Guild Wars 2

I’m trying to decide which pieces of the CoF gear I want to get, but I’m not really sure which stats are good for elementalists.

Will vitality be useless because we die so much anyway?
How much does condition damage affect our burns and bleeds over straight power?
Will hitting more and higher crits out-due both power and condition damage?

Here’s the stats for the 3 different CoF helms:

Option One:
+45 Power
+32 Precision
+2% Critical Damage

Option Two:
+32 Power
+32 Vitality
+45 Condition Damage

Option Three:
+32 Power
+45 Precision
+32 Condition Damage

Each option has a full set of gear with those same stats (different numbers).
Each set uses the same runes, so that’s not an issue.
Should I get a full set of 6, or mix and match?

Just looking for other elementalist’s opinions, please do not spam the topic about how terrible you think elementalists are and how much I should roll a different class.

Thanks!

I would choose either One or Three, but I am more focussed on Critical Damage, so I’m using that.

I would choose One since it suits a variety things like wvw and large group events better. Now if you were completely dungeon focused, Three would be a better option.

Thanks for the replies! I was thinking critical damage and precision would bring me the most damage output, but I wasn’t positive. I’m still unsure of whether or not vitality is even worth it at all.

One with some valkyrie, cond dmg is not effective in wvw (not bad in pve though)

im going 50% knights 50% valkyrie.

some vit, some tought good crit and crit dmg and lots of power. also got another cleric set, and working on a carrion set.

I’m sorry, but what are these knight and valkyrie you guys are talking about? Are they runes or some stats that I’m not seeing?

I appreciate the input from everyone! I’m really trying to make the most out of this class, I don’t think it is as bad as a lot of people are claiming, you just really need to know how to work your attunements.

Dicemeister.9340:

I’m sorry, but what are these knight and valkyrie you guys are talking about?

They are armor prefixes. Knight gear has Power, Precision and Toughness. Valkyrie gear has Power, Precision and Vitality. As with Anylon, who posted above, I chose to craft myself a set of 50/50 Knight/ Valkyrie gear at 80 for my staff elementalist. I’m pleased with that choice, and I plan to continue using it. Pure glass cannon (typically, Berserker armor) is not for me.

This is distinct from the runes you add into your armor, which can customize it further.

Ah okay great thank you! Now I wish I had the means to craft my own gear lol, way out of my price range at the moment though.