Guild Wars 2

Ive been running around Cursed Shore with some guildmates lately after recently hitting 80 on my guardian. A lot of times we are fighting clusters of 6-12 undead at a time. I usually carry with me a Greatsword/Staff. Staff seems to be great for this but only hit 5 targets at once with its attack. Is there a better weapon for what I am doing?

Greatsword – Whirling Wrath
Staff – Wave of Wrath

Ideally you’d prioritize whirling wrath and while it’s on cooldown use staff’s wave of wrath. So really, you’re doing what’s best already and Guardians are arguable the best at group farming.

The great sword is arguably the best AOE weapon for guardians. The chain and pull makes grouping enemies a breeze. Torch is good as well and Mighty Blow on the Hammer has a huge radius. But the great sword can do the most damage with little to no effort.

depends on what you want to do.

if you want to AoE kill enemies? i’d say GS is very strong in that. #5 them in and then #2 (whirling wrath, right? had to think for a bit after the changes O__o) gets the job done. of you can even drop symbol of wrath first (though longer cd now, so i use it more sparingly)

if you just want to tag mobs with AoE. for e.g. if you happen to be running in a huge zerg and things are just dying way too fast, i feel staff #1 spam is pretty effective. i keep running around mobs or strafing around mobs while i do this.

the hammer works surprisingly well too. most of the time i play with my wife only, so we aggro mobs, bring them together (or i use binding blades). i’m pretty mobile with my hammer, so all the while strafing, running, trying to hit every mob with hits 1 and 2 of my #1-chain, while it’s charging up for the third hit (symbol of protection), i try to move and position myself so i hit the most mobs in one go. bam, crit numbers everywhere. then mighty blow right away, again, crit numbers / dmg numbers pop up everywhere. hammer #1, 2 and 3 can all hit multiple targets if i am not mistaken. #4 bash is single target only. so it’s not a bad option either if u lik eit.

if not most effective, it’s definitely satisfying dropping mobs of 5 – 6 in one final hit of the hammer

Drekor.5217:

Greatsword – Whirling Wrath
Staff – Wave of Wrath

Ideally you’d prioritize whirling wrath and while it’s on cooldown use staff’s wave of wrath. So really, you’re doing what’s best already and Guardians are arguable the best at group farming.

GS auto attack strikes multiple foes.