Guild Wars 2

I was told pve is easy to solo with staff from this forum earlier this week which brings me to some questions on a staff build and gameplay.

First, as far as game play goes, what attunement is best for enemy mobs for staff ?
Example: l get rushed by more than one Ettin ( however you spell their name )
What would be the best attunement to use with staff ?

Second, what traits should I focus on for a good staff solo pve build ?
Example: I’m looking for survivability and damage with staff.

Thanks for any advice.

You have to use all the attunements. The hardest part about the class is remembering 4 different sets of weapon skills, and keeping track of all their cooldowns.

If you get rushed by a group of Ettins you can drop Unsteady Ground followed by Eruption in Earth attunement, swap to Fire and drop Lava Font on top of your Eruption (grants bonus Might buff) followed by Flame Burst followed by Burning Retreat. NPCs are dumb, so they’ll run through your Retreat field and take damage. If they’re almost dead swap back to Earth and Shockwave through your Retreat Field. If not….

Swap to Water and drop Ice Spike followed by Frozen Ground (while maneuvering so the mobs are in a straight line from you). Then swap to Earth and cast Shockwave through the Frozen Ground (grants bonus Chill condition and pierces).

If they’re still alive do it again. If there’s just one left and he’s meleeing you swap to Air and use Gust to get him off your face, Static Field to stun him, and Lightning Surge to blind him. Then swap back to Earth or Fire and kill them the rest of the way.

It seems like a really clunky pain in the rear, but as you get used to it it gets way easier. Then you start adding utilities to the mix and it goes way faster.

use all attunements lol

lure like 5 monsters, CC them with water 4 or air 5 or earth 4 (or all of those), then drop the rest of the aoes.

its really easy

Razor.6392:

use all attunements lol

lure like 5 monsters, CC them with water 4 or air 5 or earth 4 (or all of those), then drop the rest of the aoes.

its really easy

Basically this.

I was trying to be more detailed. I haven’t leveled an Elementalist in a long time, and assumed fights would be much longer in bad gear with no traits.

Thanks for this information, I just pulled my elementalist off the shelf since my other characters are now all 80 and in exotic gear.

The thing that interest me with this profession is swapping through attunements. It’s going to take awhile to get good at it.

remember to set the aoes predicting where monsters are going to move, not exactly on top of them.

Razor.6392:

remember to set the aoes predicting where monsters are going to move, not exactly on top of them.

Appreciate the advice.