LIFESTAFF AOE BUILD
Whats up everyone! My name is sl3nder and this is my powerfull AOE healing build. This is been my go to build for running endgame dungeons, high level mutations, war and even OPR. This build utilizes a TON of focus and light gear for the high mobility and big, chunky aoe heals. You will be dodging and rolling around all over the place AND this is the build i used to take down Cilla in Lazarus M10 without taking a single orb and 25 stacks the entire fight. Enjoy! Oh and dont forget to check out the video if you dont feel like reading ;)
The Skill Trees
We are going to be using Beacon, Orb of Protection and of course, Sacred Ground for the aoe heals. For our offhand, the void gauntlet with Voidblad, Oblivion and Essence Rupture for the damage when needed, healing for the entire group with Essence Rupture and a dmg buff and extra stamina for the group with oblivion.
Lifestaff
Void Gauntlet
About the build
This build is not the easiest to master but once mastered, you will be a powerhouse of healing. This is a very high focus build with very low con so you need to be able to dodge, sense when trouble is coming and be aware of your surroundings. The build is great at group healing but harder when it comes to healing ranged allies that are not in the group.
Another thing to be aware of with THIS build is you will be blamed a lot for the deaths of your teammates if they don't know how to stay in sacred ground when they are low. Whenever you use this build, be sure to let the group know, you are using an AOE build so they MUST get in sacred when low and to use health pots when necessary.
The Good
- Powerful, strong aoe heals
- Amazing group/cluster healing
- Easy when your group knows how to play and GET IN SACRED!
- Better mobility and escape with dodge rolls
- Amazing group buffs with group self healing and empower
The Bad
- Very low HP & Super Squishy
- Must pay close attention to everything!
- Not a lot of room for error
- Can be stressful at times
- No real self heals and hard to heal ranged allies
- Lots of aggro
ATTRIBUTES
OPTION 1 410 Focus - 100 Constitution With 
Roasted Rabbit 40 Con Food
OPTION 2 360 Focus - 150 Constitution With Roasted Rabbit 40 Con Food
Gear
Life Staffs
Good starter life staff that drops from Harekeeper, the ghost that spawns when you kill Stanley the Rabbit in Restless Shores. This is easily farmed and the drop chance is pretty good. This will take you all the way up to the faction lifestaff.
Location
2. Syndicate Alchemist Life Staff
This is one of the 3 different faction lifestaffs, this is a great option as you work toward Will of the ancients from Lazarus or a BIS lifestaff. You get this at your faction vendor.
This WAS the BIS lifestaff from the Lazarus Instrumentality expedition that drops from several different mobs or can be crafted with 
Materia This will be the lifestaff you want to upgrade to 625, the only other lifestaffs that can beat this one would be a best in slot lifestaff with the 2 most important perks 
and 
Blessed and either ability perk 
Fortifying Sacred Ground or 
Mending Protection.
3. BIS Lifestaff Example
This is an example of a BIS lifestaff that i crafted. This is MY favorite lifestaff ability perk Mending Protection.
Lifestaff Perks (In Order of Priority)
- Blessed The most important
- Refreshing Move Another Must have, this will give you SO MUCH cool down reduction.
- Mending Protection OR Fortifying Sacred Ground both of these are more must haves on your lifestaff, if you have one on your lifestaff, make sure you have the other on your armor.
Refreshing Or 
Refreshing Evasion as you can see, cooldown reduction is HUGE for this build. These are more very solid perks to have on your weapon.
Offhand Weapon Choices
1. Void Gauntlet - Very solid choice due to the utility, group self healing with Essence Rupture and group wide empower / stamina regen with Oblivion. This is USUALLY my go to weapon. You can also pump out some decent dmg with voidblade and get another group heal with VoidCaller.
2. Great Axe - This is another one of my favorites, people sometimes ask questions when they see this but the gravity well, especially if your group doesn't have one, is invaluable. I think for mutations, this is the best crowd control ability in the game. It also has great escape with charge.