Build:E/any EA Lightning Nuker

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Spam Lightning Magic for heavy AoE damage.

Attributes and Skills

Elementalist / No profession 12 + 1 + 3 Air Magic 12 + 1 Energy Storage Shell Shock EotN Elementalist. Air Magic 18 Shell Shock Spell Target foe takes 34 lightning damage and has Cracked Armor for 23 seconds. This Spell has 25% armor penetration. If you are Overcast, this spell strikes adjacent foes. 8 1 5 Chain Lightning Prophecies Elementalist. Air Magic 18 Chain Lightning Spell Target foe and up to two other foes near your target are struck for 100 lightning damage. This spell has 25% armor penetration. 6 2 10 Arc Lightning Factions Elementalist. Air Magic 18 Arc Lightning Spell Target foe is struck for 47 lightning damage. If you are Overcast, two foes near your target are struck for 99 lightning damage. Damage from Arc Lightning has 25% armor penetration. 8 1.5 5 Lightning Javelin Prophecies Elementalist. Air Magic 18 Lightning Javelin Spell Send out a Lightning Javelin that strikes for 57 lightning damage if it hits. If Lightning Javelin strikes an attacking foe, that foe is interrupted. This Spell has 25% armor penetration and strikes all foes between you and your target. 5 1 5 Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Elemental Attunement Core Elementalist. Energy Storage 13 Elemental Attunement Elite Enchantment Spell For 55 seconds, you are attuned to Air, Fire, Water, and Earth and gain +2 to these attributes. You gain 50% of the base Energy cost of the skill each time you use magic associated with any of these elements. 20 1 10 Air Attunement Core Elementalist. Air Magic 18 Air Attunement Enchantment Spell For 65 seconds, you are attuned to Air. You gain 1 Energy plus 30% of the base Energy cost of the Skill whenever you use Air Magic. 30 1 10 Template code

Optional:

• Lightning Hammer
  Factions

  Elementalist. Air Magic 18

  Lightning Hammer

  Spell

  Target foe is struck for 118 lightning damage and applies Cracked Armor for 23 seconds. Lightning Hammer has 25% armor penetration.

  

  4

  2

  25
• Lightning Orb
  Core

  Elementalist. Air Magic 18

  Lightning Orb

  Spell

  Send out a lightning Orb that strikes target foe for 118 lightning damage if it hits. This spell has 25% armor penetration.

  

  5

  2

  15
• Intensity
  Nightfall

  Elementalist. Sunspear rank

  Intensity

  Skill

  For 10 seconds, the next time you deal elemental damage with a spell to a target, you deal 60..70% of that damage to all other foes in the area.

  

  10

  5
• Ebon Battle Standard of Honor
  EotN

  No Profession. Ebon Vanguard rank

  Ebon Battle Standard of Honor

  Ward Spell

  You plant an Ebon Battle Standard of Honor at your current location. For 14..20 seconds, non-Spirit allies in this area strike for +8..15 damage and an additional +7..10 vs. Charr.

  

  20

  1

  10
• Iron Mist
  Prophecies

  Elementalist. Earth Magic 12

  Iron Mist

  Enchantment Spell

  For 14 seconds, you have +15 armor. Your Air Magic spells that target a foe activate and recharge 25% faster, but you are Overcast by 3 points.

  

  20

  1

  10
  , drop Chain Lightning to avoid building too much overcast.
• Lightning Strike
  Core

  Elementalist. Air Magic 18

  Lightning Strike

  Hex Spell

  Strike target foe for 59 lightning damage. This spell has 25% armor penetration. If you are Overcast, that foe is hexed with Lightning Strike for 3 seconds. When this hex ends, that foe is struck again for 59 lightning damage.

  

  5

  1

  5
   for single target damage

Equipment

• Full Blessed or Survivor
• 40/40 Air Magic set

Usage

• Chain Lightning provides overcast for other skills.
• Use Shellshock for AoE cracked armor.
• Spam Lightning Javelin on melee to interrupt. Ball of foes to get piercing damage.
• Spam Chain Lightning and Arc Lightning.

Counters

• Caster hate
• Enchantment removal

Variants

• Teinai's Wind if you have a source of burning, such as Searing Flames or Starburst.

Notes

• September 13 Elementalist update