Guild Wars 2

Hi folks, I’ve been reading a few threads and guides to see which runes and sigils are best for maximizing dps for dungeons/fractals (particularly for a staff user who does frequent attunement swapping).

So far, I’m getting the impression that it’s Sigil of Bloodlust to 25 stacks then Sigil of Battle.

For runes, Scholar seems to be the most frequently suggested type.

Are these conclusions correct? Or perhaps are there other factors to consider?

Rune of the Scholar or Ruby Orbs.

I personally always rune with Sigil of Fire.

It hits for 1.5 to 2k every ten seconds.

However, you dont have 100% uptime on bosses in most PVE content, which gives the cooldown time to reset.

It is not necessarily optimal, but I feel that in most situations it is a bigger asset (after bloodlust).

Bloodlust is worth about 10% damage fully stacked if you’re in mostly zerker gear, so I’m personally thinking about swapping back to straight 5% damage because the payout doesn’t seem worth how often it is not providing ANY significant boost.

Hamartia.3421:

Bloodlust is worth about 10% damage fully stacked if you’re in mostly zerker gear, so I’m personally thinking about swapping back to straight 5% damage because the payout doesn’t seem worth how often it is not providing ANY significant boost.

In my opinion, it’s still worth it considering you can swap to a weapon with force after you get your stacks for even more damage; there’s usually enough mobs in dungeons/fractals to quickly get your stacks.

With that said, I currently run Sigil of Battle on Staff.

Just to throw this into the mix: Sigil of Battle on Scepter and Sigil of Bloodlust for off-hand Dagger/swap to off-hand Dagger with Sigil of Force at max stacks is quite nice, as long as you’re constantly attunement swapping. Might stacks are such a large source of damage.

I’ve been contemplating using Sigil of Fire more often, but I would only suggest it when you’re dealing with a lot of mobs clumped up together.

Yeah, I was under the impression Sigil of Fire won’t be too great since it’s based on crit chance and doesn’t hit for a large amount (besides, staff has a lot of AOE already).

I am currently using Sigil of Energy actually but I feel like I might be able to let go of the extra endurance it gives in many fights. I already have Bloodlust on one weapon and am just curious what the swap weapon should be.