Guild Wars 2

So I am looking between two accessories. Please do not suggest any others than these two, I need help between these two only at this point. This is also purely PvE/Dungeon build. Not at all PvP.

Vitality: Gives me power, crit damage, vitality
Power: Gives me power, precision, crit damage

I am a D/D thief: 30 DS, 30 CS, 10 Trickery

I am in between these two for a few reasons. I get downed very easily when I get aggro in dungeons (mostly large groups or bosses)

I was considering getting the vitality accessories and then socketting precision runes into my armour (exotics) to make up for the lack of precision from going the vitality route. However, a friend brought up a good point: If you can evade attacks, no need for extra vitality as you’re not taking any damage anyway.

I am curious to know which would be a better build in your eyes and why to go one or the other. As said before, PLEASE only comment on the two above. Or at least comment on the two above and then make a suggestion on the side. It’s annoying when you’re asking between black and white and someone suggests yellow :P

No matter how you build I recommended.d a MINIMUM 15k HP preferably 17k

I’m running a similar build, (25 DA, 30 CS, 15 Trk). Currently ALL of my gear is stacked for vitality because you need it. Recently I’ve been re-thinking this and here’s why. Because of the way the stats are stacked on the gear, it may be more beneficial to stat into Acrobatics for the vitality and gear for your power.

I know the Deadly Arts tree has some nice skills for buffing your dmg but the Acrobatics has some nice skills that open up some new possibilities without sacrificing your dmg. The game is designed so there is no right or wrong answer, i just wanted to share my thoughts.

you’re trying to decide between Valkyrie vs. Berserker?

I’d recommend Valkyrie. Not dying is kind of important. Hopefully you’ve got enough Precision stuff on the rest of your gear that you don’t absolutely need the precision on your accessories as well. Vitality is always good though.

I run with 20 Acrobatics for dodging and init regen, but other than that I went all-out power/prec/critdmg and I do fine everywhere in PvE. Don’t worry about it too much. Go for the traits you like and then pick your gear depending on where you want to take the build.

Thank you ^^ I was originally set on going for vitality then a friend brought up the “get better at evading” deal, though, on the flip side of that: not everything can be dodged. Definitely appreciate all the answers