Weaver - Staff Weaver
The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great
Focused on: Strike damage
Designed for: Open World and Open World General
Expansions required: 
Difficulty:
TBD
This build was last updated on February 19, 2022 and is up to date for the February 11, 2025 patch.
Overview
A long-ranged tempest build for open world farming with a zerg. This build is primarily focused on dealing area damage from the backline of a group and is not meant to be played solo.
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Skill Bar
Staff
Utility
Skill Variants
Healing Skills
- - if conditions are a problem. Synergizes with covering its long channel time.
- - Powerful burst heal.
Utility Skills
- - good AOE damage
- - more single-target damage than .
- - more tagging
- - excellent stunbreak
- - more mobility.
Elite Skills
- - high damage and mobility.
Specializations
- Variants
- - higher might uptime; use if taking this trait
Arcane Variant
Replaces fire. Adds defense and utility at the cost of damage.
- use this when running with a group that grants lots of boons.
- provides good defensive abilities on dodging while in or
- If running this variant, replace with
Equipment
- Ascended gear is not required for open world, exotic works fine.
Berserker
This setup provides high damage and uses gear similar to Build:Tempest_-_Power_DPS, making it a good option for general PVE
Head
Berserker
Shoulders
Berserker
Chest
Berserker
Hands
Berserker
Legs
Berserker
Feet
Berserker
Backpiece
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Amulet
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Staff
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
staff
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6
Variant Equipment
Gear
Runes
- - provides a huge increase to sustain in a zerg
- , - crit-chance runes
Sigils
- - cheap offhand sigil
- - extra defense in a zerg
Consumables
- Food
- Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions. Budget versions of these foods exist and are acceptable.
- - farming
- , - DPS
- - defense
- Utility
- (and variants) - farming
- , - dps
Usage
Damage / Tagging
- Use off cooldown on groups of enemies.
- Use and on large, static groups of enemies or bosses
Defense & Support
- and provide significant condition removal to both yourself and allies.
- is a decent area heal.
- is a large area blind.
Crowd Control
- and (in Lightning Hammer)
- (from Ice Elemental)
- (from Air Elemental)
Ratings
A good build for staff lovers. I love all the AoE it has, though it takes a bit of practice to place them correctly and it can be a bit frustrating vs. enemies that move a lot. As the build mentions, it doesn't have the greatest damage and you should swap to another build if you want to tackle harder content. But it works great for casual open world and story content.
Comments
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