Guild Wars 2

Title says it all, i’m running 0/30/30/10/0 d/d or
0/20/30/20/0 d/p with valkyrie gear and zerker accessoires and it seems divinities are by far the best i could get in terms of dmg output with added surviveability. unfortunately i don’t have 48g to spare for 6x runes so now i’m looking for an alternative.

glad for any help!

Well Divinity runes are gotten because people love how they give you a total of +60 in every stat when in reality you dont need that. Just focus on runes that you need, with your gear and traits go with wurm or scholar

Ruby orbs if you’re broke.

Wurm/scholar runes are good alternatives as well.

i guess that’s wurm or scholar then, thanks for the replies.
which one is better for wvw roaming and 1v1/x?
scholar has the 10% bonus for >90% health, will i be able to maintain my health at such a high value? on the other hand runes of the wurm are mainly defensive; won’t i lack the pressure needed in a duel?

I use warrior runes so I can faceroll like them.

Crovax.7854:

i guess that’s wurm or scholar then, thanks for the replies.
which one is better for wvw roaming and 1v1/x?
scholar has the 10% bonus for >90% health, will i be able to maintain my health at such a high value? on the other hand runes of the wurm are mainly defensive; won’t i lack the pressure needed in a duel?

Its a tradeoff, the answer to that is your playstyle. Can you maintian high health, are you comfortable with that lack of that extra bit of defense or do you feel like you need it? Maybe 5 runes of scholar one rune of wurm? Depends on you

Ogre runes are pretty good too.

Ruby orbs will give you the highest DPS

I personally really like lyssa runes, curing all conditions on Basilisk venom usage and gaining 5s all boons is very good. Even the random boon on heal is pretty good, especially if you’re using withdraw, since it’s something like 10s boon on a 15s cooldown. If you’re not running Basilisk Venom, some of the other runes being mentioned here are better. Lyssa runes can also be gotten for karma + transmutation stones.

ShadowLordX.5148:

Lyssa runes can also be gotten for karma + transmutation stones.

Wait what? Please explain.

Rafahil.2857:

ShadowLordX.5148:

Lyssa runes can also be gotten for karma + transmutation stones.

Wait what? Please explain.

+savage kits
fixed for you
buy armor 42000 karma -trnsmutate rune to an rare armor + savage

Rayya.2591:

Rafahil.2857:

ShadowLordX.5148:

Lyssa runes can also be gotten for karma + transmutation stones.

Wait what? Please explain.

+savage kits
fixed for you
buy armor 42000 karma -trnsmutate rune to an rare armor + savage

You really don’t need to use the Salvage step if you don’t want to. When you use a Fine transmutation stone, you could move the Lyssa rune from the karma armor and then just pick all of your original armor’s +stats and appearance.

Though if you wanted to store the Lyssa runes for future use (or to sell), then the salvaging step is the way to go.

Thanks for all the input.
Lyssa runes arent that helpful since i go with daggerstorm for wvw
and yes, ruby orbs give the highest dps, however i was looking for a runeset that
combines offense and defense like the divinity does.
Runes of the ogre aren’t that good either, since they give less critdmg.
The 5% summon is nice, but really unreliable and rng is generally bad in a duel.

I guess i’ll take runes of the wurm with bloodlust on shortbow to compensate for the lack of power.

Beryl Orbs?
/15char

not sure if this matters, but karma gear can’t be salvaged nor MF’d unless anet changed something in the last patch…it’s been this way for months now.

kiba.2768:

not sure if this matters, but karma gear can’t be salvaged nor MF’d unless anet changed something in the last patch…it’s been this way for months now.

It can definitely be mystic forged, but not salvaged. But that’s why i suggested fine transmutation stones.

Ruby orbs >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> divinity runes for zerger thief. If you want more health then Beryl. But just why would you want that +60 thoughness and healing power from runes when you otherwise went for almost full damage? Makes no sense at all.

as i said; i want something that fits for wvw, not just raw dmg output
and it seems beryl orbs give damage as well as enough vitality plus as much
crit dmg as divinities. the missing precision could easily
be mitigated by sigills of perception i assume