Guild Wars 2

I assumed that the 0/2 thing on the rune meant that you could use 2 of the same and not have diminishing returns… However when i stacked them onto my armor (i got 2 minor thief and 2 minor lyssa) i noticed that the 2nd rune of each didnt improve my stats.

So i’m left to wonder, do they stack, or do i effectively need to put a different rune in each slot?

Runes aren’t like gems. By having 2 runes of the same type, e.g. Superior Rune of Lyssa, you get a different effect than having 1 Superior Rune of Lyssa.

The rune counter counts how many runes you currently have. 0/2 means you have 0 runes and that the set consists of 2 runes. For example, Minor Rune of Thief gives you 10 Precision if you have 1 rune and an additional 7 condition damage if you have two of them.

I suggest reading the wiki page on runes.

The short guidelines for runes are:

• Minor, major, and superior runes with the same suffix do not count towards these bonuses, e.g. equipping two Major Runes of the Ice and four Superior Runes of the Ice provides the (1) & (2) major bonuses and the (1)-(4) superior bonuses.
• Equipping extra minor or major runes will not provide an additional bonus, e.g. equipping four minor runes provides the same benefits as using just two.
• The tooltip on equipped runes tallies the total number of identical runes equipped: green showing active runes, red showing excess runes past the maximum of two (for minor) or four (for major) runes, and gray if there are additional effects possible. The effects themselves will be grayed-out if inactive or appear in blue if active.

Think of them as set bonuses, that 0/2 is how many of that set you have equiped, each rune placed onto gear you have equiped will count and give you each set bonus.

So if your wearing 2 minor runes of the thief on 2 different bits of armour you will get the 1 slot bonus (10 precision) and the 2 slot bonus (7 condition damage)

Same goes for minor lyssa.

If you have 2 of both you should get BOTH sets of bonuses at the same time as long as your wearing the armour bits with all 4 of the runes in.

alright cool, you guys a great job explaining it. Now i understand. Thanks!