Guild Wars 2

You PvP devs, I need to win about 25 matches with the guardian to finish 2 of my achievements, bot require me to win matches with the guardian.
My problem is every build I tried so far had failed me, yea I know “the one who failed is you”.
Calm your kittens men, I mostly played guardian in sPvP since launch and I think I’m a competent PvP person with a 1.25 W/L ratio, and I got up to Ruby in the past 2 seasons.
But for the love of GW2 I cant seam to make a or find a viable build for this season.

Built a tank, melted in mere seconds vs just about everything, not to mention the zero dmg output.
Built a full just zerker no defense or anything trapper, it was a waste of time, insta death and no real impact in fights.
Hybrids did kind of OK jobs but they pale in comparison to anything half descent on other professions.

Hammer is slow, and interruptible.
Bow has no damage.
Mace…lol, scepter lol, shield heh. .. eh w/e.

I would love to see what build the devs would use for the guardian in sPvP. Cause I sure as hell can’t figure it out.

Ps: Might seem like a rant, but this is a plea for help.

Run the meta battle one with sword lb

So guardian is in a difficult place since it relies heavily on your team also being able to do damage, since yours is not as high as other DPS classes.

That being said, DH is actually a fairly good build for a lot of 1v1s, and very useful in teamfights.

Here’s what I use, and it is quite effective.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vVAQNAT8dn8cCdDhVDBWdC8DhlEiSe5j+sPb/+vA8aZDgEA-TJBFABEcRAEvMgc7PAwTAAA

I will say this: playing DH in this meta requires far more work from your part than it will for other players to beat you. Be smart about how and when you use your CDs.

Easiest:
If you are in Sapphire, just use 5 trap with meta. People will face plant into it most times. Wait till the fight gets going before you blow them. Always use 1 instant then the 1/2 delayed one so you get both dazes.

Intermediate: Current Metabattle build
Hardest: Kiting Style Mes Build and Video
Hardest: Hammer Style Falselights build and video

Acandis.3250:

So guardian is in a difficult place since it relies heavily on your team also being able to do damage, since yours is not as high as other DPS classes.

That being said, DH is actually a fairly good build for a lot of 1v1s, and very useful in teamfights.

Here’s what I use, and it is quite effective.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vVAQNAT8dn8cCdDhVDBWdC8DhlEiSe5j+sPb/+vA8aZDgEA-TJBFABEcRAEvMgc7PAwTAAA

I will say this: playing DH in this meta requires far more work from your part than it will for other players to beat you. Be smart about how and when you use your CDs.

This. I’d only say that guardians aren’t “viable” at the highest levels of the game where you’re fighting 5 other guys in teamspeak.

I’ve seen a variety of guardians kick kitten , but right now a lot of tanky supports are around that they simply cannot deal with.

The guys above me are wrong. The Guardian/Dh is in a terrible position even at low level play. The class can’t even rotate effectively if its life depended on it. Yu’ll just be wasting your time playing this class.

I played Guard/DH last season and it was not the most pleasant experience.
This season I completely abandoned it. Far too painful.

I’ve been one-shot through Endure Pain AND Resistance on my warrior from a guardian. Granted, if I survive, I’ll probably win, but still. You guys have it rough right now, but still not as bad as wars had it the first two seasons.

Play to your strengths and bait people into your traps.

bLind.6278:

I’ve been one-shot through Endure Pain AND Resistance on my warrior from a guardian. Granted, if I survive, I’ll probably win, but still. You guys have it rough right now, but still not as bad as wars had it the first two seasons.

Play to your strengths and bait people into your traps.

Yeah Guardians don’t have it as bad as Warrior in s2 but that doesn’t make a difference when their only reliable burst skill (true shot) got nerfed to the point of being useless.

1. The class can’t rotate at all
2. The class does not have reliable sustain
3. The class does not have reliable cc options
4. The class does not have reliable burst options
5. Any half decent player will not get killed by your traps

I’m with the others on this. Though it’s rough for them now, Guardians actually HAVE a purpose, to stack a point with traps! For low-mid level players that’s good enough!

You guardians think you have it as bad, us warriors on the other hand, were basically ROADKILL these past two seasons. At least guardians have a fighting chance here.

JTGuevara.9018:

I’m with the others on this. Though it’s rough for them now, Guardians actually HAVE a purpose, to stack a point with traps! For low-mid level players that’s good enough!

You guardians think you have it as bad, us warriors on the other hand, were basically ROADKILL these past two seasons. At least guardians have a fighting chance here.

Actually guardians don’t have a ghost of a chance vs half competent players. Any person with common sense won’t fall in dh traps.

Even though guardian is firmly the worst class in pvp right now, the difference between guardian and the “meta” or even the #1 class isn’t as great as it was in season 1 and 2

the metabattle mediguard is more than viable enough to climb leagues with

Darknicrofia.2604:

Even though guardian is firmly the worst class in pvp right now, the difference between guardian and the “meta” or even the #1 class isn’t as great as it was in season 1 and 2

the metabattle mediguard is more than viable enough to climb leagues with

You can’t really use this as a valid argument.
I have a guildmate who plays DH with traps, I am a DH that plays medihammer without any traps and I ate him many times when dueling.
He is now in diamond (from emerald) after about what? 25-35 matches I guess. If your team is skillful, they will make use of your traps but if you are unlucky, it might end up painfuly.
After I heard how certain peeps get their divs fast with a bunch of matches, getting carried, I can’t seriously take such arguments to define if something is viable or not.
Even on my own example as my build is not meta as heck and one match I wreck people and greatly disrupt teamfights and on a next match I end up as a ragdoll that everyone can play around with. Thus I can’t even define If I am good or bad, mostly I lose in blowouts and win close match ups.

EDIT:
We can clearly see how you get your win streak with mostly blowouts.
Guess that enemy teams were not very capable, thus you could combat them with a competent team on your side.