health up or armor level up for GvG

syuriz

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probably,best insignia is radius.but,if you select without radius,which do you select health up or armor level up?

Yanman.be

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GvG? Health.

You cannot lose armour when you DP'ed. But boy, you sure lose health!!

Also, there's a bunch of armour ignoring damage in GvG: Obsidian flame spike, necro spike, degen etc.

LightningHell

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Health. Helps you from spikes. People aren't going to pressure a Warrior if there are better characters to pressure (i.e. you're not stupid and not overextended).

syuriz

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Thanks in advices

Health up,its a wise choice.
But,Possibly sentinel insignia is enough good.Certainly,against caster spike builds,health up is better choice.many build have domi-Me,blood-N,Obs-E,,,

because against balanced spike build,weapon with elemental mod(Ice breaker,IDS,,,) is a popular choice when warrior spike warrior.

....but health have better than armor.your advice is true.Standard ftw

Tydra

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i know this thread is about GvG, but ive been wonderin, so i thought i can just ask here: in general, is a health upgrade for ur armor better than an armor upgrade? and i mean not only GvG, but also PvE. is it always better to have more health than armor?

i got an ele with new armor and i wanted to make me bit less squishie (my armor is 60). now i was wonderin if i should better add the Survivor or sumthin like Stalwart insignia to it. what keeps u longer alive? havin more health, so u can get hit an extra time before dying? or havin extra armor, which reduces the dmg u receive (at least i think thats what armor does)? can anyone gimme advice bout this?

Effigy

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The problem with going for high armor is that a lot of damage is armor-ignoring. Degen, attack skills, mesmer skills, and life stealing all bypass armor. This is why having higher health is usually a safer bet than high armor.

Tydra

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right .. okay, so i guess the same rules count for both gvg and pve? in that case i guess ill just go for the health idd tnx

syuriz

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caster should have shield and sword(double +30hp).

recycle thread...

aditional question.plz tell me your idea.
1.sundering or vampire
i think...vampire>sund
2.minor or major or sup
i think...minor?

LightningHell

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Quote:
Originally Posted by syuriz
caster should have shield and sword(double +30hp).

recycle thread...

aditional question.plz tell me your idea.
1.sundering or vampire
i think...vampire>sund
2.minor or major or sup
i think...minor? Yup, Vampiric > Sundering.

And for a Warrior, Superior rune and Minor rune is fine. Major...never tried that. Although it's a bit risky for your health.

Heinrich Deathlord

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Quote:
Originally Posted by syuriz
2.minor or major or sup
i think...minor? Well, this is clearly a matter of build I say. If you are heavy on one attribute, go with a sup. If you got several lines, I would go with two majors, wich are about the same health penalty as the sup rune. But that should be the lowest you get your health. Everything below ~450 is getting too weak IMO

EDIT: just realized this is the warrior forum Then a sup weapon is the way to go Two majors are more along the lines of a mesmer

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Heinrich Deathlord
Well, this is clearly a matter of build I say. If you are heavy on one attribute, go with a sup. If you got several lines, I would go with two majors, wich are about the same health penalty as the sup rune. But that should be the lowest you get your health. Everything below ~450 is getting too weak IMO

EDIT: just realized this is the warrior forum Then a sup weapon is the way to go Two majors are more along the lines of a mesmer Superior runes are now a fairly big liability due to no armor switching. I'd prefer going a Minor, but for some who can't get used to it, then a Sup weapon is fine.