Guild Wars 2

Hey All,

Just wanted opinions, currently I am running valkyr set with traveler runes for wvw roaming. Do you think I should switch my runes to strength? if so why?

Any help would be appreciated! Thank you!

What happened to your SB(guessing your weapon set is d/d…)??

Sagat.3285:

What happened to your SB(guessing your weapon set is d/d…)??

I am d/d does it matter? 0.0 I have sb but im a returning player and back then travelers was useful

HoangAn.2085:

Sagat.3285:

What happened to your SB(guessing your weapon set is d/d…)??

I am d/d does it matter? 0.0 I have sb but im a returning player and back then travelers was useful

You don’t need extra speed focus more on damage,guessing you also are you SA so yes Strength is better than Travelers,especially with Valkyrie since you want to focus all your damage on Backstab and CnD if you are using Intelligence Sigil. You can start AA on SB>steal>swap & proc intelligence>CnD wait>CnD again>Backstab good damage.

Sagat.3285:

HoangAn.2085:

Sagat.3285:

What happened to your SB(guessing your weapon set is d/d…)??

I am d/d does it matter? 0.0 I have sb but im a returning player and back then travelers was useful

You don’t need extra speed focus more on damage,guessing you also are you SA so yes Strength is better than Travelers,especially with Valkyrie since you want to focus all your damage on Backstab and CnD if you are using Intelligence Sigil. You can start AA on SB>steal>swap & proc intelligence>CnD wait>CnD again>Backstab good damage.

Awesome, thank you!

I have found for WvW there so many ways to get swiftness from runes/boon durations/traits sigils? that a +25 movement speed is redundant and if you bypass all those switness sources using signet of shadows for fast map travel and swapping it out prior to combat is all that is needed. Then of course there the SB if you want to use that for travel.

The boosts to the rest of your attributes are just not worth it.

My opinion

Traveler runes are great on condi thief for the 10% condi duration.

But there are better options for other thief builds. 2/0/0/6/6 S/D builds for example can use Pack Runes and popping steal (triggering thrill of the crime trait) plus dodge rolling gives you perma swiftness.

Centaur runes are another power rune, and when used with withdraw heal you can get near perma swiftness as well.

I use Traveler’s Runes myself, but that is because I can’t stand NOT using them anymore, as it makes me feel crippled when just moving about.

(FWIW, in WvW I typically run 06620 P/D full Zerker.)