Guild Wars 2

Hi at what level is ferocity worth more than precision. Im asking this in relation to pvp/wvw. Not PVE where you can calculate average DPS qute easily.

In Pvp/Wvw burst damage in a quick rotation is worth more than average DPS vs a lord for example.

What ive noticed is that when you do your typical rotation of popping berserk and using say Arc Divider 100 blades and Whirlwind etc etc Then you already have fury from berserk mode and so you will generally be critting a lot. So ferocity is good to max the damage.

So basically for all you wvw/pvp players whats your min crit chance you like to have (before fury) before you start stacking ferocity?

Thanks

I try and keep my crit chance around 45-50% minimum. if im playing a tank, or DPS, it has to be at around kitten

You want to keep precision, power and ferocity balanced against each other, and there’s a linear relationship. I use to refer to a table that I found for that, but the math behind it was slightly off when I checked it, and I couldn’t bring myself to create a corrected table.

50% is a common goal a lot of people use, but you’d be better off dumping a lot of that precision into power if you had no more than base ferocity in your build. Conversely, a build with 230% crit damage would benefit by having a higher crit chance (unless your power is in the toilet, in which case you should pump that).

Of course, this all relates to damage and doesn’t factor in on-crit benefits from traits, sigils, etc.

What you need to do is estimate your average power (including might), crit chance (including fury), etc. fir when you want to have your most optimized punch (e.g. beginning, middle, or late in a fight).

I maintain an average of 15 might, run zerk gear, and maintain permanent fury. So I balance around that with sigils and utilities.