Guild Wars 2

Dodge backwards as soon as the tell starts then forwards after a brief pause.

Yes, shield works against aoe and actually so does sword while still giving you 5% dmg from dual wielding and shorter cooldown. If you are using sword make sure to take a step back from lupi before using 5 so you won’t counter attack when blocking and be prepared to use one dodge before or after block. Since shield block lasts longer you wont need to dodge after or before block.

use sword and focus, focus for guardian has block, maybe you should evade once then use the block skill, or get a superior sigil of energy and evade twice and try not to get hit.
I don’t have a guardian and my advice may or may not be valid…

Bismuth.3165:

use sword and focus, focus for guardian […]
I don’t have a guardian and my advice may or may not be valid…

yea, doesn’t seem very valid. It’s true though and as the other posters said you dodge backwards and then swordblock on warriror or focus on guard after this. when running shield you can use 5 to fully protect you on both classes (not 100% reliable on guard). look closely at the animation though, meaning that you shouldn’t do the 1st evade right at the start of the animation but ~1sec later so you aren’t roasted after 1st or 2nd evade.

Ok thanks ill try that