Guild Wars 2

I haven’t really used the nourishments before because I’m a cheap kitten… but after getting facerolflolstomp’n’rolled in enemy BLs a few times this past week I began to ponder, like… am I gimping myself? (yes.)

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Nourishment – for reference

I’m a 0/20/30/20/0 DD/SB thief, so bonus interweb high fives for you if you have suggestions specific to that sauce, but in general…

Which do you use?

What is best for which build?

What is the best all-around?

Which ones are the most cost-effective?

You folks are all special snowflakes, and thanks in advance!

To me it’s about power and they are expensive.

The food buff is Spicy Butternut and they run between 30-50 silver a piece.
The Superior Sharpening Stone runs for 15-20 silver a piece.

However, you can make these yourself and probably save some money if you farm for the ingredients.

I used to have 20 of each and when they ran out, I never bothered restocking. I think the WvW Exp reward is better buff anyway because with nourishment, once you die, the buff is gone.

I like Omnomberry Ghosts, because life steal is OP and they aren’t very expensive.

i use slice of candied dragon roll. i bought 50 just now and it cost me under 1g. i wonder if omnomberry ghosts is cheaper

Pretty much the best guide on which food to use for a zerker build:

http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/86597-dps-food-guide-for-dungeons-and-fractals/

Thanks for the replies folks… anyone else? aka bumpalicious.

These are the good cheap ones (under 2 silver each) that I know of:

Candied dragon rolls – 66% chance to life steal on crit, +70 precision (1silver 27copper)
Mango pies – 88 health regen per second, +70 vitality (40copper)
Plate of steak and asparagus – +80 power +60 precision (60 copper)
Dragon’s breath buns – 10% crit damage boost, plus 200 power for 30 secs when you kill something. (1silver 28copper)
Loaves of saffron bread – 20% condi duration reduction, and take 20% less damage when stunned. (58 copper)
Koi Cakes – +70 condition damage +40% condition duration (1silver 35copper)

Quality maintenance oil – 5% of toughness and 3% of vitality is added to precision (1silver 72copper)
Hardened sharpening stone – 5% of toughness and 3% of vitality is added to power (1silver 38copper)

Food is a crutch! You are bad for using it and you should feel bad!

i honestly think it comes down to
candied dragon rolls/omnom ghosts- 66% chance life steal on crit(1 sec ICD)
sweet and spicy butternut(power) or the precision version- 100 pow/prec, 10% crit dmg
sharpening stones and maintenance oils are relatively cheap except the highest ones running with a 5% boost really is good nuff

Zacchary.6183:

Food is a crutch! You are bad for using it and you should feel bad!

ascended gear is a crutch, defence/attack vs guards is a crutch, borderlands bloodlust is a crutch etc.

food is not really a crutch, it can help define your build.