Guild Wars 2

How useful is this skill? My Guardian just hit level 40 and I have taken both available Guardian Elites, and have Mistfire Wolf. I am debating whether to save up for the 30 point Elites or to grab Warband Support now, just so I can have some fun with it before slotting a permanent Elite. The Mistfire Wolf is annoying to cast, but has saved my furry hide more than once and I am assuming that the Warband Support will be an improvement on that. Is it as good as Hounds of Balthazar (which I have never used on either of my Human characters but is undoubtedly a very popular Elite)? On the other hand, I’ve never seen anyone use it, so is it complete junk compared to the other 10pt Racial Elites?

What about the other Racials?

Personally, I used Warband Support often. Going into any fight with more than a few mobs I’d pop it. I thought they were VERY useful, not only for dealing damage, but for taking damage away from me.

Warband Support is also incredibly useful on skill challenges that are a Veteran plus companions. It keeps you from taking all the damage on less robust classes, giving you time to kill everything.

I don’t use it now but as cthorn says it’s useful for vets or if you suddenly get a lot of mobs at once. They can knockdown too which can really save you to get some distance and recover. I don’t have the wolf though so don’t know how it compares to that.

Storm.3952:

I don’t use it now but as cthorn says it’s useful for vets or if you suddenly get a lot of mobs at once. They can knockdown too which can really save you to get some distance and recover. I don’t have the wolf though so don’t know how it compares to that.

It’s not a bad skill, although I wish they would either increase the hp/defense of the summons, or decrease the skill recharge time, but other than that it’s useful in a lot of fights except bosses/champs. Perfect for vets, perfect for over-agro, I’ve even used them in dungeons many times and last i checked, battle roar, and any other boons that affect allies works on them too.

Their duration is too short , they should stay with you until death or until you release them .

Sai.5908:

Their duration is too short , they should stay with you until death or until you release them .

Yeah cause that would be totally non-op…. /end sarcasm