Guild Wars 2

it’s superior rune of altruism!

(1): +25 Healing Power
(2): Give 3 stacks of Might to nearby allies when using a healing skill. (Cooldown: 10s)
(3): +50 Healing Power
(4): +15% Boon Duration
(5): +90 Healing Power
(6): Give Fury to nearby allies when using a healing skill. (Cooldown: 10s)

1. It’s fairly affordable then other popular ones(like divinity, soldier)
2. Being a class that utilizes lots of blocks and blinds, chances are your heal skill sits around doing nothing….and lets be honest, you have other skills that can also heal you like virtue of resolve, hold the line, etc. So I thought to myself, fury+might are brilliant boons to go with a heal skill! This way if you are just sitting back without any teammates being low on HP, you can still blast a heal that gives them fury+ might! This makes use of the heal skill to actually boost your character offensively, which you know I always felt my guardian isn’t giving enough damage.
3. If you spec virtues, you get a nice bonus boon duration, so this is great with solo play since that fury/might sticks on you for a good 45% longer(30 from traits, 15 from rune).
4. retaliation! I find that the trait “healer’s retribution”(radiance line) actually procs every tick of healing breeze. Combined with “vengeful”(virtues line) retaliations last 25% longer I can get a pretty long lasting 18s retaliation not including the ones I get from casting virtues.

so tl;dr = Superior Rune of Altruism gives me 3 ticks of might, fury, and a loooong retaliation everytime I use healing breeze. I must say…it’s a heal on steroids….

When it says “healing skill”, does it also proc on things like empower? If so, then I might check it out.

The Rooster.2615:

When it says “healing skill”, does it also proc on things like empower? If so, then I might check it out.

No, only the skill you have in healing slot.

Might is like 10 sec, fury duration is only 5 secs. Tbh runes of the pack are probably the best choice atm (unless you are using a healing power based build or tank build). They also have 5% chance to grant nearby allies might, fury and swiftness when you are struck. 5% might be not that much but i can guarantee you it does proc a lot.

Fjandi.2516:

Might is like 10 sec, fury duration is only 5 secs. Tbh runes of the pack are probably the best choice atm (unless you are using a healing power based build or tank build). They also have 5% chance to grant nearby allies might, fury and swiftness when you are struck. 5% might be not that much but i can guarantee you it does proc a lot.

yeah I agree, with 5% proccing a lot. Just like sigil of rage, 10% on crit. I feel also procs a lot more than I expected especially since my crit chance is only around 25%.

Don’t forget with +45% boon duration it gets up to 15 s might and 7s of fury. I know this sounds counter intuitive, but I cast my heal pre battle, lol. By the time I need to heal, the skill would have recharged again.

Harbinger.8637:

The Rooster.2615:

When it says “healing skill”, does it also proc on things like empower? If so, then I might check it out.

No, only the skill you have in healing slot.

yeah this is a thing that’s a bummer, but if it procs a lot even with a 10 sec CD, it would’ve been OP. can you imagine? procs on hold the line, VoR, sanctuary, the list goes on….but yeah unfortunately no….