Staff

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

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Staff

Type

Two-handed weapon

Used by

Guardian
Revenant
Druid
Daredevil
Elementalist
Mesmer
Necromancer

Crafted by

Artificer

Gallery
Staff concept art.

The staff is a two-handed weapon that is well known for its long range and wide array of area of effect skills that can support allies or damage and control enemies. Most skills on a staff have 1200 range, however Revenants and Daredevils instead use the staff in close combat.

Skills by profession

#	Skill			Description
Guardian
1	Bolt of Wrath	0.5½		Fire a bolt that damages foes.
1	Bolt of Wrath, Searing Light, Seeking Judgment chain  Searing Light	0.5½		Fire a projectile that explodes upon impact and damages enemies.
1	Bolt of Wrath, Searing Light, Seeking Judgment chain  Seeking Judgment	0.5½		Fire a seeking projectile that explodes upon impact and damages enemies.
2	Holy Strike	0.5½	8	Mark an area for judgement, rapidly healing allies and then blasting foes in the area.
3	Symbol of Swiftness	0.75¾	15	Symbol. Sear a mystic symbol into the target area, damaging foes and granting swiftness to allies.
4	Empower	20.5½	20	Channel healing and might to your nearby allies. Completing this channel grants more health to your allies.
5	Line of Warding	1	30	Ward. Create a line in front of you that foes cannot cross.
Revenant
1	Rapid Swipe	0.5½		Swipe your staff at your foe.
1	Rapid Swipe, Forceful Bash, Rejuvenating Assault chain  Forceful Bash	0.5½		Bash your foe with your staff.
1	Rapid Swipe, Forceful Bash, Rejuvenating Assault chain  Rejuvenating Assault	1		Cleave foes around you with your staff, creating healing orbs for you and your allies.
2	Mender's Rebuke	0.75¾	5	Smash the ground in front of you to damage foes. After a delay, allies in the area are healed. Heals for more if an enemy was struck.
3	Warding Rift	10.5½	12	Create a rift from the Mists that blocks incoming attacks. While the rift closes it blinds foes in front of you.
4	Renewing Wave	1	15	Release a burst of Mists energy that heals and removes conditions from allies. Create a healing orb for each ally that loses conditions.
5	Surge of the Mists	1	20	Charge forward, knocking back enemies that cross your path.
Druid
1	Solar Beam	10.25¼		Fire a concentrated beam of light, damaging the target foe and healing allies inside of the beam.
2	Astral Wisp	0.75¾	8	Send a wisp to attack your foe. While attached it will circle the foe, healing allies it passes through.
3	Ancestral Grace	10.25¼	18	Become a wisp of natural energy, traversing to the targeted location. When you reach the target, heal nearby allies and grant protection to your pet. Recharge is reduced if you heal another ally.
4	Vine Surge	0.75¾	20	Send forth vines that immobilize enemies and cleanse conditions from allies.
5	Sublime Conversion		25	Summon an energy barrier that causes enemy projectiles to heal upon impact. Allies that pass through the wall gain boons.
Daredevil
1	Staff Strike	0.5½		Strike your enemies with your staff.
1	Staff Strike, Staff Bash, Punishing Strikes chain  Staff Bash	0.5½		Swing your staff a second time, striking multiple foes.
1	Staff Strike, Staff Bash, Punishing Strikes chain  Punishing Strikes	1		Whirl your staff around, striking nearby enemies.
1	Hook Strike	0.75¾	1	Stealth Attack. Attack your foes with stealth, knocking enemies down.
2	Weakening Charge	0.5½	3	Deliver multiple strikes, weakening foes.
3	Debilitating Arc		4	Strike enemies in front of you and roll backward, breaking immobilizing effects.
4	Dust Strike	0.75¾	4	Sweep the ground, blinding enemies in front of you.
