Guild Wars 2

This might be a really dumb question and my brain is on kitten mode right now.

but I wanted to know, What is the % based off of?

Is it my base power without any might or what?

Also is it better to use on high power builds than low power builds.

Say I have 2481 power will the 5% from a superior sigil of force give me 124 power?

no it is one of the modifiers used after the damage has been calculated but as it is used as a modifier after the initial dmg is calculatecx it will apply a full 5% increase any hit.

you have the actual formula for your dmg, which gives a result and is multiplied by all modifiers (in- or excluding crit depending on the RNG of course).

For eaxmple a partially ascneded (partial ascneded armor, ascneded weapon(1100 avg dmg), ascneded trinkets) elementalist with sigil of force and sigil of night with fire trait line does a fireball hit against a (fulll-health) glass warrior at level 80 while all modifiers apply:

dmg will be:

318 + 0.85 (2701 power * 1100 weapon dmg (avg)) / 2241 (armor) = 1444 dmg

1444 can crit (49.7 %) => in which case it’s modded by 229.76 % = 3319 dmg

Sigils and trait dmg:

Rune of the scholar +10 %
SIGIL OF FORCE +5 %
sigil of night +10 %
pyromancer’s training +10 %

modifier: 1.1 * 1.05 * 1.1 * 1.1 = 1.3975% (or 39.75% added bonus from sigils and traits.)

max 2018 dmg with a normal hit
max 4638 dmg when critting

This is valid of course when all these apply.

Whatever damage number you were going to inflict without the sigil, you’ll deal 5% more with it.

You can think of it like as an extra power (based on final power number after all buffs, etc).

Think of it as a 5% increase in your DPS compared to what you would be doing without it.