Guild Wars 2

Hey all I am levelling a ele alt as the staff is a lot of fun with the big nukes and I love the lightning hammer but am finding it hard to find builds with both these.
Do they not work well together? Please explain.

Thanks

They work great together, just not on the same Ele.
For Dungeons, you want 1 S/D or S/F LH Ele and 1 Staff Ele. LH third AA is a blast and Staff Ele gives perma Fire Field for constant 25 Might stacks.

Edit: If it is for Open World, run what you feel like running. Could Start with an Eruption(earth 2) => Lava Font(fire 2)=> Arcane Wave(Utility) => Arcane Briliance(heal)=> Drop LH if target/group is not dead, if you get a third hit from the AA in the lava font, you would have done massive damage AND have 12stacks of might+loads of Fury(once you are lvl80 and run 6 in Fire line)

But yeah, for lvl’in it doesn’t mater that much, just run Staff with LH if thats what you like…both are strong. Just focus your gear on Power=>Power Precision=>Power Precision Ferocity(think this is available @ lvl65)

Ok cool thanks for the feedback and info buddy

sorry for hijacking the thread but since you are talking about conjured weapons… are there any goods ones to be used in pvp for a staff ele? I particularly like the bow and the shield… are they viable or not worth the slot? Finally is it possible to drop the weapon before it runes out of charges?

ehh you could run the bow, use skill 5 + lightning flash to freeze someone (can’t be stun-broken), then drop an ice storm (skill 4) on their head, then throw the bow away (yes you can, use weapon swap key) and use whatever else.

you can do it, it will work a few times, but i wouldn’t count on it too much when the game will start matching you with competent players in pvp. The slot is usually better spent on something else.

Frost Bow is great fun as a nuker, but it’s also one more rooting channeled skill that’ll make you stick out like a sore thumb. Bringing more survivability or reliable damage in its place is usually better unless you’ve got an organised team and can keep track of your foes.

I’ve had some fun with the Flame Axe (thanks to KFC for suggesting it), since it’s largely ranged attacks, fire fields/blasts, and some mobility... but that it needs to be summoned first really eats into its effectiveness. Great fun in PvE, since it makes it really easy to maintain 20-25 might AoE on my own (with Evasive Arcana/Arcane Brilliance/Arcane Wave).

The Earth Shield is... not that great. Its invuln stops all other actions and doesn’t even contest capture points, the autoattack is terrible (and I think one step still can’t be manually interrupted with a dodge?), and the control from daze/pull is, far too clunky and ineffective to use against mobile foes (and likely to be negated with stability by less mobile ones). It needs to break stuns on cast or provide some other practical effect to be at all worthwhile in its current state.