Guild Wars 2

I really love using greatsword, but in SPvP my build is far to squishy. I normally ran the typical Altruistic healing + Empowered Might shout build, and for a while, I thought that would give me enough to live. However, I go down in even dungeon pugs.

Can any one direct me in a way that helps me make a stronger build. I’d love a bunker greatsword build, but I fear that it is impossible.

Bunker guardian play is dead in current spvp since there’s a reduction in personal healing and with thieves/necros running perma poison.

for pve you’re suppose to be zerker, dead mobs don’t kill players.

Greatsword doesn’t offer enough for Bunkers. I ran it a couple of times (a few times by accident…), but you’re missing out on too much by taking it.

Charak.9761:

Bunker guardian play is dead in current spvp since there’s a reduction in personal healing and with thieves/necros running perma poison.

for pve you’re suppose to be zerker, dead mobs don’t kill players.

Dead players dont kill mobs either. I would suggest going full zerker but with runes of speed and Valkyrie weapon. Depending on your build it will cut a minimal part of your dps but add you 50% extra hp, and since ours is the smallest hp pool in the game 50% additional hp is well woth say 5% of your top ideal un interrupted damage (which never actually happens)

It’s far more than 5%.

OP, survivability doesn’t require the same things in pve and in pvp. Running a more tanky meditation build may help you for pvp. It’s not optimal, but it’s strong in 1v1. Try to put 5 points in honor and 6 in valor. The dps goes down a bit, but you still maintain decent pressure with the 10% multiplier an you get a bunch of good stuff. Ultimately it comes down to awareness and knowledge of the game. Playing full bunker is actually harder if you have struggle surviving, as you will probably need more cooldowns to survive and will end up without anything after 30 sec, because you will have to take multiple ennemies at once.

For pve, take at least 3 points in radiance. The perma blind helps a lot for trash mobs, and it stack might and vuln in the meantime with some traits. Shelter should always be your heal. Use retreat and f3 to prevent bosses damage. At first, use them for yourselves. That will make you a less than ideal guardian for a while, but it’s far easier to survive with all these cooldowns. When you’re more experienced, blow your defensive cooldowns for the group, and survive with your personal blocks. Try greatsword/ mace focus. Don’t forget to equip the right utilities ( Wall of Reflection, Hallowed Ground, Purging Flames, etc).

Hope this helps.

Charak.9761:

in current spvp since there’s a reduction in personal healing

There is?

Regarding PvP, I’m not sure you get the point of the build. AH bunker is a team support spec, you are not supposed to focus on dealing damage at all, you are supposed to aid your team.

If you want to fill a DPS role and use GS never go AH, use meditations.

Also, regarding bunker guard being “dead”, maybe on NA, but on EU every team has 1.

http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Guardian_-_Altruistic_Healing_Bunker
http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Guardian_-_Meditation_DPS_Variant

Pick one, 1st one is bunker 2nd is DPS (for PvP).

And in general use metabattle.com if you are looking for builds.