Guild Wars 2

if it isnt, what other stat sets work on it because i really want to play D/D in wvw while im waiting to make my celestial gear! thanks!

You should aim for the following stats, I take in consideration my current build as roamer lightning rod:

Power= 2k+
Toughness=1.8k+
Vitality=15k+
Crit dmg= 185%+
Crit chance= 30%+
Healing Power= 420+

I’m power based so don’t really bother that much about condi dmg, with this said it’s still added pressure, so a little doesn’t hurt.

Use a mix of knight/Valkrye/sentinel for the armor; for the trinkets : captain-cavalier-celestial(rings and earrings are easy to come by)-zerker. As weapons go cavalier main and rest depends on you ( a vitality weapon maybe)

Soldier + Rune of the Pack and Signet of Intelligence is a good option

Here is an example :

http://intothemists.com/guides/5552-dd_truely_fresh_air

There is some math on reddit that points to the break even vs old condi damage vs new. So pretty much burn you don’t need to much condi damage to still make it good because of intensity so we are good there.

You could probably mix some valk/cav/zerk/soldier if you wanted to forgo condi and healing power. Messing around with different combinations I found celestial gave me numbers I wanted with a little knights/zerk

Supreme.3164:

You should aim for the following stats, I take in consideration my current build as roamer lightning rod:

Power= 2k+
Toughness=1.8k+
Vitality=15k+
Crit dmg= 185%+
Crit chance= 30%+
Healing Power= 420+

I’m power based so don’t really bother that much about condi dmg, with this said it’s still added pressure, so a little doesn’t hurt.

Use a mix of knight/Valkrye/sentinel for the armor; for the trinkets : captain-cavalier-celestial(rings and earrings are easy to come by)-zerker. As weapons go cavalier main and rest depends on you ( a vitality weapon maybe)

Those are very nice looking stats, though I am interested in how you attain them with the removal of stat points from trait lines. Been messing around a lot, can get all those stats except the crit dmg. Only at 170% (no food in build either)

Edit: Also with boon duration gone from Arcana (for the most part) do people still run Hoelbrak/Strength or are people looking at Pack now?

(Also I haven’t been able to get into the game so all my info is form theorycrafting, looking at other post, and research)

iBlasiannn.4279:

Supreme.3164:

You should aim for the following stats, I take in consideration my current build as roamer lightning rod:

Power= 2k+
Toughness=1.8k+
Vitality=15k+
Crit dmg= 185%+
Crit chance= 30%+
Healing Power= 420+

I’m power based so don’t really bother that much about condi dmg, with this said it’s still added pressure, so a little doesn’t hurt.

Use a mix of knight/Valkrye/sentinel for the armor; for the trinkets : captain-cavalier-celestial(rings and earrings are easy to come by)-zerker. As weapons go cavalier main and rest depends on you ( a vitality weapon maybe)

Those are very nice looking stats, though I am interested in how you attain them with the removal of stat points from trait lines. Been messing around a lot, can get all those stats except the crit dmg. Only at 170% (no food in build either)

Edit: Also with boon duration gone from Arcana (for the most part) do people still run Hoelbrak/Strength or are people looking at Pack now?

(Also I haven’t been able to get into the game so all my info is form theorycrafting, looking at other post, and research)

For starters I have full ascended armor with 6x toughness infusion, followed by celestial chest, legs and backpack . Get at least a vitality based piece ( shaman or sentinel); then I have 2x captain trinkets and cavalier amulet. The runes depends on you really, I’m fine with hoelbrak

Celestial Armor. Pack Runes. Mix of Zerk, Cav, And Valk Trinkets. Zerk Daggers. Is working well for me.

What i really want to know is if anyone had tried Radiance or Traveler Runes with Celestial Gear.

Treeoflife.4031:

Celestial Armor. Pack Runes. Mix of Zerk, Cav, And Valk Trinkets. Zerk Daggers. Is working well for me.

What i really want to know is if anyone had tried Radiance or Traveler Runes with Celestial Gear.

