(edited by Svarty.8019)
Virtues Build - Please Assess.
Power of the Virtuous, I’ve read reports of it being only 0.5-1% per boons which is pretty low. Comparing to Radiance Power or Fiery Wrath which is a flat 10% on conditioned/burning targets, Power of the Virtuous is pretty weak.
10% damage while under Aegis is only good if you are to not get hit at all. To get half of its effect (5% is still pretty good for a trait), you can only be hit once every 15 seconds with the 30 seconds VoC trait.
(edited by Trungalung.7850)
Power of the Virtuous, I’ve read reports of it being only 0.5-1% per boons which is pretty low. Comparing to Radiance Power or Fiery Wrath which is a flat 10% on conditioned/burning targets, Power of the Virtuous is pretty weak.
Seriously? That’s abysmal. Anet need to fix this.
10% damage while under Aegis is only good if you are to not get hit at all. To get half of its effect (5% is still pretty good for a trait), you can only be hit once every 15 seconds with the 30 seconds VoC trait.
I don’t know whether you’re correct, the idea with the Virtues line is that you get your virtues back relatively quickly. Plus, you could always use the Retreat! shout between regular aegis’.
I modified it a bit, and changed the first post accordingly. It seems to play ok. I can’t tell if it’s good or not, as I state at the top of the first post. I’d like to read more opinions, please.
This is just coming very close to a bunker build. The problem you run into is that defensive boons are in general much stronger than offensive boons, and you sacrifice a lot of potential to grab those and make them meaningful (+boon duration gear, for instance). This can still be great on offense in pve/dungeons, however.
If I had to guess, +damage for each boon is probably around +1.5-2% for each TYPE of boon (not each stack, and possibly not counting stability); which would make it equivalent to other professions. This is good, but still amounts to a hassle because, really, the only reliable way to stack a lot of boons is “Save Yourselves!”; which has an ungodly cooldown.
10% damage under Aegis is mostly a cute trick to add to burst builds, because attacks apply to blind and shield of wrath first before taking off your aegis; so you can get off a good combo in the meantime.
I would switch out Pure of Heart for Two-Handed Mastery—the healing from the trait is pretty marginal and guess what? The first time your aegis is removed you are at full health!
For PvE I would consider putting 5 more points into radiance (or 10) to recharge virtue of justice on a kill. If you aren’t paying attention this synergy slips by easily; but for a group of foes you can easily spam this skill 5+ times in a few seconds, negating enormous amounts of damage for your team.