Guild Wars 2

I know it has been said many time already, but I believe shield skill need work on guardian, every guardian should have a shield in his weapon swap, it is like a trademark.

I know shield skill can be useful, but not nearly as it should be. The cooldown are enormous and if you compare you #5 with shield of the avenger, it just doesn’t cut it.

I have been using shield for a while only because I like how it fit my character, but everytime I run a dungeon or fractal or almost everything, I end up switching it for a focus or even a torch.

Just think about how every guardian you see is running a Greatsword, it should be a shield instead, make shield the most useful guardian weapon.

TL;DR Shield should be a must for guardian, not just a weapon that can be useful in 1 or 2 cases.

They can’t simply make a weapon ‘a must have’ based on you considering it being an iconic weapon.

If they make the shield useful in all cases, there wouldn’t be any point in them having Focus and Torch.

TheDaiBish.9735:

They can’t simply make a weapon ‘a must have’ based on you considering it being an iconic weapon.

If they make the shield useful in all cases, there wouldn’t be any point in them having Focus and Torch.

You are kinda right here but currently Shield is less than usefull, right now Shield on a Guardian is like any legendary on a player, simply rare sight.
Maybe not “a must have” but at least more than what we have now, i mean the Shield for Guardian is not even used to block.

Its really strange that Focus have more…or rather is the only off-hand weapon for Guardian that have block on it.

And yea if i had a choice of Shield(weapon) or Shield of Avenger(Spirit weapon) i would definitely chose Shield of Avenger cus it do more than normal Shield.

Cold Hearted Person.6154:

TheDaiBish.9735:

They can’t simply make a weapon ‘a must have’ based on you considering it being an iconic weapon.

If they make the shield useful in all cases, there wouldn’t be any point in them having Focus and Torch.

You are kinda right here but currently Shield is less than usefull, right now Shield on a Guardian is like any legendary on a player, simply rare sight.
Maybe not “a must have” but at least more than what we have now, i mean the Shield for Guardian is not even used to block.

Its really strange that Focus have more…or rather is the only off-hand weapon for Guardian that have block on it.

And yea if i had a choice of Shield(weapon) or Shield of Avenger(Spirit weapon) i would definitely chose Shield of Avenger cus it do more than normal Shield.

Pretty much what I meant, just like everyone is using the greatsword because it’s a good weapon.