(edited by GonzoNeo.4965)
Choosing gear WvW between 2 options
Guardian without 1000 healing? Seems you are playing solo or too selfish.
I see only one really good choice if you wanna to be guardian – cleric + soldier\sentinel
If you wanna to play with high crit\crit damage just go and play for warrior.
A recent thread may be of help; more than what I could do.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian/World-Vs-World-The-Guardian-and-You/3750026
I prefer setup #2 if you’re going to zerg. More soldier. IMO too much precision for an AH zerg build is not good because the extra precision isn’t that helpful and you need a health pool to deal with conditions. You’re not running empowering might to power your AH, so the crit is not as useful and even if you did 35% crit with occasional fury buffs from people is more than enough. Thus drop Retributive Armor for Purity or Strength in Numbers. Defender’s flame is a bit dubious too, so if you want to keep Retributive armor, drop defender’s flame then. Personally I’d stick both Purity/Strength in numbers in. Passive condition removal + extra armor is worth the crit chance loss, plus SiN is good for allies. Taking 5% less direct damage while having those offensive stats still is not a bad idea I’d say.
I do not think Divinity runes are a good idea as guardians don’t really benefit from “all stats”; condition damage is utterly wasted. You’d be better off with soldier runes/melandru runes to boost your condition removal and survival or something like hoelbrak if your intent is more damage. Although since you have them already, I guess you could still keep them.
Lastly I’m not a fan of untraited purging flames. It seems like the cooldown is a bit too much and it leaves your POV shouts to be pretty weak.
If you are small grouping though either 1 or 3 is fine. Maybe 1. You’ll need to figure out which activity you prefer more.
Guardian without 1000 healing? Seems you are playing solo or too selfish.
I see only one really good choice if you wanna to be guardian – cleric + soldier\sentinel
If you wanna to play with high crit\crit damage just go and play for warrior.
Cleric mace guardian is solid in wvw, but there’s a reason why soldier AH guardians are considered standard in big groups (the 0/5/30/30/5 is pretty much the meta build in the OP) and highly sought for. . “Selfish” Ah guardians provide front line support while still being able to do some damage; it’s not just a dichotomy between damage and support just like wvw is not, contrary to popular belief, just about solo play and blob vs blob.
Besides, there’s better things to use than AH solo…
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(edited by ArchonWing.9480)
A recent thread may be of help; more than what I could do.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian/World-Vs-World-The-Guardian-and-You/3750026I prefer setup #2 if you’re going to zerg. More soldier. IMO too much precision for an AH zerg build is not good because the extra precision isn’t that helpful and you need a health pool to deal with conditions. You’re not running empowering might to power your AH, so the crit is not as useful and even if you did 35% crit with occasional fury buffs from people is more than enough. Thus drop Retributive Armor for Purity or Strength in Numbers. Defender’s flame is a bit dubious too, so if you want to keep Retributive armor, drop defender’s flame then. Personally I’d stick both Purity/Strength in numbers in. Passive condition removal + extra armor is worth the crit chance loss, plus SiN is good for allies. Taking 5% less direct damage while having those offensive stats still is not a bad idea I’d say.
I do not think Divinity runes are a good idea as guardians don’t really benefit from “all stats”; condition damage is utterly wasted. You’d be better off with soldier runes/melandru runes to boost your condition removal and survival or something like hoelbrak if your intent is more damage. Although since you have them already, I guess you could still keep them.
Lastly I’m not a fan of untraited purging flames. It seems like the cooldown is a bit too much and it leaves your POV shouts to be pretty weak.
If you are small grouping though either 1 or 3 is fine. Maybe 1. You’ll need to figure out which activity you prefer more.
Guardian without 1000 healing? Seems you are playing solo or too selfish.
I see only one really good choice if you wanna to be guardian – cleric + soldier\sentinel
If you wanna to play with high crit\crit damage just go and play for warrior.Cleric mace guardian is solid in wvw, but there’s a reason why soldier AH guardians are considered standard in big groups (the 0/5/30/30/5 is pretty much the meta build in the OP) and highly sought for. . “Selfish” Ah guardians provide front line support while still being able to do some damage; it’s not just a dichotomy between damage and support just like wvw is not, contrary to popular belief, just about solo play and blob vs blob.
Besides, there’s better things to use than AH solo…
Thx
The traits were a little messy because i put them fast to calculate the gear stats, i never use Defense Flame :p
I change a little the Build 2 to put Soldier runes and without lose too overal stats from Divinity Runes like %Critic and C.Damage.
No Food Buffs or Infusions:
Power: 1877
Attack: 3032
Critic: 46%
C.Damage: 65%
Armor: 3022
HP: 17105
Another variation:
Power: 1887
Attack: 3042
Critic: 45%
C.Damage: 56%
Armor: 3025
HP: 18175
1K more of HP but less C.Damage
(edited by GonzoNeo.4965)