Guild Wars 2

I attempted a vale guardian raid tonight for the first time. I got put in the spot because of my toughness. I did not do very good as a tank. Someone else came along to be the tank and I was unable to get my toughness down below theirs, it was around 1500 (can’t remember the number exactly), even with switching armors.

Here is the build I run with normally:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vNUQJAWVn0rC1rglrAOsActgl8AjZF07+dLBgSwpD+u2XHslI9wA-TBTFABuoqAEHCgTUDodNBKt/wBXAAnUeBwTAQddA7rSDUKR+TJYAgDAuOAA-e

I’m just wondering what I’m doing wrong, what to work on, etc.

I would suggest getting a second armour set without Toughness as the primary stat. You might want to go more of a power or precision build or mix it up a bit with more healing (usually useless stat I know) or pure Vit. Either way it’ the toughness on your current gear that is hindering you atm.

I had the same issue on my Engi main my first trip through there. I was aggroing more than the “tank” could and no wonder my toughness is usually at the 3k+ mark lol. So I now have a Vipers set for raiding and relegate myself to being cond damage for that particular boss in the first raid.

Oh you also may want to get rid of Signet of Stone, that adds more toughness.

Thank you. Looks like I get to start collecting up different armor. I had forgotten about the signet of stone, I feel like a boob now.

Can you link your intended raid build? And what role do you intend to fill? Before you start investing in expensive new gear, you should consider those questions first.

The build looks like a condi druid with lots of self-sustain, which is fine for open world. But there isn’t much group synergy, and as you realized, it was actually detrimental.

Are you part of a regular raid team, or are pugging raids? If you’re pugging, be aware most people expect you to be the support healer (unless they already have a healer)… e.g. cultivated synergy, verdant etching, GotL, frost spirit, spotter. In an organized group, you can drop some healing, but either way, ranger/druid has never been great DPS, so you’re better off gimping your own DPS for the greater good.

I’d also suggest reading/watching some raid guides to understand the mechanics, e.g:
For VG, as a ranged build, you’re likely to be asked to be part of the green circle group. In that situation your traps are pretty useless.

Look up metabattle.com, you may not want to copy a build exactly, but the authors do provide justification for their choices, so it’s still a worthwhile read.

Attempting to get a regular raid team going, I’ve really only done one raid (the one I was talking about in the post). Good chance of doing a fair amount of pugging. I’m not fully for sure what role in intend to fill.

I already got some new armor, had some karma to burn. Also went looking on meta battle like you suggested, borrowed a few things. This is what I’ve come up with-

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vNUQJAWVn0rCtqgFsC2sCEtiFHBzZz1raBwL1oaVlJAM5qclI9wA-TRSFAB/pEUddAtrJAgnAQMq/AkyPIOEAbs/wBXAAA-e

The amulet and one of the accessories are only a rare, didn’t have the gold to get those as exotic just yet.