Guild Wars 2

hi, im starting a guardian and im trying to make him durable and a good support for my allies, but im not sure about a couple trait perks. i did search but didn’t find what i needed.

first, Writ of the Merciful (symbols heal allies).
if my mace’s symbol already puts down a regen for allies, will this trait heal in addition to that?

second, Pure of Heart (aegis heals on removal).
if aegis is reapplied somewhat regularly will this trait do enough healing to be worth using over Writ of Persistence (symbols last longer) which would also help my allies more than Pure of Heart i imagine.

and lastly, thoughts on Runes of Mercy? do the effects work? are they worth it over other sets or mixes? from a team support and saving my bacon standpoint i mean.

thanks for your help.

study.1873:

first, Writ of the Merciful (symbols heal allies).
if my mace’s symbol already puts down a regen for allies, will this trait heal in addition to that?

Yes

study.1873:

second, Pure of Heart (aegis heals on removal).
if aegis is reapplied somewhat regularly will this trait do enough healing to be worth using over Writ of Persistence (symbols last longer) which would also help my allies more than Pure of Heart i imagine.

No, because Writ of Persistence and Writ of the Merciful will heal much more and more often than Pure of Heart.

study.1873:

and lastly, thoughts on Runes of Mercy? do the effects work? are they worth it over other sets or mixes? from a team support and saving my bacon standpoint i mean.

Hard to say as most of us strive to not end up on the floor with a PowerPoint laser pointer.

bah, i just remembered you can’t put a higher level trait perk into a lower level trait slot even if you fully invest in the trait line, which i was going to anyway for honor.

so now out of three good perks in the honor line, i can only take two.
since i -have- to take an adept perk id assume the larger symbol one would work best for me.

but out of;
extra symbol healing,
longer lasting symbols,
and Battle Presence (gives nearby allies my virtue of resolve’s passive effect),
i have to take only the two that will help my team the most.

now i know Battle Presence is kind of glitchy, but would anyone know if it would on average offer more healing than one of the other two perks?

soo complicated..
my symbol won’t be on the ground all the time, but Battle Presence would always be active. although if the healing from the symbols is quite abit better than using BP for my melee allies, would that offset the constant healing uptime of BP?

would Battle Presence even reach out much further than a large symbol? enough to reach more mid range or long range allies?

im thinking about dungeons.

One tip. For most guardians, the sole foundation of our healing should come from Altruistic Healing, since we give boons pretty much with everything.

Should check out my Legendary Defender

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian/Legendary-Defender/first#post654532