Staff

This article is about the class of weapon. For the specific weapon sold by NPC weaponsmiths, see Staff (weapon).

The staff is a two-handed weapon and can be crafted by an artificer. The maximum damage range for staves is 985–1,111.

Skills by profession

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	Skill	Type			Description
Guardian
1	Wave of Wrath		0.5½		Send out a powerful shockwave, hitting up to five foes.
2	Orb of Light		0.5½	3	Fire a moving orb of light that heal [sic] allies on contact; can be detonated to heal allies.
	Orb of Light				Detonate the orb to heal nearby allies. Orb of Light takes four times longer to recharge.
3	Symbol of Swiftness	Symbol	0.75¾	15	Sear a mystic symbol into the target area, damaging foes and granting swiftness to allies.
4	Empower		20.5½	20	Channel might to yourself and allies around you. Heal nearby allies when it ends.
5	Line of Warding	Ward	1	40	Create a line in front of you that foes cannot cross.
Elementalist
Fire
1	Fireball		1		Cast a fireball that explodes on impact and hits multiple foes.
2	Lava Font		0.25¼	6	Make lava erupt from the target area.
3	Flame Burst		0.5½	10	Burn foes at the target location.
4	Burning Retreat			20	Quickly roll backward, leaving behind a line of fire that burns.
5	Meteor Shower		40.25¼	30	Call down a meteor shower onto the target area.
Water
1	Water Blast		0.75¾		Spray a jet of water at foes that also heals allies in the blast radius.
2	Ice Spike		1	4	Drop a giant ice spike on foes to make them vulnerable.
3	Geyser		1	20	Create a geyser to heal nearby allies.
4	Frozen Ground		0.25¼	40	Coat the target area in ice, chilling foes that enter it.
5	Healing Rain		1	45	Call down a healing rain on the target area, granting regeneration to allies and curing conditions once every three seconds.
Air
1	Chain Lightning		0.75¾		Hit multiple foes with arcs of chain lightning.
2	Lightning Surge		10.5½	10	Charge a lightning surge that blinds foes near your target when it discharges.
3	Gust		0.25¼	30	Push foes backward with a burst of air.
4	Windborne Speed		0.25¼	30	You and nearby allies gain swiftness, while curing crippled, immobilized, and chilled.
5	Static Field		0.75¾	40	Create an electrical field that stuns foes crossing it.
Earth
1	Stoning		0.75¾		Hurl a rock and weaken your foe.
2	Eruption		10.75¾	6	Shake the ground until it erupts and damages foes.
3	Magnetic Aura			30	Reflect projectiles with magnetic energy.
4	Unsteady Ground		0.25¼	30	Create unsteady ground that cripples foes moving through it.
5	Shockwave		0.75¾	30	Create a shockwave that bleeds and immobilizes your target.
Mesmer
1	Winds of Chaos		0.75¾		Bounce an orb of energy between foes and allies that applies random boons to allies and random conditions to foes.
2	Phase Retreat	Clone		10	Teleport away from your target, summoning a clone that casts Winds of Chaos.
3	Phantasmal Warlock	Phantasm	0.75¾	18	Summon an illusion that deals extra damage for each unique condition on the target foe.
4	Chaos Armor			35	Give yourself chaos armor, which gives yourself random boons and your foe random conditions whenever you are struck.
5	Chaos Storm		0.25¼	35	Create a magical storm at the target location that applies random conditions to foes and random boons to allies.
Necromancer
1	Necrotic Grasp		0.75¾		Send out a grasping hand that damages foes in a line and grants you life force.
2	Mark of Blood	Mark	0.75¾	6	Inscribe a mark that bleeds foes when they trigger it, and grants regeneration to allies.
3	Chilblains	Mark	0.75¾	20	Inscribe a mark that chills foes when they trigger it, and leaves a poisonous area.
4	Putrid Mark	Mark	0.75¾	25	Inscribe a mark that transfers conditions from allies to foes when they trigger it.
5	Reaper's Mark	Mark	0.75¾	40	Inscribe a mark that causes fear when foes trigger it.

Traits by profession

Guardian

• Two-Handed Mastery - Two-handed weapon skills recharge 20% faster.

Elementalist

• Blasting Staff - Area attacks with staff are larger.

Mesmer

• Chaotic Dampening - +50 toughness while wielding a staff or trident. Reduces recharge of staff skills by 20%.

Necromancer

• Staff Mastery - Staff skills recharge 20% faster.
• Greater Marks - Increases area of marks and marks become unblockable. (Four out of five Necromancer staff skills are marks.)
• Spiteful Marks - Marks deal 10% more damage. (Four out of five Necromancer staff skills are marks.)
• Soul Marks - Marks generate 3% life force when triggered. (Four out of five Necromancer staff skills are marks.)

See Also

• Gallery of staves

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Weapons

One-handed

Axe • Dagger • Mace • Pistol • Scepter • Sword

Two-handed

Greatsword • Hammer • Longbow • Rifle • Short bow • Staff

Off-hand only

Focus • Shield • Torch • Warhorn

Aquatic

Harpoon gun • Spear • Trident

Other

Environmental weapons