Guild Wars 2

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Superior_Rune_of_Altruism

I was looking at changing around my Guardian’s runes and I am torn.

It’s an open world PVE AH 10/30/30 setup that I like.
PVT armor, trinkets a mix of knights/zerkers, damage is in a good place for me.
I’m not looking for optimal min/max – more for flavor. I like being a supporting knight, that support being in the form of providing boons.

Currently I have full Lyssa’s. They work alright and the boon blast off the elite is ok but while it is fun for me I’d like something that throws goodies to whomever I’m fighting next too as well.

Could go Soldier’s…but that’s super common and throwing out cleanse is just a symbol/whirl away and my defense is already pretty solid.

So I saw these runes and was wondering if they were any good. The wiki doesn’t say how long the might or fury lasts. Anyone have any experience?

Thanks….

I use a full set of these.

The healing is a nice stack if you enjoy seeing larger green numbers.
Boon duration is always nice on a guardian.

But to be honest I haven’t really noticed the might and fury buffs. I rarely if ever actually use my healing skill because of how I’m traited. IIRC its 10 seconds, but don’t quote me on that.

I wouldn’t use altruism on guardians. If you need convincing, think of the times when you think fury will help your party the most (guardian can give might easily anyways), then think of the times where you really must press that heal button. See if those situations align.

Though if you want party boons, consider monks. I think it synergizes with guardian traits.

I really like them, it essentially turns my heal skill into For Great Justice. Good for comebacks since I use Shelter and Might of the Protector so I end up getting a pretty good stack of might from it and then proceed to kick tail.
It’s a nice damage supplement to my otherwise quite tanky support build without sacrificing the other support oriented rune bonuses.

Edit: They also work a treat with Altruistic Healing as allies get the boons too. Which works quite well with Shelter as it’s a little extra heals on top of the smallest heal we have (Still arguably the best heal if you ask me )

I use 4 of them together with 2 water. I lose a bit of healing power compared to 3 water + 3 monk but i hate doing dungeons and the might is a nice bonus for a rather defensive build.

I have them in one of my soldier sets and as Heinel says, the fury buff is misplaced, its not fury you need when you are about to use the heal and it only lasts for 5 seconds. There are a bunch of proffessions that can give fury and for longer durations on shorter cd. Its a no go other in a very poorly composed team.

If its might stacking you want then there are other runes better suited for the job. So basically if you are gonna use them, use only 4 for the boon duration and healing and then add in 2 other runes/orbs to compliment your build. Pretty much as Lavra done but tbh they are weak at best.

Great input all, thank you. As has been pointed out going all in with these isn’t the best idea – I appreciate the sanity check.