Guild Wars 2

It happened.
It’s horrible.

But what can we do now?

I am no expert. I don’t use metabattle. I don’t run “optimal” spec.
But I have noticed that traiting to longbow has kept me alive the longest. And I hate longbow.

So what rune/sigils are good now and why?
is defence spec even worth it still?

Nothing will really “fix this”. Closest I could do was implement Agility Sigil to build but it’s a very wet bandaid. Best we can do is roll condi meta and give up any meaningful roaming.

eternal champion was my problem as I frontline/tag.
I’ve switched in balanced stance to help cover it, which makes rousing resilience the preference. losing cleansing ire is an issue but given the smashbrawler reduction this was an issue anyway. So I’ve added signet of stamina. rousing resilience on its own is not uber strong because of the diminishing returns so I’ve switched to scrapper runes this means I now no longer need endure pain. healing signet and berserker stance use resistance so work well with signet of stamina, although its ‘one clear’ which makes it risky. I’ve switched discipline in (cleanse) and run hammer to get around this (and the arc divider nerf) I just hate hammer, all the skills are the same, but suspect it’s meta.
Other options for me look to be rune of sanctuary, but 20@% is to low a trigger, or rely on guards….