Build:E/Rt Standard Water Ele

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Water Elementalist commmonly used in PvP.

Attributes and Skills

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• [[Mirror of Ice@14] - Pumps up water hexes to improve spike damage.
• [[Water Trident@14] - Spammable conditional KD, great for snaring on Frozen Isle.
• [[Empathic Removal] - Provides additional hex/condition removal, great for counter-speccing Hexways (replace Death Pact with a res sig).
• [[Ether Prism@12] - Replaces Water Attunement, with either Aura of Restoration or Glyph of Lesser Energy going in the optional. Provides energy management without the risk of enchantment strip.
• [[Icy Shackles@14] - Replaces Winter's Embrace, with either Aura of Restoration or Glyph of Lesser Energy going in the optional. Provides a strong elite snare.

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Equipment

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• Blessed Insignia's (unless running E Prism in which case take Survivor's), Rune of Sup Vigor.
• 40/20/20 Enchanting Set
• 40/40 Water Set
• Defensive Sets

Usage

• Maintain Water Attunement.
• Use Shard Storm followed by Freezing Gust if necessary on spikes.
• Use Shard Storm, Freezing Gust and Winter's Embrace to snare targets.
• Use Blurred Vision for anti-melee.
• Use Glowing Ice for Energy Management.

Counters

• General Anti-Caster.
• Enchantment Removal.

Variants

• Flesh of My Flesh can replace Death Pact Signet.