Guild Wars 2

Just hit 400 in cooking (and thoroughly enjoyed levelling it – hours of addictive experimenting).

But how do go about figuring out the best food for your build? What foods do you prefer and what playstyle are you using it for?

I hate conditions => I almost always use either -28% or -36% condi duration, depending on situation.

Look at what your build does.
Is it a power build? You want food that will give you either power, ferocity or precision
Is it a condition build? You want food that will give you condi damage, condi duration or precision
Do you have trouble with conditions? Take one for your build (as listed above) + something that reduces condition duration on yourself.
Experiment and see what you like the most.

Pretty straightforward for me.

1. Make build.
2. Consider defense. If I don’t think I have enough, I’ll go with a defensive food(+hp/tick or vit, usually.)
3. If not, go pure offense.

The last, and most important step:

4. Disregard any choices made above. Run with Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew in the end, because of the endurance regeneration.

I JUST GOTTA HAVE MY FIX, MAN.

Dragon’s Revelry Starcake or GTFO!

Seriously,

Consider your build and weakness then choose your food and oils / crystals accordingly

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Bowl_of_Orrian_Truffle_and_Meat_Stew or -condi duration when fighting a condi build using +condi duration food.

Now Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew looks promising :O)

I’m currently experimenting with different builds and I’m not totally settled yet.

Hated mantras, and I tried condition in PvP last night and it was depressing watching the 7ft bikini wearing Norn lady regenerating as fast as I could hurt her.

That stew could work really well with a shatter build that I tried and enjoyed.

Found http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Food now. It should help figure something out.