Which armor runes?
I prefer divinity, Its just all around nice…. and adds some survivability and damage with the awesome crit damage. As long as your not using conditions divinity is great (it doesn’t add + 10 to condition damage, I’m guessing this was an over sight when they separated condition damage from power)
keep a set “of the traveler” or “of the pirate” for when your doing events too
For WvW and dungeons, Undead all the way.. the condition damage and toughness are amazing plus the 5% conversion means.. more toughness, more damage.
i run P/D for WvW and D/D for dungeons
i find that crit/ crit damage builds are useless, you can kill one person every 45 secs as melee and cant take any hits.. if you get caught you get destroyed if your escapes are down, in whole the crit builds are for spvp.. not WvW or Dungeons
I prefer to use Superior Rune of the Pack on my armor. Since I stack power it’s good, plus I get swiftness on dodge so the extended duration is nice, and the end precision boost helps my out of stealth burst.
I use the very inexpensive Emerald orb. +20 precision, +14 toughness and +14 power. Stat wise it is hard to beat the orbs. They just don’t give any specials.
I’m thinking of upgrading to thief, lyssa or speed. They all have specials that look good for a thief.