Guild Wars 2

Hey folks,

I’m running a DD/SB condition build with massive healing for PvP.
As elite skill I use Dagger Storm (even though it’s kinda buggy) because IMO it’s alot better than Thieves Guild for my character build.

I’ve been testing alot with sigils and runes lately but I can’t really decide between Lyssa and Undead runes.
Rune of the Undead adds roughly 300 condition dmg which equals 15 dmg per bleeding tick and 30 per poison tick. That’s quite some DPS..
Lyssa runes on the other hand remove all conditions once Dagger Storm ends or is interrupted or if auto stealth procs. Moreover all boons will be applied for 5s.

Dagger Storm is currently kinda broken. Sometimes there are alot daggers flying around and sometimes there are absolutely none, regardless of the number of enemies around. Once I pop Dagger Storm I’m pretty much fresh meat and I’m usually catching lots of conditions and sometimes some heavy melee/shatter dmg. Lyssa helps alot since conditions are removed and boons (including protection) are applied.

I’d like to hear some opinions on that because I can’t really decide. Both rune sets seem to be viable. I should probably add that I don’t use crit proc sigils anymore, so the precision is just for some minor direct dmg.

Malicious.6742:

Dagger Storm is currently kinda broken. Sometimes there are alot daggers flying around and sometimes there are absolutely none, regardless of the number of enemies around.

You actually throw daggers out at different angles at a relatively slow interval. If they hit nothing, they just fly off into the distance. If they hit an enemy, they’ll bounce around a bit and hit more enemies. If you get unlucky or don’t surround yourself with enemies it can seem like you’re not throwing very many, but if you start getting most of them to hit it can seem like you’re throwing way more than you are.

Rune of Lyssa is more useful if you have a cooldown on the elite 45 seconds or less, such as Basilisk Venom. I use Lyssa because of this, so I get the condition removal and boons quite often. Rune of the Undead is generally a good option for condition builds. But, it’s totally up to you. The random boon I get from healing is nice too.