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[themageguy]

This guy is ridiculously powerful.

I know many favor arcane warriors and i myself have been enjoying necromancer (though she will be promoted, now that i know what necromancy is all about), but with a good group, this guy is pretty awesome.

My mage is only a low level 6 or so, but immolate, winters grasp and stonefist are functioning brilliantly!

Im thinking of dipping into control for fade cloak for a bit of defence/ evasion.

I unlocked primal gear - its the same only a reddish color. What color is the abyssal appearance?

[Catastrophy]

Two more silk to go

[Tang McGame]

He wasn't even on my radar, but it was the first class I unlocked thanks to a lucky chest.  Man...yeah, he's a beast.  So much damage and with the passive that returns health and mana when an enemy dies nearby, you can dps for days.  Being able to get cooldown-free spells from time to time is just gravy.  Great class.  I'm going balls-out damage build.  I don't think I've put a single point in the frost tree (though I will do at least 1 to get AOE on the starter frost spell).  I'll probably go for a more moderate build after I've promoted him, though that could take a while.

[Beefbowl]

I screwed up my build. Took Barrage over meteor spell.

[Geth Supremacy]

enjoy it now.  it a matter of weeks he will be nerfed so bad he will be so dull and boring no one will want to play him ever again.

[Cirvante]

Is the meteor spell any good? Mine has winter's grasp, stonefist, immolate and fade step. It's great for cc, but I get the feeling that I'm not unlocking his full damage potential.

[tbxvividos]

Fade-knocker has made elementalist my favorite class.

And that's all I'm going to say about that.

[coldflame]

enjoy it now.  it a matter of weeks he will be nerfed so bad he will be so dull and boring no one will want to play him ever again.

Bioware better not nerf him before I could unlock him...

[It IS Lupus]

This guy is ridiculously powerful.

I know many favor arcane warriors and i myself have been enjoying necromancer (though she will be promoted, now that i know what necromancy is all about), but with a good group, this guy is pretty awesome.

My mage is only a low level 6 or so, but immolate, winters grasp and stonefist are functioning brilliantly!

Im thinking of dipping into control for fade cloak for a bit of defence/ evasion.

I unlocked primal gear - its the same only a reddish color. What color is the abyssal appearance?

Chaotic focus plus barrier plus fire mine equals a large amount of hurt

[Beefbowl]

Is the meteor spell any good? Mine has winter's grasp, stonefist, immolate and fade step. It's great for cc, but I get the feeling that I'm not unlocking his full damage potential.

It's a good aoe spell. I like it better than blizzard.

[Hiero_Glyph]

Yeah, I just unlocked the Elementalist and so far he's impressive.  I'm going to give Fire Mine + Chaotic Focus/Barrier a try, although Immolate could be used as well.  I'm curious if I could abuse Flashpoint to spam Wall of Fire or Firestorm a bit more often though.  He really has a lot of potential and the only drawback I see is fire immune enemies.  Then there's Winter's Chill + Fade Cloak.  Seriously, how are we supposed to just use 4 abilities?

 

For the sake of debate, what are the 4 abilities that everyone else has been using?  Feel free to tell us why you selected those 4 abilities too.

[Beefbowl]

Mine has immolate, fire wall, fire mine and barrage.
barrage was a mistake after seeing the meteor spell in action. I took fire wall to create choke points but that didn't work out very well. Fire mine is great but it's annoying to see yourself laying the trap and watching your tank luring enemies AWAY from the trap.

If i had to do it over again I would probably go immolate, Flashpoint, fire mine and meteor. I would choose fire mine again for the fun factor...when it works.

[Dhraconus]

I've already reset my Elementalist once and up to level 15 again.  I've settled on: AoE Winter's Grasp, Upgraded Stone Fist, Fire Wall (upgrade isn't really worth it), and Barrier.

 

It's really more of a CC build but the damage is still absurd.  You just have to learn to put Fire Wall where it needs to be and it causes mass panic and massive damage.  Barrier is really optional but I take it because some runs it's useful.

 

Important Passives:

1) Death Siphon - because Healing!

2) Gathering Storm - because CDs suck.

3) Guardian Spirit - because dying sucks.

4) Winter Stillness - more mana, less CD time, more nuking! (you get this getting the 2 above but it was worth mentioning on its own)

 

I really can't decide what I want to do with the last 5 skill points.  Probably upgrade Barrier, Strength of Spirits, Stormbringer, Defiant, and Control of the Elements.

 

 

I may try out Firestorm but I've seen other elementalists using it and it always seems to be all flash and no substance.  It's hard to say what gear they have but I've never been impressed by it and I've never seen it clear a room as fast as Fire Wall -> Stonefist/Winter's Grasp Spam and it doesn't have the Crowd Control.

