Guild Wars 2

I recently rolled a guard and I have played some wvw with it I plan on mainly playing wvw with it. I already have other classes for damage and I want my guard to mainly have as much sustained tankiness as possible …survive as long as possible in in zvz and 1v1
Traits gear upgrade components skills strategy everything
If the build can be changed easily for group heals and boons that’s a plus
Thanks in advance

Cleric/Soldier armour and trinkets with soldier runes and 2-3 shouts on your utility bar (Stand Your Ground is mandatory). Change Soldier/Clerics to Knights/Celestial when you feel more comfortable with your character.

Trait builds vary from guild to guild so ask your guild for that one

Reverence.6915:

Celestial

Never.
OP consider spending a moment browsing the Guardian forum.

LetoII.3782:

Reverence.6915:

Celestial

Never.
OP consider spending a moment browsing the Guardian forum.

Nothing wrong w/ Celestial Trinkets. I’ve ran them in GvG’s just fine.

Skill > Gear.

Skill+optimal gear > skill

little ceasar.9254:

Skill+optimal gear > skill

If you believe a 5-7% difference in Stat distribution is going to make or break something… GG.

Adding some Celestial Trinkets are fine.

Amins.3710:

little ceasar.9254:

Skill+optimal gear > skill

If you believe a 5-7% difference in Stat distribution is going to make or break something… GG.

Adding some Celestial Trinkets are fine.

It does make a difference when two people are equally skilled, one just has min-maxed gear with every single stat point, and the other has close to min maxed gear. Why not be the guy with the skill and the great gear?

Can’t be bothered. Doesn’t make ~that~ big of a difference.

Min/Max’ing when I just started MMO’s was the thing to do… now it’s just cumbersome each time new gear / items come out…. and it’s not “That” big of a difference. It really isnt’.

Min/Max’ers will tell you it is, because it’s an ego issue more often than not.

I’ve done jsut fine w/o being a min/max’er.

~Statement~

If you want to attempt to be “the best”, then you should probably min/max. If you want to win 80% of your fights, you do not need to min/max.

Choose your battles.

EDIT: Guardians are not the best min/max’ing class in WvW. The second it gets over small roaming groups, zerker guardian survivability take a MASSIVE nose dive and min/maxing isn’t “Optimal”.