Guild Wars 2

Hey there!
I’m just looking for any builds that work when you’re in full soldier gear! Mostly for pvp.

Jax gave me some good ones but I’m just seeing what else is out there.

Thanks everyone.

Including trinkets? So no crits? Ive toyed around with the idea a 30/0/0/30/0 soldier build based around spirit weapons and symbols (mace/focus + gs), but since Spirit Weapons were nerfed I never bothered beyond testing the build in the mists (seemed to have promise at the time). Soldier gear with Knights trinkets (slotted with ruby orbs) + ruby orbs in the armor works really well in an AH build however.

Maybe a Sword or Mace build with Right Hand Strength. 10/30/30/0/0 or 0/30/30/10/0 or 0/30/20/10/10 or something. This will give you decent crit with Sword, Mace n …Scepter. Prolly get a Monks Focus to work or maybe something up the Virtues line with Consecrations. Sword has great damage output and some mobility. Mace has very good damage but it relies on a symbol and Protectors Strike and is slower so Sword is easier to keep pushing damage. Scepter is not very effective in WvW/PvP unless you have the right circumstances.

GL
Blood~

I had an idea of a heavy retaliation build. Something along the lines of 30/0/0/10/30 or 0/0/30/10/30. Zeal for Zealous Blade or Valor for Altruistic Healing. You’ll need to heal someway, and without precision, Zealous Blade is looking comparable to Altruistic Healing. Basically, stack as much Boon Duration as you can. Without Giver’s/snowflake (since both are reported not to work), you can get a maximum of +115% retaliation duration. Use Symbol of Wrath, Stand Your Ground, and Save Yourselves for your primarly sources. Activation Virtues would offer another small amount as well. Basically, you’re becoming a juggernaut to absorb damage and punish anyone attacking you.

Just a thought. I’d love to try it out myself if I had the bag space to carry another full set of armor with me.

They apparently fixed Givers armor.

@Viralseed
This was a build i was thinking of full retal;
http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/guardian/?3.0|2.1c.h2|1.1c.h2|1c.71g.1c.71g.1c.71h.1c.71h.1c.b1h.1c.b1h|1c.9c.1c.9c.1c.9c.1c.9c.1c.9c.1c.9c|0.0.u59b.k29.k29|0.0|0.0.0.0.0|e

Then play with hammer for the protection. So you have a 70% + damage reduction. Because of the boon duration this will be up 100% if you dont get knocked down. Next to this you will have a area retal combo with the symbol from the chain every 4 seconds. This retal will be up about 5 seconds maybe even more but i havent tested this. In other words you will have perma protection and perma retal. Next to that you will have your virtues and shouts for even more and longer retal time….

You can change AH for MF if you wanna go med…

Did i miss something?

I run full Soldier’s armor (haven’t decided on trinkets or runes just yet) with a Mace and a Shield and 30/0/0/20/20 for my PvE build. The build doesn’t kill as quickly as other builds, but it’s more than capable of face-tanking just about anything.

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Did i miss something?

He wants a PvP primary build. Try and use Hammer’s symbol with great success in PvP. I don’t use Boon Duration equipment in PvE (just Writ of Persistence) and I maintain Protection 100% without Shouts. Even with increased Boon Duration, it will be hard to maintain Protection with Symbol of Protection, Hold The Line, and Save Yourselves. At +60%, you’ll have approximately 14.5 seconds from Shouts alone (Save Yourselves is halved in PvP). You can maintain protection for a short duration without Hammer leaving better options for attacks. If I’ve learned anything in PvP (or WvW) it’s that Hammer is not to be used as a tanking tool, but it does offer some very high damage with the right get.

I messed around with Retaliation recently in WvW. It’s an amazing counter when defending gates. Charge onto the other side of the gate, pop Retaliation (Symbol of Wrath, Stand Your Ground, Save Yourselves), maintain your health, and watch the enemy die on the other side without seeing you. Most AoE attackers (or attacks that bounce) will connect with you. You can even pop Wall of Reflection up to get attacks that won’t hit you. I was using a bad build for it too. I could have better survivability with Soldier armor and longer Boon Duration. I had a blast watching bag upon bag drop at my feet. I gained a little over 3 ranks yesterday primarily through Retaliation. Once I get some inventory space, I’ll definitely be visiting the Vigil and Keeper Jonez soon for an entire Soldier set just to test my theory a little better.