Guild Wars 2

Should it be HP, Toughness or Power?

I use mainly daggers, and very rarely switch to staff, so I need survivability most of all.

So, suggestions?

I’d go for both Toughness and Vitality (HP).

If you go pure Vitality you’ll have a lot of health, but you’ll also take notably more damage than you would need to. If you stack pure Toughness, you’ll take less damage, but your health will be rock bottom. So I’d say you want both.

What level are you? If you’re 55 and above, I’d recommend wearing about half and half Knight’s and Valkyrie equipment. Knight’s is Toughness/Power/Precision and Valkyrie is Power/Crit Damage/Vitality.

It’s not about level, i’m only 16 ATM but I like to plan in advance.

For example I started to put points in water magic for the HP increase and regen and was thinking going into earth for toughness, and with the remaining points into fire. But still, this is undecided and still thinking about the build I will have.

I think it’s a good idea early on to spend trait points for stats—they can make a huge difference—but as a whole you’ll eventually be more interested in the traits themselves than the stats the trait lines provide.

At 16 I think I’d recommend that you go for a balance between Power, Precision, and Vitality. Enemies don’t do enough damage per hit at that level for Toughness to be a huge concern, and they have low enough health that you can probably burn them down before they become a serious threat.