Guild Wars 2

this is the build i’m currently playing, new to guardian. i like it

there are two choices i’m torn between

hammer
VS
greatsword

and

“2 handed master” + “battle presence”
VS
“write of persistence” + “writ of merciful”

any opinions?

i think battle presence will compensate for simbols’ healing and then 2h master comes as bonus, but somehow i enjoyed writs better.

with greatsword i get loads of cleansing bolts, which i guess is a bonus in teamfight, but hammer feels powerful and also that #4-banish is fun.

i like hammer and writs better, but greatsowrd 2hMaster+presence seems more useful.

Your build isn’t something I would necessarily play, so I can’t comment.

However, I play something along these lines usually;
Build

Hello. Standard AH Guardian Bunker-Roaming Support (which is what the guardian is great at, skewing teamfights). You might want to confirm the spec from Jax’s thread in Guardian forums, which is stickied.
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http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fVAQNAW5elsApfn1CxVI8DRBDRkjNYnFOedRTAA-TJBHwALLDA4iA0b/hBPBAA

Use Save Yourselves! in RF to pull conditions but not get them on yourself.
Use Shelter because it’s nearly (fear wall and line of warding and ring of warding and lucky magnet/scorpion wire/traited unblockable mark/well of corruption excluded) a guaranteed heal. Check poison though.
Use that VoJ blind to stomp.
Triple Shout for necessary condition cleansing. Remove weakness from bursters, and burning on yourself ASAP.
Use VoC to stomp.

Old meta Control Bunker.
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http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fVAQNAreSlsApeo1CxVI8DNhDBl9Kq/9xuCd4DXFAA-TJBHwALLDA4UA0b/hBPBAA
Can use Staff/Hammer and 2 Handed. But you lose the mega awesome res bubble. If I could, I’ll res bubble all day. I love res bubble. Use Banish to nearly the same effect.
Stability on VoC and 3 Condi wipe on VoR (VoR twice, through RF) along with 2 shouts means this is better against heavy conditions.
You are also better on maps like Kyhlo, where with a Hammer, you can attain a brief glimpse of god-hood/ascension/transcendence as you banish people off clock tower into the stairs. Then have ring hit them in face as they run into the node.
Sanctuary great for resses. Switch out for other consecrations like Purging Flames, or Wall of Reflection. Run Hallowed Ground on Kyhlo if you really, really want to.