How much armor/health is needed for wvw?
Yeah burst is fun, but I want to be able to stay up for long periods of time.
Whats a good amount of armor and health that will give me some cushion in wvw? But still have a capable amount of attack/crit/critdmg
I’d say it depends on how you play and how much you die. I myself run fully glass cannon and I am fine.
It honestly depends more on yer dodging skills and playstyle at that level. For example: I personally roll with ~2400 armour/18-20k hp, depending on loadout/buffs.
Meanwhile, my Guild leader is a Thief. Rolls with around my level of armour, but like 11-13k hp. Truth is, he typically outlives me. (Of course, my slow Mesmer self tends to get caught by enemies more often, but that’s not the entire reason).
I suggest 16k or so for health, a good 2k or so armour. This, plus careful fighting, should keep you decent. Some of our guys can pull it off with 14k hp/less armour, but that is definately glassy.
Malegryne (Sylvari Mesmer), Lannka (Asura Thief) – Ferguson’s Crossing: [PRD/BRB/OMFG]
Other 80s: Any but Warrior
Other 80s: Any but Warrior
It honestly depends more on yer dodging skills and playstyle at that level. For example: I personally roll with ~2400 armour/18-20k hp, depending on loadout/buffs.
Meanwhile, my Guild leader is a Thief. Rolls with around my level of armour, but like 11-13k hp. Truth is, he typically outlives me. (Of course, my slow Mesmer self tends to get caught by enemies more often, but that’s not the entire reason).
I suggest 16k or so for health, a good 2k or so armour. This, plus careful fighting, should keep you decent. Some of our guys can pull it off with 14k hp/less armour, but that is definately glassy.
You really think only 2k armor is enough? My guardian rolls in 3.1k and I still get hit fairly hard from time to time. Mesmer is my second 80 after guardian so I’m not really sure how light armor classes work.
It honestly depends more on yer dodging skills and playstyle at that level. For example: I personally roll with ~2400 armour/18-20k hp, depending on loadout/buffs.
Meanwhile, my Guild leader is a Thief. Rolls with around my level of armour, but like 11-13k hp. Truth is, he typically outlives me. (Of course, my slow Mesmer self tends to get caught by enemies more often, but that’s not the entire reason).
I suggest 16k or so for health, a good 2k or so armour. This, plus careful fighting, should keep you decent. Some of our guys can pull it off with 14k hp/less armour, but that is definately glassy.
You really think only 2k armor is enough? My guardian rolls in 3.1k and I still get hit fairly hard from time to time. Mesmer is my second 80 after guardian so I’m not really sure how light armor classes work.
The thing is, as a mesmer you should or must avoid getting hit(we have a wide set of tools to acomplish that). Adding armor/vit as above staited is for players that are not so good at positioning/dodging. Thats why many ppl feel that adding defensive stats its a waste couse the return is little and you could do just fine without them.
Too the op, I use around 17k hp with 1,1k tough (more wvw oriented though)
I squeeze in about 200 toughness and 250 vitality, everything else full zerker. You could definitely do fine with full zerker gear though.
Keep in mind that the stat budget on GW2 items is pretty random, and you can actually end up making bad gearing choices sacrificing more stats than necessary with hybrid builds.