Guild Wars 2

Hi,

I’m looking at two gear setups. The stat tradeoffs are fairly marginal, but I’m not sure which one is going to be the best in terms of min/maxing.

The items which are going to be consistent in both setups are:-

Berserkers greatsword
Healing/Vitality/Precision staff
Accessories are Emerald (Pow/Prec/Tough) with Ruby gems in the upgrade slot (Pow/Prec/Crit)
Back slot is the ‘Soldier’ stat rare guild vendor backpack slotted with a Ruby gem.

The items I’m looking to compare are below with the total stats with each set equipped.

Knights armor + 6/6 Soldier runes

Power – 1729
Prec – 1795
Toughness – 1931
Vitality – 1395
Attack – 2828
Crit chance 46%
Crit damage 57
Armor – 3142
HP – 15595

Soldier armor + 6/6 Lyssa runes

Power – 1820
Prec – 1729
Toughness – 1790
Vitality – 1454
Attack – 2920
Crit chance 43%
Crit damage 57
Armor – 3001
HP – 16185

By making the switch I lose:-

66 Precision
141 toughness/armor
3% crit chance

I gain:-

91 Power
59 Vitality
173 Attack
590 HP

Anyone have any thoughts on if this trade off is worth it? The gain/loss ratio on the HP/toughness is 4.2/1. I believe that anything over 3/1 makes the HP more valuable? If that’s correct then it comes down to 3% crit chance vs 173 attack power.

The spec I’m using is 0/10/30/30/0 AH/EM spec, and the build/gear is PvE/dungeon focused.

I would go for attack power. Crit chance over 40% is already enough. With higher attack power the damage % would make those crits hit harder.

But if you go high end fractals you may want to go soldiers for the added condition removal.

Just do what i do… get both and swap when you feel like it

141 more toughness is like an extra 1-1.5% damage reduction. Figure in your health. 15,000 * 0.015 = 225 health.

Honestly though… instead of 6 runes of Lyssa I would personally go with 6 Jewels. I think you would get more bang for your buck stats out of it, but then you would have to give and take elsewhere.

Otherwise if you got the money go for 6 divinity then take away crit dmg elsewhere.