Guild Wars 2

I need help on choosing a sigil

here teh build: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQFAWhMMqc25wuBd0AOAG5iwMoHIOCEAehlqCA-T1BBABYpMAgLAglq/klSPF1BU0+DMqEEA-w

Ive been thinking about battle energy or force… not sure which would be best.

Battle or Force just depends on how long you are in combat. Battle is better for pve. Energy adds the best defense but it looks like you have a good set of cantrips. I would go with force out of those 3, since you have a good amount of defensive traits.

I’ve been dabbling into staff as well lately, and my build is remarkably similar to yours. I assume you want to take this build into WvW.

This is what I run:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQFAWhMMqc25wwBf0AWAGxSQIQcAoA8BLuE2BA-T1BEABMt/oMQR1faSpnf6AAUJIAPAgHuAAkBYZLA-w

Bloodlust/battle/energy are the big 3 sigils for WvW staffing imo. Neither force nor accuracy come close in the damage they can provide. If you have warriors to provide you with vigor and/or have some decent vigor uptime from soothing disruption, go battle over energy.

Also:
- Blasting staff is indispensable. Final shielding is pretty bad overall tbh. Very unreliable.
- Air training doesn’t do much since your damage will likely not be concentrated in the air attunement. I’ve found soothing winds to work rather well (who would have thought)
- I don’t get the signet of air. Sure it’s a short cd stunbreak but staff is not continuously in the fray, so doesn’t benefit from its short cd whatsoever. Having that 6 seconds of powerplay when you do get focused from armor of earth is far better imo. A single stunbreak can’t save you from being focused the way armor can (think hammertrain).
- My build uses double >90 percent modifier to abuse the time we get to free cast. This is mainly because I run with some shout warriors to keep me topped off when hitting retal. It’s preference however and pack runes are by no means bad.

I think I’d go battle/bloodlust. With 25 stacks of Bloodlust, Lightning Rod will be devastating.

Gokil.2543:

I’ve been dabbling into staff as well lately, and my build is remarkably similar to yours. I assume you want to take this build into WvW.

This is what I run:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQFAWhMMqc25wwBf0AWAGxSQIQcAoA8BLuE2BA-T1BEABMt/oMQR1faSpnf6AAUJIAPAgHuAAkBYZLA-w

Bloodlust/battle/energy are the big 3 sigils for WvW staffing imo. Neither force nor accuracy come close in the damage they can provide. If you have warriors to provide you with vigor and/or have some decent vigor uptime from soothing disruption, go battle over energy.

Also:
- Blasting staff is indispensable. Final shielding is pretty bad overall tbh. Very unreliable.
- Air training doesn’t do much since your damage will likely not be concentrated in the air attunement. I’ve found soothing winds to work rather well (who would have thought)
- I don’t get the signet of air. Sure it’s a short cd stunbreak but staff is not continuously in the fray, so doesn’t benefit from its short cd whatsoever. Having that 6 seconds of powerplay when you do get focused from armor of earth is far better imo. A single stunbreak can’t save you from being focused the way armor can (think hammertrain).
- My build uses double >90 percent modifier to abuse the time we get to free cast. This is mainly because I run with some shout warriors to keep me topped off when hitting retal. It’s preference however and pack runes are by no means bad.

i dont zerg. 90% hp mods are a waste when roaming with staff. esp when thieves will jump you from 1500 +range. most of my damage actually does come from air esp when chaining lightning rod. i use sig for blind more then the breaker for backstabs and evis and other heavy hitting attacks. im not looking for build advice just sigil. my build is how i like it and it works for me. also final shielding saves me alot esp when i use arcane shield instead of LF i get to block 6 attacks and if they are melee they will be hit with damage when it breaks. it surprises many people because not that many people use it and blocking 3 attacks from thief/ mesmer/ ele can be game changing

William C.6195:

I think I’d go battle/bloodlust. With 25 stacks of Bloodlust, Lightning Rod will be devastating.

ill try it out. 250 pow vs 5% dmg whats the difference?

Bloodlust vs force depends on how often you die and your total power. Takes 5 kills to get full bloodlust. A lvl 80 weapon ~1000 attack plus 2000 power ~ 3000 attack, so 5% damage ~ 150 power. Bloodlust is equal to force after you kill 3 people.

Ulion.5476:

Bloodlust vs force depends on how often you die and your total power. Takes 5 kills to get full bloodlust. A lvl 80 weapon ~1000 attack plus 2000 power ~ 3000 attack, so 5% damage ~ 150 power. Bloodlust is equal to force after you kill 3 people.

