Better options than Scholars?

As a melee Elementalist, you hardly ever get to use the last 10% damage multiplier so it's just a waste (at least I don't).

Any other decent options?

Edit: PvE question btw.

Strength, or maybe rune of the spellbreaker.

Yeah, Spellbreaker looks good. There's no enemies in the game with persistent boon application anyway.

Thanks alot!

Strength or Berserker runes if you're hybrid. Balthazar runes are pretty cheap as well.

I believe eagle works too? Its also quite cheap.Tbh it really depends on your build and what content you do

well scholar is still the best option even without the 6 rune bonus. isnt it?if you are capping crit chance, you want as much power+ferocity as possible. scholar offers both.there are only 2 more runes that offer power+ferocity -> deadeye and ogre. and ogre already loses a lot of ferocity, while deadeye has no extra-dmg.ogre vs scholar without 6 piece bonus = zero difference. ogre loses 4.x% crit-dmg and gains 4% increased dmg with the 6 piece bonus.deadeye vs scholar = almost no difference. same ferocity (crit-dmg) but deadeye offers not even the possibility to deal extra damage.

rune of the dragonhunter has more ferocity, less power and a 6 piece bonus that does nothing on ele.

so i believe scholar is BiS.i'd love to be proven wrong, as always :)the more i know, the better i can play/understand my profession.

cheers

Flame Legion. If you're doing burning damage anyways, it helps for that as well as being effectively 100% uptime on the damage mod. Scholar uptimes are lower than people tend to think if you actually look at the reported numbers for fights. Flame Legion is a solid choice.

No, there isn't any better rune than Scholar. Even as a Sword/X, you get to initiate the combat and you're on full health when you do so. Scholar gives the highest bonus damage, hence it increases your burst, which is all that matters for most of the PvE. And in the high-end PvE where you need to sustain your damage you should have a healer anyway, so maintaining the bonus shouldn't be a problem.

If you are playing weaver, and have x 2 x on the trait line - pack runes work well. 125 extra prec, 175 power, 10s of swiftness, fury and might to you and allies every 30s and extra 30% boon duration for swiftness. That trait gives you 7% dmg when you have swiftness or super speed. One can argue if you are running arcana you don’t need pack, but it’s still nice to grant fury for 10s to your allies while getting 300 extra stat boosts and perma 7% dmg increase.

@Drastic.8920 said:If you are playing weaver, and have x 2 x on the trait line - pack runes work well. 125 extra prec, 175 power, 10s of swiftness, fury and might to you and allies every 30s and extra 30% boon duration for swiftness. That trait gives you 7% dmg when you have swiftness or super speed. One can argue if you are running arcana you don’t need pack, but it’s still nice to grant fury for 10s to your allies while getting 300 extra stat boosts and perma 7% dmg increase.

I can argue you don't need Pack regardless. In a proper party your crit chance is maxed and you have fury and swiftness anyway.

@Feanor.2358 said:

I can argue you don't need Pack regardless. In a proper party your crit chance is maxed and you have fury and swiftness anyway.

In a proper party, I agree with you; other runes are better suited. Without knowing the build or comp, just providing a way for OP maintain the traited 7% dmg modifier while still contributing to the group.

Guys, it's fine now. I am content with Spellbreaker runes. I appreciate all the answers I received, thanks again.

I main ele, foes always have boons so the last of SB seems wasted. Scholar is best even just the extra ferocity sets it ahead, strength really good too tho.

Yet it’s easy to get reduced below 90%.... lol.

I spend most of my time running alone, so I have difficulty with the 90% health thing for scholars. I run Strength runes because of my casual loner playstyle and penchant for engaging random champs solo.

Scholar will be updated tonight. I don't like that rune though, feels too plain to me.

Scholar is still the best rune

what ever you can afford after these runes skyrocket to 100K+ thanks to the new RNG

I use leadership, because I use the same gear in pve as in wvw. shrug after today, will probably change that.

Ogre, you got the same bonuses with scholar withouth the health percentage requeriments, also you got a pet.

Did some tests today and the Rock Dog deals about 400 dps (500 with vulnerability on the target). That's roughly 1% damage if your dps is 40k. Not sure if I'd use it over Scholar to be honest. But it is a very cool rune. :)

Yeah but it disappears, no ? Or it stays until it dies ?

When it runs out, a new one will appear, every 60 seconds until you go out of combat.

@ThiBash.5634 said:Did some tests today and the Rock Dog deals about 400 dps (500 with vulnerability on the target). That's roughly 1% damage if your dps is 40k. Not sure if I'd use it over Scholar to be honest. But it is a very cool rune. :)

Build and set up?

Rock dog sounds nice against stuff like unrelenting assault...