Staff Master

This article is about the trait of the Thief's elite specialization Daredevil. For for the achievement in the Weapon Master category, see  Staff Master.

While wielding a staff, gain endurance for each initiative point spent. Gain bonus power, which is increased when wielding a staff. — In-game description

Staff Master

Specialization

Daredevil (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Major

Training cost

10 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Staff Master

While wielding a staff, gain endurance for each initiative point spent. Gain bonus power, which is increased when wielding a staff.

 Power: +120

 Bonus Power with Staff: +120

 Endurance per Initiative: 2

 Endurance per Initiative: 1

— In-game description

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Weakening Whirl — Staff
•   Debilitating Arc — Staff
•   Dust Strike — Staff
•   Vault — Staff

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
December 03, 2019	Reduced endurance gain per initiative spent from 2 to 1 in PvP only.
April 23, 2019	This trait no longer grants a percentage damage increase based on endurance. Instead, it grants 120 power, and grants an additional 120 power when the thief wields a staff. The endurance gain per initiative point remains the same.
December 11, 2018	This trait now grants 5% damage when endurance is not full, which increases to 10% when wielding a staff.
November 22, 2016	Fixed a bug that allowed this trait to grant endurance without paying the initiative cost.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Staff Master has been added to the game.