Guild Wars 2

Hi guys, I need some help playing my guardian in PvE.

my main is an engineer, and any time a mob gets close to me, I dodge away. Seems simple – keep range keep the pew pews coming.

But when I’m on my guardian, or any melee class, I seem to get roflestomped. I’m 63 on my guardian, and I used to love him, but as I’ve gotten higher I just can’t seem to grasp the concept of close ranged fighting in this game. How do you stay alive? I’ve tried a number of builds – I want to be DPS, not a tank – but I can’t stay alive even with that build. The idea of dodging close enemies with this toon seems counter productive.

So I need some help from you guys. In PvE – How do I play this guy?

(please don’t flame the noob.)

- Selon

GUardian is not very shiny with a dps Spec at the actual state. There is some good Dps spec, but you have to in any case to max the valor line that is our primary traitline for all the specs.
A guardian with low toughness, Due to the innate low healt, is just a dead guardian the 80% of the times. you are level 63 so spend 30 point on valor and take altruistic healing (but is less effective now for solo play) or focus on meditations and go with monk focus.

For weapons, if you have problems to survive, one of your weaponset must be Mace+focus(block with mace #3 and focus #5, healing with mace autoattack 3, mace simbol, focus #4, and blind with focus #4), for the second weapon pick what you like, for more Damage, go with GS, that is awesome if you want to aggro a lot of mobs with the #5 skill, for more survivability pick hammer.

Well, try putting something like 20/0/20/30/0. Go with greatsword and that sigil which decreases the damage dealt to you by 10%. Also use a scepter and focus for when you need to put some space between you and the enemy and still deal out a nice chunk of damage. Have a Superior Sigil of Intelligence on your Greasword so that your next hit has a guaranteed 100% crit when you switch back again, though you don’t really need it.

EDIT: Looking over the post again, I realize you aren’t the full 80 lvls yet. I still suggest putting as much of your traits into toughness and some into power. Still, use a scepter and foucs to keep them at bay using the #3 skill, then use #4 and #5 as they get too close. Switch to Greatsword, which should be enough for the enemy to die within the next couple of attacks. If not, switch back to scepter and focus, rinse and repeat.

I had a lot of success running sword/torch and mace/focus. Could take almost any non champion mob. Maybe even champs if i was a better dodger

Just remember: Damage mitigation. Not only do you have dodges to help, you also have blocks and blinds. The trick is watching an enemy’s attack, and making sure that attack doesn’t hit.

Also, protection. Protection is a glorious thing. I’ll elaborate a bit later, but I need to be off to do some shopping. Feel free to add me in game, or message me if you have any questions

I soon as I hit 60 my guardian became a power house. What I did was use the Altruistic Healing trait and used the hammer. This combined with high precision gear and blackberry pie makes you very strong. I also use the signet of judgement. Get the knights gear if you can.

Thanks guys/gals. Ill give AH a try again and see if I can prefect it!