Guild Wars 2

Hi all,

I’d like to hear your opinions on the Superior Rune of the Flame Legion as a cheap (going for 2.5s atm on TP) armor upgrade for general PvE.

(1): +25 Power
(2): +10% Burning duration
(3): +50 Power
(4): 25% chance to cause Burning for 1s when hit. (Cooldown: 10s)
(5): +100 Power
(6): +20% Burning duration; +7% damage against Burning targets.

The patch increased the 6-piece bonus to +7% dmg against burning targets and as we apply a lot of burning it doesn’t look bad to me.

How does it stand in comparison with e.g. Ruby orbs?

Thanks!

burn doesn’t stick very long and I wouldn’t trade out travelers

Charak.9761:

burn doesn’t stick very long and I wouldn’t trade out travelers

It depends on what weapon he is using and what aspect of the game he is participating in. If its in a pve group, most likely burning will nearly almost be up. Spvp/wvw won’t be as consistent. However guardian can upkeep burning much better than any other class.

I’d argue Engie can do a better job of keeping up burning.

Blasino.3128:

I’d argue Engie can do a better job of keeping up burning.

Explain.

For the PvE thing? Sure you could use those but, I think Scholars Runes are still much better if you can afford them.

For anything else I wouldn’t recommend them. Burn Duration and burn on hit just doesn’t seem appealing to me and wastes slots that could have had better stats in them.

The only advantage as stands with Guardian Burns is how rapidly they can be reapplied making condition removal sort of moot. I don’t see burn duration being any great advantage. For conditions that stack in intensity duration would be more important to the overall damage produced but, with Burns, such as they are, 100% uptime shouldn’t be too hard to work out with out building for it specifically.

Aza.2105:

Blasino.3128:

I’d argue Engie can do a better job of keeping up burning.

Explain.

Incendiary Powder and Fire Bombs is 100% uptime. You can throw in Rocket Kick too. That is without Condi duration.

And you do not have to build for it like a guardian would.