Guild Wars 2

So, I’ve decided that it would be fun to try and run a 10/0/30/30/0 minion master build in PvP (death nova run) using the Soldier’s amulet (soldier’s or celestial jewel) and axe-focus/dagger-warhorn. Here come the complications, though.

The first is weapon sigil. I am strongly considering Hydromancy on the dagger and energy on the axe for the cooldown sigls (my crit chance is nonexistant, so the on-crits are bad). Paralyzation on the Warhorn is another one, but the focus I am really undecided on. Failing a better suggestion, I’ll just do Force.

The second is runes. There are two major sets that I am looking at.

Lich. Pros: condition duration increase and more minion possibilities. Cons: very little extra damage output until that jagged horror pops.

Lyssa: Pros: Gives nice bonuses on the comparatively low cooldown Blood Fiend and Flesh Golem and the condition duration bonus. Cons: the precision granted doesn’t add a whole lot, just putting me into a double-digit crit chance.

Finally, I’d probably be swapping between Reaper’s Might and Spiteful Talisman. Which do you guys find more helpful?

Spiteful talisman has always been a better choice for me. You don’t really have the luxury of staying in DS very often at all (pretty busy keeping minions summoned and setting things up for them), and the extra boon stripping (or forced dodges) and the regen/vuln are pretty big imo.

Lich is bad for your build. You aren’t a condi MM, so you’re only benefitting from the 6th rune (which isn’t good enough), and that condi damage is basically useless to you.

Lyssa is great, imo. I don’t usually use it, but it is an awesome rune set, and because Golem is not only such a short CD elite, but also procs on summon and active, you get a lot of uses out of it.

I’d also look at a 4set of Vampirism, and melandru.

For sigils, I generally use Leeching or Hydromancy for on-swap, bloodlust on my dagger set (you want to finish people off with dagger out anyway for the LF generation), and Hobbling on Axe, as it increases not just Axe 3 but also Golem’s and Bone Fiend’s cripple durations.