Guild Wars 2

Hello.

I’m starting to run staff ele in WvW, with organised guild groups, no GvG at this point.
Traits, utilities, how to play, that’s all pretty clear to me but I’d like to have some advise regarding my gear.
I know most people recommend celestial gear for WvW ele but the arguments I find are either “It’s the best for D/D” or “You are flexible with it”. In my situation however I only run staff and I am only looking for the best stats in WvW. Just ignore PvE, gold/time required to make gear, daggers, all that stuff.
The way I see it (noob that I am) condition damage and healing power are pretty useless for me. Conditions are cleansed immediately (and staff doesn’t put much condi pressure anyway, apart from fire 3 and earth 2). Healing Power only affects my personal healing skill and the regeneration I give to my group. But considering that most healing comes from blasts in water fields those are kinda negligible.

So, what my question boils down to: Wouldn’t a mix of Zerk/Soldier be better than Celestial for staff ele in WvW? Or what makes Celestial the preferred option?

Thanks in advance for your answers.

My thinking was the same as yours. Healing power scales horribly and a lot of your healing comes from others blasting your water fields. And in this case the healing power of the person blasting it counts. Conditions can also be easily cleansed by enemy zergs. Because of this I’m using Berserker trinkets and a Berserker staff as well as Soldier armor. So far I’m very happy with it. I’m not much of a theorycrafter, though.

I personally roam with D/D, but I use staff in zergs. I run a very glassy staff build : 66002 with full zerk armor and trinks. Really my only goal is to pump out massive aoe damage and it does it perfectly. You have to be EXTREMELY careful though. I stay in the back of the zerg, and I’m always watching out for random thieves. I personally love the play style, but some may find it too squishy for their tastes.

Quakeman.9378:

I personally roam with D/D, but I use staff in zergs. I run a very glassy staff build : 66002 with full zerk armor and trinks. Really my only goal is to pump out massive aoe damage and it does it perfectly. You have to be EXTREMELY careful though. I stay in the back of the zerg, and I’m always watching out for random thieves. I personally love the play style, but some may find it too squishy for their tastes.

Whats your build for that, I to run full zerk armor and trinkets. Am looking for a good solid build to dish out major damage.

I also have a solid supportive build while in a zerg. Works nice to,

Gandalf.1537:

Quakeman.9378:

I personally roam with D/D, but I use staff in zergs. I run a very glassy staff build : 66002 with full zerk armor and trinks. Really my only goal is to pump out massive aoe damage and it does it perfectly. You have to be EXTREMELY careful though. I stay in the back of the zerg, and I’m always watching out for random thieves. I personally love the play style, but some may find it too squishy for their tastes.

Whats your build for that, I to run full zerk armor and trinkets. Am looking for a good solid build to dish out major damage.

I also have a solid supportive build while in a zerg. Works nice to,

I just put together the build:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQFAWhMMqc2zwsBf0AEAS4ARWI+TpOleD-TVCBwAGVyhV5gElg4U/BwFAg4+Dp0BkwkXgHAQAAEA25ODyAkPGA-w
I use runes of the ogre just for more carnage. I also have a staff with sigil of night instead of the sigil of accuracy if it’s night time. Now, this build hits like a freaking truck, but you’re beyond squishy. Worth it imo. This build allows you to melt a zerg with a well placed meteor shower, you just have to be patient. Mist form also allows you push out some and land a meteor shower a little further back into the main mass of their zerg.

For Zerg Play:

I’ve been trying Zerker armor and staff, with Strength Runes, Battle/Strength Sigils, and celestial accessories.

Staff ele is all about positioning.
Utilizing Armor of Earth, Mist Form, and Blink allows you to run super high DPS, even in larger 50+ vs 50+ zerg fights.

I used to run soldiers when learning to position properly, however have never looked back after the zerker/dps transition.

Simply, stay out of the red (circles), and away from the head (of the enemy zerg).

Good Luck!

What the above players said.
There is a fun trick where you can go cast your meteor shower, then lightning flash away from enemy zerg so as to not be point guard no more and finish casting peacefully. Not sure if casting tornado after the meteor shower is worth it or just lava fonting.

Gyler.8150:

What the above players said.
There is a fun trick where you can go cast your meteor shower, then lightning flash away from enemy zerg so as to not be point guard no more and finish casting peacefully. Not sure if casting tornado after the meteor shower is worth it or just lava fonting.

It is worth it, at least situationally. You get 1832 power, 916 precision and 916 vitality on top of what you already have. If people are not paying attention, they are dropping like flies.