Guild Wars 2

I will try to draw attention to this for the last time. Perhaps it might even do some good.

For the Guardian one of our best DPS weapons is the Sword. It is fast and we can put out some decent damage with it when rotated with our Greatsword. However no matter which area I am using it in, I find that I am faced with the same problems.

What we have now:

Auto 1: Sword of Wrath: Slash your foe once. This skill cleaves.

Auto 2: Sword Arc: Slash your foe again. This skill cleaves.

Auto 3: Sword Wave: This skill unleashes 3 piercing projectiles that hit up to 5 foes. These can be reflected back in our face. The are also pron to miss or fire off in the wrong direction despite facing target and being locked on.

Flashing Blade: Teleport to your target, striking them and blinding nearby foes. 3 Seconds of Blind for up to 5 foes.

Zealot’s Defense: Block ranged attacks while casting magical projectiles. Movement interrupts channeling. Projectiles aimed at the player are absorbed, and on-block don’t work with it. Does not absorb itself should it be reflected

The main point here as a quality of change would be to adjust Auto attack 3: Sword Wave and Zealot’s Defense

To make Sword Wave better, perhaps as a cleaving attack that hits up to 5 targets as we have now rather then the three bolts of light. Its quite annoying to be running a fully zerked guardian (given how little health we have) and have one of our heavy attacks bounced right back in our face for no reason.

Zealot’s Defense is the most little used skill on the sword, it does less damage then the Auto Attack chain and provides little real benefit. I would like to see the Root in place removed or the function of this trait changed completely, perhaps even to a block or parry counter thrust.

Both of these attacks are projectile but don’t gain anything from projectile combo finishers. As it stands I like this weapon alot. But its hard to love a weapon that causes as many problems as it fixed. It can be a real frustration to play a dps Guardian with out our weapon acting up.

Honestly I think the weapon is perfectly fine as it is, there is few instances in the game where it is an issue and from a purely pve perspective the damage is great.

Guards particularly DPS Guards need some soft CC somewhere. Only issue I have on my guard is staying on top of people. I find sword auto attack to be very good along with the last hit of auto. Since it hits 3 times on a single target.

Yes if we could use Zealot’s Defense on the move that would be awesome.