Omg New Updates

Elementalist
Armor of Frost: this skill no longer reduces your armor against fire.
Ash Blast: increased damage to 20..55, increased Blindness duration to 3..15 seconds.
Conjure Flame: decreased recharge time to 30 seconds, increased damage to 1..21.
Conjure Frost: decreased recharge time to 30 seconds, increased damage to 1..21
Conjure Lightning: decreased recharge time to 30 seconds, increased damage to 1..21
Double Dragon: this spell no longer causes Exhaustion.
Eruption: decreased casting time to 2 seconds.
Fire, Water, Air, Earth Attunement: each of these skills now return 1 Energy plus 30% of that spell’s cost.
Glimmering Mark: decreased recharge time to 5 seconds, increased duration to 5 seconds.
Glyph of Concentration: changed this Glyph to work on the next two spells, increased recharge time to 10 seconds.
Glyph of Elemental Power: increased recharge time to 15 seconds. This Glyph now works on the next 5 spells.
Glyph of Lesser Energy: this Glyph now works on the next 2 spells.
Glyph of Energy: increased Energy reduction to 25.
Grasping Earth: decreased recharge time to 12 seconds.
Gust: decreased casting time to 1 second.
Inferno: decreased recharge time to 10 seconds.
Lava Arrows: increased damage to 10..40.
Lava Font: increased damage to 5..50.
Lightning Javelin: decreased Energy cost to 5.
Lightning Surge: no longer causes Exhaustion, increased Energy cost to 10.
Lightning Touch: decreased Energy cost to 5.
Mark of Rodgort: decreased Energy to 15. This skill now affects all adjacent foes.
Phoenix: decreased recharge time to 10 seconds.
Searing Heat: decreased casting time to 2 seconds.
Shatterstone: increased damage to 25..100, increased conditional damage to 25..100.
Shock Arrow: increased damage to 5..45.
Smoldering Embers: increased damage to 15..75.
Swirling Aura: decreased recharge time to 45 seconds.
Teinai's Heat: decreased casting time to 2 seconds.
Vapor Blade: increased damage to 15..135.

these updates are AWESOME

every elem should now have glyph of elemental power in their bar.

water mages: shatterstone is incredible, vapor blade got increased, it was already a great spell when the time was right.

I hope mark of rodgort doesnt ONLY affect all adjacent foes, because i like using it to take down bosses.

With this update, it seemed that Anet was targeting spells that arent really used much, and they did a really good job!

These look like awesome updates...the Elemental class just got lots of goodies!

my eyes poped out when I see glyph of lesser energy and attunment update. 5 energy for 30 energy + returned energy from attunement + 1 from attunement default; that's alot of energy without an elite.

While the conjur and mark of rodgort update is what I have been waiting for quite awhile.

Don't know what to say about shatter stone... that's alot of damage for a water spell. Need to go dig up that old build of mine...

lightning touch... about time! Actually... YOU ARE LATE!!

double dragon = basically no changes

phoenix is going to be interesting

glyph of elemental power... i don't know... we are only talking about 14 more damage per shot here. Would rather it increase attribute level by 4 but 1 shot.

lava font 50 dmg per tick? spirit killer? not sure what else to use it for. (I don't even use it for PvE)

lightning spam

tell me the purpose of swirling aura? This is a skill that will only be useful when ranger is the main dmg dealer in a new meta... unlikely.

ash blast... nice

On the other hand... other source of energy had been nerfed... that means ele's energy specialty is even more crucial now.

I was looking forward to my new Nightfall Ele, now I'm REALLY looking forward to it

It's about time they finally did something major with the elementalists. The only thing they've been known for are flag running and just recently the obsidian flame spikes. Other than that, they've been pretty much useless and rarely used as a damage source in GvG.

I'm hoping with this new update that they will finally be used for what they are made to do - damage.

Meh, people in the PvP forum are already bashing the update going - "Why are they trying to make Ellies viable for DPS builds? ROFL~!"

And I just sit here, thinking to myself, "um...maybe because that's what they were designed for?"

I mean...just a wild guess...

WHAT?!?! We get some changes that actually is good for us?
Go go ANET!!!

Helios, let them bicker amongst themselves while we prepare our come back!

I wouldn't get too excited.

I guess everyone's constant badgering of the Ele job caught anet's eyes...*cough*

Shatterstone finally stand out.... with Water Magic 16 + Glyph of Elemental Power, Shatterstone does 230 dmg in 3 sec. Combine with Vapor Blade's 159 dmg.... I guess Anet finally decide to tone up Water Magic's Dmg !

I also like the Lighting Surge no Exhaustion update.... love this spell !

Please, enlighten me. What are ANY of these changes good for?

Quote: Originally Posted by Skuld

Glyph of Lesser Energy is really good now.

...that's like the only change here that I care about TBH.

Peace,
-CxE

Most changes will affect PvE, AB and arenas. As ensign said glyph is cool now. Glyph of elemental power is nice too, but I'd rather just have another skill in that slot. Also: Lightning Javelin > Assassin.

lightning jav is nice, glyph of elem power is cool too....

glyph of elem power + shatterstone + freezing gust (NF) is going to be a great combo. If they arent enchanted, hit them with a vapor blade and they're practically dead.

Well...if they aren't enchanted and don't have a monk...or some protection skill...or a quick self heal...or...you get the picture.

well the same can be said about anything, cant it?

I am currently having a blast with my new arcane echo'd Shatterstone! 460 damage from 2 casts of a water spell, divided into 4 spikes to break through prot spells! Lethal in FA! (16 water + elem power glyph)

With Inferno's 10 sec recharge its another Starburst. Theres something wrong with attunes though. I used fire attune and i got 2 from a 10 energy spell. 1 from default and 1 from the atune, that means its only giving back 10%. I dont like glyph of concentration anymore....
I want to get Shatter Stone now too.