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Darth The Xx · Apr 10, 2009, 12:19 AM // 00:19

Hey guys, I'm having trouble picking out a staff for my prot set, it seems that most of the cooler skins dont come in prot so I figured this is easier.

Which staves come in prot and which ones would you guys recommend?

Lord Of Blame · Apr 10, 2009, 01:48 AM // 01:48

There are several that come in Prot...

Bone Dragon Staff
Tormented Staff
Destroyer Staff
Asuran Staff
Charrslayer Staff
Norn Staff
Raven Staff
Protective Staff
Deldrimor Staff
Dead Staff
Amber Staff
Bo Staff
Celestial Staff
Cockatrice Staff
Dragon Staff
Forbidden Staff
Jade Staff
Lotus Staff2
Outcast Staff
Plagueborn Staff
Platinum Staff
Zodiac Staff

Not positive about these
Ghostly Staff
Shadow Staff

Requires Bonus Mission
Charr Staff
Mursaat Staff
Tengu Staff
Unded Staff

It all boils down to your personal preference. On my monk I prefer to use a divine favor staff but that is me. The Bone Dragon Staff is probably the most expensive (and ugliest IMO) of all the staffs. The only thing I would recommend is that you get one that is has max stats and is inscribable.

http://guildwars.wikia.com/wiki/Staff/Gallery

Icy The Mage · Apr 10, 2009, 01:49 AM // 01:49

Bone Dragon Staff

cataphract · Apr 10, 2009, 11:11 AM // 11:11

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Originally Posted by Darth The Xx

Hey guys, I'm having trouble picking out a staff for my prot set, it seems that most of the cooler skins dont come in prot so I figured this is easier.

Which staves come in prot and which ones would you guys recommend?

I recommend not worrying about "cooler skins". Find a staff you like and you consider suitable for your overall looks. IMO, BDS has to be one of the ugliest staves a monk can have.

t00115577 · Apr 10, 2009, 11:27 AM // 11:27

Tormented staffs are nice imo. Agree that BDS are seriously ugly, only good thing is they dye quite well.

GodsPatriarch · Apr 10, 2009, 05:33 PM // 17:33

Personally i do not use staves. I use a Tormented Spear and a Tormented Shield on my monk. But i do like the Tormented staves. I agree also that the BDS are ugly but when farmed they bring in a nice chunk of change.

Stealth Bomberman · Apr 10, 2009, 07:11 PM // 19:11

droknars staff is decent.

Snow Bunny · Apr 10, 2009, 08:07 PM // 20:07

Tormented or Bone Dragon.

Without either you won't have a big enough dong to lay down the RoFs in time.

glacialphoenix · Apr 10, 2009, 09:19 PM // 21:19

I kind of like the Deldrimor one, actually. Celestial and Zodiac are pretty too. I think BDS is overpriced and doesn't really go with most monk looks... it'd look much better with a necro.

Darth The Xx · Apr 10, 2009, 10:33 PM // 22:33

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Originally Posted by cataphract

I recommend not worrying about "cooler skins". Find a staff you like and you consider suitable for your overall looks. IMO, BDS has to be one of the ugliest staves a monk can have.

Oh I know what you mean, I am looking for one I find cool however it just seems that each one that caught my eye doesn't come in prot, like celestial, zodiac, platinum, ghostly

Tormented seems pretty cool but duno if Itll match the rest of my armour. Which staves dye white well?

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Originally Posted by GodsPatriarch

Personally i do not use staves. I use a Tormented Spear and a Tormented Shield on my monk. But i do like the Tormented staves. I agree also that the BDS are ugly but when farmed they bring in a nice chunk of change.

Its for my casting set, 40/20/20 i got a gloom shield and a norn spear for my defensive set

scythefromunder · Apr 10, 2009, 10:39 PM // 22:39

Asuran Staves dye really well

Goddess Of Defense · Apr 11, 2009, 04:52 AM // 04:52

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Originally Posted by Lord Of Blame

There are several that come in Prot...

The Bone Dragon Staff is probably the most expensive (and ugliest IMO) of all the staffs.

20/20 Prot Outcast Staff is worth more than BDS hands down.

deluxe · Apr 11, 2009, 06:26 AM // 06:26

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Originally Posted by Goddess Of Defense

20/20 Prot Outcast Staff is worth more than BDS hands down.

So do Bo Staves imo. They both are among the coolest looking and rarest in perfect condition.

Darth The Xx · Apr 13, 2009, 10:19 AM // 10:19

Thanks for all the input you guys, finally come to a decision

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Originally Posted by Snow Bunny

Tormented or Bone Dragon.

Without either you won't have a big enough dong to lay down the RoFs in time.

This point is too good to ignore, going for a torm

Now just need an armour set to go with it ...

Daenara · Apr 13, 2009, 10:58 PM // 22:58

Any of the Canthan or Tyrian staves with appropriate stats would be insanely expensive, and extremely rare. Unfortunately, if you want to use inscriptions etc, you will need to stick with limited few from Nightfall or Eotn. Even more unfortunately, Anet decided to make most of the nice staves from EoTN req Divine Favour, so in general we are very limited in prot staff choice.

A protection Astral Staff would make me a very happy monkey...

cataphract · Apr 14, 2009, 06:27 AM // 06:27

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Originally Posted by Darth The Xx

Tormented seems pretty cool but duno if Itll match the rest of my armour.

TBH, I wasn't a fan of Torm Staff until I dyed my farming armor purple.

Yawgmoth · Apr 24, 2009, 12:34 PM // 12:34

Not many possible choices here - almost all of the cool staffs come with req. Divine instread of Prot. Tyrian/Canthan ones may at least have 20% HCT Prot if you're lucky, but you can't make them 40/20/20 as Adept head will give HCT Divine on them (and they deal Fire dmg which is almost strictly worse than holy).

There's only 1 (one) droppable staff with req. Prot and skin other than basic pvp - it's the fugly BDS. The remaining few options are just some crafter/collector ones, including Tormented and BMP staffs.

_Nihilist_ · Apr 24, 2009, 08:54 PM // 20:54

If you want one that dyes White decently, check out the Mursaat Staff from the BMP. You can pick up a Prot one. And it would go decently with just about any armor you chose to get for your Monk.

Just my $.02...

riktw · Apr 24, 2009, 10:21 PM // 22:21

or any other bonus mission pack, i am in love with my tengu healing and tengu prot staff atm
and platinum staff looks nice to, dont know if it drops with prot req

_Nihilist_ · Apr 25, 2009, 03:35 AM // 03:35

The Tengu BMP Staves are just a bit too much, imho. They look nice, but they look top-heavy as all hell. Not to mention, most of the Tengu Staff doesn't dye, whereas the full Mursaat Staff does.