Vantus Rune: Tides
Season 2 has a brand new Vantus rune: Vantus Rune: Tides. As with Season 1, there are two different ranks with Rank 2 being more powerful.
Rank 1 Vantus
Rank 2 Vantus
The best Vantus Rune in Season 2 is equivalent to 3% damage done and 1.5% damage reduction. Interestingly, on the Patch 12.1 PTR, the Season 1 Vantus Runes have also changed in value and the Season 2 Vantus Runes are actually nerfed and provide less stats when compared to their Season 1 counterparts.
Here's a chart of the Rank 2 Vantus Runes on the Patch 12.1.
Vantus RuneVersatility AmountDamage Done
Season 1 (12.0)2705%
Season 1 (12.1)3246%
Season 21623%
You'll notice that the Season 1 Vantus Runes were actually buffed and give 1% more damage (and 0.5% more damage reduction) on the PTR. However, the Season 2 Vantus Runes are actually a nerf of 2% from the Season 1 Vantus Runes that players used this tier. This may be because 5% was a very big buff from a consumable that could only be used on one boss a week, and there were some players who felt like if they Vantus'ed the wrong boss, they were hitting a brick wall.
Crafting Cost
There's also been an interesting change to the Crafting Cost of Vantus Runes. In previous expansions, Vantus Runes between seasons required the same crafting reagents, and Scribes were just using a new recipe that they had to learn. For example, Vantus Rune: Manaforge Omega, Vantus Rune: Liberation of Undermine, and Vantus Rune: Nerub-ar Palace all required the same materials of Viridescent Spores, Shadow Ink and Apricate Ink.
In Season 2, Vantus Rune: Tides has the same crafting cost as last season, plus one additional material: Vantus Rune: Radiant. That's right! In order to craft the new Vantus Rune, you need to have the old Vantus Rune. Since the crafting costs are the same with the Season 2 Vantus Rune having the extra cost, this essentially doubles the crafting cost!
Crafting Cost:
Thalassian Songwater
Lexicologist's Vellum
2 Petrified Root
Soul Cipher
Vantus Rune: Radiant
