Shiro + Staff build...

[Nyel.1843]

... is something like that possible?

 

I am just leveling my new Revenant but I found Staff + Shiro to be very effective. Impossible Odds + Staff Auto Attack is dealing a ton of damage by itself and weaving it with other DPS skills sounds like a lot of fun. Maybe some kind of Power build? I am new to Revenant builds overall so I basically have no idea what's a go and what's a no.

[Kain Francois.4328]

To be rather frank, if you want an offensive kit, use Sword/Sword. You won't get more better power damage than that. (If you wanted optimal damage for endgame however, you'd look into Mace, which is Condi.)

 

Staff is your defensive "CC" (crowd-control) weapon . It's used to stun foes with Staff #2 and to knock them with Staff #5. You have Staff #3 to evade, and staff #4 to cleanse conditions.

 

Although not as good as Sword, Staff can still do some decent damage too on non-champion foes. If you stand stationary and use your autoattack to align yourself perfectly facing a foe, then using staff #5 you will propel them forward with each strike, dealing a load of damage.

 

However, where Staff truly shines is on Champions/Boss foes. Whenever you see a "breakbar" (the blue bar), it means the boss can be broken and stunned. Because each proc from your Staff #5 has knockback, you can do hundreds of breakbar damage to a foe.

[LucianDK.8615]

Staff is sadly not strong enough to be a main power weapon. Because of that shiro trait that allows swords to stack up 10% extra damage.

But hopefully Anet will give the other weps the trident treatment. They badly need to be opened up for more choices.