Staff and its underestimated damage in GW2

The scepter is not the best choice in terms of damage (PvE) unless you use the Lightning Hammer which worth much Guild Wars 2 gold, and he is right about this. The most perfect staff rotation has a coefficient of power per second of about 1.51, which is indeed very high (calculation compensated for weapon damage).The lightning hammer build does way more damage than this build.

The issue is that it requires you to stay in the fire attunement, because if you start to switch out then your damage drops drastically. It requires your target to be immobile; it has long cast times (meteor shower) and requires you to take 30 points and some Guild Wars 2 gold in fire.So yes, it hits hard in the right situation, but that’s pretty much all it does.

If you are going to try and only focus on doing damage then you are going to be as useless as a zerker warrior. We are elementalists, we know better! We know that damage is not the only priority, and that it is most important to be able to harm, support and control at the same time. With 0 points in arcane and no Fresh Air, you are locking yourself out of attunements for 15s; a lot can happen during this time. So the GW2 gold cost of providing control and support with your build is very high in terms of damage. In the end, you will find that your play style is a bit clunky (yet powerful).

This build may work for you, in which case I encourage you to keep using it. But you need to be aware that it is possible to do almost the same damage while providing group utility, control, heals, etc.

In terms of control (in PvE) I think staff might also be the weapon of choice. Just did this “defend the treasure-thing” from the latest living-world event and I for myself after playing ele for some GW2 gold since release was astonished once again how well the CC works in PvE – and all that at 1200 range. Also when it comes to kiting such as the event in Citadel of Flame staff is the best choice. In addition it’s ridiculous how a single ele with blasting staff can slow down a whole zerg in WvW.

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