Guild Wars 2

Hi guys!

With the recent patch the 100% boon duration becomes more viable becouse of the new winter and the traveler runes. The new winter does has lost the MF and received toughness instead. And with the rune of the traveler you don’t need too much of winter’s. This build is really fun!

The build:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQNApeWlYgqCnFyvDm4ES2DDEBLJsHYE81RXFcIA-jUDBoeBCtBkaAkwAiIAI5rIaslhht6KIlXRT1ATpiIq2zDzpgIqWEAzCA-w

No griding/time gating version (less dps/more supportive):

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQNApeWlYgqCnFyvDm4ES2DDEBLJsHYE81RXFcIA-jUDBoNCiUDgEGQEBAZRFRjtMMsVXBp8KaqGYKVAaVLq2lAwpgRrWEAzCA-w

You can go 0/0/20/20/30 as well for Mace of Justice. Maybe even 0/0/30/10/30 for altruistic healing, but you’ll lose healing power, HP and EM or Writ of Persistence.

With this build you’ll get perma boons (even perma protection without hammer!). Feel free to change utilities, traits and equip!

Any suggestions? Add up!

PS: Take note that boon duration is capped at 100%, so the warrior banner and the vengeful trait are useless.

Where do you get the rune of the monk, I’m not seeing it on the trade?

I’d love to have you in my wvwvw group.
Seems like overkill for pve though!

Novock.7246:

Where do you get the rune of the monk, I’m not seeing it on the trade?

You get them from doing AC dungeon runs ( in exchange for AC tokens from the dungeon vendor in LA ).

Or you can toss a couple of thousand rare rune stones into the mystic forge and hope you get lucky ( I got three with this method )

Tarsius.3170:

Novock.7246:

Where do you get the rune of the monk, I’m not seeing it on the trade?

You get them from doing AC dungeon runs ( in exchange for AC tokens from the dungeon vendor in LA ).

Or you can toss a couple of thousand rare rune stones into the mystic forge and hope you get lucky ( I got three with this method )

Note: Or you can toss a couple of “THOUSAND” rare rune stones into the “MYSTIC FORGE” and “HOPE”

Man, I wish I could do bright red letters and make it flash on this forum Hope would be a good fit for such use. Of course I’m teasing and all, but the thousand and hope part made me giggle a bit. I’m not a huge fan of the forge after it eating 500 or so shields now without passing me a precursor

You can also do this with 98% Boon Duration, getting a little bit more stats (using clerics jewels instead of snowflakes). My testing shows it is rounded up (stand your ground gives 10 sec boons).

I have a lot of guardians in my guild run a boon duration build. It looks something like this.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQJASWlUgqCnFSPEm4ES2DRKBRQsHYUG1RXFSIA-j0CBYfQofAkDAEEQZPFRjtMMsVXBp8KaKbYqXER1WzFRrWKATUGB-w

2 traveler runes should replace 2 water majors on the boon guard for 95%. 90% is and was easily achievable. boon/cleric guards are and have been for a long time one of the best builds in the game, across all profs. glad to see there are more of u out there!

Mikau.6920:

PS: Take note that boon duration is capped at 100%, so the warrior banner and the vengeful trait are useless.

Does the trait ’’Vengeful’’(trait II of Virtues) stack with boon duration? And if yes, does it stack even if you have 100% boon duration?

thats not 100% boon duration build, that is 40%+ magic find build!

Crapgame.6519:

Tarsius.3170:

Novock.7246:

Where do you get the rune of the monk, I’m not seeing it on the trade?

You get them from doing AC dungeon runs ( in exchange for AC tokens from the dungeon vendor in LA ).

Or you can toss a couple of thousand rare rune stones into the mystic forge and hope you get lucky ( I got three with this method )

Note: Or you can toss a couple of “THOUSAND” rare rune stones into the “MYSTIC FORGE” and “HOPE”

Man, I wish I could do bright red letters and make it flash on this forum Hope would be a good fit for such use. Of course I’m teasing and all, but the thousand and hope part made me giggle a bit. I’m not a huge fan of the forge after it eating 500 or so shields now without passing me a precursor

It’s not quite as harsh as other RNG recipes – you have 1 in 10 to get an exotic ( and therefore a 9 in 10 chance of getting another rune to toss into the forge ). During my quest for 3 monks I also got 3 divinity and 5 scholar runes + a LOT of exotics in the 2-3 gold range. Ironically I got lots of non-tradeable magic find runes which I ended up vendoring – this was just before they announced the change in the magic find stats.

While I did spend about 100 gold on the process I got about 80 back, so in the end 3xmonk for 20g which you may or may not feel is worth it ( depends how much you hate AC ). I really only recommend it for someone who really doesn’t want to do dungeon runs.

You’re giving up too much imo for just a tiny bit more boon duration. The standard 0/0/20/30/20 is much better imo. And celestial gear? Why? Your damage isn’t going to be much better (if at all) than cleric’s, with far less heal power.

Hi guys.

Fixed the 2nd link (both links were the same).

Shad.7416:

Mikau.6920:

PS: Take note that boon duration is capped at 100%, so the warrior banner and the vengeful trait are useless.

Does the trait ’’Vengeful’’(trait II of Virtues) stack with boon duration? And if yes, does it stack even if you have 100% boon duration?

