Build:Me/E Fast Cast AoE

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This build is not favored by the GuildWiki community. The general consensus among users of GuildWiki is that this build is not viable. This build was voted unfavored for the following reasons: No good energy maintanement Aggro scattering not good

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

The idea of this build it large amounts of AoE fire damage using fast casting and Mantra of Recovery for fast recharge. Can be used to cap bases extremely well in AB and CM, the main focus of this build.

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Mesmer / Elementalist	Attribute Rank
Fast Casting	12 + 1 + 3
Fire Magic	12

Mantra of Recovery

Searing Heat

Teinai's Heat

Fire Storm

Breath of Fire

Fire Attunement

Optional

Optional

See Variants for 2 additional slots.

[edit] Equipment

• Radiant Armor
• Rune of Superior Vigor
• Rune of Superior Fast Casting
• rest runes of attunement
• Insightful Staff of Enchanting with "Hale and Hearty" inscription

[edit] Usage

• Stay in the backline, aggro is not good since you have no self healing
• Keep up Fire Attunement at all times
• Keep up Mantra of Recovery when casting
• Stack the AoE on the target area (all at once, useful in capturing) or spread out casting to keep up constant AoE

[edit] Counters

• enchantment removal
• general spell interrupts
• Energy Denial

[edit] Variants

• If you are having problems surviving you can replace the superior Fast Casting with a minor Fast Casting.
• For AB and CM you can use Mark of Rodgort for NPCs , this can be combined with Glowing Gaze for more energy.
• Also a good choice for general PvP areas is Flame Djinn's Haste for kiting and more AoE.
• Auspicious Incantation in combination with Deep Freeze allows for good AoE slow down without sacrificing energy, its suggested that you add a Rune of Minor to Major Inspiration and move 1 to 2 points from Fast Casting to Inspiration to get a positive energy yield.
• Meteor Shower can be placed in a slot, the Exhaustion tends not to be a problem with the recharge time of 30 seconds, but its still expensive
• Deep Freeze can be placed in one of the slots for AoE slowdown, but the energy can get fairly tight when not using Auspicious Incantation.
• Energy Tap can be used in a slot for additional energy (move Fast Casting points to Inspiration)
• Glyph of Lesser Energy can be used to lower energy costs, but the recharge is high so use with only 15 energy spells to maximize its effect.
• And of course Resurrection Signet is an option.

[edit] Notes

If using Deep Freeze it is recommended to bring a high energy weapon set to offset its high cost.