Guild Wars 2

About a 6 months ago I use to run something similar to this build, AH and retaliation build or w/e is called.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vUAQNAW8elsApYoNDxXI8DNhkpYlQQMFEI8d9AiSIGC-TcAA2Eep6y1lxLZN2aA

I’m sure I lost the touch, and I saw retaliation got nerfed with their duration, however, I feel I’m much less viable than before.

Did I miss something? I thought this build was pretty popular back in the day.

People have discovered much stronger builds than that one since then and with the increase to conditions, shout builds are much more popular for bunker-based builds. Going with Pure of Voice and Soldier’s runes will not only give you a lot more survival against conditions, but it will also be great support to allies.

Altruistic healing has pretty much been abandoned by almost everyone in sPvP and PvE (some WvW still bring it maybe?) since it’s a huge investment for a defense that doesn’t really help anyone else.

DPS builds for guardians in sPvP have also become a bit more viable, largely because of the buffs that meditations have received. Itty Bitty Bunker has a great guide for this.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vUAQNAW5elsApaoNDxbI8DNhkpQkQQMFa0Hd9AicoGC-TgAA1CtI8S1lrLjXybs3A

Try something like this.