Guild Wars 2

Hello,

so i’m leveling a Guardian and i’m in doubt regarding Healing power. I’m wondering how much is enough and whether its worth building around it. It’s my first character that is looking into this specific stat.

Some background for my Guardian:

- Strictly solo PvE (no dungeons, no WvW)
- Main weapon: Greatsword, 2nd hand Staff, Scepter + Focus in inventory
- Build i’m going to use – link (http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQFARlYgiC33RLEfIFRuA7DEETBGh/1DK6QGC)
- Playstyle: Rampaging maniac AKA “You can never aggro enough mobs”

Given the above, i’m obviously looking for sustainability in prolonged fights, but also something to lean back on in shorter, “burstier” fights with several monsters.

Anyways, i got my eyes set on Knight’s armor, but i’m unsure whether to use Sapphire shards for the extra Healing power or just roll with some Runes/Ruby orbs, maybe go with Cleric’s armor…or whether i even want extra Healing power? x.x

Any advice much appreciated, thanks in advance.

if its solo pve you want to play you can totally ignore healing power.

Just max critrating and toughness and ofc Altruistic healing or monks focus. A 0/15/30/20/5 would be very nice indeed and you can grab 10 mobs in Orr and you wont go down if you know what you are doing.

something like this, gs and sword/focus might be your cup of tea:
http://www.gw2build.com/builds/simulator.php#1.3.12.3.19.18.24.24.33.33.54.74.61.72.77.3.5.9.0.0.0.171.0.0.181.186.192.197.203.0.0.0.0.0.15.30.20.5

It’s only worth it if you are going to stack it to max and build around Selfless Daring (lots of vigor and sigils of energy). Everything else scales so horribly it’s a waste if you aren’t maximizing your dodges.

My advice is don’t focus on healing power. Treat it as supplemental to whatever you trying to do. You will get better damage mitigation by not standing in aoes, blinding foes, dodging, and boon application.