Crit Cap - GW2 | Discretize [dT]

Why is achieving crit cap important?

Achieving 100% Critical Chance is desirable for most power-based Guild Wars 2 builds. As your Critical Damage will be much higher due to large amounts of Ferocity, the value of Critical Chance (and therefore Precision) exceeds other attributes like Power.

At level 80, the conversion formula to calculate Critical Chance from Precision is:

Critical Chance = (Precision - 895) / 21

From the above equation, it follows that 2995 Precision is enough to reach 100% Critical Chance.

You can subtract the following values in general:

1000 base Precision at level 80
25% Critical Chance from Fury ( 525 Precision)

Which brings it down to 1470 Precision, without any traits, gear, upgrades or consumables.

Gear

Runes and Sigils are our next step to consider increasing Precision The most obvious choice would be Superior Sigil of Accuracy , but in Fractals we want to take Superior Sigil of Impact (and Superior Sigil of Force ) to benefit from frequently broken defiance bars. Which leaves us with item affixes and runes as other sources of Precision.

A full ascended set of Berserker items is equal to 961 Precision (dual wield) or 960 Precision (two-handed).
So you’ll 509 Precision (dual wield) or 510 Precision (two-handed) to reach 100% Critical Chance. The next source of Precision we should consider our our runes:

Common Power Rune Choices	Precision Required Dual Wield	Precision Required Two-Handed
Superior Rune of the Scholar	509	510
Superior Rune of the Thief	209	210
Superior Rune of the Eagle	334	335

If your chosen Rune doesn’t have you reaching 100% Critical Chance, the next step is to swap Berserker’s items (Major: Power; Minor: Precision, Ferocity) for Assassin’s (Major: Precision; Minor: Power, Ferocity) to gain more Precision. Additionally some condition builds such as Condi Virtuoso 🡢 Go to build benefit from incresed Precision. In this case Viper’s items (Major: Condition Damage, Power; Minor: Expertise, Precision) are swapped for Sinister (Major: Condition Damage; Minor: Power, Precision) and Rampager’s (Major: Precision; Minor: Power, Condition Damage) items.

Our final gear choice we can make to increase Precision is to use Consumables and Infusions. Most power builds use Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak for food. However Plate of Coq Au Vin with Salsa can be a good choice if you miss a small amount of Precision to crit cap. Also available to use is Bowl of Curry Butternut Squash Soup can be used but we would recommend taking extra Assassin’s items if possible to be able to benefit from Acsended Feasts.

Keep in mind that you can also take Precise +5 Agony Infusion (Or its +7 and +9 counterparts), but normally it is easier to calculate with a full set of Power infusions.

Use our Gear Optimizer to calculate the optimal setup of Runes, Sigils, Stats and Consumables.

Skills/Traits

While some professions have access to passive signet utility skills increasing Precision by 180 points, there is usually a better DPS skill if you are crit capped already.
If for some reason your build isn’t optimized yet and you are missing at least those 180 points, it is recommended to take the Precision signet instead of the weakest other utility skill.

Apart from that, various traits increase either Precision or Critical Chance directly.
Some of them will easily put you above 100% Critical Chance so you don’t need any Assassin’s pieces.

Below are some popular trait choices to push Critical Chance.

Skills increasing Critical Chance

Profession	Skill	Precision
Warrior	Signet of Fury	180
Thief	Signet of Agility	180
Elementalist	Signet of Fire	180

Traits increasing Critical Chance

Profession	Trait Line	Trait	Condition	Critical Chance	Precision
Elementalist	Weaver	Superior Elements	Target must have Weakness	10%	210
Guardian	Radiance	Radiant Power	Target must have Burning	10%	210
Guardian	Radiance	Righteous Instincts	Player must have Resolution	25%	525
Guardian	Radiance	Right-Hand Strength	-	3.8%	80
Ranger	Skirmishing	Hunter's Tactics	Player must hit from behind or the side	10%	210
Ranger	Skirmishing	Vicious Quarry	Player must have Fury	10%	210
Engineer	Firearms	Hematic Focus	Target must have Bleeding	10%	210
Engineer	Firearms	High Caliber	Target must be closer than 300 units	15%	315
Thief	Critical Strikes	Keen Observer	Player health must be above 90%	5%	105
Thief	Critical Strikes	Twin Fangs	Player must hit from behind or the side	7%	147
Necromancer	Curses	Target the Weak	2% per unique condition on target	up 28%	up to 588
Necromancer	Reaper	Decimate Defenses	2% per stack of Vulnerability on target	up to 50%	up to 1050
Revenant	Invocation	Roiling Mists	Fury has increased effectiveness	25%	525
Revenant	Renegade	Brutal Momentum	10% which is increased to 33% if the Player has full endurance	10%/33%	693
Mesmer	Virtuoso	Quiet Intensity	Player must have Fury	10%	210
Warrior	Strength	Pinnacle of Strength	-	5%	105
Warrior	Arms	Furious Burst	Player must have Fury	5%	105

Traits increasing Precision

Profession	Specialization	Trait	Note	Precision
Soulbeast	Beastmastery	Pack Alpha	This will only apply to yourself if you are in Beastmode	150
Thief	Deadeye	Be Quick or Be Killed	Target must be marked	200
Elementalist	Weaver	Elements of Rage	Converts 13% of your Vitality to Precision

Note: Conversion traits only take flat modifiers from items, runes, food and infusions into consideration. Things like boons (e.g. Might), traits (e.g. other conversions), skills (e.g. Signet of Fury ) or the Infinite Mist Omnipotion are not included.