(edited by VidGhost.3215)
All purpose Guardian Build. Any changes?
Personally I highly recommend taking advantage of the super cheap respecs and play multiple builds instead of trying to make one work for everything.
I do lev 40 fractals and this build would hold us back, as the levels get higher I find you need more and more dps without sacrificing your utility..
Criticism of your build for fractals(I have no opinion on how someone builds for PVP, my WvW builds are numerous and all completely and totally different from my fractals builds, anything works depending on style and group makeup):
The Valor points just make you unnecessarily tanky imho but not really effectively against the burst you face in higher level fractals, when you do need any kind of tankiness I find I can just use shield/hammer/switch to power/tough/vitality gear from full or near full berserkers, group protection I find comes from consecrations and shield of the avenger, basically what i’m saying is the damage taken is either not a big deal or too big of a deal, I find it just comes down to positioning and dodging and projectile blocking.(or stability/condition removal/aegis)
Honor traits, I love battle presence in WvW with a healing build but really it’s trickle healing that I dont think your team should need to stay alive against the hard stuff in FOTM.. 2h weapon cooldown trait is nice and all but I dunno, it mostly brings up utility faster, the autoattack stuff is strong dps, I use Scepter in alot in the boss fights, when I want to AOE with gs/hammer on trash I don’t really stress on cooldowns much, alot of autoattacking to do. Shout cd reduction I find is real nice in places where you want hold the line or stand your ground to deal with something.
10 points in Virtues is the most important for my usual FOTM build to have either consecration duration or unscathed defender, I switch between those 2 all the time, Scepter would kinda suck without UD.
So this is my humble advice to you as an experienced lev40 fotm runner, try a DPS approach, I personally(most don’t seem to spec like me) like something like 10 or 20/30/x/x/x(right handed strength), I change most of the traits in there depending on map that comes up and use anywhere from full berserker gear to alot of power/tough/vital and usually full berserker jewelry no matter what..
Stay alive through wall of reflection, sanctuary, hold the line, stand your ground, hallowed ground, shield of the avenger, save yourselves with +endurance(my usual food, if 10 in honor always trying to proc vigor and dodge alot) or heal proc food or something instead of trickle heals from AH/BP, I find scepter/torch/shield/hammer/1h sword/greatsword/staff all to be useful at some points of the instance.
My Guardian WvW videos
http://www.youtube.com/user/joeyjackson9111?feature=mhee
http://www.youtube.com/user/joeyjackson9111?feature=mhee
(edited by Incomingray.8075)
Thank’s yeah I’m still at lower a level and its not that hard.. heard only DPS is required once you get to high up levels. The reason I’m not going multi builds is because of Ascended.. and my DPS doesn’t change much from a larger crit damage and small chance to a larger chance and smaller crit damage. I guess you cant have toughness and full damage at the same time. I think once i get to high up levels i can always put in 10,20,30,0,0,0 for the added damage. I’ve also tried to save gold going for lesser sigil’s and orbs vs runes.. this game does chew up the money as fast as you make it if your not farming!