Guild Wars 2

I’m currently using full zerk gear – but my rune set is 5 runes of the Scholar :
25power/3%critdmg/50power/5%critdmg/90power
and 1 rune of Divinity

I’m wondering if using full set of ruby orbs would be better?

Mathematically Ruby is better assuming those are the stats you want. My personal opinion your overall build is inferior, to a knights build with critical upgrades.

Technically, you don’t know my build. However, I appreciate your comment.

Your right, I dont know. I had just done the math Zerker vs knight sometime ago.

Knights has 65 less power the same precision as zerker and gives max toughness. If you were to put Ruby orbs in knights armor. The difference would be very small in terms or Direct damage. With significantly more survivability.

not that significant, imo if you know the content and can dodge what you need to with a full dps setup you contribute more, esp if you’re running a high crit build, with omnom pies, you regen health constantly.

azmodeus.3409:

not that significant, imo if you know the content and can dodge what you need to with a full dps setup you contribute more, esp if you’re running a high crit build, with omnom pies, you regen health constantly.

Exactly, I run a variation on a Glasscannon build – I go down less than some/most shoutbuild warriors (in PvE)

I play a Knight’s build with Omnomberry Pies.

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Ya a full DPS build doesn’t contribute more to a party than a shout build and I was talking about puting ruby orbs in knights armor, thats not a shout build. Any gear can kill trash mobs in orr. Take your glass cannon build to Fractals and see how much you are contributing when your face down most of the time. I’m somone who has run both builds and played since open beta. So my onion isn’t narrow minded and based on having only run the build that im currently using.

I play in fractals, not really down that much, to be honest. So, not really “face down” but fair enough. I still find it funny how most people say Glasscannon builds will be face down all the time, oh you can’t contribute to the team, because you’re down. No. Dodge right, and do all that stuff, you won’t be face down.

I play glass and I do just fine. In WvW when you create your build you have to know what your role you’re going to play. I’ve been both Shout/Bruiser with mace/mace hammer with healing accessories and soldier rune with superior blood, and lately I’ve been Zerker with full divinity.

With a berserker build you want to take out other glass cannons and also focus tanky spearheads when a battle occurs. Shouts and banners aren’t the only way to support your group. When a thief goes dagger storming and you down him with a single eviscerate you technically mitigated damage that would’ve been taken by you team. Whereas a shout/banner warrior will just let the storm ride out.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/warrior/Knight-s-Gear

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/12dmi5/tip_stat_optimization_with_crit_damage/

Use full zerkers gear in 30+ fractals then come back to tell us how you did.

There isn’t that much of a difference between what you have and ruby orbs. I’d keep your scholar/divinity runes because it would be a waste of money to replace them for minimal gains. Instead, you should dedicate all your money to repairs.

ChampionSound.3594:

There isn’t that much of a difference between what you have and ruby orbs. I’d keep your scholar/divinity runes because it would be a waste of money to replace them for minimal gains. Instead, you should dedicate all your money to repairs.

I see what you did there.

I don’t really spend that much on repair bills, if at all. Seriously, if you can play the class right, you can be a glasscannon and support the group better by killing the things, instead of making the enemy last longer, and you could go down more than a glasscannon.