Guild Wars 2

Wanted to mess around with a burn guardian and test out Balthazar runes vs Guardian tunes.

IMO if you can get about 20% condition duration from trailblazer, I’d say 80% burn duration is enough and Guardian Runes are better in a lot of situations.

Here’s a video, if I’m using a focus, I have Guardian runes on. If I have a shield, I’m running Balthazar.

I’m running all carrion armor/weapons and dire/rabid trinkets because Anet likes you to grind for new stats on trinkets.

https://youtu.be/AKTCyoSQusg

Do you like roaming with core burn guard or dh?

I like DH better. I think the F skills provide a lot more utility. F1 with the stacking burns and pull (pulling people back through your fire field is fun) and F3 for the blocks are worth it alone, and then F2 Is awesome.

so overall whats your preferred setup? Guardian runes or Balth runes?

I like the guardian runes. If you look at 4:44 of the video I stack 10 burn just from blocking the reapers attacks.

In 1v1 Balthazar is the way to go for sure. In small to medium size fights I think Guardian runes help out more. People don’t pay attention to what they’re hitting so they’ll just attack away while you’re blocking.

But I think the way they’ll work the best is if you get at least 20% condition duration from trailblazer, which would bring your burn up to 80%

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I like the guardian runes. If you look at 4:44 of the video I stack 10 burn just from blocking the reapers attacks.

In 1v1 Balthazar is the way to go for sure. In small to medium size fights I think Guardian runes help out more. People don’t pay attention to what they’re hitting so they’ll just attack away while you’re blocking.

But I think the way they’ll work the best is if you get at least 20% condition duration from trailblazer, which would bring your burn up to 80%

I currently have 2 sets. A carrion set with traveler runes and a dire set with balth runes. Both cases I use dire accessories and trailblazer weapons. I like the traveler set if I want more mobility and im in a small group (less than 5 people). Last night I was in an 8 man group and I went with balth runes since I could get swiftness from my team and we did very well against groups more than twice our size. Purging flames with the Balth runes can really put down the hurt.

I do agree that in big groups where enemies just spam skills the using F3 or Shelter heal can end up blocking 10-20 attacks which is a lot of burn stacks.