Guild Wars 2

I wanted to discuss this armour set with most of you. Do you think this set is most ideal for a healer setup, or would some of you vouch for Clerics armour with a different rune setup?

I’ve run both this set and Cleric’s armor. In the end, it comes down to two things:

1#: Are you traited / skilled to take advantage of it, ie: do you use healing skills. As an example, my guardian rarely ever activates her healing skill since I use virtues for most of my active healing and I let my signet carry passive condition removal. She would never trigger the benefit of 6 superior runes of Dwayna. On the other hand, my mesmer uses the healing mantra, so it becomes a party wide buff on demand activated frequently.

#2: Are you in a profession that can leverage the bonuses of the armor. I use this armor on my thief for a ‘tanky’ set because I like the healing power boost to my Signet of Malice and the regen duration when I Shadow Refuge a party. Also, Thief gets a really good return on investment for vitality, not all professions do.

Hope that helps. Both are good approaches, just depends on how you use them.

Thank you for taking the time to respond. I’m a Guardian and I figured using it with a short cooldown healing skill such as Shelter would be beneficial. My main concern was whether or not people thought this was meant to be a supportive setup or a solo one, so I’m thankful for your insight.

Those triggerable runes are very interesting, on my ele I often use my heal to activate Altruism (3 might stacks for group) instead of healing myself. I like that choice.