Guild Wars 2

Hi,

I’m trying to make a build which has high vitality and has good spike damage i.e. when backstabbing.
I’ve had a look into what equipment and stuff I want, and came up with these stats:
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/105459111/VitalBuild.xlsx)
My aim with this is to take it into WvW and also high end PvE so dungeons/fractals.

My questions are:

• What sort of HP pool would I be looking at with 1700 vitality?
• Would I be better off aiming for high toughness?
• What sort of critical chance would I be looking at? I’m intending to have 100% crit out of stealth trait anyway.
• Does critical damage cap at 100% (which would be 250% of normal damage?)
• Which exotic armors give Valkryie stats?

Thanks for taking the time to read and help out!

Angus.7460:

My questions are:

• What sort of HP pool would I be looking at with 1700 vitality?

18645 health.

With the 1714 in your build you’ll have 18785 health.

• Would I be better off aiming for high toughness?

The question of which is best (Vitality, Toughness or mixture) has arguments for both sides.

The math I’ve done shows Vitality being better than toughness when taking more than 500 DPS incoming (Including factoring in healing)

• What sort of critical chance would I be looking at? I’m intending to have 100% crit out of stealth trait anyway.

24.38%

• Does critical damage cap at 100% (which would be 250% of normal damage?)

Nope, Critical Damage can keep increasing above 100%

• Which exotic armors give Valkryie stats?

Crafted Valkyrie stuff gives Valkyrie stats.

Brilliant, thanks for the answer.

When I get back later I’ll get the new stats for the exotic armor, if you could work your magic and tell me what stats I’d get?

Hi Angus, If your just trying to play with the number with out spending gold to test it out try http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/ You can build everything you want and it gives a good read out of all the stats you’ll get with the gear and traits you put in.

That’s great, bookmarking it. Thanks a lot both of you!

Don’t be afraid to mix in some Knights, Soldiers, or Cavalier trinkets for extra toughness. Also remember that items with the lowest stat bonuses offer the best ratio of return on stats when mixing. So for example, accessories (earrings) offer the best return if you want to change minor things.

Somebody feel free to correct me if that’s not entirely accurate.