Counter to staff ele, stability?
my only advise is to stay away from staff for roaming, and in spvp try to stick whit you group since staff is mainly for support, you will hard time to be half decent whit any class, at least you play a glass cannon and focus in damage instead CC.
try D/D or S/D for roaming.
We just don’t want players to grind in Guild Wars 2. No one enjoys that.