Guild Wars 2

80 now and running d/d with knights and some zerker gear.

WpvP only and wondering if there is a build for d/d that compliments when I move to staff for keep defense and/or open field zergy stuff. I try not to zerg surf, but there are times the staff is just better then d/d since we don’t have gap closers really.

I think 10 toughness for marks. Anything else?

What are your current traits? It would be best to keep your build as close as possible, and just change individual traits around; although yes you will need that 10 in Death Magic.

Yes, just suffer with Reanimator and get Greater Marks. Even with a Power build, I never let go of my staff, whether roaming, defending or running with my guild raid.

I went with

30
0
10
20
10

Seems solid. I am have mostly knight and rest is zerker stuff (trinkets and weapons)..

A quick build that I would use, focusing on being ranged and using staffs would be something like:
http://bit.ly/Zm2ivC

So a 30 / 20 / 20 / 0 / 0 build.
Spite to 30 for the Close to Death and Spiteful Marks traits – just for more damage with staff. Spite 10 could be more or less whatever.

Curses to 20 for Terror with staff 5 for added damage; and Focused Rituals for targetted wells. If you are focusing on staff, then you will be more focused being at 1200 or so range constantly. Targetted wells will allow you to do more damage at range by using the wells more or less as marks.

Death Magic to 20 for the 20% recharge on staff, and obviously Greater Marks.

For a staff build, I think that more or less any of it can be swapped around except for the 20 in Death Magic which is a must.
I would personally debate whether 20 in Curses or 20 in Soul Reaping (Soul Marks) would be better and I guess that would depend on your play style.

In terms of stat wise, I would focus on a mix of Knights and Berserkers gear as since you will be mostly at range, you shouldn’t have to worry too much about being super tanky. Though I would probably go more Knights than Berserkers…

EDIT: In terms of play style, if I’m using a staff in WvW I will pop in and out of DS everytime it’s up for the fury boon. If you go 20 in Soul Reaping, you will do more damage with your crits. Really will depend on your gearing. I like to aim for 30% crit rate without buffs or with food, so that I can get the extra 20 from fury.