Which trait would do more damage overall?

Which trait would do more damage overall?

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Posted by: Apav.9674

Apav.9674

Hi, I’m levelling a 56 Guardian and I can’t decide if I want to continue down Honor 10 more points to get Two Handed Master (2h skills recharge 20% faster and I use my GS 24/7) or go down Radiance 10 more points for Radiant Power (more damage to conditioned foes). Which one is overall more efficient for leveling?

So basically which one should I pick up first? Here’s my build so far in case your were wondering:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQJARGqIyFYfggVFiHWBMeLA

I plan to go down Honor to 20 and Radiance to 25, but I cant decide which one should be first. Thanks!

Which trait would do more damage overall?

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Posted by: akamon.2769

akamon.2769

assuming you play PvE for now, with 15 in radiance alone, you can keep pretty good burning uptime. so if you added another 10 for radiant power, that’s essentially 20% dmg against foes that are burning, which is a nice dmg increase.

i love 2H mastery myself, but it’s hard to quantify how much DPS increase you’ll get. i feel you’d get more utility out of it instead (more / faster blinds, leaps, pulls, retal, combos, etc etc).

tl;dr – if you want more dmg, go for radiant power. extra crit chance can be nice as well. if you want more HP and shorter CD’s, go for honor.

though i will say if you plan on going down the same general idea with your build, might i suggest a 10/25/30/0/5? you don’t touch the honor line, so perhaps use gear / trinkets / runes to make up for the HP “loss”, but you can pick up either Altruistic Healing or Monk’s Focus from valor.. and with your assumed high crit chance, you benefit more from the crit dmg. and toughness is always nice to have. but of course, not necessary. : ))

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