Guild Wars 2

Please note: Not a whine thread. Moreso a question thread, and a discussion one.

I play a Guardian. My best friend is a Ranger. I run a fairly offensive build, found here:

http://www.guildhead.com/skill-calc#Mccmcz9Mmnvbomnvbo0xGG0MkqzVMs

My Ranger friend runs this: http://www.guildhead.com/skill-calc#Mcom0zM0olTLoolTLo0axx0zmsbmRq

So far, we’re pretty unstoppable together. We train together a lot, and do really well in PvP. The only problem is, well.

I’m having a lot of trouble with his Nature spirit.

He and I have been playing games together and sparring for years. We always wind up pretty much even, eventually, if the game is at all tuned for 1v1. Our fights so far pretty much go that way as usual. But once that spirit comes out, man…

With his passive regen combined with that spirit, which has double health and follows him, he’s got about 700 a second of healing. For sixty seconds. I can’t whittle him down, despite my best efforts, and I can’t kill the spirit, either. It has a ton of health, heals quickly, and my friend does tons of damage if I let him pressure me.

So, I have to ask. Is the spirit tuned alright for 1v1? If so, what are my options? If not, should I just run until it’s gone, then come back? Because I can trade wins with him just fine otherwise, but man…that thing is wrecking me.

Switch to a range weapon and keep pressure on him until it wears off, don’t worry about killing him, just worry about surviving.

60 seconds is one hell of a long time though.

Yeah but the only problem is that he’s a ranger, so at range, he’s got a pretty big advantage. Then again, I can use wall of reflection and my scepter/torch to trade hits well.

Yeah that sucks :/

If you specced into damage rather then tankyness you would probably over come him, that skill seems like a big counter to mediocre damage tanky classes

I am specced into damage, mostly.

I mean, I know people say Zeal is the be-all end all for Guardian damage, but I disagree. I completely wreck every Zeal Guardian I meet, and I’m pretty sure the 20% greatsword cooldowns in the lower trees and the torch damage stuff is more meaningful.

Guardian just isn’t capable of high PvP spike. We’re a steady, consistent burn, which the spirit really hurts.

Also, oops, I use Save Yourselves, not hold the line.