What are some other rune options?
First off why would you use pets in wvw, or want that much health/toughness.
It will severely hamper your damage output.
As for runes, you could go for runes of the pack, or for traveler runes, or if you had the tokens rune of the forgeman
If you ever build up the coin for the change I’d suggest http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fREQNBmODbkjmWarpx2GOcTgLUQ2mBQkXwJQ9ZEHPLA-T1BFABC8EAQS5nhq/kmuha2fwPlgAcRACAgA4oH9oH9oHtduzduzduzCBUeLA-w
if you still wana use the dagger thats fine for roaming but in a zerg it’s suicide.
Also whatever you decide to do I would keep a focus off hand handy, they can be especially useful if someone else is providing swiftness.
I like superior rune of Ice on my Necromancer but he built on power and chills. he can pretty well apply constant chill which kicks in that 7 percent damage bonus . You get the same vitality bonus as exuberance.
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