Guild Wars 2

I’m new on guardian and so far only used it for PvE / Dungeons. So i’m looking for feedback on PVE build not PvP /WvW.

Armor :

Set 1:
Full zerker with superior rune of the Ogre. (not the best runes but that’s the only ones i can affort now).

Set 2:
Ascalonian Protector set (Power-Toughness-Vitality) with Superior Runes of the Doylak

Trinkets:
a mixture of soldier and zerker

Weapons:
zerker weapons

1) Greatsword (superior sigil of night + force).

2) Scepter/focus (superior sigil of night + force) sometimes swapping to sword/focus for melle fights.

Traits:
0/4/4/2/4
Radience – blind exposure , powerful blades
Valor – Retributive armor (swapping with strength in numbers), Purity
Honor – Superior Aria
Virtues – Unscathed Contender, Absolute Resolution (3 condition removal… i just love this skill)

I feel these setup gets the best of most trait lines. Haven’t seen anything special in the power traits to make want to switch anything else for it.

Utility Skills + Elite:
these rotate depending on the situation to be honest, with my most usual being Stand Your Ground, Retreat, Purging Flames. Elite is the Renewed Focus.

With the zerker armor i have :
~2,200 attack
~2,800 armor
~13,500 health
~45% crit chance

while with the PVT gear i get:
~ 2,100 attack
~3025 armor
~17500 health
~35% crit chance

What’s your opinion on that? Anything i should try out / change ?

Put the 4 points from Valor into something else, that line is nearly useless for PvE. The PUG variant of the meta, 2/5/0/2/5, should fit quite well for you.

I’d suggest going with the post above me.

Flame legion runes would be a decent and extremely cheap choice for runes. Dolyak would be a waste. Scholar is best.

For gs/sword builds you will want 2 in zeal for 10% damage, 5 in radiance for blind spam and another 10% damage, and 2 in virtues for master of consecrations when needed and flip to unscathed if you have just 2 there if not. Valor is more of a last resort line. You only put points there if you have points left over and it will lead to more damage then putting points elsewhere like 4/6/2/0/2 since that would be more dps than 6/6 etc or to go for strength in numbers if you really feel the need for more toughness and giving something beneficial to the group at the same time.

For utilities you will want wall of reflection whenever there are projectiles and shield of the avenger as well if there are a lot of projectiles and a long fight.

PvE = 4/5/0/0/5

http://www.dtguilds.com/forum/m/6563292/viewthread/12501056-dnt-guardian-build-5914

This site always has the best builds for PvE for each class. I personally use the Max DPS hammer build because I like the hammer and because I run dungeons with pugs.

It looks like you prefer sword weaponry though, and there is also a build for that in the link.

Charak.9761:

PvE = 4/5/0/0/5

Of course, going full meta is a great idea for a starter when he could have a lot more survivability at the cost of very little damage …

I tried the suggested changes and it “feels” strange. I removed all the valor points and shared them amongst Zeal + Radience as suggested.

Now i feel like i’m dying very fast for a small increase on my damage. And leaving virtue without the 2 points on Absolute resolution doesn’t sit well with me since i find that 3 conditions removal is really valuable.

I tried out a 0/5/3/2/4 build and it seems to work better in terms of survivability and damage.

if you are dying fast then unscathed contended is kind of useless since aegis won’t even stay on long

You’ll realize valor is a bad trait line later on (or that is purely for medi builds now)

In any case, 4/5/0/0/5 is the PvE DPS build but if you need some survivability try

2/5/0/5/2, you drop some dmg for 2500 health, vigor, and heal on dodge