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Fractals, what's your build?
I go for the AH build with GS/scepter 0/x/30/20+/5+ is the backbone, but I use 0/0/30/30/10 specifically.
All zerker armor/trinkets to make up for loss of dps. AH + Empowering Might + 2h GS reduc + 20% cd reduc + uptime for conscreations + added boons on virtue activation.
- Virtues become moderate spike heals (use virtue of justice mostly, but activate resolve,courage for an “oh —--” moment.
- Shelter to block (more important than healing, plus, you barely rack up conditions in fotm
- GS for maw tricks plus good mobbing aoe with GS #5 to pull enemies in a dense radius for allies
- Retreat for speed/aegis, SY, and JI (you can probably get rid of JI for SYG or HTL shouts) switch to wall of reflection when necessary (I would suggest shield of avenger but that’s nerfed now and kinda useless)
Should get you to where I’m at.
Oh and just as a signature, I use rune of lyssa to make renewed focus feel more powerful. You cure all your conditions and gain all boons. It’s as if you’ve renewed yourself and then some.
[VZ] Sky Avalon – Guardian (Main)
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sPvP Rank Dragon – 8 Champ Titles – Ruby Division
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sPvP Rank Dragon – 8 Champ Titles – Ruby Division
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I use the same build in everything.
0/5/30/30/5, all shouts
+3k attack and armor
41% crit rate and 70 crit dmg
+18k hp
Run the greatsword and hammer. I’ll switch out my hammer depending on the situation.
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I also run the same build for everything:
0/15/0/30/25, all shouts
P/V/T armor, Pow/Prec/Crit% accessories
2 Superior Monk runes
2 Superior Water runes
2 Major Sanctuary runes
I run hammer (or GS when the group doesn’t need support so much as consistent damage output) and scepter + focus, using scepter 3 and focus 4/5 to pull off tricky ressing via the extra blocks/blinds.
I have well over 100% retaliation uptime in-combat, stability on demand (SYG shout), a number of Aegis procs, AoE blind and might spamming constantly. Oh, and permanent swiftness is fun as well (especially in WvW—escaping solo from 15-man zergs after killing one or two of them in the rear is good fun). Renewed Focus and the signet heal increase your durability even further.
I use the same build in everything.
0/5/30/30/5, all shouts
+3k attack and armor
41% crit rate and 70 crit dmg
+18k hpRun the greatsword and hammer. I’ll switch out my hammer depending on the situation.
Very solid build.
OP, you should try that with knight armor + ruby jewels that he didn’t mention.
I also like to run a selfish build of 10/25/30/0/5.
Just enough to heal myself, but deals greater damage than a supporter.
Think what you want to do, +damage or +support?
But do yourself one favor – never go hybrid.
1+1 = potato
I run a 0/5/30/30/5 split
14,405 health, 2950 attack, 3130 armor, 40% crit chance, 88% crit damage.
Staff always while switching out Hammer and GS.
All Shouts, signet for healing, Renewed focus.
Retributive armor, purity and AH on Valor
Superior aria, Writ of persistence and Writ of the merciful on Honor
The cookie cutter (and superbly effective) build is 0/0/30/30/10 (like many have said). A lot of traits are viable depending on your playstyle: whatever adept in valor (purity vs. strength in numbers), retributive armor, and AH. In honor: superior aria/larger symbols, empowering might, writ of the merciful (this is a huge healer on hammer and scales well with HP), the now fixed battle presence, and 2H mastery (with GS) are all contenders. Virtues also has some awesome traits – unscathed defender (amazing with scepter and some smart dodging), spirit weapon duration (haven’t tried shield after the change, can’t tell you if its worth it anymore), and also master of consecrations with WoR. Remember you can always change them out at any time, as well as your utilities! I will change from a shout build (SYG!, SY!) to a defense (SoA and WoR) depending on which fractal I am in.
I had changed from that build to a 20/0/30/20/0 build since battle presence and pure voice were/are bugged. While writ of the merciful was nice for hammer, I wanted the 10% against burning foes (with two guards in a party foes are ALWAYS burning) and 5% scepter damage. It would probably be better to drop down to 10/0/30/20/10 for the virtues adept traits though, I just wanted to see what it was like to spec into power :P. Also note this is for a hammer (which gets its base damage from auto attacking, UNLIKE the GS which gets a much larger benefit from the 2H mastery trait for 30 in honor).
A mix of zerks, valks/soldiers, and knights is probably your best armor if going for 30 in valor. I suggest at least 2750 armor (which is really easy with 30 valor, DON’T GO FULL ZERK get around 16k health) and a decent attack (closing in on 3000 is good). If you’re surviving in full zerks that’s nice, but honestly the people who do that don’t keep the aggro very well and don’t use AH to its full potential. They do amazing dps with the scepter (like seriously – unscathed defender), but you’re just not going to survive long hitting with a gs.
Things I would not suggest: using points in radiance. Sorry but missing out on 10 virtues for VoJ on trash mobs is not worth it. Blind exposure is decent against trash mobs after you pull them together… if that bug still works. Again prioritizing trash mobs is just silly when you could have +% damage. Blinding every 25ish seconds … not useful.
Other things: always activate virtue of courage when you lose your first aegis, you only miss out on one passive every 90 seconds. I repeat – JUST one. you give a partywide aegis and 3 seconds of protection with 5 in virtues.
ALSO please use your virtues and renewed focus. They’re so good and your elite has SUCH a low CD. Just do it, I’ve saved so many people with that spike heal (as well as myself!).