Guild Wars 2

Has anyone done the maths to work out how much of a difference there is for each set? I’m currently running full zerk with scholar runes, but I find the idea of Strength runes appealing.

I remember reading somewhere that strength is only worthwhile if the battle is longer than 20secs. But that was pre feature pack and may have changed? This is from a pve and dungeon stand point running both staff and s/d

Scholar is still the best as long as you stay above 90% but strength is great on Ele because of might stack abilities. If you are soloing or not in organized groups Strength is recommended. So it depends on how often you do that. This is just taken from what DnT’s recent post by Nike sure same applies across all classes though.

Hmm I do PUG everything and rarely party for anything, I might just try it out

Check this, someone did math on reddit:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1c1Mvg8BDoLmR7MOUQ5VbuW81MoxwuMGWHxZT_SGzG0k/edit#gid=1551927997

For DnD classic build, i tried

1-full cleric with almost 2000 healing,

2- my balanced method with a mix of boon duration runes, lemongrass food, and the soldier for weaps, knight for armour, and celestial for acc

3- Followed number 2 but changed to strength runes.

Number 1 was useless because the radius is way to small

Number 2 is fine and has worked since the incorp of ascended gear. But i wanted to try something different

Number 3 with str runes blew me away. Yes i lost boon duration but still had 30% which is barelky enough in rotation cycles but that power creep is just holy motha of gawd awesome.

I have no clue about other builds.

Netko.9271:

Check this, someone did math on reddit:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1c1Mvg8BDoLmR7MOUQ5VbuW81MoxwuMGWHxZT_SGzG0k/edit#gid=1551927997

awesome link, thanks for that

Seems very relative to build. Strength will be better in a longer fight and with builds where might is building up a lot over time. Probably much better for most ele builds which also use some conditions.

In PvE, Scholar is better if you’re maxing on Might (full 25 stacks). Otherwise, Strength is better.