Glacial Heart
Essentially a third on crit effect that is also aoe. Adds a really nice chunk of damage and since your attack speed is complete kitten , you benefit from more damage in a single instance than over time (ever land a crit mighty blow + air + fire + GH?). Both options are RNG, but on crit effects usually proc so often that you can basically expect it whenever its off CD. Also, don’t forget that chill is strong AF.
Also, nor everyone is a medi guard in PvP. Hammer guards in wvw also enjoy the trait
Fishsticks
What slayerSixx said. You hit so slow that Glacial Heart will almost always be ready when you start a fight with mighty blow. You are all about burst and a 40% increased dmg on mighty blow is better than 20% critical chance. Also you don’t want to start the fight with a meditation. You usually do mighty blow and judge intervention first, maybe smite condition after, but never before.
Also you lack so much mobility that the chill is precious to keep yourself on top of your target.
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Also, many run pack runes you will have fury a good chunk of the time from that.
In PvP meditation hammer build is all about burst. Having that extra damage from Glacial Heart helps more than the short fury duration. Although I’m sure having Focused Mind isn’t that bad either since you will have a higher chance to get a critical hit on your opponent. Focused Mind might be better with a different faster weapon but with a slow hammer it feels like Glacial Heart has the upper hand. Also the range on Focused Mind is really narrow, so the chance you will give others fury is rather small.
(edited by Noah.4756)
Can you explain to me why now all prefer this trait:
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Glacial_Heart
Than this:
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Focused_Mind
????
The first is really good but you can use it evry 15 sec for a bit of damage and chill for 3 sec.
The second for evry meditation utility, give to the the team mate fury.
What’s change? Wich do you prefer?
Actually i prefer focus mind but maybe i didn’t understund the real potential of this skill.
Tnx
Well, wont matter soon enough, glacial heart will be removed with HoT and focused mind merged with monk heal and the look of it u only give fury to allies, not both like now.
“Death is just another path”
Great spike damage + Chill to control + Unblock-able
Why use it: because if you are using Med Guard… you’ll use Rune of Pack for fury and Sigil of Intelligence on Hammer (3 critical hits)
In the best spike this all will be a critical dmg: Might Blow + Glacial Heart + Sigil of Air
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