Guild Wars 2

I’ve been looking around for a nice ranged class with high damage in PVE and i found this ele staff build. But its from a while ago so my question is if its still good to use?
Mainly DPS focused?
This is the video i found.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab9BuV2lXS4
Or maybe this, this looks better and isnt to old.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwBablZUB-4

Siege WvW/General PvE/Dungeons – Extremely high AoE DPS

“The Dragon Tear v2.0” (after Mist Form nerf)

EQ
Staff:
Power/Precision/Critical Strike (Sigil of Superior Battle)
Armor:
Full Berserker – Power/Precision/Critical Strike + 6x Superior Rune of the Eagle
Trinkets:
Full Berserker set
Stay in 1200-900 range and you’ll be just fine.

ok, do you have a rotation video for that aswell? I never played ele so i don’t realy know how it goes

anyone? what type of spells do i use for damage output? Fire?

I have to sadden you. A lot of staff skill are control-type instead of damage-type. If you want to do damage you basically has to stay in fire. It’s because from anet’s vision of damage/support/control trinity thing we currently have damage/projectile defense duad thing

Is it possible to have a good staff build for damage but also have some health?
And then use fire for damage and from time to time water to heal?

Does anyone have a nice build for me that does good damage but is not a glass cannon?
With staff please

I run staff like this:

0/20/0/20/30
Air III, VIII
Water I, V
Arcana V, VIII, XI

Armor: Full Berserkers, 5x runes of the soldier, 1x rune of divinity
Weapon: Berserker, sigil of battle
Trinkets: Full Clerics

Food: Omnomberry Cookie

Heal: Glyph of Elemental Harmony

Utility-
Glyph of Storms
Glyph of Elemental Power
Glyph of Lesser Elementals

Elite-
Glyph of Elementals

I like this setup because you get a good balance of HP, damage, armor and healing power.

You have 1-touch perma swiftness with Glyph of Elemental Harmony and you can stack swiftness nicely with Air 4 + Glyph OEH.

For difficult fights, bring out both of your Elementals while in fire attunement and you’ll see nice sustained damage. Glyph of Storms is also a very nice supplement to your damage.

You also have 700+ healing power and reduced cooldowns on your heals so your support is excellent.

The biggest weaknesses are your lack of stun-breakers and the general slow cast-times of staff. I prefer offensive utility because I’m always going to try and out-range my opponent. In my opinion, a close-quarters 1v1 is always going to be difficult for a Staff Ele, regardless of build. Be careful with your positioning before fights—I’ve found that using terrain to your advantage is more important on staff than on other weapon sets.

I once tried to bring cantrips into this build but I’m lacking some of the traits that make cantrips good and I can’t seem to slot them without a noticeable reduction in damage output. If you choose to bring in a defensive utility, I suggest taking out Glyph of Elemental Power. Hope this helps!

Edit: I’ve been running Arcane Wave in place of Glyph of Elemental Power and I find that I like it better because it’s a very nice 30 second blast finisher