Guild Wars 2

For a long time I’ve believed guardians have some of the strongest CC effects that can easily be chained into each other. Unfortunately I’ve had little success in making a pvp build out of the idea that doesn’t feel pretty weak on its own—you can lock down targets for a zerg to destroy but will otherwise fold pretty hard if you get focused.

30 points in zeal + 2 lyssa runes + 4 rune of lich gives you +50% duration to your immobilize, giving you
Chains of light (scepter), 3 second immobilize, 20s CD, no line of sight needed
Zealot’s embrace (hammer), 3 second immobilize, 15s base CD, line attack
Signet of Wrath (utility), 4.5 second immobilize, 30s base CD
These all apply vuln with a 10 pt trait in zeal.

Taking 20-30 points in zeal naturally leads one to want spirit hammer, but it seems fairly unreliable now that it is killed absurdly easily when fighting groups of 2+. Using torch instead of shield can give some pretty good burning in small fights since people are going to be blowing CDs on your CC effects instead. Ultimately it feels like you wind up with too poor of survivability for a relatively small “impact”.

Has anybody been able to make a successful build out of this idea?

EDIT:
http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-7s-3l;0RFk30S3-H-90;9;4J-T-J59;204B;148-5-V06;1KJW7X7X76gg

this is one iteration I’ve been using that is semi-successful, for reference