Guild Wars 2

Hi all, and thanks in advance to anyone taking the time to read and reply to this.

Coming back to the game and dusting off my L60 warrior, I want to level him up to 80 and play around with the new talent and skill system. The only thing I know for sure is that I really enjoy S/S gameplay (world PVE rampaging basically) and want that to be the focus for this character.

My question is, what would be the best distribution of gear for this playstyle? I was thinking a full Rampager set would work well but with the new changes, would going for more condition damage be advisable? Rampager/Rabid/Carrion mix of some kind?

Would love to hear from S/S enthusiasts on this

archerT.1935:

Hi all, and thanks in advance to anyone taking the time to read and reply to this.

Coming back to the game and dusting off my L60 warrior, I want to level him up to 80 and play around with the new talent and skill system. The only thing I know for sure is that I really enjoy S/S gameplay (world PVE rampaging basically) and want that to be the focus for this character.

My question is, what would be the best distribution of gear for this playstyle? I was thinking a full Rampager set would work well but with the new changes, would going for more condition damage be advisable? Rampager/Rabid/Carrion mix of some kind?

Would love to hear from S/S enthusiasts on this

Go full Sinister gear with HoT approaching. As you are mainly PVE you won’t regret it

I ’ve played S/S-LB for quite long…

PvE wise you should (ideally) prefer Sinister armor/trinkets stat above Rampagers.

If that’s impossible to get for some reason Rampagers armor Dire/Rabid trinkets OR Carrion armor and Rampager trinkets… but really TRY to get full Sinister.

As of runes (going a bit further) I would suggest Aristocracy ones!

I wouldn’t try to gainsay the other recommendations, but I’ve been running all Assassin’s with Sword/Sword for quite a while and found it’s definitely better than, say, Rampager’s.

Depends on what you want, but in terms of overall performance, I’ve found that lots of crits and upfront damage works quite well, with the bleed stacks finishing things off and ensuring there are no survivors.

Berserker’s works fine, too, and is quite flexible build-wise, but I prefer the slightly extra crit rate from Assassin’s, which is nice for spiky direct damage and proccing the Sigil of Strength.

Haven’t missed the condition damage stat at all. It’s open world PvE, after all, not sPvP.

I’m sure my in-the-field perceptions aren’t a match for in-depth theorycrafting, but that’s been my experience.

YMMV.

If there was a set that combined power, condition, and ferocity, I’d be all over it. The precision gains from signet mastery would allow you to switch out precision on gear, imo.

But, alas, there’s no such set. I’d probably go Cavaliers if there was any chance of heading into Wvw and I knew I’d stick with s/s. In pve, probably sinister.

Choppy.4183:

If there was a set that combined power, condition, and ferocity, I’d be all over it. The precision gains from signet mastery would allow you to switch out precision on gear, imo.

But, alas, there’s no such set. I’d probably go Cavaliers if there was any chance of heading into Wvw and I knew I’d stick with s/s. In pve, probably sinister.

those are the stats i have been wanting for so long. one day……

Ilias.8647:

I ’ve played S/S-LB for quite long…

PvE wise you should (ideally) prefer Sinister armor/trinkets stat above Rampagers.

If that’s impossible to get for some reason Rampagers armor Dire/Rabid trinkets OR Carrion armor and Rampager trinkets… but really TRY to get full Sinister.

As of runes (going a bit further) I would suggest Aristocracy ones!

Thanks for this and all the other replies!

As someone who has been out of the game for months and is just coming back, I don’t know where to find gear w/ the sinister stat combo. Is it craftable? If so I will get to work on leveling my armorsmithing