Elemental summoner and ???

[tisanet]

I would like to know your opinion about wich soul ELE is best for dps

- Ele / SC
- Ele / Lock
- Ele / Pyro

I think it would be very interesting that your responses are reasoned with arguments even would be nice if you give your rotation and the results that you have had

[MisterMT]

Instead of reasoned arguments, how about "I have a lot of of fun playing with ele/sc"?

[tisanet]

about wich build do you think is best to make dps.

[Dorai]

Answer: Don't use the elementalist soul as a primary, ever. It's worthless. The only reason to do it is the earth pet for tanking, but Necromancer pets do more damage and you gain more survivability from Necro/Warlock because, well, warlock is awesome and necro lifetaps and AEs.

This is coming from someone who ALWAYS plays the Elemental Summoner class in any MMO, and played primary Elementalist to 50. You'll always do less damage than everyone else unless you go Stormcaller (AEs) Necro/Lock (AEs) or Pyro/Lock (single target). Additionally, if you REALLY want to DPS, be a Champion/BM/Something--they do more damage, currently.

[Etgfrog]

Answer: Don't use the elementalist soul as a primary, ever. It's worthless. The only reason to do it is the earth pet for tanking, but Necromancer pets do more damage and you gain more survivability from Necro/Warlock because, well, warlock is awesome and necro lifetaps and AEs.

This is coming from someone who ALWAYS plays the Elemental Summoner class in any MMO, and played primary Elementalist to 50. You'll always do less damage than everyone else unless you go Stormcaller (AEs) Necro/Lock (AEs) or Pyro/Lock (single target). Additionally, if you REALLY want to DPS, be a Champion/BM/Something--they do more damage, currently.

hm...dont know what your talking about, in terms of single target dps i found i was pulling higher with an elemental summoner then when i was playing a pyromancer, but thats just me, maybe its changed since the patch.

ok, going to edit and post my build http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0z...tIkRgkAtz.V0xo, pyromancer drops the cast time of swarming flames(about 20% of an elemental summoner's dps over 20 minutes if its casted on cooldown) to 3.4 seconds which isn't that bad

[Dharknite]

I do fine as an Elem primary soul, in both pvp and pve and 1.1 helped me out with more utility.

From my experience I would Ele/Lock is a solid build, but then again warlock is the premiere secondary soul. Depending on how far up in into Elem you go, you will never lack for charge, between magical affinity, synergize and elemental armor. With revitalize/channel elements and reconstruct, downtime is very short. Then there is all nice utility fear, end buff, opportunity etc.

I would also suggest looking into Ele/Archon, you might find something you like. The reason I first went this spec is because I wanted a main nuke that hits harder than CM and triggered Icy Carapace, and Pillaging Stone was it. At the time I kinda said screw 50% pet damage with a 50% chance to apply. It hits considerably harder than CM (less after this patch), and buff your Int I was at 40+ int with 5 stacks and I hadn't full talented it yet. Leeching Flames and Exhiliration (when it was working) meant no need to use channel elements or revitalize. SV is dot the provides End. You can remove 2 curses at time, Power drain is better use of charge than Elemental Forces, and Crumbling Resistance is better than Exposure. With the change to Consuming Flames I now have as second damage shield that is even better than Ice Shield(with points in Martyr's Solace.) With Ashen Defense no longer being a mage armor I get more physical mitigation because I can it use with Elemental Armor or Stone Armor. Flowing Sands is a decent CC even if the cooldown is a bit long.

My only dilemma is whether to go 51 Elem 15 Arch for for the Swarming Flames, or 50 Elem 16 Arch for both Rockslide and Volcanic Bomb.

[Eldonko]

I do elementalist as main soul along with stormcaller. I find it is the best combo because you get that extra damage from combining lightning and water/ice spells.