Which class (besides daredevil) uses staff the best?

[Cuddy.6247]

Solely for story and fashion wars, so it doesn't have to be meta. I just want to use the ritualist outfit and staff. I mostly play guardian (in fact I have 3 of them) so if guardian staff is any good for story I might make another. 

[Infinity.2876]

"ELEMENTALIST FOREVER! "

[Aravind.9610]

Mirage does well with staff.

[Scavarius.6059]

5 hours ago, Aravind.9610 said:

Mirage does well with staff.

we have to tank red for that. but yea, staff mirage.

[Endaris.1452]

Although technically more of a support weapon, staff on guardian is actually not so bad at all.

There are actually meta builds for dps guardian in WvW:
https://gw2mists.com/builds/guardian/power-guardian

Even though this is mainly owed to guardians spammable longrange ground target AoEs on staff (2, 3, 5, Sword of Justice) in addition to its decent group support (Stand Your Ground, Indomitable Courage, Empower Allies) and self-sustain (Shelter, Renewed Focus), it shows that the damage can't be too shabby and it is most certainly usable in open world as well.

 

On all other classes except for elementalist, Staff is more of a support weapon as well, usable in solo play but not super efficient so you might as well go with guardian in that case. For elementalist itself, staff certainly does work but can easily feel lackluster compared to other weaponsets due to the lack of weaponswap and the relatively clunky playstyle.

Mesmer is okay with staff too, especially in easy open world content, simply because enemies will go for clones really often, making story content really comfy to play on it but the weapon shines more with its evasiveness and the easy of staying at range rather than impressive damage. And honestly, pairing double phantasm weapons with the Illusions traitline is just really awesome to have Quickness and supergood Might all the time.

[SoftFootpaws.9134]

Staff is really good on pretty much every class but Ele, but Necro staff is only super useful in competitive modes. Probably the most notorious user of staff in PvE is Mirage.

Edited July 16, 2022 by Mariyuuna.6508

[Cuks.8241]

Guardian staff is meta for healing in several modes. 

Its also a decent secondary range weapon for power guards for messing around in ow or for some wvw buildd. Not the best dmg but nice range and utility. 

[Cuddy.6247]

10 hours ago, Endaris.1452 said:

Although technically more of a support weapon, staff on guardian is actually not so bad at all.

There are actually meta builds for dps guardian in WvW:
https://gw2mists.com/builds/guardian/power-guardian

Even though this is mainly owed to guardians spammable longrange ground target AoEs on staff (2, 3, 5, Sword of Justice) in addition to its decent group support (Stand Your Ground, Indomitable Courage, Empower Allies) and self-sustain (Shelter, Renewed Focus), it shows that the damage can't be too shabby and it is most certainly usable in open world as well.

 

On all other classes except for elementalist, Staff is more of a support weapon as well, usable in solo play but not super efficient so you might as well go with guardian in that case. For elementalist itself, staff certainly does work but can easily feel lackluster compared to other weaponsets due to the lack of weaponswap and the relatively clunky playstyle.

Mesmer is okay with staff too, especially in easy open world content, simply because enemies will go for clones really often, making story content really comfy to play on it but the weapon shines more with its evasiveness and the easy of staying at range rather than impressive damage. And honestly, pairing double phantasm weapons with the Illusions traitline is just really awesome to have Quickness and supergood Might all the time.

Oh that's certainly an idea then, I'd definitely weapon swap sometimes as well - and a scepter/focus would be great because of the wayward wand from HoM and the new tea kettle would look lovely on a rit-themed character.