Guild Wars 2

Is there much benefit to going sword/shield over mace/focus? Finding it a bit stale being mace/focus was just curious if there are any nicer variants than the standard metabattle one

why on earth would sword be considered over mace?

literally nothing on there has a shred of support.

sword/shield is a good choice over mace/focus only for taking mid point at Kyhlo.. sword can teleport you on the point if decapped and shield can push away enemy.

Darknicrofia.2604:

why on earth would sword be considered over mace?
literally nothing on there has a shred of support.

because people are bored to always play the same set/spec…..

Is there any general tips towards bunker?. If I get focused I drop fast in teamfights :/

Yeah I find sword fun. I do love playing bunker with staff but I feel like whnci go into mace focus it just gets deflated and loses that spark lol. So sword and shield is only via me at khylo mid. Mace/shield no good? Is the build on metabattle the only option?

unless you’re getting chain stunned or bombed with burn stacks, there should be no reason you’re “dropping fast” even with some focus.

in a team fight scenario, a bunker guard is kitten near invincible when you play it right from the AH procs.

Guess I need more practise then. I kinda wanna try sword or shield out. Maybe mace shield and staff would be a fun alternative

a bunker guard is weakest when attacking a point solo, but in a 3v3 situation or more, you should be pretty much close to as unkillable as anything in pvp this game has.

Your problem is probably because you don’t use your stuff properly.

1) Use your block at the right moment. A Shelter block a mesmer or thief burst is 10 times better than a shelter only healing. Same with all your blocks/invulnerability

2) Time your boons when there is ally around you. A lot of your stuff give boons to ally, from the obvious shout to symbol of switfness and ray of judgement. Maximizing the number of boons you put on your ally maximize your healing. You also give some boons (Might and Aegis mostly) to your ally when you block. Try to stay near your ally in general.

3) Swap weapons as much. They both give you good survival skills and triggering your sigil is alway good.

4) Try to know which condition to convert with pure of voice. Bleeding and Chill give you vigor, while Burning give you Aegis and Vulnerability give you Protection. Other than that, I never pay attention.

5) Activating a virtue give you retaliation. Use that against fast hitting burst like Rapid Fire, Thief Dagger auto-attack, Mesmer GS burst (but not the sword one since he’s invulnerable), etc.

6) Watch out for unblockable attack like Necro staff, Magnet from engineer can interrupt your shelter, etc

7) Not a big advice, but a Line of Warding in the middle of a node while fighting a melee character is as good as a block sometime.

Awesome advise thanks, so I need to try stick with the group, I’m so used to roaming on my warr and ranger haha it’ll take some practise to get used to sticking with the group and being the support bot. Do I ever want to solo camp a point or am i better off just sticking and supporting?

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Awesome advise thanks, so I need to try stick with the group, I’m so used to roaming on my warr and ranger haha it’ll take some practise to get used to sticking with the group and being the support bot. Do I ever want to solo camp a point or am i better off just sticking and supporting?

You are good at supporting your group (Boons, limited heal, rezzing, etc) and have more surviability when you have ally around you. So you are at your best at mid in group fight. That doesn’t mean that you can’t keep 2 people at far for a long time while your team have a numerical advantage on the other points or that you can keep home alone when your team is busy elsewhere, but you won’t be at your best. A brawler is usually better at this because they have a higher mobility and can actually kill stuff by themselves.

The golden rule is alway fight on a point your team own and keep it. Never fight alone on a point that you don’t own unless you keep 2-3 enemies on you. And know when you are wasting your time on a point. For exemple, if you are at home with a friend and the point is contested or to the ennemy. If you see that you won,t be able to kill the enemy quickly to get the point then get the hell out, you won’t really help to kill the guy so you are better on another point.

^ thanks for the tips again definitely going to practise this tomorrow and see how I get on, I play mostly Condi warrior and ranger so its be a nice change to play a more defensive spec. More team orientated as well unlike my other 2 which are more 1v1. I also never see bunker specs when I queue so should help boost a few more wins hopefully! Now to delete the human and to make an asura haha