Core glass staff has more point burst than weaver Some dual skills actually do like 8-10k crits so I doubt that ele has better burst. There's nothing that staff ele does better than weaver outside of maybe sustain/boons for your team with water/arcane spec. Try it. The AoE point clear can't be beat :) Weaver gives you more aoes so I still dont see how ele beats weaver in that. It's not about more AoEs, it's about the burst damage and frequency of those aoes. You can't beat 25 might, runes of strength, berserker amulet, meteor showers on CD. In addition to 4k lava fonts and 2-3k autos AND the burst from arcane blast, arcane wave, arcane shield, and fire elemental. It's constant, massive point clear Arcane skills hit for 1k after patch. All fire dual skills do more damage than lava font. You have same might potential, better utility skills (stone resonance is the best stab on ele while twist of fate is the best stun break) and just better damage output (higher precision and damage modifiers). Not to mention that runes of strength dont do that much for you, you can run strength, pack or even fire and achieve better burst. I'm failing to understand how 2 aoes and random arcane tickle on core ele is better burst compared to 4+ aoes on top of highest burst skills (plasma blast and pile driver) that staff has on weaver.First match back playing glass staff, almost 600k damage: