Guild Wars 2

Hye.

I’m actually using a full rune of Lyssa set for WvW with a Thief mainly using SB and Venom sharing with a 20/0/30/0/20 traits build.

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/thief/?7.3|5.1c.h4|a.1h.h9.8.1h.h1l|1h.7i.1h.7i.1h.7i.1h.7i.1h.7i.1h.7i|4u.d1g.3x.d1e.2x.d12.3x.d1e.2x.d12.2u.d12|k48.0.u49c.0.k57|30.d|57.5r.5t.5q.5u|e

I would like to get some feedbacks about those set of runes with Venom Sharing build and condition damage :

- Runes of the Afflicted
- Runes of Mad King

Thanks a lot

runes of the mad king are fun, but to make the 6 rune bonus actually effective you either need a good amount of power, or signet of malice. signet of malice with those things is great since the ravens hit multiple times each on up to 5 people. afflicted on the other hand are just kinda meh compared to Lyssa runes for venom share. lyssa removes conditions on a BS with a 40 something second internal CD, and that build hurts for condition removal if you aren’t running around with a sword, not to mention the boons.

So, for you, Venom Sharing build is mostly effective only with Lyssa?

mad king is great if you use the right utilites/weapons. Lyssa just needs less specific circumstances to be effective. if you have methods of condition removal other than lyssa and use SoM the mad king runes allow your BV to heal you and do damage on top of the standard venom effects. I have a sword for cleansing and I run high survivability gear on my venom share build, so I usually run SoM for my heal. that means mad king does a great job. it just depends on how you play your venom share. one thing to be aware of though, is that the ravens come in at the end of your elite’s cast, so your BV charges will be spent on random targets that the ravens choose.

Can you link me your build please?

For conditions removal, Stealth upgraded by the 4th of Shadow arts is great.

That’s one of the reason i’m not using SoM : 30 points in Shadow arts with the IV traits overpowered Stealth.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fYAQNAsaVlcmCN3ay9E/5EB3DmC1n6VgsaPupNjJA-TQAA1GgsAZCB

with full PVT gear is usually what I run, since my group wants me to bring as much control as humanly possible when I run venom share, and venom share+S/P has so much control it’s almost overkill. also, headshot while standing in shadow refuge is awesome for healing as it is a projectile finisher so it life steals, while in a field that is healing you, while you chain daze some poor sap.

Edited for oversensitive censoring

Thanks i’ll take a look about it^^

And so you are playing this with full Mad King Runes?

I was, and will again eventually. some gear suffered an unfortunate salvaging accident.