Guild Wars 2

I’ve picked up some great tips on guard builds from this forum. Between Obal’s posts and recommendations for dungeon setups many others have made, I’ve gotten a strong sense of what a strong DPS PvE build could/should look like.

Recently I’ve been running this build:
http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/guardian/?3.0|1.5g.h2.e13.e13.0|6.1f.h1f.0.0.0|5g.a7.5g.a7.5g.a7.5g.a7.5g.a7.5g.a7.0.0.0.0.0.0|3t.e16.2s.e13.3s.0.2s.e14.3s.0.3v.e17|k27.u26c.0.0.k69|0.0|v.1a.1b.19.1i|e

I’d love some feedback on it. At this point, I like the damage output but get a tad frustrated by its fragility. I run dungeons with my guild, but few guild members use zerker gear alongside me. So my dungeon runs sometimes have the feel of PUG arrangements (lots in PVT, me as the lone glass cannon, mostly successful but some rough times). Basically I’m wondering if I should stick with this build knowing that I rarely work with an optimal team or other zerkers. Does anyone have suggestions on how to improve the build given my typical play conditions? Many thanks in advance!

Perfect Inscriptions is horrible. Generally speaking you want to avoid signets, but even besides that, PI is just a waste. Drop it for 5 more points in Virtues.

Also you have Master of Consecrations and no consecrations. Switch the signets for Purging Flames and WoR as needed, otherwise your 3rd slot is a wildcard.

Generally, Staff isn’t particularly useful in groups with Warriors or anyone else that can stack might; they can do it easier than you, and without tanking their DPS by switching to the Staff, which is awful for damage. You’d be better off switching Staff to something else, like Sword/Focus, to make use of another blind with your Blind Exposure.

If you drop Signet of Resolve for Shelter, you can use Shelter proactively to block incoming hits which, combined with the healing, will often provide enough combined damage healed and mitigated to outheal Resolve. That will open up another Radiance trait – which will allow you to keep Blind Exposure, but also pick up Powerful Blades. With Powerful Blades and a Sword, you’ll have a solid Autoattack DPS weapon for swapping to while your Greatsword WW is on cooldown.