Guild Wars 2

I know everyone has thier own opinion about staff builds. I have seen quite a few staff ele’s doing tpvp and having great success. So all I would like to know if anyone can help me get the perfect tpvp build on my Ele!

I hate playing Elementalist because they are so complicated

But usually when I like to try a new build I just join & spectate some 8v8 game and try to look for a good player and then copy his build.

Also you can record the player with some screen recorder software. if you want to learn how the guy is playing the build.

I suggest you do that.

I’ve been trying to find a good staff ele in hot joins but everyone in hot joins either runs s/d or d/d. The staff ele’s I’ve ran into have been in tpvp or else I would definitely do that)

Ugh, spectating in hot joins really makes you learn nothing

I would like to know this as well. D/D Eles is the majority and Staff appear to be a myth now

http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-kZ;3BJ-V0u4VL-Z0;9;4T9;0T06A5;657Ab;5JF04JF045BB

I did not use this build in tPvP, but I had fun with this in sPvP. I can’t guaranteed you that it is the perfect build. I will tell you that the counter to this build are thieves and players that pop out of nowhere and disappear only to ambush you down. This build works best when you have a balcony to stand on to protect your back.

The problem with Staff elementalists is that it works well only with a zerg against a zerg.

So be a major team player and wipe the zerg out for major increases in point. There are huge investments to the fire trait lines. Arcane Wave and Arcane Blast do HUGE damage!

Thank you for the help. I understand staff ele’s do not 1v1 very well but the build that I’m looking for is not for 1v1 it’s more on the lines of I have a meat shield on point and while he’s taking the damage I can kill the 2 or 3 people attacking him without having to endanger my 11k health lol

The problem I have with Staff is that it is drastically begging for a Healer to protect you. It may work with proper teamplay in premades, but it’ll never work in solo queue.

I wish the staff had more direct or indirect survival in 1v1. Keep in mind that I’m talking about survival only. I’m not saying staff should win in 1v1 duels, but it should be either tougher to kill, or punish whoever tried to burst them.

Staff Ele only Works as a Support Class you can play it as an Guardian replacement. I made a Build and It works really well. You have a lot of Combo Fields and you have to used them to be effective.

http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-kZ;3BJVU015kM-Z0;0sMVV0w4;89TT;42;028A47AU;5qNYCrRnC3Nh

Posting for some lul

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Elementalist-Meteor-Shower-out-of-control/first

That forum post was freaking hilarious!!! And I understand the concept behind the support staff ele I ran it for a little while but it wasn’t my play style. I guess what I’m asking for is a little unrealistic I’m just so tired of running d/d and s/d I win 1v1’s constantly I buff the team in team fights its just too easy when you take the time to learn it. I guess the people I’m fighting in the top 200 that use staff ele damage builds are just on a whole new level with ele’s that I’m not ready for if I have to ask help lol

I literally just use the same exact build for scepter, it’s as good as it gets for staff even. I just switch out vigor for bigger staff AOE and use an energy sigil to keep the same amount of dodges. So yeah not only does staff already lack damage but I lose both of my damage sigils. Oh, and I use triple arcane because lightning flash is kind of meh for staff.

You can stalk people. If you see someone running a good staff ele, follow them and then just keep an eye out for when they’re hotjoining. Join friend in pvp, spectate.

I haven’t seen many good staff eles. They are usually glass cannon and I 2 shot them. Same with s/d ele.

If you are interested in seeing staff ele play as well as learning good staff ele builds please check out my stream at http://twitch.tv/surelyoverrated. I play almost exclusively staff ele at high levels around 200-400 rank on leaderboards depending on the night. I currently have a team and we are striving for top spots. If you are ever free around 10pm – 4am central time please come to my stream and join me for some staff elementalist play.

I have a staff elementalist and I think she does pretty well as a bunker. I’ve switched to using my necro though since to play my ele effectively I need to be on a balanced team that communicates. Her main problem is I can’t kill anyone quickly with her, but they cannot kill me either. So I have to have a roamer come and take care of anyone trying to take my point.