User:Bacon/Archived/E Any BSurger

Use blinding surge to minimize incoming damage, allowing for easier clears through hard mode areas

Attributes and Skills
[build prof=E/any Air=12+1+1 Energy=12+1][Blinding Surge][Lightning Orb][Shock Arrow][Air Attunement][Aura of Restoration][Optional][Optional][Optional][/build]
 *  recommended:


 *  other options:
 * - or other situational specific skills.
 * or any other hard res skill of your choice.
 * Replace with  if only using two pve-only skills.

Equipment

 * Survivor Insignias
 * Vitae runes + Highest Vigor affordable.
 * A 3+1 headpiece isn't terrible, however since this build, like most other elementalist builds these days do not do much damage, the lost damage is insignificant, yet the blind duration is still 8 seconds. This blind can be maintained on any particular target.


 * Either 40/40 Air set or 20/40/20% Air Staff.
 * High PvE title ranks helps the effectiveness of this build, but are not completely necessary.

Usage

 * Maintain Enchantments
 * Use Blinding Surge against clumped melee opponents first. Otherwise, use against anything attacking you personally, or your healers.
 * Use Lightning Orb to start spikes, Shock Arrow to maintain energy, and PvE skills to do damage.
 * Don't use pain inverter against targets you recently blinded. They will do minimal damage, and thus pain inverter will do minimal damage as well.


 * Blind priorities should start with Rangers, as to stop their interrupts from hitting, followed by Warriors, Dervishes, Assassins, Paragons, and minions.

Counters

 * Condition removal
 * Very caster-heavy areas
 * Note that although Blind does not stop the spells cast from hitting, it does reduce 'wand' damage from them, which in hard mode can be a significant part of their damage.

Variants

 * Replace with  in areas with harder energy management (Due to environmental effects, nature rituals, etc.)
 * As this build shuts down melee much more effectively than casters, consider bringing either an interrupt, such as / or an enchantment removal to help with casters. This is especially important if you choose to use other PvE skills than YMLAD.