Guild Wars 2

Guardian has plenty of Offensive Potential to be Meta.

What Guardian lacks to be part of Meta is a Defense that measures up to other current Meta classes.

Other classes have skills that Block/Evade both Unlimited Amount of Attacks AND from All Sides for their Active Duration

I propose 3 Traits be Changed so that when Chosen, they Buff Certain Defensive Skills:

-Focus Mastery
-> When this Trait is Chosen Shield Of Wrath Blocks All Attacks for its Duration (up from maximum of 3).

-Bulwark
-> This Trait Changes Shield of Courage to Block from All Sides (Instead of just widening the frontal block cone).

-Invigorated Bulwark
-> This Trait Changes Protector’s Strike in 2 following ways:

1.) Protector’s Strike Blocks All Attacks for its Duration and Does not automatically/prematurely end in a Counter Attack

2.) The “Counter Attack” part of the skill (when this trait is chosen) is separated into a separate chain skill so that the user can “at will” choose to prematurely end the blocking phase into the counter attack phase.

If the user does not prematurely activate the counter attack phase the skill will automatically counter attack when the full activation duration of the block phase has completed.

If these changes were added, Guardian would have a fair shot in the Meta because it would now have a comparable amount of survivability to other classes that have adequate blocking/evasion.

Yesterday I 1v1 a guy that got carried by his build.

He said he played only 1 hour of DH.

He had so much Aegis, Blinds and stuff… that his defense was too much to handle.

The problem of Guard is the burst is too predictable, so easy to not eat it.

If any build could block/evade unlimited amounts of attacks, they would be unkillable.

There is a limit to the amounts of blocks/evades they can do within a given time period.

I would be glad to have more defenses anyway.

But, it’s more a concern of mobility that hold back power guard compare to power rev or thief.

The defences of other professions like Necro, Mes and Engi were nerfed slightly, and Eles were hit pretty hard. This should hopefully bring Guard to a more comparable level. Also, those defence hits were indirect buffs to Guard burst. I think we’ll be seeing more Guards as long as other professions don’t continue to overshadow them. Mes, Rev, Thief all have better mobility too, and in some cases far greater burst potential. I’m expecting to see Mes, Rev, Ranger, Engi teams become the kings. The 5th member could be either Warrior, Necro or Thief. Ele might also still be around, but it’s hard to say.