Guild Wars 2

Hey guys, just thought of sharing some damage statistics for backstab with different runes, since I saw other people wondering. I will only post rune name and damage, you can do a research for the pros and cons of each rune set though:

Runes:
scholar: 7000 (+10% dmg when thief’s HP over 90%)
divinity: 6200
ogre: 6200
thief: 6100
eagle: 6000
rage: 6000

Amulets:
berserker: 7600
valkyrie: 7550
soldier: 6900
celestial: 6000

Slightly skewed in that Scholar is only doing that above 90% health, whereas Divinity is always static. It’s the best overall rune imo. Constant all around benefits plus crit damage.

That’s true. There are plenty of choices about these things on GW2, hopefully this topic will be useful to someone to make these choices a little easier to make.

Why not Rune of the Ogre? It’s also a very good DPS rune. Should rank inbetween scholar and divinity.

ruby orb is very good too!maybe above divinity

This data isn’t very helpful…

What runes were you wearing when you tested the amulets?
What amulets were you wearing when you tested the runes?

Alice.8694:

This data isn’t very helpful…

What runes were you wearing when you tested the amulets?
What amulets were you wearing when you tested the runes?

Rune used was divinity and amulet used was soldier’s.
These data is helpful if you want to see simply which one does the most damage. Even if you use a different amulet or gear by viewing these stats you can see which rune will fit you best for backstab dmg.

auhfel.4129:

Why not Rune of the Ogre? It’s also a very good DPS rune. Should rank inbetween scholar and divinity.

Thanks, added on the list.

How about comparing those numbers w/ a Knight Amulet w/ a Berzerker Jewel?

After testing Ruby Orb and Divinity set on my armor there is one hidden piece of info. Or maybe its a bug. I get 6% more crit dmg with divinity set even though they should be identical. I’m thinking the 10 to all stats is altering something on top of the 2% per rune to give more to crit damage. It was an expensive test since I started out full divinity, went ruby orb, now back to divinity.

IMO Divinity is still the best DPS rune set.

Divinity all the way since beta

Best physical dps rune while giving HP and toughness

Thadren Calder.1397:

After testing Ruby Orb and Divinity set on my armor there is one hidden piece of info. Or maybe its a bug. I get 6% more crit dmg with divinity set even though they should be identical. I’m thinking the 10 to all stats is altering something on top of the 2% per rune to give more to crit damage. It was an expensive test since I started out full divinity, went ruby orb, now back to divinity.

IMO Divinity is still the best DPS rune set.

Divinity is broken. They nerfed it but only did so on the tooltip.

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Where are the patch notes that show Divinity change?

All I know for sure is, full Ruby Orb i’m at 108% crit dmg bonus. With Divinity I’m at 114% and without either its 96%.