Guild Wars 2

I have some exotic acc bound items and I want to use them on my green 80s characters but I’m not sure which stats are the most lucrative for each proffesion.
Guardian – power/precision/ferocity
Warrior – power/precision/ferocity
Thief – power/precision/ferocity
Mesmer – power/precision/ferocity ? (not sure)
Elementalist – power/precision/ferocity ? (not sure)
Engineer – power/precision/condition damage ? (not sure)
Necromancer – power/condition duration/condition damage ? (not sure)

Usually zerk stats for all classes. I think assassins is something like 0-1% better than zerk at best, so just go with power/precision/ferocity with power as main stat. Now that I’m comfortable with Ele I can go full zerk, but I know some like to add some toughness/vitality because its very squishy otherwise. try something like knights (power/precision/toughness) if you are starting out.

nagr.1593:

Usually zerk stats for all classes. I think assassins is something like 0-1% better than zerk at best, so just go with power/precision/ferocity with power as main stat. Now that I’m comfortable with Ele I can go full zerk, but I know some like to add some toughness/vitality because its very squishy otherwise. try something like knights if you are starting out.

Even with necromancer and engineer? are there any calculations because that’s odd I thought conditions don’t crit or do they?

Zerker is the most popular build for all classes, and it is possible to have a zerker necro or engi.

But you’re also right that condition builds are also popular (and effective!) on those classes and zerker gear is no good for them because conditions don’t crit and aren’t affected by power.

It’s also entirely possible to use a number of other builds, on all classes, if you’re not bothered about having the absolute highest possible damage. For example celestial stats are quite popular for ele’s because when you’re switching attunements a lot you will make use of all the stats.

But if by most lucrative you mean the ones that will enable you to make gold the fastest then I think your best bet in PvE is speed clearing dungeons, and for that you want a warrior or guardian in full zerker gear. IMO it’s not very fun, but it is profitable.

Depends if you are playing PvP/WvW or PvE.
In PvE condition damage in general is just bad, if there is more than 1 player causing cond damage they kinda cancel each oter damage, so that is why he is saying that even for Necro and Eng zerker is better.
Besides, there are several traits and sigils that cause condition damage on crit, so have condition build with good crit chance is good to stack conds.
For necro in specific, there are good power builds, with axe and dagger and wells.
For Eng bomb and grenade builds scale really well with power.

Ok, so I’m gonna salvage almost all my stuff because I have only 1 berserker piece.

Danikat.8537:

Zerker is the most popular build for all classes, and it is possible to have a zerker necro or engi.

But you’re also right that condition builds are also popular (and effective!) on those classes and zerker gear is no good for them because conditions don’t crit and aren’t affected by power.

It’s also entirely possible to use a number of other builds, on all classes, if you’re not bothered about having the absolute highest possible damage. For example celestial stats are quite popular for ele’s because when you’re switching attunements a lot you will make use of all the stats.

But if by most lucrative you mean the ones that will enable you to make gold the fastest then I think your best bet in PvE is speed clearing dungeons, and for that you want a warrior or guardian in full zerker gear. IMO it’s not very fun, but it is profitable.

“Zerker” is not a build. Also, why would you suggest celestial stats when the OP wrote “Best PVE stats for each class”?

You also don’t need neither a guardian or warrior, every class besides necromancer is solid in dungeons, for example playing an engi gives you massive amounts of utility – you have access to stealth, might through fire field blasts, healing, projectile absorption, projectile reflection, crowd control skills, vulnerability stacking, heavy condition application (in a full direct damage build) and the fact that you’re mostly just using grenades means you don’t even need to be in melee, you can chill back (as long as you know you won’t pull the boss out by aggroing it) spamming nades and still doing better DPS than like 95% of pug dungeon runners.

In PvE condition damage in general is just bad, if there is more than 1 player causing cond damage they kinda cancel each oter damage, so that is why he is saying that even for Necro and Eng zerker is better.

