Guild Wars 2

With the release of HoT, a few new runes have been added that really bring some interesting mechanics for differing ele builds. I honestly think that this is one majorly overlooked aspect that might help make new runes.

Here are some runes, and how they might be truly useful for eles:

Superior rune of Leadership:
+30% Boon duration, +36 all stats, when using an elite convert 2 condis aoe into boons (45s CD)

This rune is awesome, even if just for the boon duration. There was a time (before you took a full set) when eles just mixed and matched 2 sets to get +Boon Duration that was about this high, and that was nerfed. It looks like they reintroduced it. Eles make good use of the celestial stats, 30% boon duration is INSANE (esp. considering that strength runes are so great giving 45% duration to just might), and the elite effect is useful if you are taking rebound. These should see some use, imo.

Superior Rune of Durability
+175 Toughness, +125 Vitality, +20% Boon Duration, Apply AoE prot and regen (3s) and resistance (1s) on hit with a 20s ICD

These are very interesting for a support/bunker ele. 20% boon duration is significant, and that extra prot and regen should equate to a condi cleanse and more physical defense, the resistance won’t hurt either. These are the defensive version of Pack Runes, and are worth considering.

Superior rune of the scrapper
+175 Power, +100 Toughness, -7% Damage within 600 range

For a melee brawler like d/d ele, this adds an insane amount of damage mitigation. Stacking with -40% damage from prot (which you should be able to keep nearly 100% of the time now), you get -47% damage in melee range, while still dishing out pretty good damage. When combined with all of the cleanse available, you essentially get an incredibly tanky brawler with great team cleanse and decent damage. It is hard to imagine taking anything other than cele, even with this.

Has anybody else tested other runes that really give interesting effects for your builds?

Hmm I’ve been using monk runes a lot lately on tempest, but durability looks amazing now that I think about it.

There’s also radiance runes, but the auras are more useful for the applied effects than the the auras themselves, so that’s not an ideal choice.

I also want to note that sigil of transference is a great alternative to renewal or leeching on builds with a good amount of healing to allies, so I run that sigil a lot.

BlackBeard.2873:

With the release of HoT, a few new runes have been added that really bring some interesting mechanics for differing ele builds. I honestly think that this is one majorly overlooked aspect that might help make new runes.

Here are some runes, and how they might be truly useful for eles:

Superior rune of Leadership:
+30% Boon duration, +36 all stats, when using an elite convert 2 condis aoe into boons (45s CD)

This rune is awesome, even if just for the boon duration. There was a time (before you took a full set) when eles just mixed and matched 2 sets to get +Boon Duration that was about this high, and that was nerfed. It looks like they reintroduced it. Eles make good use of the celestial stats, 30% boon duration is INSANE (esp. considering that strength runes are so great giving 45% duration to just might), and the elite effect is useful if you are taking rebound. These should see some use, imo.

Superior Rune of Durability
+175 Toughness, +125 Vitality, +20% Boon Duration, Apply AoE prot and regen (3s) and resistance (1s) on hit with a 20s ICD

These are very interesting for a support/bunker ele. 20% boon duration is significant, and that extra prot and regen should equate to a condi cleanse and more physical defense, the resistance won’t hurt either. These are the defensive version of Pack Runes, and are worth considering.

Superior rune of the scrapper
+175 Power, +100 Toughness, -7% Damage within 600 range

For a melee brawler like d/d ele, this adds an insane amount of damage mitigation. Stacking with -40% damage from prot (which you should be able to keep nearly 100% of the time now), you get -47% damage in melee range, while still dishing out pretty good damage. When combined with all of the cleanse available, you essentially get an incredibly tanky brawler with great team cleanse and decent damage. It is hard to imagine taking anything other than cele, even with this.

Has anybody else tested other runes that really give interesting effects for your builds?

Those runes of leadership and durability. Are they real or just runes you would like to see? I checked TP and can’t find these runes so yeah.

Verificus.4320:

BlackBeard.2873:

With the release of HoT, a few new runes have been added that really bring some interesting mechanics for differing ele builds. I honestly think that this is one majorly overlooked aspect that might help make new runes.

Here are some runes, and how they might be truly useful for eles:

Superior rune of Leadership:
+30% Boon duration, +36 all stats, when using an elite convert 2 condis aoe into boons (45s CD)

This rune is awesome, even if just for the boon duration. There was a time (before you took a full set) when eles just mixed and matched 2 sets to get +Boon Duration that was about this high, and that was nerfed. It looks like they reintroduced it. Eles make good use of the celestial stats, 30% boon duration is INSANE (esp. considering that strength runes are so great giving 45% duration to just might), and the elite effect is useful if you are taking rebound. These should see some use, imo.

Superior Rune of Durability
+175 Toughness, +125 Vitality, +20% Boon Duration, Apply AoE prot and regen (3s) and resistance (1s) on hit with a 20s ICD

These are very interesting for a support/bunker ele. 20% boon duration is significant, and that extra prot and regen should equate to a condi cleanse and more physical defense, the resistance won’t hurt either. These are the defensive version of Pack Runes, and are worth considering.

Superior rune of the scrapper
+175 Power, +100 Toughness, -7% Damage within 600 range

For a melee brawler like d/d ele, this adds an insane amount of damage mitigation. Stacking with -40% damage from prot (which you should be able to keep nearly 100% of the time now), you get -47% damage in melee range, while still dishing out pretty good damage. When combined with all of the cleanse available, you essentially get an incredibly tanky brawler with great team cleanse and decent damage. It is hard to imagine taking anything other than cele, even with this.

Has anybody else tested other runes that really give interesting effects for your builds?

Those runes of leadership and durability. Are they real or just runes you would like to see? I checked TP and can’t find these runes so yeah.

You can check the runes in the PvP builder.

They are real and can be purchased from a vendor after killing the dragon mouth in dragon stand