Build:E/any Water Trident Snarer

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1 Attributes and Skills
2 Equipment
3 Usage
4 Counters
5 Variants
6 Template

The Water Trident Snarer elementalist utilizes various Water Spells to pressure and hinder the opposing team with Slow, Miss, Knockdown, and direct damage.

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Elementalist / Any	Attribute Rank
Water Magic	12 + 1 + 1
Energy Storage	12 + 1

Glyph of Lesser Energy

Water Attunement

Resurrection Signet

[edit] Equipment

Armour with Survivor insignias.
A staff with dual 20% faster casting water mods.

[edit] Usage

Cast and maintain Water Attunement.
Slow pursuing or fleeing opponents with Freezing Gust.
Knockdown incoming or fleeing opponents with Water Trident.
Target clumped groups of enemies with Ice Spikes and Deep Freeze.
Try to afflict more than one enemy with Blurred Vision, Warriors or Assassins in particular.
Glyph of Lesser Energy is to maintain your energy, precast it before using your more expensive spells.

[edit] Counters

Standard caster counters...Backfire etc...
Excessive energy denial.
Excessive interruption.

[edit] Variants

Aura of Restoration can replace one of your water hexes to provide a cover enchantment as well as a self heal.
Glyph of Sacrifice and Resurrection Chant may be used in GvG or HA.
Blurred Vision can be switched for Aegis. Reduce energy storage to 9+1 and up Protection Prayers to 9 and use a weapon with an enchantment-lengthening mod.