Guild Wars 2

Hey so I recently came back to GW2 after taking a couple months break and was looking to pick up where I left off with my Guardian. I previously acquired enough karma to obtain my god armor while also finding a build I like well enough. Its basically this build, but with slight variations: http://en.gw2codex.com/build/19545-guardians-do-it-all-with-style

Essentially, i’ve been using this build for applying boons via shouts and using AH to give myself some heals, coupled with using my staff for support while in a party. Long story short, i’m getting a bit bored with using the GS and Staff and want to try something new. I see many Guardians running around with scepter/shield or sword/focus i’ve used sword/focus in the past and I generally like its playstyle, but i’ve been wondering about the scepter/shield. I’ve heard shield is more useful in PvP than it is in PvE, but I was wondering how it works coupled with the scepter?

I do like to be supportive as a Guardian. Damage is always nice and I like to have a fair amount but i’m not trying to Neglect the great support abilities that Guardians have at their disposal. All in all, I like it when I can be supportive both defensively and offensively.

Any suggestions?

I ran a 10/30/0/30/0 build for a long time. It allows you to do some optimization with any weapon we have with access to RHS, 2H Mastery and Writ of Persistence. You can take Shouts and Pure of Voice or Hammer with Writs. You can run GSword and Staff with 2H Mastery n Empowering Might. Mace or Sword or Scepter with off hands and shouts. Another variation is 10/30/0/20/10 with access to Master of Consecrations or Unscathed Contender.

Thanks for responding. That 10/30/0/20/10 build definitely looks interesting i’ve used consecrations in the past, but I totally forgot about the party benefits they can give. I could see Unscathed Conter working well with a focus offhand especially when using Shield of Wrath.