The rest comes down to what you need or have. Have to many Mystic Clovers, then the value for clovers might not be the same to you. Are you in need of ascended gear, get the boxes if the opportunity cost is not to much higher than getting the gold. For example, the ascended weapon chest costs 600 aa.
Ascended: 2 + 3 + 12 + 400 Illustrious Tassets: Heavy leggings: Ascended: 2 + 4 + 16 + 600 Illustrious Breastplate: Heavy chest: Ascended: 3 + 4 + 24 + 800 Illustrious Striders: Medium boots: Ascended: 2 + 3 + 12 + 400 Illustrious Shoulderguard: Medium shoulders: Ascended: 2 + 3 + 12 + 400 From there, you'll probably get some help towards subsequent sets which you'll be able to round out with some additional crafting or magnetite shards. The other good way to get ascended gear is chasing collections, as a few of these are reliable one-time sources of gear. Trinkets can also be acquired from LS maps.Fractals drop ascended in t4 at a much better rate. The irony is you need ascended to run t4. If you are in exotics stick to t1 and t2, t3 is very iffy you need at least some ascended, this is not only for stats but for AR, you cant get the amount of AR needed in t4 from exotics at all.
Everyone else with a condi build goes all out on viper to max all their different conditions. But since guard really only uses burning they can get away with allot less viper gear since they can get +50% from balthazar runes and another +20% from a trait. Even then though sinister would be better once burning is maxed. ComfyFrog • 2 yr. ago. You don't need to get ascended gear unless you want to run high-level fractals (in which case you need the infusion slots). However, it's a good long-term goal, especially if you plan to play WvW or do raids. Ascended gear can be upgraded with agony infusions, which provide the agony resistance needed to survive high-level fractals. From Guild Wars 2 Wiki. Jump to navigation Jump to search. Ascended equipment. For ascended Shaman's armor pieces see here. For ascended Shaman's weapons see here.Harrier Gear (I need your help) Hey everyone! Lengthy post but bare with me: I want to start getting ascended gear with harrier stats for my firebrand, but I honestly don't really know how to go about it since there's next to no info on the internet. I was told that the easiest way for armor/weapons is Stat-swapping in the mystic forge, but I'mKhUFRhR.