Guild Wars 2

So I’ve started to get a little more serious in what I do in the game. I’ve decided to take up fractals and see if I like the challenge at later levels.

I’ve decided on doing mainly Staff Elementalist for the majority of PvE. The one thing I’m kinda stuck at a crossroads for though is what my gear setup should be. My choices are:

• Beserker Armor with PTV accessories
  or
• PTV Armor with Beserker accessories

The reason I am kinda stuck as to which setup I want to do is because I want sort of a mixed defense/offense setup, but I don’t know which of these setups would be better, or if they offer exactly the same stat totals.

Any insight as to what option I should go for would be greatly appreciated!

Using 0/10/0/30/30:

I run Berserker gear & weapon with Cleric’s accessories. I have 5x Superior runes of the Soldier and 1x Superior rune of Divinity. This puts me at a little over 16k health and my balance of damage/healing/toughness feels right for me.

Personally, as a staff Ele I do everything I can to stay at range. This includes proper positioning and planning before battles. I find that this weapon offers so much support that I can’t pass up using full Clerics accessories. 700+ healing power is also nice to have when I slip up and take damage. It also adds toughness, which is not something I’m traited into.

There are a lot more staff Eles on these forums that are more experienced than me, but I feel that staff is in a place right now where you have to run what feels right for what you are good at. If you are exceptional at evading and not taking hits, add more Berserker. If you find yourself getting downed all the time or you feel like you aren’t providing enough support in groups, add more PTV and Cleric.

I wish that staff had a build that provided synergies on the same level of D/D, but I haven’t found one.