Chaz Tank
This is my Guardian build. I really enjoy it and thought I’d share. Our thing is to 2- and 3-man dungeons, regardless of how the game was designed we still think and play tank/DPS (with everyone contributing healing, some more than others). This build is very tanky, and works well for how I play and how my group plays. I don’t PvP and it’s not made for that. I only use certain weapons and that’s a personal and RP choice. Also, credit where due, this build is based on BigTee’s GodMode Guardian Lonewolf build. I’ve made a few tweaks.
Traits:
Zeal: 0
Radiance: 15: II – Signet Mastery
Valor: 30: V – Purity, IX – Honorable Shield, XI – Altruistic Healing
Honor: 20: VI – Pure of Heart, X – Writ of the Merciful
Virtues: 5
Weapons:
DPS weapon set: Berserker’s 1h Sword, Berserker’s Shield, Sigils: Earth, Agony
Tank set: Knight’s Mace, Cleric’s Shield, Sigils: Blood, Water
Trinkets:
Guild Defender’s Backpack, gem: Sapphire
Jewelry: All Sapphire
You will want to get the Ascended bling too, every bit helps.
Armor:
All Knight’s Draconic, Runes: 6/6 Earth
Skills:
Signet of Resolve
“Hold the Line!”
“Save Yourselves!”
“Stand Your Ground!”
Renewed Focus
This build has a great combo of mitigation and healing, and not bad DPS for a traditional tank. I really only die if I screw up. Some of the cool things are all the heals, I have my heal skill, heal on dodge roll, heal on the third strike of my mace, heal on Shield of Absorption, heal on Symbol of Faith, heal when I place boons on other people, heal when Aegis comes off, heal on Virtue of Resolve. I’ve got a 3s invuln that recharges my virtues. Virtue of Justice also renews when I kill a foe, and causes blindness when I use it. And there’s more goodness, didn’t list everything.
Sword/Shield I use for DPS and for jumping around to mobs. Mace/Shield for tanking obviously. I have a stack of Omnomberry Bread but I rarely remember to eat it lol.
I do not ‘save’ my virtues when fighting, if I die I will die with every skill on CD. I will constantly hammer all my virtues and utility skills in a fight when they are needed. When I am down below 50% health I’ll hit my personal heal, and the only skill I really save for ‘those moments’ is my elite.
Now there are miles of text about dodge roll and tanking and you can’t tank and there is no trinity, aggro doesn’t exist and a lot of other crap. Let me tell you that you can tank, I mean stand and tank, you have to be smart about staying on top of the fight, and there are only a couple things that will truly one-shot you, that you will have to plan around tactically with your group. Even the best tank will not anticipate every big hit from a boss and you have to be able to take that hit and survive. This build works pretty kitten good for that.
Anyway, I’m sure this isn’t for everyone nor will everyone agree with my choices, but I love this build and it works very well for me and my pals.
FOR THE VITAE!
