Guild Wars 2

Ok I will try to keep this short and sweet. I tested a lot of builds in sPvP solo queue and I watched a lot of videos on youtube and I dont agree with a lot of the statements people are making.

First the 1 handed sword third attack generate 3 hits which all have a chance to proc weapon sigils and also since it is 3 hits its procs your virtue which adds a fire effect more often and I love the third attack, it realy depends on the way you see it. It has more range too and when people go stealth third attack repeat itself and it gives you more chances to get a free hit on the stealther.

Other thing I dont agree with is people saying that the Rune of the Traveler is realy the only good option we have otherwise people just keep running away… This is so wrong lol
If you watch Stella Alamar with his Empowering Wrath serie you can see that rune of force is another good one guardians can use.

Using rune of force and stacking might allows us to use the 0 1 6 6 1 build
stella uses a 1 handed mace with longer and larger symbols but myself I like the sword a lot for the number 2 ability which helps with our reduced mobility. The auto attack generates more crits because of the third attack too.

I decided to try a selfish build and I just realize that if you are welling to give up your mobility “rune of the traveler” and you use Stella’s might stacking trick… You become a Juggernaut… I never crited that hard and constantly get 25 stacks of might which bring my power up to 2700 along with 39% crit but the fun part is that the survivability is INSANEEEE.

You dont believe me? Go watch his videos and just for fun go try my version of the build. Its by no mean a team pvp build but when you queue up for non rated solo Q sPvP its crazy how good this build can do againts anyone in 1v1 its even crazier in 1vs2
0 1 6 6 1

I X XII
VI VIII XIII

yes you get over 20k hp and whoever says it is useless to have 3k more hp I dont agree with them. The fact that you heal yourself in so many ways 3k more hp sometimes gives you a little buffer and one of meditation comes back, you dodge roll once or twice … Blind your opponent… The situation changes and you end up alive. It also helps finishing downed foes while taking a bit of dps.

Im a new player so I might be wrong with some stuff I am saying but I tested a lot of builds and that one is for me the most fun of them all. Tank like a bunker a burst like a full berserker… I would call that build the Juggernaut

Also grab the 2sigil that give might on both weapon set. 3 when you swap and 1 when you crit. Since you already get might when you crit due to your spec, sometimes 1 crit give 2 might and if its the great sword third attack a single hit can generate 3 might.

Im not going to lie you average around 12-15 might at all time but you get spikes above 20 and often get 25 when you time your blocks well.

First of all, its rune of Strength, not rune of Force.

I personally don’t really care who Stella is, nor her build. I can tell you from experience that what eats the guardian up in sPVP are the massive condi pressure from medium range that engies and necros can unleash.

That is why you need 2 things to succeed in sPVP: Range options and condi condi cleanse.

Scepter takes care of the first,
2/1/6/1/4 takes care of condi pressure

Even though u are a guard, you are SQUISHY, you will NOT survive to build up and utilize 25 stacks of might. Hence why you want to make sure those 3-4 sec u are attacking, you are doing the most dmg, hence why u go fire/air sigils

Mobility is key, you are NOT a point defender, you want to help decap and support in middle. You NEED travelers and/or Speed runes.

All your build does is try to max stats, but that does not win in SPVP, procs and burst does.

Most Stella videos are done in WvW while rocking full buffs and food, and 30k HP and generally fighting scrubs. The same approach wont work in sPVP vs dragon ranks

I have to agree with Hunter on this, the med version of 0/1/6/6/1 doesn’t work that well in PvP compared to WvW. I discussed this in another thread, but WvW gives you much more freedom with your stats, so you can make it work. However, in PvP stats are very limited and it doesn’t work well with the build at all.

Don’t get me wrong 0/1/6/6/1 is a very common and good build, however that applies to the AH variants, not the MF ones. The reason why the AH variants are so successful is because all AH requires is you to be around teammates. So they make great team fighter builds. You can pair it with a zerker ammy, and provided dps/support, or you can just go for pure support with Cleric. However, the med version can’t do this.

It’s a very selfish build that doesn’t really do anything well. It’s not good in team fights, even in 1v1 it’s not that great because your TTK is lower, even with a zerker ammy. Only classes you’re going to kill fast are other zerkers, however if they have even the slightest bit of sustain you won’t be able to kill them, and some help will arrive making it a 1v2.

You’re better of just going 2/1/6/1/4, it has higher dps output and more utility. Even 0/6/6/1/1 would be a better choice. With just hurrying up and nuking the person before people have a chance to rotate.

I read you carefully and understand what you are saying. Im sure you are right and thats the kind of reply I was looking for. tks for your time.
Please can you tell me a good build to try ?

Maxmore.3480:

I read you carefully and understand what you are saying. Im sure you are right and thats the kind of reply I was looking for. tks for your time.
Please can you tell me a good build to try ?

2/1/6/1/4, is the “standard” med build atm in pvp. You can swap out the weapons, runes, and sigils to your liking, this is just to give you a general idea how it looks.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fVAQNAR7dlsApaolDxbI8DVR8QlZK+i2UVAgz1/QQkDA-TJhFwAAeCAKuIAz2fYaZAA

Harbinger pretty much covered it. But sigils and runes are debatable – those are good, but there are other viable options as well (and Hydromancy’s not that common nowadays) @Maxmore – if you want to see those too you can find them here

Its wierd because i feel much more powerful with my non-working build lol probably because I am playing vs scrubs. If I time my blocks and use a couple cooldowns, getting to 2500+ power is an awsome feeling. I crited a necro for 9.4k today with whirlwind wrath. The strongest was about 6.3k with the ( working builds )

O well i guess I will have to get used to the lower dammage in order to get more utilities. I just felt like I was going to be a tanky dps when i choosed the guardian. Being forced to be a soft target in order to fufill my dps roll is a little let down even tho im still having fun, I think I might consider switching class

I like melee a lot

Or I could just play a bunker build in spvp and use Stella’s setup in wvw

There is also the hero build from tap that mouse that looks interesting