Guild Wars 2

I’m fairly new to the necro, and I was wondering if you guys could give me some advice for a cond dmg staff build?

Staff is really more of a support weapon than a main weapon.

The Staff is mostly used as a secondary weapon in a great many of builds. It doesn’t do much damage wise, has great utility though.

So, weather you decide on a power or condition build, they all run staff as a secondary weapon. In a condition build your primary weapons will be scepter and dagger.

I suggest you look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QwiTyE5vqw

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/necromancer/Build-Staff-Corruption/

The staff is a support weapon in most builds, it has it’s place in condi builds as well as powerbuilds because of the range and utility it gives you.
However, at heart the staff is a condition weapon. Even before the last patch Mark of Blood could stack more bleeding than Grasping Dead and Enfeebling Blood combined. Also you have chilled, poison, weakness, fear and every other condition you can transfer with Putrid Mark.
But: running staff as your main weapon means you need to fill the time between mark cooldowns with utilities and Death Shroud skills, rather than switching to your second weapon set. And Shroud skills in particular are a little heavier on the power side than the staff already is. That’s why condi-hybrid is the best way to go in order to consitently pump out good damage when your marks are on cooldown.

So basically I can hold staff as secondary if I were to go power build too. Thanks for the video link too! I was watching his powermancer video and it’s really helping me plan out my build