Really wanted to try radiance, light aura with elemental contingency seems to be a great way to stack up retaliation.

Anyone else feeling the loss of boon duration? I never had a problem before with fury on attunement swap, but this time the 2s of fury doesn’t seem to last long enough, just barely for 1 skill after you swap.

Outsider.6051:

Treeoflife.4031:

Celestial Armor. Pack Runes. Mix of Zerk, Cav, And Valk Trinkets. Zerk Daggers. Is working well for me.

What i really want to know is if anyone had tried Radiance or Traveler Runes with Celestial Gear.

Really wanted to try radiance, light aura with elemental contingency seems to be a great way to stack up retaliation.

Anyone else feeling the loss of boon duration? I never had a problem before with fury on attunement swap, but this time the 2s of fury doesn’t seem to last long enough, just barely for 1 skill after you swap.

Agreed about Fury! Is why im using Zephyr’s boon and Pack Runes. I am personally more interested in the movement speed + Aura Duration of Radiance Runes tho. I Do like Air line but i really want to try a Fire/Earth/Water Set Up. But without some access to movement speed it really just doesnt cut it in WvW setting. Need Dat Speed!

iBlasiannn.4279:

Supreme.3164:

You should aim for the following stats, I take in consideration my current build as roamer lightning rod:

Power= 2k+
Toughness=1.8k+
Vitality=15k+
Crit dmg= 185%+
Crit chance= 30%+
Healing Power= 420+

I’m power based so don’t really bother that much about condi dmg, with this said it’s still added pressure, so a little doesn’t hurt.

Use a mix of knight/Valkrye/sentinel for the armor; for the trinkets : captain-cavalier-celestial(rings and earrings are easy to come by)-zerker. As weapons go cavalier main and rest depends on you ( a vitality weapon maybe)

Those are very nice looking stats, though I am interested in how you attain them with the removal of stat points from trait lines. Been messing around a lot, can get all those stats except the crit dmg. Only at 170% (no food in build either)

Edit: Also with boon duration gone from Arcana (for the most part) do people still run Hoelbrak/Strength or are people looking at Pack now?

(Also I haven’t been able to get into the game so all my info is form theorycrafting, looking at other post, and research)

You can actually make your stats quite crazy now despite the removal of stats from trait lines. I don’t wvw much, but went yesterday and ended up with:

2.3K power
2.35K armour
16K hp
40% crit chance
193% crit damage
300 healing power
200 condition damage

If you count guard stacks in, you can get some really nice stats, it’s not difficult at all. But bear in mind, everyone can get such stats.

Treeoflife.4031:

Outsider.6051:

Treeoflife.4031:

Celestial Armor. Pack Runes. Mix of Zerk, Cav, And Valk Trinkets. Zerk Daggers. Is working well for me.

What i really want to know is if anyone had tried Radiance or Traveler Runes with Celestial Gear.

Really wanted to try radiance, light aura with elemental contingency seems to be a great way to stack up retaliation.

Anyone else feeling the loss of boon duration? I never had a problem before with fury on attunement swap, but this time the 2s of fury doesn’t seem to last long enough, just barely for 1 skill after you swap.

Agreed about Fury! Is why im using Zephyr’s boon and Pack Runes. I am personally more interested in the movement speed + Aura Duration of Radiance Runes tho. I Do like Air line but i really want to try a Fire/Earth/Water Set Up. But without some access to movement speed it really just doesnt cut it in WvW setting. Need Dat Speed!

I’ve gotten so used to the might duration runes, i’m feeling uncomfortable dropping them in any build. I tried other boon duration runes, and so far water runes work for me in getting more uses out of the fury on swap, even if it is barely a second longer. Does might stacking in pack runes work well? The passive 10% boon duration on arcana feels so small compared to what we had before.

I don’t know about Radiance Runes. Going super offensive or defensive you have to sacrifice something somewhere, but you can make that up in combat with boons in some areas besides crit damage. I’d mess around with the fire aura trait to see if you notice a significant change to warrant dropping anything, but power/might runes.

