Guild Wars 2

I’m currently working on a set of power/toughness/vitality armor, I was wondering what the best superior runes for this set would be, I don’t plan to stand out with “DPS” or to be a tank, I’d just like something well balanced, I was thinking about “of the Dolyak,” “of the Scholar,” or “of Divinity.” I’m open to new suggestions thought! Thanks in advance for the replies.

Well it really comes down to what your traits look like as well. If you can make up the lack of precision to keep your crit rate above 33% on just traits, then it is prettymuch your choice. If you cant, there are a few precision based stats on superior rune sets as well.

It depends entirely on your playstyle. If you use a lot of shouts you might be interested in Soldier runes since it will give you plenty of condition removal. I use a hybrid warrior build for dungeons with armor geared for survivability and a bit if damage so for more healing power for healing shouts I went with Monk, the non-stat bonuses fit very nicely with +15% boon duration (for For great justice and Signet of Rage), a heal on hit that scaled with healing power and group wide aegis when activating an elite skill (which is every 48sec)

I use a great-sword, a hammer for bosses, and a long-bow for ranged attacks. I’m willing to fiddle around with my traits a bit, I use “Mending,” “Frenzy,” “Bull’s Charge,” “Endure Pain,” and “Signet of Rage.” I’m just looking for a versatile build, something that I can use in almost any situation. I don’t need to be the best at anything, I just need to be solid without losing too much “DPS.”

power/toughness/vitality is not well balanced armor. That’s tank armor. That’s THE tank armor.

If you want balanced stats, go for 2 offense stats and 1 defense stat.

Get precision. On crit effects are massive. Only having power serisouly gimps your options. There’s weapon sigils and food that have amazing on crit effects.

For my balanced warrior i went… i forget the name of the set but its, precision, condition damage, toughness. Then went with bleeds on crit(weapon sigil+trait) and life steal on crit(food). for me, that was the over all best setup when i played a warrior. dual wield swords and either rifle or bow depending on my mood. Duel wield swords could easily get a bleed stack maxed out at 25(3,000+ damage a second) with frenzy and that awesome F1 ability.

They have to condition clear fast, or they quickly melt away. Easy to reapply stacks, so clears were not a big deal. The toughness + armor gave me plenty of time to let the bleeds kill people. CC like kick, stomp, or rifle butt are great to give your bleeds a couple extra seconds to tick as well. And when your bleeds are doing

I found power by itself to be lacking in damage. Maybe i did it wrong, or maybe it’s just not great on warriors, but that’s my 2 cents. good luck!

Hadouken.4209:

I found power by itself to be lacking in damage. Maybe i did it wrong, or maybe it’s just not great on warriors, but that’s my 2 cents. good luck!

Power itself is weak.

Precision itself is weak.

Like Ying and Yang, you need to balance the two.

Power is a helluva lot more effective than Condition Damage, that’s for sure!

Condition damage is horrible on a warrior, it only applies to dual-wielding swords as far as I know and you cripple your “DPS” because there is a 25 stack limit for bleeding.

Don’t get me wrong, Conditions are nice as a bonus for Warriors using Swords and Longbows. They are, however, not nice enough to be made the main focus, if you ask me.

the thing with condition damage on warrior is how the trait tree is lined up. Power tree also gives the same amount of condition damage, so you really dont even need to stack it, just the raw traits make up for not stacking it on armor. I tend to keep a balance overall, pwr/vit/tough on armor/runes in them, prec/condition/healing on accessories sockets, and prec/pwr/vit or prec/pwr/tough on the accessories themselves, then just pwr/vit/tough on weapons. keeps you pretty well rounded, able to take the hits, and dish them right back out. if you want a decently offensive build on your traits, try out this build. ~ 30/20/0/10/10 ~ that a very basic build for offense, but still it lets you keep many things in 1 build. use the majors for: Strength 3-5-9, Arms 3-10, Tactics 5, Discipline 3