Guild Wars 2

currently I am a power + condition warrior and decided to swing around with a GS for a couple of minutes (normally sword + axe or sword + sword) for kicks and laughs but found that my damage with HB was actually pretty bad, i wasn’t hitting more than 7k on my HB while I saw videos of 12k and higher damage.

Yes you do want precision if you intend to use a GS— Primarily because of traits that grant might / apply bleed & vulnerability on crit

TheDuck.4526:

Yes you do want precision if you intend to use a GS— Primarily because of traits that grant might / apply bleed & vulnerability on crit

Oh thanks, that makes a ton more sense now.
I only have a 29% base crit :x

I’m confused by your post to be honest.

Well, first of all, condition damage does absolutely nothing for a GS sans traits, and doesn’t do much with them (bleed on crit is pretty much it, and I’m not even sure if that checks against your +con).

Precision doesn’t buff damage directly, but adjusts the crit chance accordingly. Hundred Blades is 8 seperate strikes summed together, each of which has a seprate crit chance. So higher precision will in general lead to higher overall results on the attack (which isn’t to say always—a 60% crit chance could result in a HB with 0-2 crits, and a 20% crit chance can get you one with 4-6—both scenarios are obviously rare).

There are only two other stats that will directly affect that— Crit damage and Power. Power increases the “base” damage prior to being modified for the crit multiplier. Crit damage increases that modifier.

Meaning, if crit damage is 1.5x your attack, and your attack would normally do 100 damage, you get 150.

If you have power that would normally give you a 150 damage attack, and a crit modifier of 1.5x, you’d get 225.

If you have power that would normally give you a 100 damage attack, and a crit modifier of 2x, you’d get 200.

If you had power that would normally give you a 150 damage attack, you’d get a crit of 300.

So, yes, +crit is very important for getting big numbers. But so is power. And crit damage doesn’t hurt at all either (though it’s relatively useless when crit chances are low, it’s amazing when they are high).

I can’t comment on your exact scenario, since we don’t know your stats or traits, but yes—if you aren’t gearing for precision at all, you’ll be facing low HB numbers. I am assuming you at least have the Precision from the trait line, though, since you’re going Power+Con. That means you have access to some solid GS traits that can help.

Trait wise…

20 power gives you access to 12% damage with adrenaline built up, and 10% GS damage in general.

25 precision gives you % for vuln and bleed on critical, plus the c/d reduction and might on critical, plus 10% damage to bleeding foes (good with sigil of earth).

yes for the rending strikes trait, and also if you’re using gs, your prolly in zerker gear. with FGJ and signet of might, you can maintain perma fury, and easily stay with a 90%+ crit rate. this is important because if you are full dps you should be using omnom pies with give lifesteal 66% chance on crit, HB, and whirlwind will dish out alot of dmg while keeping your hp replenishing at an obscene rate.

the health regen i get in full glass cannon dps warrior often lets me outlast ppl who sacrife dps for vitality or toughness, simply because by dps’ing im keeping myself alive. top that off with a sigil of blood on your wpn, and you got some very nice healing for dungeons with very little sacrifice.

^signet of rage gives fury, signet of might is just might.