40   #2
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i would reccomend neither. Mind Blast.
Searing Flames is good with more Searing Flames and decent at generating pressure
Savannah Heat is too much energy now and is stronger in a coordinated TA/HA/GvG situation as its ideal to get someone locked inside it, though there are ways of doing it, such as some water hexes.

if you're counting AB etc as pvp then Savannah Heat.
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Old Jul 07, 2009, 07:59 PM // 19:59   #3
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Yeah, I've heard Mind Blast is also very good in PvP. Here is the dilemma. I have the four following builds. I just need help choosing an all-around good one for PvP (atleast for a beginner).

Searing Flames Build:

[Searing Flames]
[Rodgort's Invocation]
[Fireball]
[Immolate]
[Searing Heat]
[Arcane Echo]
[Fire Attunement]
[Aura of Restoration]

Savannah Heat Build:

[Immolate]
[Smoldering Embers]
[Searing Heat]
[Rodgort's Invocation]
[Savannah Heat]
[Mark of Rodgort]
[Aura of Restoration]
[Fire Attunement]

Energy Storage Build:

[Elemental Attunement]
[Fire Attunement]
[Aura of Restoration]
[Rodgort's Invocation]
[Searing Heat]
[Fireball]
[Smoldering Embers]
[Immolate]

Mind Blast Distortion Build:

[Mind Blast]
[Immolate]
[Rodgort's Invocation]
[Meteor]
[Distortion]
[Aura of Restoration]
[Fire Attunement]
[Res]

Skills Needed For All The Builds:

[Savannah Heat]
[Mark of Rodgort]
[Elemental Attunement]
[Smoldering Embers]
[Mind Blast]
[Searing Flames]
[Rodgort's Invocation]
[Fireball]
[Immolate]
[Searing Heat]
[Aura of Restoration]
[Meteor]
[Distortion]
[Arcane Echo]
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Old Jul 07, 2009, 08:13 PM // 20:13   #4
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I suppose Mindblast distortion build is a given, many people hate it but it works great, better not get to attached to it I bet a nerf will come to it soon.

Although for a beginner at PvP this will not teach you energy management or prioritizing because well, you got what you need all the time.

Back when I played ele I used water and it was fun as hell with a huge spike and never ran out of energy even with stripped attunement. Doesn't always have to be a fire build.
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Old Jul 07, 2009, 09:14 PM // 21:14   #5
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Mind blast works great!

Also Watermagic is kewl aswell
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Old Jul 07, 2009, 09:20 PM // 21:20   #6
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AoE fire builds (Savannah and Searing Flames) are only effective in arenas where you farm NPCs and bad players (AB/HA).

Mind Blast (whether /me or /d variant) is strong in any format. The Dual Attune Fire is completely outclassed by Mind Blast.
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Old Jul 07, 2009, 11:54 PM // 23:54   #7
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go for mind blast

and if that gets boring, try second wind
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Old Jul 08, 2009, 04:28 AM // 04:28   #8
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It'd help if you mentioned what PvP format.
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Old Jul 09, 2009, 05:34 AM // 05:34   #9
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Yep, go with MB. spam spam spam spam
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Old Jul 09, 2009, 10:20 PM // 22:20   #10
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out of all those builds the only *good* 1 is the MB Distortion. what do all the others miss out? [skill]resurrection signet[/skill]!!! seriously, going into any PvP that isnt AB without a [skill]resurrection signet[/skill] or some good hard res like [skill]death pact signet[/skill] is very very foolish!
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Old Jul 10, 2009, 10:55 AM // 10:55   #11
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Yeah, I've heard Mind Blast is also very good in PvP. Here is the dilemma. I have the four following builds. I just need help choosing an all-around good one for PvP (atleast for a beginner).

