Guild Wars 2

I currently run a meditation build, with full knights armor and weapons. I go 0/0/30/20/20, with meditation cooldownreduc, instacast and healing, two hand mastery, larger symbols, vengeful and either courage or resolve virtue uppgrade.

I have seen people saying rune of the soldier is quite good, but since I dont use shouts at all, the last piece becomse useless for me. Right now I use full rune of the pack, since it gives me awesome damage boost aswell as fury/might/swiftness. But I want to switch to something more defensive, maybe with vitality too.

Do you have any good suggestions for which runes I could use?
(my trinkets are pow/vit/tou back item, knights accessory + all stat accessory, knights amulet, all stat ring + pow/vit/tou ring)

hmm basd on your build and what you use, and if you want vitality, dolyak runes could be an option? you get total +145 toughness, +50 vit and regen health as the 6pc bonus if you get the full set. i’ve heard some people use this before and quite liked it.

i feel solider’s are a good defensive set. and truly shine swith the 6pc bonus. however, like you said, doesn’t match up to your build.

if not, you could always slot in jewels instead. for e.g. beryl (valkyrie) or emerald orbs (knight’s)

would you go for boon duration? i’m testing a build right now with a mix of water, monk and major sanctuary runes. the little healing boost might help as well for your meditation healing.

though personally, i feel your build should be quite defensive already.

[edit: added some afterthoughts]

I can highly suggest Rune of Speed. Seems like a must regarding the latest patch and us not getting any speed boosts like other classes.

Im using it and it is too good. High vitality 165, high 40% mobility in combat and it lasts 36 seconds. I get across maps so much faster due to the 7% bonus over the maximum 33% mobi.

I also switched from ah to meditation healing using them to clear my conditions too so i dont need soldier rune or melandru or anything.

Thanks for the tips!
Those runes of speed look really nice, might try to get them. I play mostly pve, but I have gotten into roaming with friends in wvw, and then that rune would be awesome. 36 seconds of 40% speed means I can outrun most other people.

And yeah, my build might be quite defensive already, but I have different ascended rings I can choose from, so Im gonna switch the all stat on into berserker. I like Valkyries stats too. As for boon duration, I have 21% already, not sure if I need more, altho 66% boon duration would be really awesome(the one percent extra is from a givers armor piece I just crafted). If I have enough money or the rune if really cheap(which I doubt, since it uses the most expensive lodestone), I will buy 6 runes of speed. Dolyaks, from what I have seen, are really expensive. I would have to farm up some gold in order to get those. I spent 7-8 gold on my pack runes, so I dont want to switch them out before I know what is good and what is not.

ahh, rune of the speed would be an intersting one too. good call on that @Hostility, especially for WvW. now i might have to look into them too O_____o

heh, i’m debating going into a meditation build as well. and this goes on to my next point, i agree on spending all these resources on runes, gear and not wanting to switch them out completely. i almost want to roll another Guardian cause i love this classs and there is so much to choose from! and like said, it’s tough to keep having to spend money and change runes. what if you want to go back? essentially creating the need to have multiple armour sets as well – which also cost gold, time, etc.

as for the boon duration runes, specifically i am using superior rune of the monk (from AC dungeon 240 tokens total), superior rune of the water (i just got from TP early on) and 2 major rune of the sanctuary (HotW dungeon 60 tokens total) so most of them are “free” in a sense. that is if you enjoy running dungeons. ; )) if you want help, feel free to look me up too in game! always down for some dungeons.

yea, i’ve just started using this and so far, it’s not too bad. with food, and what not, you can reach up to 90% boon duration lol and this applies to the boons that you apply to your allies as well.

[added: and oh, you could always go to th heart of the mists to test them out first before you decide to make a purchase. i personally never do this but a lot seem to]