Guild Wars 2

To start things off, I should stay that I plan to run a Shiro / Herald build.

With that said, I had crafted a full set of zerker ascended armor and with WVW, I feel that’s going to be FAR to squishy. Now here is my dilemma…

Do I keep the zerker stats and go for tanky Rings, Etcs to help boost the stats, And if I go that route, Which stat set would be the better pick? I have a couple Celestial ones floating around, But that’s about it so far.

Or, Would it be recommended to stat change the armor to something like say Valkrie?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

Could always go Valkyrie with Roiling Mists trait for extra crit chance on fury. A lot more health while still maintaining a decent crit chance.

I’ll preface this by saying I ran full zerker in WvW this BWE as a Shiro/Glint rev with Hammer and S/A. You definitely are squishy, but the glint heal helps a lot for small fights, and in larger fights you can rely on hammer range to still do reliable damage while using glint to support the group. It felt amazing, as it was a build that I didn’t feel the need to change no matter what I was doing in WvW (Note: It is glaringly weak to Condis. As in only 1 condi removal on legend swap).

However, if you do want a little more defense, I think Valkyries is a good bet. The limitless fury you can get with Glint coupled with the double fury bonus trait should give you enough crit to substitute in some health for defense. Additionally, using Shiro’s utility skills to re-position constantly, as well as have access to a lot of evade/dodge, should do wonders to keep you alive. But, again, condis will still shred you.

Don’t change gear at all, wait a few weeks until after HoT to see where Revenants stand, Roy’s already said they are polishing Rev’s. That being said, for pvp/wvw, you might want to try and get the following ascended trinkets:

• Valkyrie Trinkets – As others have pointed out – with invocation and fury trait, you can sacrifice some prec for vit
• Soldier Trikets – Again, much tankier and still have decent crit chance through fury.

Personally, I’m getting these 2 sets ready:

• Celestial Trinkets – I know you said you want to play Shiro/ Herald, but this set may be useful for the Mallyx/ Glint Meta (i.e. similar to Cele d/d ele). Very good for roaming basically.
• Cleric Trinkets – If Ventari is ‘fixed’ this could become very useful for zerg’s couple with either zealots gear or cleric’s gear.

tldr – Don;t change armour yet, wait for meta to settle after HoT, but can prepare with some trinket acquisition over the next 6 weeks.

Also consider cavalier. That’s toughness, power, ferocity. So, similar to valkyrie but you get toughness instead of vitality and toughness is the primary.

I used cavalier armor with celestial trinkets for large group/support with glint/ventari, and then same armor with berserker trinkets for small group/roaming with glint/shiro.