Searing Flames Build:

[Searing Flames]
[Rodgort's Invocation]
[Fireball]
[Immolate]
[Searing Heat]
[Arcane Echo]
[Fire Attunement]
[Aura of Restoration]

Savannah Heat Build:

[Immolate]
[Smoldering Embers]
[Searing Heat]
[Rodgort's Invocation]
[Savannah Heat]
[Mark of Rodgort]
[Aura of Restoration]
[Fire Attunement]

Energy Storage Build:

[Elemental Attunement]
[Fire Attunement]
[Aura of Restoration]
[Rodgort's Invocation]
[Searing Heat]
[Fireball]
[Smoldering Embers]
[Immolate]

Mind Blast Distortion Build:

[Mind Blast]
[Immolate]
[Rodgort's Invocation]
[Meteor]
[Distortion]
[Aura of Restoration]
[Fire Attunement]
[Res]

Skills Needed For All The Builds:

[Savannah Heat]
[Mark of Rodgort]
[Elemental Attunement]
[Smoldering Embers]
[Mind Blast]
[Searing Flames]
[Rodgort's Invocation]
[Fireball]
[Immolate]
[Searing Heat]
[Aura of Restoration]
[Meteor]
[Distortion]
[Arcane Echo]
These builds all have serious issues due to the insclusion of bad spells like fireball and smoldering embers. When you choose spells look at their effects vs. cost compared to other similar spells.

Your mind blast build is meta and will work great, however many of the others are gimped due to worthless stuff like fireball or arcane echo on the Searing Flames build.
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Old Jul 10, 2009, 01:46 PM // 13:46   #12
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Old Jul 10, 2009, 02:41 PM // 14:41   #13
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use nf release s flames!
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Old Jul 11, 2009, 06:05 PM // 18:05   #14
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Yeah, I've heard Mind Blast is also very good in PvP. Here is the dilemma. I have the four following builds. I just need help choosing an all-around good one for PvP (atleast for a beginner).

Searing Flames Build:

[Searing Flames]
[Rodgort's Invocation]
[Fireball]
[Immolate]
[Searing Heat]
[Arcane Echo]
[Fire Attunement]
[Aura of Restoration]

Savannah Heat Build:

[Immolate]
[Smoldering Embers]
[Searing Heat]
[Rodgort's Invocation]
[Savannah Heat]
[Mark of Rodgort]
[Aura of Restoration]
[Fire Attunement]

Energy Storage Build:

[Elemental Attunement]
[Fire Attunement]
[Aura of Restoration]
[Rodgort's Invocation]
[Searing Heat]
[Fireball]
[Smoldering Embers]
[Immolate]

Mind Blast Distortion Build:

[Mind Blast]
[Immolate]
[Rodgort's Invocation]
[Meteor]
[Distortion]
[Aura of Restoration]
[Fire Attunement]
[Res]

Skills Needed For All The Builds:

[Savannah Heat]
[Mark of Rodgort]
[Elemental Attunement]
[Smoldering Embers]
[Mind Blast]
[Searing Flames]
[Rodgort's Invocation]
[Fireball]
[Immolate]
[Searing Heat]
[Aura of Restoration]
[Meteor]
[Distortion]
[Arcane Echo]
i hope these builds are for ab cause the first 3 builds suck tbh

no glowing for searing flames, no gole for any builds, ench removal says hi, your sh build has 1 searing heat, plenty of other stuff

your going to be spending more time castin enchants then doing anythng useful

even if these are for ab , all you need is a glyph, by the time you get to a shrine you will be at full energy, cap = win, also if your after kills just roll a sin. or you can spend 10 minutes aoeing a healing breeze wammo and achieve nothing

in ra most likely mindblast ta most likely mindblast if running 2 or 3 of them
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Old Jul 15, 2009, 12:24 PM // 12:24   #15
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The least you can do in Searing Flames build is to at least slot in Steam for some utility and Glowing Gaze for some energy gain. Also straight damage for an elementalist in RA is bad especially when you have muppets for teammates. Although in TA it is a different story altogether.
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