PropheciesElementalist. Fire Magic 19Lava FontSpellFor 5 seconds, foes adjacent to the location where this Spell was cast are struck for 62 fire damage. If you are Overcast, this spell strikes nearby foes instead of adjacent ones.101.54
NightfallElementalist. Fire Magic 19Flame Djinn's HasteEnchantment SpellAll adjacent foes are struck for 148 fire damage. For 16 seconds, you move 25% faster. Flame Djinn's Haste recharges 50% faster if a foe was struck by this spell.10¾20
CoreElementalist. Energy Storage 10Aura of RestorationEnchantment SpellFor 60 seconds, you gain 1 Energy and are healed for 400% of the Energy cost each time you cast a spell.5¼20
NightfallElementalist. Earth Magic 13Stoneflesh AuraEnchantment SpellFor 14 seconds, damage you receive is reduced by 27, and you are immune to critical attacks.10215
CoreElementalist. Energy Storage 10Elemental AttunementElite Enchantment SpellFor 48 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.10120
FactionsElementalist. Kurzick rank 6Elemental Lord (Kurzick)Enchantment SpellFor 60 seconds, your elemental attributes are boosted by 1. Each time you cast a spell, you gain 1 Energy for every 10 ranks of Energy Storage and are healed for 300% of the spell's Energy cost. PvE only.10¼45
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Equipment[]
Armor
Survivor insignias - insignias doesn't matter that much though, but extra HP can help with Skeletons.
Aggro the Bladeds and the Graspings on the left, while heroes are flagged back.
Don't use your AoE damage skills!, they will only cause scatter and interfere with your hero's damage skills. You should just be a tank.
Once balled, let heroes loose.
Now, go to the right, and repeat this tactic.
Make your way to the wastes, keep using this balling tactic. Micro Protective Spirit/Spirit bond to help aggro.
Wastes
Once at the entrance, flag heroes to stay in the labyrinth so that they are out of range.
Clear all the Smite Crawlers. Can take on very large groups since Stoneflesh Aura will reduce all damage to zero.
Kill Skeleton of Dhuum which are in the way, or kill them all if you so choose (killing smites is generally much faster/more profitable).
For Smites, maintain Elemental Attunement, Elemental Lord, and Stoneflesh Aura. Ball the smite crawlers up, and cast Lava Font -> Meteor -> Flame Djinn's Haste -> Lava Font. If a Smite Crawler is still alive, cast Immolate on it. If there are any remaining stragglers, you should be able to finish them off with more Lava Fonts and Immolates.
When engaging with Skeletons, try to hide behind a wall to avoid their projectiles. If this is not possible, you can also take them on directly, but you must maintain Aura of Restoration, along with your other enchantments (including Stoneflesh Aura), and spam Immolate, Lava Font, and Flame Djinn's Haste. Lava Font and Flame Djinn's haste are spammed for the healing, not for the damage. Getting in close range to Skeletons usually just causes them to move away, so it will throw things off and increase your chance of aggroing unwanted patrols or popping Dying Nightmares.
Use Immolate to kill Dying Nightmares.
Recommended team setup[]
Generally, you should use a standard BiP/Soul Twisting/Mesmer/Signet of Spirits type of setup, but with some modifications.
Recommended modifications:
Protective Spirit, Spirit Bond, Shield of Absorption
Modified damage elites and skills which can more efficiently take down very high HP Bladed Aatxes.
Instead of Energy Surge, use multiple Illusion Magic mesmers, and use other attack punishment hexes.
No minions (enemies do not leave corpses).
Example team:
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Explanatory tutorial[]
Note, this wasn't a perfectly clean run, but demonstrates and explains overall tactics and how to recover from less-than-ideal situations.
Clean/fast run[]
This was a fast run (just over 12 minutes). It used Ebon Vanguard Assassin Support instead of Aura of Restoration, but this can be ignored. Skeletons were avoided as much as possible in this run.
