Guild Wars 2

Hi all , It has probably been asked already but I can’t find it so ,
I plan to craft a legendary weapon but I don’t mind the skin and I don’t plan to change stats on that weapon.

So my question is , does legendary have higher stats than an ascended weapon ? I saw on tp that base attack is the same but I have no way to check the stats, lets say both weapon are zerker weapon, does the legendary will have higher stat than ascended ?

Thanks and sorry for bad english.

Yes it is the same stats.
The difference is that you can choose the stats combo anytime.

Legendary weapon stats are the same as Ascended weapon stats but there is ONE major difference (that was added to Legendary weapons just prior to the Ascended release).

When you are out of combat, you can select WHAT Stat Set you want the Legendary Weapon to have. If I’m not mistaken, this includes even very rare and difficult to obtain Stat Sets (like Settlers or Apothecary). If you are a Zerker only player, this is not that big a deal, but if you experiment with builds a bunch and/or change gear a good bit for different play modes, that feature is quite powerful.

So depending on whether you change your character stats sets a lot (or at all), then there could be an actual game-play reason to own a Legendary Weapon. Otherwise, it’s all about the Bling.

Thanks for answers, I’ll save my gold and go for ascended then

In your case looks like Ascended is a better of a deal, but there’s another advantage about the Legendaries: if ever they create another tier of gear, something better than Ascended, the Legendary stats will be adjusted (increased) in order to still be the highest tier avaliable.