Guild Wars 2

I’m a lvl 53 guardian and still kind of a noob when it comes to dungeons. I use a greatsword and mace/shield but when it comes to range attackers i can’t really do much. My guild said that shield wasn’t good for dungeons and I’m not saying i don’t believe them but i wanted to ask others on the forums. So what should i use in place of mace/shield if it isn’t good?

Sword/focus is what you should swap your mace and shield for. Carry a scepter and staff in your inventory too for the fringe situations that they’re required (staff in ascalon fractal for line of warding when you get to lv80 and scepter for whenever you’re required to range (as in required, not you can’t be bothered to dodge).

You should check out this thread for gear. Plenty of intelligent and engaging conversation.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian/Guardian-PVT-or-Zerker/page/4#post2608077

As for weapons- Greatsword, Sword/focus. Always have a ranged option in inventory and a staff for lawn mowing purposes in TA. Hammer for ring of warding in fotm areas.

BTW, for a single target situation like a boss, would torch be ok to replace focus with if you don’t need the blind/blocks? Zealot’s Flame has a fraction of the cd of shield of wrath, so it seems like a higher DPS skill.

Zenith.7301:

BTW, for a single target situation like a boss, would torch be ok to replace focus with if you don’t need the blind/blocks? Zealot’s Flame has a fraction of the cd of shield of wrath, so it seems like a higher DPS skill.

Bleh. Torch? Noooo. Go with at least 15 in radiance and you’ll give vulnerability with focus. Also, shield of wrath is a blast.
Burning from zealot’s flame is unneded since it’s duration capped, and that channeled skill really sucks. So slooooowwwww.
But the animation is cool, isn’t it.

Well I use zealot’s flame for the active not the passive. And I would never use skill 5 unless I need to back out of melee range momentarily and you use the attack to hit him from a bit longer range.

I’m mostly just asking about the DPS of zealot flame on a 22 sec cd vs. that of shield of wrath for a 45 sec cd in a single target boss scenario.

Zenith.7301:

BTW, for a single target situation like a boss, would torch be ok to replace focus with if you don’t need the blind/blocks? Zealot’s Flame has a fraction of the cd of shield of wrath, so it seems like a higher DPS skill.

Blinds let you stack vuln and the “blocks” can deal a nice bit of burst.

I like the blast finisher O_O

auto shield of wrath doesn’t affect the auto chain at all, whereas the torch you need stop attacking to throw your thing

colesy.8490:

scepter for whenever you’re required to range (as in required, not you can’t be bothered to dodge).

I can only imagine one situation in the game where you would want to have a ranged weapon.

I’ve yet to see a proper melee Ooze kill in P1 Arah