Going to pull a Balthazar
Not that I have paid much attention to Guardian. But it seems Fireband is fairly controversial, some people love the hell out of it, and some people disdain it.
Kinda funny really, since the community general feels the same about the other elite specs, just not Firebrand.
Hmm, interesting stuff. i’ll have to read up on these Elite specs before jumping back in, it seems.
Since condi builds are king atm, condi burn guardian is good. Firebrand elite spec for PoF kind of takes that up a notch, but at its root, it’s intended for support. Your F1-F3 skills bring back tomes as weapon kits. The special utility skills are mantras with charges.
The HoT elite spec, Dragonhunter, gave guardian a longbow and trap utilites.
Since you’re primarily interested in guardian, I suggest having a look at the class subforum: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian