Superior Rune of the Weaver

[Sunshine.5014]

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Superior_Rune_of_the_Weaverhttps://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Leap_finisher

Looks like Thief/Mesmer will be buffed through the roof.

Thoughts?

[kKagari.6804]

And berserker!

[choovanski.5462]

wonder how big the barrier will be :#

could become the new meta runs for most classes

[Sunshine.5014]

@choovanski.5462 said:wonder how big the barrier will be :#

could become the new meta runs for most classesYup. It's funny how they planned it for Weaver (from the name), but it's just okay for Weaver, while can be really strong with other classes. This rune can really push the condi Meta forward due to almost 15% raw damage increase, and then survivability on top.

[Exciton.8942]

It will probably require you to leap through a combo field.

So it may not be as good as you think.

[Abelisk.4527]

If a mesmer uses Phase Retreat in Chaos Storm, BOOM.

[choovanski.5462]

I wonder if the warrior trait will mean double barrier?

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Powerful_Synergy

[kKagari.6804]

Lets not get our panties in a twist, it's just barrier.

[Exciton.8942]

@Abelisk.4527 said:If a mesmer uses Phase Retreat in Chaos Storm, BOOM.

Some barrier every 35 sec doesn't feel like something that would 'Boom'

[OriOri.8724]

@Exciton.8942 Fully traited, mesmer has a 6sec CD leap finisher on Staff, and a 7.25 leap finisher on sword. Combine that with the chrono line for alacrity and a lot of ethereal fields from the wells (and chaos storm), and you could proc this effect fairly often.

[Exciton.8942]

@OriOri.8724 said:@Exciton.8942 Fully traited, mesmer has a 6sec CD leap finisher on Staff, and a 7.25 leap finisher on sword. Combine that with the chrono line for alacrity and a lot of ethereal fields from the wells (and chaos storm), and you could proc this effect fairly often.

I guess it can be useful for bunker chrono? But it depends a lot on how much barrier it applies.

Chaos storm is a very strong field that you want to remain inside to get its full benefit. Using leap may very well get you outside of it which can be counter productive.Similar thing with well of eternity, you kinda want to stay inside for the cleanse and the final heal.

But for bunker chrono, other stats from this set doesn't look very useful at all. I don't know if it can be better than something like rune of water. But ultimately it is definitely the amount of barrier that matters. If it is just a couple of hundred barrier, I will pass.

[Sunshine.5014]

@Exciton.8942 said:It will probably require you to leap through a combo field.

So it may not be as good as you think.

Mesmer/Thief has plenty of fields. In fact, many of their c> @Exciton.8942 said:

@OriOri.8724 said:@Exciton.8942 Fully traited, mesmer has a 6sec CD leap finisher on Staff, and a 7.25 leap finisher on sword. Combine that with the chrono line for alacrity and a lot of ethereal fields from the wells (and chaos storm), and you could proc this effect fairly often.

I guess it can be useful for bunker chrono? But it depends a lot on how much barrier it applies.

Chaos storm is a very strong field that you want to remain inside to get its full benefit. Using leap may very well get you outside of it which can be counter productive.Similar thing with well of eternity, you kinda want to stay inside for the cleanse and the final heal.

But for bunker chrono, other stats from this set doesn't look very useful at all. I don't know if it can be better than something like rune of water. But ultimately it is definitely the amount of barrier that matters. If it is just a couple of hundred barrier, I will pass.

It's short sight to think of only self combos. In a team fight, there will always be fields. A Mesmer will be able to trigger this every 4s (two leaps, each 6s and 7s cd). This will add up a lot.

[Exciton.8942]

@Sunshine.5014 said:

@Exciton.8942 said:It will probably require you to leap through a combo field.

So it may not be as good as you think.

Mesmer/Thief has plenty of fields. In fact, many of their c> @Exciton.8942 said:

@OriOri.8724 said:@Exciton.8942 Fully traited, mesmer has a 6sec CD leap finisher on Staff, and a 7.25 leap finisher on sword. Combine that with the chrono line for alacrity and a lot of ethereal fields from the wells (and chaos storm), and you could proc this effect fairly often.

I guess it can be useful for bunker chrono? But it depends a lot on how much barrier it applies.

Chaos storm is a very strong field that you want to remain inside to get its full benefit. Using leap may very well get you outside of it which can be counter productive.Similar thing with well of eternity, you kinda want to stay inside for the cleanse and the final heal.

But for bunker chrono, other stats from this set doesn't look very useful at all. I don't know if it can be better than something like rune of water. But ultimately it is definitely the amount of barrier that matters. If it is just a couple of hundred barrier, I will pass.

It's short sight to think of only self combos. In a team fight, there will always be fields. A Mesmer will be able to trigger this every 4s (two leaps, each 6s and 7s cd). This will add up a lot.

Well, if the playstyle is just leap around the combo field to spam barrier....I hope the barrier is not good. Doesn't sound like a fun playstyle to me.

[Amityel.5324]

200 barrier and what now useless runes ;-) you dunno till you know numbers

[Zin.6170]

I've not played in a while, but how is this good for thief? Spamming heartseeker doesn't seem all that great even with the barrier. I guess it depends on how much you get, but even then...

[messiah.1908]

it will give very low barrier like 500 base. while scourge will give probably 3k (as it has more icd).mesmer can be bunker again (not support) with s/s+staff with lost of leaps. s/s has 3 :D

have fun

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQNAW8cnELDFoh1qBmLDMMjlhjyMAWgGyv63+w/8BygPD-jpADBAVZAY/BA

[Tanuk.7961]

Hmmm, Rune of the Weaver or Rune of Exuberance... choices.

[Hadi.3167]

yea acro thief with bound might be strong but barrier doesn't last that long on you. and it increase with vitality right?

[Dahkeus.8243]

Well, the rest of the stats on that rune would be pretty weak for thief...but if there's no ICD on that proc, a thief could have some massive uptime on barrier.

[Sunshine.5014]

@Sazukikrah.5036 said:yea acro thief with bound might be strong but barrier doesn't last that long on you. and it increase with vitality right?

Barrier scales with Healing Power

[Saiyan.1704]

A couple questions

• Does the barrier on the rune have an ICD?
• Does the barrier effect have an end timer; will it only last for a couple seconds?

From just the text it looks as if a barrier will be applied everytime you leap, which could be a thing if every class only have 1 or 2 leap skills. Except Mes & Thieves have spammable leap skills so.. surely it has an ICD and a 3sec end timer because no rune except Guardian Runes has a spammable effect.

[Sunshine.5014]

@Saiyan.1704 said:A couple questions

• Does the barrier on the rune have an ICD?This is not noted, so we don't know for sure. If they intended this rune to be used for Weaver, then it probably didn't have internal cooldown built in, since Weaver has like 2 leaps with long cooldown.

@Saiyan.1704 said:

• Does the barrier effect have an end timer; will it only last for a couple seconds?It's a barrier, so it definitely starts decaying after a few seconds like normal barrier skills. However, barrier can be "refreshed" if another barrier is casted within that period. That will extend the barrier time. For Thief/Mesmer, I don't see them having any problem refreshing the timer.