what’s the current state of guardians atm? I’ve just got back into mine from about a year ago, followed a few guides, read a lot of threads but find I’m dying like really quickly against rogues and elementalists (its the burst + consistent damage/conditions and easy escapes), and if I managed to hurt them I can’t seem to chase them down. Its either I die or they run away injured. It all seems a bit depressing. I think I need some good guardians to tell me its going to be ok
What’s the best thing we have to offer? What would be the best build to go for since I’m kind of new to the in WvW? I basically don’t want to die and do some good damage.
how do we match up against other solo roamers? or should I just forget about doing that?
You should be eating thieves up if you’re med guard. As for ele…that matchup is in their favor. As for the running, run GS with either scepter/sword and use the gap closers wisely and immob if you choose scepter to keep them in the kill range. Practice makes perfect, you’ll get there.
Idk about wvw… but for tpvp some of the top end builds are dps medi and condi.
Guardians typically Run mace/Focus to eat up burst attacks.
( I never see a guardian without one focus equipped unless they’re bunker heals or something.)
I run a spirit condition build w/ mace/focus and GS. I have Some issues with mesmers & glass theifs, that only appear to do that 2-4k eviscerate… then stealth for 10s. So annoying!
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And yes.. spirit weapons are viable now. So many people keep asking me that.
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Whenever I stream spvp it’s always been spirit weapons however mesmers are a hard counter simply because they can camp stealth until my spirits die off.
thieves are easy in any guardian build simply because they kill themselves from retaliation.
Eles are on equal footing, fights will stall until one makes a mistake or gets reinforcement.
Solo roaming is easy as a guardian, 15 second camp clears.
I think it’s more about knowing the enemy. If know the enemy then u can have a much better chance of beating it. I remember a year ago i had lots of trouble with thieves with my guardian but after lvling a thief to 80 and playing him they are much easier for me to kill.
Yea, Guards are still one of the most solid professions in the game. Most dungeons excel with at least 1 guard and the ones that don’t are only improved by bringing a higher offense/lower defense class just because the content is so easy.
Guards and Wars are still the heart WvW groups and are the best classes for commanders.
Guards are also a guaranteed in at least 1 spot of most competitive groups and a bunker build will move you quickly up the solo queue leaderboard faster than most other builds/classes.
Look at the healway build. I run my own custom variation and win 1v1’s 95% of the time, and I win often in 2v1 or even 3v1 situations. I’m a good theory crafter and a good player too, but the base build is also good. If you have the money get runes of the traveler for the passive 25% movement speed. It helps a bunch.
are you kidding me. all guardians know for a fact we are the best looking in the game. but what I want is a good build. not the sexy build… that’s default for us. I mean seriously what gutter scum do you think we are … rogues?
are you kidding me. all guardians know for a fact we are the best looking in the game. but what I want is a good build. not the sexy build… that’s default for us. I mean seriously what gutter scum do you think we are … rogues?
Soz , i can offer only my beauty for free in this game
win 1v1’s 95% of the time, and I win often in 2v1 or even 3v1 situations. I’m a good theory crafter and a good player too
You sound like the right person to talk to… what’s your magical build.
Haha, like I said, Healway was the best starting point for me. The best way to have a good build is just to add your own vlavour and make it unique. When it’s good, you’ll also lear a lot faster and therefore be able to handle 2v1 or even 3v1 situations better.
what’s the current state of guardians atm? I’ve just got back into mine from about a year ago, followed a few guides, read a lot of threads but find I’m dying like really quickly against rogues and elementalists (its the burst + consistent damage/conditions and easy escapes), and if I managed to hurt them I can’t seem to chase them down. Its either I die or they run away injured. It all seems a bit depressing. I think I need some good guardians to tell me its going to be ok
What’s the best thing we have to offer? What would be the best build to go for since I’m kind of new to the in WvW? I basically don’t want to die and do some good damage.
how do we match up against other solo roamers? or should I just forget about doing that?
Hi, i felt the same and i found a solution that works for me. My Retaliation-Meditiation build counters both burst and condi damage very well….maybe it works for you too….gl and hf!
Guardians should be buffed as in reduced cd on certain skills, fixing the auto attack chain in one handed sword, adding another ranged weapon, and buffing or removing shield entirely.
Guardian is a poor roamer, its manageable but its not the innate design of the class. The innate design of the class is a frontline ally supporter. Guardian is suppose to provide mitigation to their allies via boons and heals, bringing allies sustain up to guardian level.
While the ability to solo is possible, Anet purposely poked holes in this concept to prevent the class from becoming to powerful on the battlefield.
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But it’s incredibly stale. There are a lot of quality of life changes that could be made to make it more ’’yay’’ to play a Guardian.
ArenaNet haven’t touched Guardian for a long time, and the latest Grandmaster traits we got are really, really, really lackluster. No one used them, and no one would consider using them for serious gameplay, only for kitten and giggles.
and the latest Grandmaster traits we got are really, really, really lackluster. No one used them, and no one would consider using them for serious gameplay, only for kitten and giggles.
Actually all the new traits are really good. The only problem is the guardian communities general perception of what the class is, therefore they feel the new traits are bad.
The only one that is debatable is purity of body, but I haven’t sat down to experiment with it long enough to give a objective view on it.
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But it’s incredibly stale. There are a lot of quality of life changes that could be made to make it more ’’yay’’ to play a Guardian.
ArenaNet haven’t touched Guardian for a long time, and the latest Grandmaster traits we got are really, really, really lackluster. No one used them, and no one would consider using them for serious gameplay, only for kitten and giggles.
the spirit weapons line and the blue bubbles/domes whatever, acould be improved also.
1st April joke, when gw2 receives a “balance” update.
I don’t mind the low health but seriously reduce the cd on certain skills and revamp the new grandmaster traits. Guardian loses out way too much for new grandmaster traits because the old ones are so effective and useful. Also please give us another ranged weapon because sometimes scepters just won’t do.
