Guild Wars 2

What is better for burning guardian?
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Superior_Rune_of_Flame_Legion

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Superior_Rune_of_Balthazar

Hard choice, I don’t know.

Burning uptime with guardian traits is already really good and Flame Legion adds 7%damage to it, with Fiery Wrath, that’s 17% dmg on any burning enemy.

Flame Legion would be more beneficial for guard. Pure condition guard builds are subpar compared to a direct damage build. Flame Legion gives you power and a damage multiplier, so you could make a decent hybrid build for direct damage and condition.

My original burn build I used 3 of each….

I think Flame Legion would be really good, even if you aren’t a focused burning build. It takes advantage your burns and other people’s too.

The burn duration stats area little hard to take advantage of on Guardian because of the intervals you need to boost them for full effect. The choice of which set to choose is a little dependent on your build, where you want to use it, etc…

flame legion . it has lower cool downs and it is more offensive .

overall damage makes the difference in offensive runes

I have tried both this week in WvW. The 7% on flame legion is very nice if you are building a hybrid and want to boost burning a bit and you do good direct damage already to take advantage of the 7%.

If you want to go for full condition then I have found Balthazar is better. In my experience anyway, especially with a med build + heavy condition. Heavy condition is a bit niche though but it is fun pressing a few buttons and seeing a load of hats on the ground a few seconds later, doesn’t always happen like that though. Its also quite fun to roam on and can take people by surprise.

The nice thing is the runes are very cheap so you can buy a bunch and try both out in various gear sets.

None of both, guards have enough burning, they need cover conditions.

Or better, they should not use condition based builds.

Aren’t you fun?

Like most people have said, pure condition could afford Balthazar. Your 4 and 6 for balth won’t be great, but w/e.

Power or hybrid should go for flame legion, particularly if you’re having fiery wrath. My preferred burn build is 6/2/0/0/6 rolling flame legion and a smoldering sigil (I was sure I had 100% burn sans food, but I don’t remember how). There are a few other kinds of burn build. You might also consider at least 5 in valor with defenders flame and guardian runes. Load up on blocks, and if you can hit 50%burn, you’ll get a 3s (potentially 4s) burn per block and long lasting might. Shelter could definitely turn into a bomb that way.

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Aren’t you fun?

Like most people have said, pure condition could afford Balthazar. Your 4 and 6 for balth won’t be great, but w/e.

Power or hybrid should go for flame legion, particularly if you’re having fiery wrath. My preferred burn build is 6/2/0/0/6 rolling flame legion and a smoldering sigil (I was sure I had 100% burn sans food, but I don’t remember how). There are a few other kinds of burn build. You might also consider at least 5 in valor with defenders flame and guardian runes. Load up on blocks, and if you can hit 50%burn, you’ll get a 3s (potentially 4s) burn per block and long lasting might. Shelter could definitely turn into a bomb that way.

That is exactly what i thought but,i’ve seen more and more builds which using celestial amulet and runes of balthazar for some reason which got me wondering about it.

if you want to go to full direct dmg can the fale legion as it boost your direct with power +7% and also the duration of burning for some skills (skills of 1 seconds like block or voj wont get longer as they need 100% duration)

so if you try power with 100% duration than you will have the best dps (i think)

if you go full condi go with balthazar