Applying runes to armour

wailok

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2006

W/Mo

Hi everyone, I have this little problem...

does applying runes to different parts of your armour have any significant effects? if i wanted to add superior vigor, absorption and axe mastery which part of the armour should i apply them to?


thnx everyone for clearing this up for me.

Poison Ivy

Poison Ivy

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

Toronto

Hopping

Mo/A

Whichever one you want. Runes don't stack. The -hp stacks.

Mournblade

Mournblade

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2005

Houston, Texas

Dawn Treaders [DAWN]

W/Mo

You will pretty much always want Sup. Vigor and Absorb, so put them on a piece of armor you won't be changing out (chest or legs is my preference). Put the Sup Axe on something you are more likely to swap, like your helmet. (One helmet for Sup axe, one for Sup sword, etc.)

iridescentfyre

iridescentfyre

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

W/

I have heard rumors that Absorption runes apply only to the armor piece they're applied to. If that's true, the Cuirass/Hauberk is the best place to put it, since it takes a larger % of hits than any other single piece.

However, as I said its a rumor and I have no clue if its true or not. That said, I always put the Absorb rune on the chest piece, because ..well.. why not?

Olfin Bedwere

Olfin Bedwere

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2005

Stillwater, Oklahoma

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by iridescentfyre
I have heard rumors that Absorption runes apply only to the armor piece they're applied to.
A rumor that`s not true.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mournblade
You will pretty much always want Sup. Vigor and Absorb, so put them on a piece of armor you won't be changing out (chest or legs is my preference). Put the Sup Axe on something you are more likely to swap, like your helmet. (One helmet for Sup axe, one for Sup sword, etc.) Same set up I use for the same reason.

Solberg the Exiled

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Xen of Onslaught

N/

Yup, I like to add the axe mastery rune to the axe mastery helmet and the sword mastery rune to the sword helmet... etc... It makes switching build much easier. vigor I usually add to feet for some strange reason. but legging is fine also.