Guild Wars 2

Which is better?

Condition dmg/condition duration
Vitality/toughness

Should I mixed and match them, or should I stick with a combination for a greater output of dmg/duration?

In case you’re wondering, I trying to make me a set of dungeon gear, so essentially I would like to survive but also still be able to hit hard. I use dual pistols with shortbow. I’m not great with builds but what I use is effective for me.

Your problem surviving in dungeons is not your stats, it’s your weapon choices.

Other than the blind field, P/P pretty much useless in a dungeon imo.

Should use something with dagger offhand for CnD to avoid damage all together.

pistol pistol isn’t that great for condition builds, pistol/dagger and dagger/dagger work far better. other than that, pistol bleeds require 25% bleed duration for an extra tick, and dagger/dagger’s death blossom require 10% for an extra tick. personally, I use 3 krait runes, and 3 affliction runes for armor, and one agony rune for 10% bleed, and one corruption rune for increased condition damage every kill on my weapons. combine that with superior/rare pizza, and you are set for damage.

as for survivability, carrion armor gives you more than enough survivability in PvE, while giving you the most condition damage of the different armor types, and enough power to make your attacks inflict at least some damage.