5	Vault	0.75¾	5	Leap toward your destination, damaging foes upon impact.
Elementalist
Fire Attunement
1	Fireball	1		Cast a fireball that explodes on impact and hits multiple foes.
2	Lava Font		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	30.75¾	30	Call down a meteor shower onto the target area. Damage is reduced per target each time they are struck by this ability.
Water Attunement
1	Water Blast	0.75¾		Spray a jet of water at your foe that splashes to heal nearby allies.
2	Ice Spike	0.75¾	6	Drop a giant ice spike on foes to make them vulnerable.
3	Geyser	0.75¾	20	Create a geyser to heal nearby allies.
4	Frozen Ground		30	Coat the target area in ice, chilling foes that enter it.
5	Healing Rain	1	40	Call down a healing rain on the target area, granting regeneration to allies and curing conditions once every three seconds.
Air Attunement
1	Chain Lightning	0.75¾		Hit multiple foes with arcs of chain lightning.
2	Lightning Surge	1	10	Charge a lightning surge that damages and blinds foes near your target when it discharges.
3	Gust	0.25¼	25	Push foes backward with a burst of air.
4	Windborne Speed	0.25¼	25	You and nearby allies gain swiftness, while curing crippled, immobilized, and chilled.
5	Static Field	0.75¾	30	Create an electrical field that stuns foes crossing it.
Earth Attunement
1	Stoning	0.75¾		Hurl a rock and weaken your foe.
2	Eruption	10.25¼	6	Shake the ground until it erupts and damages foes.
3	Magnetic Aura		30	Reflect projectiles with magnetic energy.
3	Magnetic Aura, Transmute Earth chain  Transmute Earth	0.5½	10	Cause the surrounding magnetic aura to violently explode.
4	Unsteady Ground	0.25¼	30	Create unsteady ground that foes cannot cross.
5	Shock Wave	0.75¾	30	Create a shockwave that bleeds and immobilizes your target.
Weaver
Fire + Water
3	Pressure Blast	1	15	Dual Attack. Send out a vaporous projectile that heals allies it passes through. This projectile violently explodes if it hits the ground or strikes an enemy, healing allies and damaging foes in the area.
Fire + Air
3	Plasma Blast	0.25¼	12	Dual Attack. Launch a ball of plasma that explodes on impact at your foes.
Fire + Earth
3	Pyroclastic Blast	0.75¾	15	Dual Attack. Launch a molten rock that devastates an area.
Water + Air
3	Monsoon	0.5½	20	Dual Attack. Launch a hurricane in a direction, healing allies and damaging enemies.
Water + Earth
3	Lahar	0.5½	20	Dual Attack. Create an area that cripples and damages enemies.
Air + Earth
3	Pile Driver	10.5½	18	Dual Attack. After a short channel, launch a hyper-fast boulder that decimates foes in its path.
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		10	Clone. Teleport away from your target, summoning a clone that casts Winds of Chaos.
3	Phantasmal Warlock	0.75¾	18	Phantasm. Summon two illusions that deal damage and inflict vulnerability.
4	Chaos Armor		30	Apply a random condition to nearby foes and gain chaos aura. Chaos armor gives you 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 boons to allies. The first strike of the storm dazes foes.
Mirage
1	Chaos Vortex	1	1	Ambush. Release a vortex of chaos energy that inflicts conditions on foes and grants 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	0.75¾	40.75¾	Mark. Inscribe a mark that bleeds foes when they trigger it, and grants regeneration to allies.
3	Chilblains	0.75¾	16	Mark. Inscribe a mark that chill and poison the target area.
4	Putrid Mark	0.75¾	20	Mark. Inscribe a mark that transfers conditions from yourself to foes when they trigger it.
5	Reaper's Mark	0.75¾	32	Mark. Inscribe a mark that causes fear when foes trigger it.

