Guild Wars 2

I’ve been thinking about this for a little while now and wanting to get a second opinion wrt zerker staff eles in wvw.

The build is 6/4/x/x/2 and there are two other damage traits available, stone splinters and vital striking and I can only choose one.

Problem is vital striking will be nullified once hp drops below 90% (which is inevitable due to retaliation let alone being attacked this was also the reason I switched from scholar to strength runes.) however the added HP and healing are quite handy.

As for stone splinters, although a permanent dmg mod it’s only effective within 600 range (considering it’s completely glass cannon being within 600 is a bad idea) and I don’t think the added toughness will do much when you’re sitting on a baseline level anyway (~950 last time I checked).

Alternatively the extra 2 points could go in the air line for a 6/6/0/0/2 (though 10% air dmg mod is kinda rubbish for staff imo) so what would you choose? (atm its bolt to heart and 20% reduced air skills recharge rate).

Thank you in advance :-)

As far as I can see it, you have a few options when it comes to Air.

Air Training: use this to add a 10% boost to skills when you need. For example, you could cast a meteor shower, and switch to air while casting, or use Eruption→Ice Spike→Air Attunement to boost their damage when they land.

Arcane Lightning: if you have room for an Arcane skill in your build, you can use this to boost your critical damage when you need it (though it’s weaker than +10% damage).

Zephyr’s Boon: you can use this in combination with the Arcane Fury trait to get near-perma fury for yourself. It also works on blast finishers in Frozen Ground if you need it.

some other trait: extra damage isn’t neccesarily the only option. You could add some more Arcana and get Elemental Attunment, which ups your survivability a lot. Or try Lightning Rod to beef up your Static Field and Unsteady Ground. Or maybe some other useful utility. Glass cannon doesn’t neccesarily mean you have no defense at all. It’s as they say, a dead dpser doesn’t deal damage. But that’s up to you.