Guild Wars 2

How much precision should I have, considering I will be using hemophelia and perhaps sigil of earth, with dire armor? (I don’t plan on using a whole lot of power/crit damage, just precision for the extra bleeds)

45% to 50% is optimal but like Dranor says, around 35% with fury every so often procs fine too. The scepter hits fairly fast so you’ll get plenty of chances to apply conditions.

you want a 50% crit chance. IMO

30 Curses, Rabid weapons, amulet, rings, and backpiece should be plenty, really. I run Rabid Asceneded jewelry (trinkets are Dire/Rabid)/backpiece and Exotic weapons with Dire armor and enjoy a 37% crit chance pre-Fury. Never had a problem.

• Dhuumfire hardly scales with crit, because of its 10s ICD. Even in full dire it proccs somewhat reliably. Add in fury and there you go. [It’s roughly ~500dps in pve/wvw, low variance]
• Sigil of Earth scales okay’ish with crit (2s ICD). [It’s roughly ~500dps in pve, high variance]
• Barbed Precision is the only one that scales linearly with crit chance. And it’s only worth mentioning in pve with +100% duration. And then it’s still kitten because it’s conditions and gw2 pve. [It’s <200dps per target in pve]

Make of that what you will.

Nagato no Kami.4980:

45% to 50% is optimal but like Dranor says, around 35% with fury every so often procs fine too. The scepter hits fairly fast so you’ll get plenty of chances to apply conditions.

Just curious, does anyone have any data for this?

Chuck Nizzle.6283:

Nagato no Kami.4980:

45% to 50% is optimal but like Dranor says, around 35% with fury every so often procs fine too. The scepter hits fairly fast so you’ll get plenty of chances to apply conditions.

Just curious, does anyone have any data for this?

Not really. This is more of a case of preference. I have no complaints with the proc rates at a 37% crit chance (57% if I just hit DS in the last 5 seconds).

Chuck Nizzle.6283:

Nagato no Kami.4980:

45% to 50% is optimal but like Dranor says, around 35% with fury every so often procs fine too. The scepter hits fairly fast so you’ll get plenty of chances to apply conditions.

Just curious, does anyone have any data for this?

Ah, I think I confused you by using the word “optimal.” My bad. There’s no real optimal number. It’s just a number that allows you to proc conditions at a reasonable rate while maintaining a bit of balance in your build. For instance, you could get a build up to 95% crit chance but it’d lack complimentary stats like critical damage and the health is pretty low.