Hi I’m a returning player that can’t decide between maining guardian or warrior. I like both classes but I really want to focus on one. I already have a lvl 80 warrior and I enjoy playing him but I find him kinda boring. Are guardians worth maining over warriors or should I just stick with my warrior?
Both are in dungeon meta and are generally liked in all fields of playing.
Both can be played supportive, condition based or plain DPS, though they have different fields of excellence
*Both are mostly used in MELEE, guardian has relatively weak ranged options…
Differences:
Warrior is mostly used as melee brawler/DPS , Guardian is mostly used as frontline support character/ DPS
Warrior is a boost for DPS both in boons as in support , guardian is an expert in mitigation and healing.
Warrior has a big healthpool (19k), Guardian has a small (12k) (there is also medium)
warrior is master of melee dual wielding being able to dual wield Axes, Maces and swords, but you can still use hammer or GS if it’s not to your liking.
Warrior can be used as heavy CC-er (Mace/(mace/shield) & hammer) and rampage as an elite, with some control utilities. Guardian he’s way less options in this field.
Warrior is very easy to start with, Guardian is more difficult
Guardians are very potent at healing, cleansing and buffing and have several builds whci use this potential to great use, as such it’s very liked in WvW.
In the end Guardian will have a way higher skill cap with regards to group survival and difficulty and your knowledge of mechanics and telegraps will be vital…
Warriors are DPS masters, and Guardians can do more DPS then warriors if needed but guardians will be more squishy to play.
If a warrior dies the group loses some stat buffs, and does a bit less damage, if a guardian dies, the group loses aoe regen, heals, reflects, quickness, stability and a lot of other boons…
A warrior dying often doesn’t matter too much, a guardian dying could wipe groups.
It’s your choice. Both have very interesting aspects.
-Note-
Warrior can be a support character as well but will be more offense orientated,
And as said guardian can be very effective on the offensive as well but will be dependent on good knowledge of the class
Both can be played as condition classes, guardian does have a reliance on burning as ONLY condition making it’s conditions easy to cleanse and the small healthpool makes sustained condition application wel… tedious. Warrior has a nice set for conditions (Sword/? (sword/warhorn) and Longbow)
The elite spcialisation of Warrior will be a buff to it’s condition potential. The elite of guardian I haven’t really focussed on tbh.
23 lvl 80’s, 9 times map, 4ele, 4ncr, 3war, 3grd, 3rgr, 2thf, 2msm, 1eng, 1 rev.
Been There, Done That & Will do it again…except maybe world completion.
