Guild Wars 2

I’m using a celestial axe build that ahs healing signet, endure pain, balanced stance, berserker stance and signet of rage.

Theres two variants I’ve seen on this build, one uses endure pain with the trait vigorous focus so you get vigor whenever you use a stance, the other uses dolyak signet with signet mastery instead. Which do you think would be a better option?

Pve pvp or wvw?

Valik Shin.9027:

Pve pvp or wvw?

PVp mostly, but maybe WvW too.

Try both and see which works out better. It’s not like it going to set you back buying a different set of gear or anything.

Pvp probably signet. You don’t need the swiftness and the added toughness is nice. Plus u might b able to take signet mastery the make them the same duration. In wvw balance stance is probably a bit better but gonna depend on how u spec

I thought I just had that I should add is that signet would be better only if it breaks stun which I can’t remember right now if it does

Valik Shin.9027:

I thought I just had that I should add is that signet would be better only if it breaks stun which I can’t remember right now if it does

It does indeed break stun, may I ask, why do you think it’s better?

I still prefer Balanced stance due to its lower CD without traits, and you can’t really say swiftness is a bad thing to have.

The extra toughness is nice, but I use my stability in 2 ways, either to setup a burst (prevent interrupt) or to stomp someone downed. Since I need it for both of these, the lower CD helps me much more than a temporary bit of toughness.

But it all depends on playstyle, and what you need it for.