Condition damage is very good if you want to solo dungeons/bosses.

A lot of people use ‘zerker’ as a general name for pure-DPS builds which use beserker gear. Like how most GW1 builds were named after the elite skill they used.

And I know you can do dungeons on any profession (and a variety of builds) I like to do them on a condi/crit ranger. But when the OP asked for the most lucrative stats I took that to mean the ones that enable you to make gold most quickly. Which would be speed-running dungeons, and from what I’ve seen most speed run groups specifically ask for warriors or guardians.

“Speed runners” on the LFG aren’t speed runners at all, they’re just tryhard wannabes.

Real speed run groups will go something like ele/ele/warrior/guardian and then either third ele, or maybe a thief for stealth or maybe even a ranger for frost spirit/spotter. Thief works if the dungeon has stealth sections, engineer isn’t really specialised in anything but it has competitive dps and solid utility so if you’re just doing a daily dungeon tour you can take one along just fine.

Berserker has the highest damage output, higher than assassin’s actually.
There is a very helpful table that you can look at that will compare different armor sets. It compares effective power and effective health of all armor. This table does not address condition damage put rather actual damage.

Its true assassins may be useful in certain builds more so than Berserkers but without comparing builds the but the stats themselves Berserkers comes out on top

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/249pc7/effective_power_and_effective_health_of_all/

nagr.1593:

Usually zerk stats for all classes. I think assassins is something like 0-1% better than zerk at best, so just go with power/precision/ferocity with power as main stat. Now that I’m comfortable with Ele I can go full zerk, but I know some like to add some toughness/vitality because its very squishy otherwise. try something like knights (power/precision/toughness) if you are starting out.

Doesn’t that pretty much illustrate how broken things are? The current state of power/brute force >>> everything is pretty bad.

Always easy to tell what the current metas are — just see what gear/runes cost the most on the TP

oniralas.9687:

nagr.1593:

Usually zerk stats for all classes. I think assassins is something like 0-1% better than zerk at best, so just go with power/precision/ferocity with power as main stat. Now that I’m comfortable with Ele I can go full zerk, but I know some like to add some toughness/vitality because its very squishy otherwise. try something like knights (power/precision/toughness) if you are starting out.

Doesn’t that pretty much illustrate how broken things are? The current state of power/brute force >>> everything is pretty bad.

Always easy to tell what the current metas are — just see what gear/runes cost the most on the TP

+1.

I use Berserker on everything. It’s both quicker, and more satisfying. It doesn’t feel like playing the game when you don’t actually have to dodge as you have stacked up on Toughness & Vitality. Some guys in rT guild have made a video of an Arah path using bonkers armor sets like Clerics, Magi, Soldiers etc. and completed without dodging, and to me not needing to dodge is like not playing the game, it’s just pressing a rotation which sounds like work.

I want to note I use Rabid on my Warrior for soloing Arah. In a solo situation, it’s more defensive and on par DPS with Berserker, while giving me a break from my normal playstyle.

You cant do stats for class, go for stats for item. Warrior gs uses what you said, but dual wielding goes for condidtion. There are also pvt builds and diff for each claas

oniralas.9687:

nagr.1593:

Usually zerk stats for all classes. I think assassins is something like 0-1% better than zerk at best, so just go with power/precision/ferocity with power as main stat. Now that I’m comfortable with Ele I can go full zerk, but I know some like to add some toughness/vitality because its very squishy otherwise. try something like knights (power/precision/toughness) if you are starting out.

Doesn’t that pretty much illustrate how broken things are? The current state of power/brute force >>> everything is pretty bad.

Always easy to tell what the current metas are — just see what gear/runes cost the most on the TP

Not really. In PvE there will always have a best way to go. But still if zerker is the best gear, you still have several options in runes, sigil and trait. Could the game diverse more? Yes. Does the game feel broken? Not really. I still have a a lot of fun playing it even if it have a lot of room for improvement, like any other game, at all time.