Guild Wars 2

Anyone feel like doing the math on Superior Rune of Strength vs Ruby Orbs vs Scholar Runes? Pretty sure Scholars will still come out first, but it looks like Strength should outperform Ruby, and possibly Ranger? I’m at work so don’t have time to do the math, or test in-game.

In case you didn’t know, the runes were fixed during the last update!

Superior Runes of Strength – Fixed and Tested

Standard 30/25 warrior build

Scholar: 7,867
Ruby: 7,328
Strength: 7,311

It’s more or less identical to Ruby Orbs, and both are about 7% worse than Scholar.

I have not made calculations yet, but judging by the fact that power and precision lie very close together once you reach the “high numbers” (exotic+ascended gear, fury, banners, an ok amount of might stacks etc.) I hihgly doubt that rune of strength will come even close to outperforming ranger runes, as long as the 6pc bonus remains bugged and active all the time. (The 2nd and 4th can not compare to the additional crit damage).
EDITH says: Oh well nike beat me to it :/

Correct me if I’m wrong, but that is only if you assume 25 might stacks already.

If you PUG or run a less than optimal group I would guess average might stacks is closer to 15 or 20 stacks. As well as the 5% DMG bonus will continuously scale, while the flat bonus from Ruby will not. Which should put the Rune ahead of Ruby Orbs by a significant margin I would think.

And thanks for doing the math Nike.

I wasn’t assuming any additional Power from might. That was just base solo stats and traits. You are correct that the 5% from Strength would get better and better relative to Ruby Orbs as the buffs are piled on.

I was finally able to get on last night, and test these runes, and they are fantastic, much better than Ruby Orbs. Solo they seem to increase might stacks by around 5 stacks over Orbs, for an average increase of 175 Power, due to the added duration of the Might stacks. But they only seem to work well if you are running GS & Axe/Mace Build with Forceful Greatsword for the Might on Crit.

Anyone interested in doing the full math? Including Might duration and stacks? Maybe with 2 variances, 15 Might stacks and 20 Might stacks? Once you hit 25 Might stacks I think the Rune would become less effective. Essentially I want to see what would be the best DPS option for soloing Dungeons, or if you PUG a lot and run with sub-optimal groups.

Maybe compare Ruby Orbs, Ranger Rune and Strength Rune? We already know Scholar will beat them if you can keep the bonus.

Thanks in advance.