Guild Wars 2

Which would be the better combo? I’m assuming for a PURE glass cannon build Berserker would be better for precision, but honestly Glass cannon is overrated, however BackStab is still something I want in my build. Would Valkyrie gear work for a hybrid build combined critical damage and vitality? How effective do you guys think this would be?

I run around with valkyrie and some orr temple armor(lowest stat pieces, gloves, shoulders and helm) for survivability and berserker weapons + jewelry. Still have 92 crit dmg and 40% crit.. so im really happy with the damage i can do and take.

I use Valkerie armor combined with beserker weapons and knights trinkets. The trinkets aren’t exotic yet though

You will not see the insane damage numbers most people cry about in this forum but with currently 45% crit and about 65 crit damage (should try to get some more…) I can land 6-8k Backstabs on cloth wearers depending on the amount of toughness they stack.

I prefer it for the additional survivability. I mostly play WvW and with my current gear I’m at 15750 health and about 2100 armor (iirc).

I run berserker weapons with mixed armor (2/3 zerker 1/3 valkyrie).
Full zerker is too squishy, full valkyrie doesn’t have enough precision.

The best use case I can see for Valk is if most of your damage comes from Backstabs, since you can just use Hidden Killer to make up for the lower crit rate. Maybe throw in Furious Retaliation so that you’ve got a good crit rate on your finishing attacks after the Backstab has brought your opponent under 50% hp.

I run full berserker for the armor, but valkyrie on the weapons, with a mix of the two in the accessories. Feels a little less squishy, but I hate giving up too much precision. Running SB and D/D mostly PvE…. it does feel a bit squishy for dungeons though and I’ve been thinking about a seperate armor set for dungeons that’s more along the valkyrie line.

Since you have the ‘’100% crit while invisible’’ trait i think you should focus on your survivability and on your critical damage. Personally i have valkyrie armor and weapons, berserker trinkets(105% crit damage, 17k life). Works perfect for me in dungeons and WvW.

I currently run Berserker, but I’m really considering switching to Valkyrie (saving up for a re-gear right now) due to the fact that being a GC backstab thief really doesn’t require all that precision/crit chance considering we can trait for a 100% crit rate out of stealth. That bonus health will probably serve better than bonus precision.

I’m currently running Carrion gear, but I want to try the backstab game.

My doubt is exactly this: Valkyrie, Berserker or a mix of them?

Full Valkyrie will give me huge HP and my backstabs will always do a great damage, but is it sufficient to kill a foe?

Actually the best way is to go Valkyrie armor and Cavalier’s for all your trinkets. Weapons can be either Valkyrie, Cavalier(if you can find them) or Berserker.

Cavalier’s = Toughness, Power and Crit damage. (you can get them with karma by Balthazar’s temple.)

Hidden killer trait makes your crit chance not as much of a big deal and having the 30 points into that trait line is already enough precision for your normal play.

Anyone has a video of full Valkyrie game play?