Attack is an irrelevant stat. Hence it got removed from the equipment tab.

10% more power means 10% more damage. You’d need 5000 power for force to be better than a stacked bloodlust sigil.

Mystogan.4157:

Gokil.2543:

I’ve been dabbling into staff as well lately, and my build is remarkably similar to yours. I assume you want to take this build into WvW.

This is what I run:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQFAWhMMqc25wwBf0AWAGxSQIQcAoA8BLuE2BA-T1BEABMt/oMQR1faSpnf6AAUJIAPAgHuAAkBYZLA-w

Bloodlust/battle/energy are the big 3 sigils for WvW staffing imo. Neither force nor accuracy come close in the damage they can provide. If you have warriors to provide you with vigor and/or have some decent vigor uptime from soothing disruption, go battle over energy.

Also:
- Blasting staff is indispensable. Final shielding is pretty bad overall tbh. Very unreliable.
- Air training doesn’t do much since your damage will likely not be concentrated in the air attunement. I’ve found soothing winds to work rather well (who would have thought)
- I don’t get the signet of air. Sure it’s a short cd stunbreak but staff is not continuously in the fray, so doesn’t benefit from its short cd whatsoever. Having that 6 seconds of powerplay when you do get focused from armor of earth is far better imo. A single stunbreak can’t save you from being focused the way armor can (think hammertrain).
- My build uses double >90 percent modifier to abuse the time we get to free cast. This is mainly because I run with some shout warriors to keep me topped off when hitting retal. It’s preference however and pack runes are by no means bad.

i dont zerg. 90% hp mods are a waste when roaming with staff. esp when thieves will jump you from 1500 +range. most of my damage actually does come from air esp when chaining lightning rod. i use sig for blind more then the breaker for backstabs and evis and other heavy hitting attacks. im not looking for build advice just sigil. my build is how i like it and it works for me. also final shielding saves me alot esp when i use arcane shield instead of LF i get to block 6 attacks and if they are melee they will be hit with damage when it breaks. it surprises many people because not that many people use it and blocking 3 attacks from thief/ mesmer/ ele can be game changing

Solo roaming staff is terrible, but good luck. Small scale staff is still not great, but what I said does apply to it.

Gokil.2543:

Mystogan.4157:

Gokil.2543:

I’ve been dabbling into staff as well lately, and my build is remarkably similar to yours. I assume you want to take this build into WvW.

This is what I run:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQFAWhMMqc25wwBf0AWAGxSQIQcAoA8BLuE2BA-T1BEABMt/oMQR1faSpnf6AAUJIAPAgHuAAkBYZLA-w

Bloodlust/battle/energy are the big 3 sigils for WvW staffing imo. Neither force nor accuracy come close in the damage they can provide. If you have warriors to provide you with vigor and/or have some decent vigor uptime from soothing disruption, go battle over energy.

Also:
- Blasting staff is indispensable. Final shielding is pretty bad overall tbh. Very unreliable.
- Air training doesn’t do much since your damage will likely not be concentrated in the air attunement. I’ve found soothing winds to work rather well (who would have thought)
- I don’t get the signet of air. Sure it’s a short cd stunbreak but staff is not continuously in the fray, so doesn’t benefit from its short cd whatsoever. Having that 6 seconds of powerplay when you do get focused from armor of earth is far better imo. A single stunbreak can’t save you from being focused the way armor can (think hammertrain).
- My build uses double >90 percent modifier to abuse the time we get to free cast. This is mainly because I run with some shout warriors to keep me topped off when hitting retal. It’s preference however and pack runes are by no means bad.

i dont zerg. 90% hp mods are a waste when roaming with staff. esp when thieves will jump you from 1500 +range. most of my damage actually does come from air esp when chaining lightning rod. i use sig for blind more then the breaker for backstabs and evis and other heavy hitting attacks. im not looking for build advice just sigil. my build is how i like it and it works for me. also final shielding saves me alot esp when i use arcane shield instead of LF i get to block 6 attacks and if they are melee they will be hit with damage when it breaks. it surprises many people because not that many people use it and blocking 3 attacks from thief/ mesmer/ ele can be game changing

Solo roaming staff is terrible, but good luck. Small scale staff is still not great, but what I said does apply to it.

terrible for you maybe. i take camps and 2-3 depending on class ez