Guild Wars 2

Hey guys! My ign is: Jess From Accounting; I also go by the names of “Jess From Safety” “Jess From Inquiries” and some others. As the title explains here I am posting a glass cannon power staff build.

Link: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vEAQFAWhMMqe25wnBfEBApAKhHEwQCCFW0QpwOA-TkAg0CnI4SxljLDXSuscNsA

This build focuses on staying at a high vantage point and raining death down upon said victims.

Among your intense damage; with this build you can bring:
-Heals
-Immobilize
-Zone Control
-Knock Back
-Chill
-Blind
-Blast Finishers
-Many other things depending on utility choices

This build can be the difference between winning and losing team fights, but if you are caught out of position you will be severely punished as 1v1s against skilled players are very difficult.

Explaining Some Traits

With 10 in arcana the larger staff attacks and it is a lot easier to ensure that your AoEs hit. I like to run with 20 in air because the reduced cool down on air skills is nice for control and swiftness.

Utilities

Ice bow is incredibly powerful, normally if I am AoEing from a vantage point I will pull it out, use the 4 on the enemies then instantly put it away and continue rotating.
Lightning Flash is great for many things such as:
-Running Away
-Getting up into high points
-Chasing down someone
Also Arcane shield is great for getting stomps, breaking stuns, reviving and if timed correctly and completely negate large chunks of damage but if you prefer Mist Form change it up! It can do everything basically the same so it is fine to swap.
I use Fiery Great sword in the same way I use ice bow, the 5 is incredibly powerful in combo with your other AoEs.

-Thanks for reading if you did
If you would like to add me in game my account name is Helltide.4356

Nice build!

But why not mist form instead of arcane shield? Mist form will help you do most of those things, but also save you from thief burst.

Other than that—this build is hella fun for tPvP when you have a team to support. Having this kind of staff ele in a team-fight means your side will win almost every time.

The only problem I had with it is if an enemy thief figures you out early on—they can shut you down for the whole match

Hey Chicken,

Thanks for replying, this is my first post on the forums great to see people reply.
I just prefer arcane shield sometimes but mist form is definitely a worthy replacement.

I have fought against Helltide in arena, and can confirm that this ele build will nuke an entire team unless it’s shutdown.

arcan shield coz casting spells during blocking 3 atks, in mistofrm u just r doing nothing by taking no dmg, useful while casting meteor:p

i pretty much liked the build as well, had fun in 1 game w it

on second game i was beeing chased by a war the whole game >.<

Yea it can be shut down pretty easily but if they don’t the reward is beyond awesome.

Also, while mistform delays your death by thieves and gives you a chance to reposition, arcane shield is almost as good and can wreck thieves. If you can get any damage down on them to weaken them, good thieves will not attack through the shield as doing so will make them eat a TON of damage, especially for a glass build.

Ah, the classic staff kamikaze build. I played this build for a while in SPvP, but a slightly different variation: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vEAQFAWhMMqe2zwlBrEBApAKRGEwgkhFQUKsDA-TkAg0CnI4SxljLDXSuscNsA

It only takes 1 thief (or really 1 ANYTHING) to realize what you are up to and at that point it’s GG. This build really revolves on the enemy team’s ignorance and your own team having bunkers/balanced builds to keep the enemy engaged while you rain death from far away. A lot of people only die to this build because they have never faced meteor + tornado….Ele’s are rare in PvP and most of them run S/D.

You have absolutely zero 1v1 capability. It’s very frustrating to attempt to cap a point on your own….then 1 enemy shows up and it’s over because in a 1v1 all your AoE’s are useless.

It’s my favorite hotjoin build, but I wouldn’t dare take it into solo/team queue because you are more likely to cause harm to your team (being a free kill) than being a help. Positioning definitely helps and a lot of effort is spent purely on AVOIDING drawing any kind of attention, but that only goes so far.

In ranked PvP zerker builds have no place unless you’re a Thief, the only class equipped with multiple tools to avoid/escape getting blown up (stealth + evasion + mobility) and destroy other zerkers. Mesmer to a lesser extent (stealth/evasion + clones).

This build will work if you are on ledges and the enemy has to go out of his way to get you. Basically the minute people chase you start running. It gets 2 people off the point. Builds like this wont work in single fights or in places with no area advantage