Guild Wars 2

So I’m playing around with build editors online, and I get to looking at Sigils for weapons. I’m not sure of the math myself, so I’ll ask here:

What’s better? Superior Sigil of Force, or Superior Sigil of Battle?

Now I understand that Force is permanent (+5% damage), and Battle is only 20 seconds (3 stacks Might) and could be stripped, but I wondered if Battle provided more damage over Force while you had it?

It actually depends on what class you are and the types of runes u put in your armour.

For example, on my elementalist , i am using runes of water x2/superior runes of monk x2/ superior runes of strength x2 with 30% boon duration from my trait line. Hence total might duration(+80%) and i use superior sigil of battle which gives me approx 12 stacks of might constantly and it definitely provides more damage then force in this scenario.

However if u are playing a class like warrior, I think u will not put the +boon duration runes in your armour slot and hence the benefit from superior sigil of battle will be less. And sigil of force will just be better.

It depends a bit.

If you swap as much as possible, the sigil is equal to 6 stacks of might, which is 210 power. This would mean that you’d have to have >4200 power for the Sigil of Force to be superior in terms of additional damage.

However, to get that effect, you’ll either need to plan your swaps so that you always enter combat with the swap that does not have the Sigil, or you’ll need it on both swaps.

Also note that the Sigil has an internal cooldown of 9 seconds, so a Warrior with Fast Hands isn’t going to get additional stacks.

That sigil works excellently on an Elementalist because of their constant attunement swapping, which triggers the sigil whenever it’s not on cooldown.

Also note that Might also provides Condition damage, which usually makes it even better than straight up power.

As others have said, the Sigil of Battle is a superb choice for Elementalists because of their frequent attunement swapping. Throw in some runes/gear that boost boon duration and you can get a tremendous amount of mileage from it. For other professions though, you’re normally better off with a Sigil of Force/Bloodlust. (Or both, if you wield two weapons.)