[coldflame]

2) Gathering Storm - because CDs suck.

 

 

Isn't there a rumour going around that Gathering Strom is bugged and it actually does nothing?

[Beefbowl]

I've already reset my Elementalist once and up to level 15 again. I've settled on: AoE Winter's Grasp, Upgraded Stone Fist, Fire Wall (upgrade isn't really worth it), and Barrier.

It's really more of a CC build but the damage is still absurd. You just have to learn to put Fire Wall where it needs to be and it causes mass panic and massive damage. Barrier is really optional but I take it because some runs it's useful.

Important Passives:
1) Death Siphon - because Healing!
2) Gathering Storm - because CDs suck.
3) Guardian Spirit - because dying sucks.
4) Winter Stillness - more mana, less CD time, more nuking! (you get this getting the 2 above but it was worth mentioning on its own)

I really can't decide what I want to do with the last 5 skill points. Probably upgrade Barrier, Strength of Spirits, Stormbringer, Defiant, and Control of the Elements.


I may try out Firestorm but I've seen other elementalists using it and it always seems to be all flash and no substance. It's hard to say what gear they have but I've never been impressed by it and I've never seen it clear a room as fast as Fire Wall -> Stonefist/Winter's Grasp Spam and it doesn't have the Crowd Control.

I rather use immolate than fire wall. I never manage to hit more than 3 with the wall.

[Exlor]

The elementalist has too many good things going for him. He not only has the meteor spell (that he can spam multiple times with the crit=no cooldown passive) and other good damaging spells, he has access to death siphon and barrier. He's got access to arguably the best passive in the game and the best support spell in the game. I think it just makes necromancers and keepers obsolete. Necromancers at least have good sustain but is bad at supporting others, while keepers are good at supporting their teammates but merely average in damage dealing. An elementalist only has to sacrifice one slot for barrier and he can bring in amazing damage AND sustain AND barrier to the team.

 

I think he could use some toning down.

[coldflame]

So has anyone actually tested out whether Gathering Storm is bugged or not?

[Blackstork]

did not wanted him but just his armor from chest and purple staff and spirit rune. Seems its time to try some magics and get some more willpower for my rogues. :V

But i admit , i really enjoy rogues. I force myself to play the mage class. 

[Hiero_Glyph]

Gathering Storm is not bugged and you can see the difference in your cooldowns when you attack enemies with your staff.

 

A few notes from playing with him more last night...

1) Winter's Grasp + Stonefist will cause Shatter and deal huge cold damage.  Ice Mine can be used as well.

2) Flashpoint can be used to spam Firestorm or Wall of Fire every ~15-20s (10s passive cooldown + ~5-10s to crit).

3) Fire Mine will detonate if placed under a target as long as they remain on the Mine for 3s.  It's one of the best openers in the game and can combo with things like Pull of the Abyss or taunts.

4) Has anyone figured out how much damage is added by Chaotic Focus?  Guardian Spirit is great but I'm not sold on having to slot Barrier just to combo my next fire damage spell.  I wish we had in-game numbers for this damage bonus.

 

Feel free to post any other skill combinations you have found that are effective.  I'm still experimenting a bit but the class is incredibly solid with a lot of variety.

[Treacherous J Slither]

I unlocked him and checked out his move list but I haven't played as him because he reminds me so much of that terrorist Anders. If he gets a different outfit then i'll pick him.

 

Been in a couple of matches with a good Elementalist though. He and my Necromancer tore the place up!

[Exlor]

I unlocked him and checked out his move list but I haven't played as him because he reminds me so much of that terrorist Anders. If he gets a different outfit then i'll pick him.

 

Been in a couple of matches with a good Elementalist though. He and my Necromancer tore the place up!

 

Try crafting his tier 2 armor then. He gets a different outfit.

 

By the way, the archer is the real Anders. I swear their voice actors are the same.

[coldflame]

Gathering Storm is not bugged and you can see the difference in your cooldowns when you attack enemies with your staff.

 

 

That's good to know.

[twitchx86]

Tier 2 armor looks amazing, gathering storm does work but most are dead before they get close, no need to take it. The crit/no cooldown passive + meteor equals whole groups annihilated, i chained 5 meteors on a boss and adds at a choke point = ez mode

[Catastrophy]

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I think he could use some toning down.

Nerf it! nerf it with fire! And ice! And lectricticy! And the other lemens!

 

Do away with Barrier!!! It's not a lemen so it needs to go!!!

[III Poison III]

My fave class so far though I'm looking forward to the necromancer. Set up is, winter grasp, Immolate, fire mine which is OP and Meteor strike. I seriously tare everything apart, I feel kinda bad stealing all the kills to be honest, haven't failed once on threatening with a full team.