Related traits

Proficiencies

•  Staff Proficiency — You can wield a staff.
•  Staff Proficiency — You can wield a staff.

Enhancements

•  Honorable Staff — Gain concentration. Gain additional concentration while wielding a staff. Staff skills recharge time is reduced.
•  Tranquil Benediction — The healing orbs that you create while wielding a staff will now grant swiftness and regeneration when picked up by allies.
•  Primal Echoes — Reduces recharge of staff skills. Daze nearby foes when you swap to staff.
•  Staff Master — While wielding a staff, gain endurance for each initiative point spent. Gain bonus power, which is increased when wielding a staff.
•  Chaotic Dampening — Chaos aura grants protection. Staff and trident skills gain reduced recharge.
•  Soul Marks — Marks become unblockable and generate life force when triggered. (Four out of five Necromancer staff skills are marks)

Weapon strength

See also: Weapon strength

Staff weapon strength by level and rarity
Level	Basic		Fine		Masterwork		Rare		Exotic		Ascended
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Min	Max	Min	Max	Min	Max	Min	Max
Level 1	-	-	151	170	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 3	-	-	156	176	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 4	127	143	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 5	-	-	161	181	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 6	-	-	163	184	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 7	-	-	168	189	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 8	136	154	172	194	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 9	-	-	176	198	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 10	143	161	180	203	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 11	-	-	184	208	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 12	150	169	188	212	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 13	-	-	192	217	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 14	-	-	197	222	213	240	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 15	160	180	201	226	218	245	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 16	163	184	205	231	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 17	-	-	210	236	228	257	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 18	-	-	215	242	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 19	-	-	220	248	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 20	179	201	225	253	244	275	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 21	-	-	230	259	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 22	-	-	235	264	255	287	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 23	-	-	240	270	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 24	195	220	245	276	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 25	199	224	249	281	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 26	-	-	254	287	277	313	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 27	-	-	261	294	284	321	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 28	212	239	268	302	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 29	-	-	274	309	298	336	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 30	223	251	281	317	305	344	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 31	-	-	288	324	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 32	234	263	294	332	320	360	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 33	-	-	301	339	327	368	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 34	-	-	307	347	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 35	250	282	-	-	341	384	369	416	-	-	-	-
Level 36	255	288	321	361	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 37	-	-	328	370	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 38	-	-	336	378	364	411	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 39	-	-	343	387	372	420	403	454	-	-	-	-
Level 40	279	314	350	395	380	429	411	463	-	-	-	-
Level 41	-	-	358	403	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 42	-	-	365	412	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 43	-	-	373	420	404	455	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 44	303	342	380	429	412	464	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 45	309	348	388	437	420	473	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 46	-	-	395	445	429	484	465	524	-	-	-	-
Level 47	-	-	404	456	439	495	475	536	-	-	-	-
Level 48	328	370	413	466	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 49	-	-	422	476	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 50	343	387	-	-	468	528	506	570	-	-	-	-
Level 51	-	-	441	497	478	539	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 52	358	404	450	507	487	550	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 53	-	-	459	517	497	560	537	605	-	-	-	-
Level 54	-	-	468	528	507	571	547	616	-	-	-	-
Level 55	380	429	477	538	516	582	558	629	-	-	-	-
Level 56	388	437	486	548	527	594	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 57	-	-	496	559	538	606	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 58	-	-	506	570	548	618	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 59	-	-	516	582	559	630	-	-	-	-	-	-
Level 60	419	473	526	593	-	-	614	692	-	-	-	-
Level 61	-	-	536	604	-	-	625	705	-	-	-	-
Level 62	-	-	546	615	590	666	636	717	719	811	-	-
Level 63	-	-	556	626	601	677	-	-	732	825	-	-
Level 64	451	509	565	638	611	689	-	-	746	841	-	-
Level 65	460	518	575	649	622	701	671	757	760	858	-	-
Level 66	-	-	585	660	634	715	-	-	775	874	-	-
Level 67	-	-	597	673	-	-	698	787	-	-	-	-
Level 68	485	547	608	686	659	743	711	801	-	-	-	-
Level 69	-	-	620	699	671	757	724	816	-	-	-	-
Level 70	504	568	632	712	683	771	737	831	833	939	-	-
Level 71	-	-	643	725	696	784	750	845	847	955	-	-
Level 72	523	589	655	738	708	798	763	860	862	972	-	-
Level 73	-	-	666	751	720	812	-	-	876	988	-	-
Level 74	-	-	678	764	733	826	789	889	892	1,006	-	-
Level 75	551	621	690	778	745	840	803	905	907	1,023	-	-
Level 76	560	632	701	791	758	855	817	921	923	1,041	-	-
Level 77	-	-	714	805	771	870	831	967	-	-	-	-
Level 78	-	-	726	819	784	885	845	952	954	1,076	-	-
Level 79	-	-	738	833	-	-	859	968	969	1,093	-	-
Level 80	600	677	751	847	811	914	872	984	985	1,111	1,034	1,166

See also

• Gallery of staves

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Weapons

One-handed

Axe • Dagger • Mace • Pistol • Sword

Main-hand only

Scepter

Off-hand only

Focus • Shield • Torch • Warhorn

Two-handed

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

Aquatic

Harpoon gun • Spear • Trident

Other

Bundles