Guild Wars 2

Hello, I’m just starting- I have a 11 Warrior, an a 16 Guardian, and I can’t ecide which to level. I have already decided on a 5 signet build for the warrior(if I level him), but I’m not sure what to use as a simple leveling build for my guard. Any suggestions? (And, what 2 weapon sets are best?)

5-signet is easymode, but also super boring since you don’t actually use any of your skills. It’s also not nearly as OP as it used to be since they made the bonus precision scale. I think you might have more fun if you added some banners, shouts, physical skills in and actually used them..

For guard, grabbing 15 in Radiance so you can spam F1 is super fun; 5 in Virtues is useful for the boons, and shout cooldowns from the Honor line are always useful. Weapons-wise, the greatsword rocks, sword/focus is amazing damage, and staff is good for running around fast and tagging stuff with event chain zergs (harathi etc.). I have a lot of fun casting the GS leap and hitting Judge’s Intervention halfway through it to teleport to a target up to 1800 units away, while doing AoE damage/blind/burn. Follow up with dropping the symbol and then whirling everything to death. You can pre-load the focus 5 before doing this for an even bigger burst.

Are there any leveling build guides that you guys can recommend for guardian? I think I’m mostly using Hammer/GS, if that’s relevant.

I wouldn’t worry too much about builds while levelling, just find a weaponset you enjoy and have fun

My advice for levelling guardian is to go for a fairly defensive build and use greatsword – you get excellent AoE, an AoE pull to get multiple enemies into melee range and a leap gap-closer. For your second weapon set I would say go for a Scepter/Torch or Scepter/Shield combo so you can do some ranged attacks and having yoru shield will allow you to take on tougher enemies. Even a defensive build will do some serious damage as a Guardian and you have very good survivability and self-healing. You can run a full signet build but I would recommend playing about with some spirit weapons as they can really help you out. Theres a lot of options there to help you out and you can tailor your build, skill and weapon choice accordingly to maximise the potential of them all.

Here is a sample build:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQNAR7flYgSBXEyJEfIFRWBWWVYfYPwoHz4lCHKRA

And one more question- are there any abilities I should aim for first? (like 5 points in valor or arms?)