Is there anyway to make elemental summoning viable?

[Josiah.2967]

I am just curious. No end game build uses it, and I was wondering is it really that far behind everything else?

 

I specifically would like to play a build that has the multiple lesser elementals.

Edited August 28, 2021 by Josiah.2967

[SoundWave.9154]

A good start would be to make them not disappear anymore when mounting and have an option to auto use their skill.

[Zhaid Zhem.6508]

It's not bad ... if you waste 2 minutes to summon them all before  a fight, and if you don't mount.

Plus necro minions have some micro-management to place them with command skill, elementals don't.

Plus CC from elementals don't work with the lightning rod trait.

Plus they die really fast.

 

Well, it's bad actually.

 

If you want a lot of lesser elementals you obviously need  the glyph trait to reduce CD; then you can use Sigil o Frenzy to recharge skills.

[Zhaid Zhem.6508]

You can try a tempest build to buff them with mights, auras and heal them.

Something like that http://gw2skills.net/editor/?PGAUGBbh5wqYk4AM52uB-e

But it won't change that they die after 2 minutes.

 

But that's why elementals are bad. There is no good synergy with others skills and traits, like minions could have with death magic and blood magic (life steal, transfer condition, useful even when they die...).

If we had a real offensive buff to grant to allies, and so elementals in solo; like arcane power but not nerfed, like bonus stat on auras etc; or if elementals had command skills or mechanic when they die (leave a flame eruption, a water field etc) and if the glyph trait was not totally useless with its 20sec might or regen swiftness ... well, may be it could be better.

Edited August 29, 2021 by Zhaid Zhem.6508

[Fueki.4753]

If Arenanet treated them like Necromancer's minions, that would make them much more viable.

which means: No limited durations and they will respawn after dismounting (once they fixed that issue).

Edited August 29, 2021 by Fueki.4753

[Jski.6180]

Make there "attk" happen at the pet and at the player but that how you make all pets viable.

[Alurazle.5430]

I've only use Summonings in Heart of Thorns cause the Adrenaline mushrooms and they can tank for soloing Hero points in Heart of Thorns. Only useful ones are earth elementals for being a meat shield and the Elite water elemental for its burst heal skill.

[MasterDeere.3417]

the main problem with summoned elementals is that they vanish for good when you use your mount

[Wyrdern.4092]

the fire ones can be useful too, their passive ability they use burns and grants allies 3 stacks of might in an aoe (360 radius), both the burning damage/duration and might duration seem to scale with your stats from what i've tested

[Jski.6180]

Having the ability for pets to "stick" to the player would fix ele pets even if they keep there duration and hp. The though is to have the pet fix it self to the player and have it use its attks the moments its off cd or some how let the ele full control. I think this would fix AI pets over all.