Guild Wars 2

Will a valk armor mix still be viable post patch (is valk being hit the hardest by crit dmg nerf in its value/setup of stats?) or will it be better to balance a mix of soldiers and zerker/assassins?

Also what ascended stats would be best for shortbow? This is all assuming a power build obviously.

Knight or Soldier , berserker is bad way. But new celestial is not bad

Hmm interesting. They are nerfing crit damage amount you can get from gear/runes/traits and your solution is to willingly take even less crit damage by using soldier/knight gear.

A berserker / valkyrie mix will still be really good for D/x Hidden Killer based builds post patch. You can probably get away with running a bit less valkyrie and a bit more berserker, since people bursting you are getting nerfed as much as your burst is getting nerfed.

Short bow should be Berserker. You don’t benefit nearly as much from Hidden Killer while using your short bow, and you generally are a bit safer and don’t need as much health when you’re staying at range. I’m a big proponent of Valkyrie dagger / (dagger / pistol) and Berserker shortbow, regardless of what you do with your armor and trinkets.