Dungeon Starter Build
4/5/0/0/5 is the general meta build. Check the sticky by obal.
Guardian leveling guide by Obal, (if you still need it) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBzRhmV16qY
Guardian DPS rotations by Obal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgK9IcYXr_U
Also, indeed 4/5/0/0/5 is the general meta build. If, however you are having difficulty playing this build, which anyone recommending it for a beginner forgot that they had time to learn the encounters and rolled suboptimal builds a long time with more self sustain, I can recommend one of the following:
- 0/6/0/6/2
- 2/5/0/2/5
- 2/6/0/1/5 or 4/5/0/1/4
- actual meta ofc 4/5/0/0/5
*I still recommend getting Berserker, armor, weapons and trinkets.
Build 1 will let u get and extra hit or two if you are still learning some encounters, but I strongly suggest getting used to build 2 as it has better condition clear and dmg. There is also the 3/5/0/4/2 hammer build which is an easy build to play, but I don’t recommend it because camping hammer is not good if you try to learn the weapon sets (and it’s more for some fractal situations). After u got used to build 2 and u see that u stop getting downed so often go for build 3, and finally embrace the meta.
Good luck and have fun!
You should use the meta buids from the links creepmatic posted. If you still need more survivability you can mix some soldier pieces of armor with the zerk stuff until you get more comfortable with going full zerk. But honestly, i think using defensive gear gives just a placebo effect, if someone goes to your account and change all your character’s defensive armor to zerk without telling you you wont notice the difference in survivability.
I recommend using superior runes of flame legion, they are very cheap and work well on guardian, so you dont have to spend almost 40g on scholar runes.