Guild Wars 2

As you’re all aware, P/V/T trinkets are now easily available for karma. Most people who have been running bunker builds thus far have been using Sapphire jewelry. Do you think that Sapphire is still the better option for survivability? Or would P/V/T pieces in those slots be superior? This is assuming P/V/T armor as well.

I’d appreciate any thoughts / comments / explanations.

Just want to get some input before doing the maths. You’re running 0/10/0/30/30 with boon duration runes and default cleric’s (sapphire everything with no orb changes)?

Done some comparisons and following are the approx. differences going with a generic approach i.e. stacking only cleric’s with no changes to orbs, stacking as much p/v/t using soldier/invader crests. This applies to WvW and PVE only and the stats may be off slightly due to outdated values but should give you an idea of the trade-offs.

Both sets share the same crit. chance & damage.

CLERIC’S
17605 HP, 1766 power, 2531 armor, 836 healing power.

SOLDIER’S
21545 HP, 2007 power, 2610 armor, 300 healing power.

Is the extra 536 healing power from Cleric’s worth trading 4k hp, 79 armor and 231 power for, well that depends on your playstyle. Personally I prefer a balanced approach to my builds and going either full bunker or full p/v/t leaves you with fairly low crit. values.

I’m using celestial but I’d prefer sapphire over soldier’s for the sustain. With might stacking, the difference in power between sapphire and soldier’s diminishes. The vitality difference shouldn’t be an issue if you play carefully.

MarzAttakz.9608:

Just want to get some input before doing the maths. You’re running 0/10/0/30/30 with boon duration runes and default cleric’s (sapphire everything with no orb changes)?

Done some comparisons and following are the approx. differences going with a generic approach i.e. stacking only cleric’s with no changes to orbs, stacking as much p/v/t using soldier/invader crests. This applies to WvW and PVE only and the stats may be off slightly due to outdated values but should give you an idea of the trade-offs.

Both sets share the same crit. chance & damage.

CLERIC’S
17605 HP, 1766 power, 2531 armor, 836 healing power.

SOLDIER’S
21545 HP, 2007 power, 2610 armor, 300 healing power.

Is the extra 536 healing power from Cleric’s worth trading 4k hp, 79 armor and 231 power for, well that depends on your playstyle. Personally I prefer a balanced approach to my builds and going either full bunker or full p/v/t leaves you with fairly low crit. values.

Yeah, I’m referring to the 0/10/0/30/30 with default sapphire and boon duration. This isn’t the build I normally run (just started playing around with it after reading all the hype, and I have to say it’s pretty fun). I was curious whether the healing power from clerics is really worth it, or now that it is easily attainable, if P/V/T might not be a better option. Thank you for doing the math – this is a great post.

I stopped running bunker about a month ago but will say the difference in sustain as TwoBit mentioned is noticable. Depending on what they do to Omnomberry Ghost you may be better off building in more precision to offset the loss of healing power on the p/v/t set, added benefit would be better chances for on crit. procs. I’ve also been toying with stacking healing power via Sigil of Life but have no conclusive results yet.

At the end of the day it’s likely best to have two sets, one devoted to pure bunker and another that gives you some flexibility and a better balance. Good luck making those decisions, grab this spreadsheet it makes balancing your stats much easier.

Hey Dom, could you please tell me where the vendor for p/v/t trinkets is. Thanks in advance.

franny.5078:

Hey Dom, could you please tell me where the vendor for p/v/t trinkets is. Thanks in advance.

Its in Ruins of Orr, Cathedral of Silence the Karma Vendor.