Guild Wars 2

Do you go 20 in Defense for Sundering Mace?

No.
If you’re already thinking about investing in the defense tree for it, then I guess it would be a nice pick up..
But if you weren’t investing in defense in the first place, I think it’s a complete waste to put 20 into defense for a single trait.

Well, Adrenal Health is always nice I suppose. But it was mostly for the Mace trait as Mace 4 and 5 have pretty long cooldowns.

Oglaf.1074:

Well, Adrenal Health is always nice I suppose. But it was mostly for the Mace trait as Mace 4 and 5 have pretty long cooldowns.

Adrenal Health is very nice, but you need more reasons to invest for these skills. Mace skills do have very high cooldowns, but are very useful.
Is it worth losing 200 stats (in another category) AND those traits in order to gain faster mace?

I can only think of few circumstances where it is…
The first would be in WvWvW where you are specifically focused on knockdowns (like hammer/mace/shield which I have used for quite a lot of lulz)…
or dungeons where you just want a ridiculous amount of CC

Well. I actually like the defense tree a lot. And along with the stances for stability/endure pain traits, I like to take SunderingMace (when running with A/M) and swap to MercilessHammer (when swapping to Hammer, which is an awesome CC weapon). Adrenal health is good too…

As I am trying out a lolAxeDps-build, I decided against it. I don’t want the “extra baggage” of 200 Toughness getting my buttocks into trouble with aggro.

Oglaf.1074:

As I am trying out a lolAxeDps-build, I decided against it. I don’t want the “extra baggage” of 200 Toughness getting my buttocks into trouble with aggro.

You can always save your buttocks with the right pair of boxers.
I suggest Superior Boxers of Orr as they provide both comfort, high mobility, and aegis.

CookMETEnder.7582:

You can always save your buttocks with the right pair of boxers.
I suggest Superior Boxers of Orr as they provide both comfort, high mobility, and aegis.

You sir, just made my day :-)

crow.2709:

CookMETEnder.7582:

You can always save your buttocks with the right pair of boxers.
I suggest Superior Boxers of Orr as they provide both comfort, high mobility, and aegis.

You sir, just made my day :-)

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