Guild Wars 2

So I have finally found a build that I’m comfortable with. It suits my playstyle well, and is probably the most complimenting build to how I play. The only thing I’m unsure of is which sigil I want to use with my axe. The build focuses mostly on the use of the Axe/Shield, but has the Greatsword because of its mobility. Because of the amount of time I’ll be using my axe as my main source of dps, I’m concerned of which sigil to put on it. My three sigils that I’m really considering are the Sigil of Air, Accuracy, and Force. I know the air sigil offers a good deal of extra damage, but I’m unsure of just how much, and if it would add more overall than the 7% increase in crit chance. My build already has constant uptime with fury, and can be increased up to another 15% with Heightened Focus, but that 15% is not constant because of how much I use Eviscerate for the axe, which will drain the adrenaline. That on top of the fact that I’m often not using the food I have on the build, I feel like the Sigil of Accuracy would help to create the high crit chance that I’m looking for so that my Eviscerate always hits hard. Lastly is the Sigil of Force which I consider mainly because of its damage, and the popularity of it. Thanks in advance, and I’ve left a link to my build, which is a WvW build, so you can get a better understanding.

Build: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQNAR3ejMd0FaZHOewJagqgC9iHANwprWdP04xAA-TFTDABMcQBo4BEcwRCgR1feSZWCKBr4CIAlSD40NAiGGAMBRz+DBAQAu5NzmtZwQH6QH6QHa38mD9mDNpAYSYE-w

Well I was about to suggest sigil of intelligence, but you say you will be using the axe/shield mostly, meaning less weapon swaps. The int sigil would make your eviscerate hit like a truck if you were weapon swapping. Also sigil of battle would be smart in that case.

However if your choice is between air, accuracy, and force, I would say stick to air. In a zerker build you will be critting a lot, proccing the sigil all the time and gaining crits on the proc itself. It will hit for over 1k every 3 seconds. With your gear, I think that would be the best route.

Also sigil of Perception or Bloodlust for off hand might be usefull as well. Gain charges of power or precision for each kill, for a max of +250. And in WvW it’s +5 charges per kill, so 5 kills for a full stack, and I don’t think you need to have the killing blow, but a tag at the least resulting in a kill. I could be wrong about that though.

I’d go with Fire as my first choice. I’ve always preferred Fire>Air for the AoE in group fights. Force/Accuracy are both very generic, but are still good all purpose choices even outside of WvW. If you are primarily camping Axe/Shield you probably wouldn’t get much use out of another Battle/Energy.

Superior Strength. Might trumps all these days.

Well….looking at your build….dunno.

Air. 1.2k dmg every 3sec>anything else

Brother Grimm.5176:

Superior Strength. Might trumps all these days.

Well….looking at your build….dunno.

Yeah… if you looked at that build you would have noticed I already have that on my shield.

Carpboy.7145:

Air. 1.2k dmg every 3sec>anything else

But thats the thing, you don’t hit that every three seconds. If you calculate the 60% chance that you get a lightning strike on top of the 64% crit chance I have with food and full Heightened Focus, which I usually don’t have both, there is about a 37% chance to get a lightning strike. So basically once I get a lightning strike I’ll have to wait 3 seconds plus about 3 axe hits at max to get another lightning strike. Theres your daily dose of math lol.

Xenon.4537:

Well I was about to suggest sigil of intelligence, but you say you will be using the axe/shield mostly, meaning less weapon swaps. The int sigil would make your eviscerate hit like a truck if you were weapon swapping. Also sigil of battle would be smart in that case.

However if your choice is between air, accuracy, and force, I would say stick to air. In a zerker build you will be critting a lot, proccing the sigil all the time and gaining crits on the proc itself. It will hit for over 1k every 3 seconds. With your gear, I think that would be the best route.

And I repeat the same thing I said to Carpboy about the three seconds. Also I have a weapon swap every 5 seconds but most of the time when I’m using Eviscerate I’m not switching from my GS. Thanks for the other stuff though.