Other classes are putting out more damage now so I personally wouldn’t advise losing to much damage and remember power/might=damage. We can sacrifice some of it because we get pretty easy access to might, but I wouldn’t drop to much power.

The only Rune choices I would consider for wvw/roaming would be hoelbrak/strength/eagle/scholar/pack I’d give air a try for some swiftness increase and another guaranteed lightning strike that can crit, but that would be more just for some fun trolling.

I’m running D/D Elementalist in WvW.

Traits:
Air: Zephyr’s Boon, Tempest Defense, Lightning Rod
Water: Soothing Ice, Soothing Disruption, Cleansing Water
Arcane: Renewing Stamina, Final Shielding, Evasive Arcana

Equipement (full Ascended):
Daggers – Berserkers (Sigils Doom & Battle) – Here I can swap Battle for Energy.
Armor – Celestial (Runes of Strenght) – Should be Hoelbrak.
Amulet & Back – Cleric
Rings – Knight
Earring – Soldier
All with WvW Toughness & Power Infusions.

Attributes (no consumambles):
Power: 2190
Tough: 1805 (Armor 2772)
Vita: 1355 (HP 15195)
Prec: 1157 (Crit Chance 30.52%)
Fero: 387 (Crit Dmg 175.80%) – Bit to low.
Healing: 427
Condi: 207

Utilities:
Signet of Restoration, Mist Form, Armor of Earth, Lightning Flash, FGS

Dorid.1793:

I’m running D/D Elementalist in WvW.

Traits:
Air: Zephyr’s Boon, Tempest Defense, Lightning Rod
Water: Soothing Ice, Soothing Disruption, Cleansing Water
Arcane: Renewing Stamina, Final Shielding, Evasive Arcana

Equipement (full Ascended):
Daggers – Berserkers (Sigils Doom & Battle) – Here I can swap Battle for Energy.
Armor – Celestial (Runes of Strenght) – Should be Hoelbrak.
Amulet & Back – Cleric
Rings – Knight
Earring – Soldier
All with WvW Toughness & Power Infusions.

Attributes (no consumambles):
Power: 2190
Tough: 1805 (Armor 2772)
Vita: 1355 (HP 15195)
Prec: 1157 (Crit Chance 30.52%)
Fero: 387 (Crit Dmg 175.80%) – Bit to low.
Healing: 427
Condi: 207

Utilities:
Signet of Restoration, Mist Form, Armor of Earth, Lightning Flash, FGS

I run around with pretty much the same build, and it’s fun! Would recommend, 10/10!

Outsider.6051:

I’ve gotten so used to the might duration runes, i’m feeling uncomfortable dropping them in any build. I tried other boon duration runes, and so far water runes work for me in getting more uses out of the fury on swap, even if it is barely a second longer. Does might stacking in pack runes work well? The passive 10% boon duration on arcana feels so small compared to what we had before.

I was using water rune pre-patch and swapped to might ones (hoelbrak OP when having earthmancer (example: ranger’s elite can’t overlap root … you can just walk out XD )).
The huge reduction to attunements cd make duration for prot, fury and regen weaker (you’re not 100% uptime, but not so far (if specced earth, prot on aura bring you very very close to 100%))

PS: i’m missing the bonus cleanse a bit right now, but condi will be nerfed so i really do not regret this change in my rune.

Supreme.3164:

You should aim for the following stats, I take in consideration my current build as roamer lightning rod:

Power= 2k+
Toughness=1.8k+
Vitality=15k+
Crit dmg= 185%+
Crit chance= 30%+
Healing Power= 420+

I’m power based so don’t really bother that much about condi dmg, with this said it’s still added pressure, so a little doesn’t hurt.

Use a mix of knight/Valkrye/sentinel for the armor; for the trinkets : captain-cavalier-celestial(rings and earrings are easy to come by)-zerker. As weapons go cavalier main and rest depends on you ( a vitality weapon maybe)

how u get 420+ healing power now?

tremors.4739:

how u get 420+ healing power now?

Celestial + Cleric equipement.