The vengeful trait does not work if you have 100% boon duration. But it will stack up to 100% boon duration, additively (you cannot have more than 100% retaliation duration).

Yaki.9563:

You’re giving up too much imo for just a tiny bit more boon duration. The standard 0/0/20/30/20 is much better imo. And celestial gear? Why? Your damage isn’t going to be much better (if at all) than cleric’s, with far less heal power.

I’m using Celestial to get more DPS and mainly precision to trigger both Vigorous Precision and EM. And considering that Celestial brings full crit dmg (equivalent to Zerker or Assassin – 2% more!) presion really helps.

Also that a look in the 2nd link (now fixed).

But I also felt a loss of dps with the winter jewels, compared to quartz ones that I have.

Sabull.5670:

thats not 100% boon duration build, that is 40%+ magic find build!

hahah. There is no more MF on Celestial =P

Mikau.6920:

Yaki.9563:

You’re giving up too much imo for just a tiny bit more boon duration. The standard 0/0/20/30/20 is much better imo. And celestial gear? Why? Your damage isn’t going to be much better (if at all) than cleric’s, with far less heal power.

I’m using Celestial to get more DPS and mainly precision to trigger both Vigorous Precision and EM. And considering that Celestial brings full crit dmg (equivalent to Zerker or Assassin – 2% more!) presion really helps.

Also that a look in the 2nd link (now fixed).

But I also felt a loss of dps with the winter jewels, compared to quartz ones that I have.

The difference between your DPS and using a Cleric’s/Magi split to keep power the same is 11% (assuming you’ve got permanent fury, it’s less otherwise). That might sound significant, but it’s an 11% increase to crap damage. When you’re doing 1/3 the damage of someone geared and traited for DPS, that 11% is fairly negligible. For that gain you give up a little over 200 heal power though you do gain about 70 vitality. Your crit rate is just 4% higher.

It should be noted that you’re also giving up a lot by using exotic trinkets instead of ascended just so you can gain 5% boon duration.

Yaki.9563:

Mikau.6920:

Yaki.9563:

You’re giving up too much imo for just a tiny bit more boon duration. The standard 0/0/20/30/20 is much better imo. And celestial gear? Why? Your damage isn’t going to be much better (if at all) than cleric’s, with far less heal power.

I’m using Celestial to get more DPS and mainly precision to trigger both Vigorous Precision and EM. And considering that Celestial brings full crit dmg (equivalent to Zerker or Assassin – 2% more!) presion really helps.

Also that a look in the 2nd link (now fixed).

But I also felt a loss of dps with the winter jewels, compared to quartz ones that I have.

The difference between your DPS and using a Cleric’s/Magi split to keep power the same is 11% (assuming you’ve got permanent fury, it’s less otherwise). That might sound significant, but it’s an 11% increase to crap damage. When you’re doing 1/3 the damage of someone geared and traited for DPS, that 11% is fairly negligible. For that gain you give up a little over 200 heal power though you do gain about 70 vitality. Your crit rate is just 4% higher.

It should be noted that you’re also giving up a lot by using exotic trinkets instead of ascended just so you can gain 5% boon duration.

Hi!

This build is more for fun, I don’t usually (in fact, never) go 0/0/x/x/30. And with the winter jewels you lose a lot of DPS and even support.

I have none Ascended trinkets and little to no interest to acquire them (I only have my old Golden Lotus that now is zerker).

But you can swap the Magis for Clerics without losing too much crit chance.

Thanks for suggestions!

Mikau.6920:

Shad.7416:

Mikau.6920:

PS: Take note that boon duration is capped at 100%, so the warrior banner and the vengeful trait are useless.

Does the trait ’’Vengeful’’(trait II of Virtues) stack with boon duration? And if yes, does it stack even if you have 100% boon duration?

The vengeful trait does not work if you have 100% boon duration. But it will stack up to 100% boon duration, additively (you cannot have more than 100% retaliation duration).

Thank you!

Mikau.6920:

Hi guys.

Fixed the 2nd link (both links were the same).

Shad.7416:

Mikau.6920:

PS: Take note that boon duration is capped at 100%, so the warrior banner and the vengeful trait are useless.

Does the trait ’’Vengeful’’(trait II of Virtues) stack with boon duration? And if yes, does it stack even if you have 100% boon duration?

The vengeful trait does not work if you have 100% boon duration. But it will stack up to 100% boon duration, additively (you cannot have more than 100% retaliation duration).

Yaki.9563:

You’re giving up too much imo for just a tiny bit more boon duration. The standard 0/0/20/30/20 is much better imo. And celestial gear? Why? Your damage isn’t going to be much better (if at all) than cleric’s, with far less heal power.

I’m using Celestial to get more DPS and mainly precision to trigger both Vigorous Precision and EM. And considering that Celestial brings full crit dmg (equivalent to Zerker or Assassin – 2% more!) presion really helps.

Also that a look in the 2nd link (now fixed).

But I also felt a loss of dps with the winter jewels, compared to quartz ones that I have.

Sabull.5670:

thats not 100% boon duration build, that is 40%+ magic find build!

hahah. There is no more MF on Celestial =P

The boon duration food gives 40% magic find.