Guild Wars 2

Hey guys and gals,

No matter if it’s PvE, WvW, or sPvP I hate having to use my virtues aside from Virtue of Justice. I’ve just recently started using Virtue of Courage without cringing, but using Virtue of Resolve feels… so… wrong! It’s like if they’re on cool-down I feel like I’ve exhausted all my options, and now I’m going to die.

Can anyone share the sentiment?

Thanks

Virtue of Resolve returns far more health over time if you never activate it unless you’re about to use Renewed Focus, so I understand that.

The Virtue of Courage passive effect, though, is very weak. Randomly but infrequently blocking a single attack does almost nothing for your survivability. You’re much better off trying to time the activation to negate big hits like Earthshaker or certain boss abilities in dungeons.

Virtue of Resolve I hardly ever activate unless I’m in a party and I see some people low on health – it’s more for them than my own benefit. Otherwise, when questing I never touch it.

Virtue of Justice I try to use more often in every situation – the cool down is reasonable and the burn duration is nice – about 5 seconds iirc. In parties everyone applies a burn duration so you can see how awesome it is to use in groups.

Virtue of Courage I only use in emergencies when I’m over my head in pulls or champs. However I’m still learning to gauge when to use it in parties against bosses, where I find the benefit of the party outweighs my own.

Renewed Focus changes that – you pop every one of those Virtues when you’re using Renewed Focus. But your Virtues have their moments when the benefits outweigh the passive effects.