Guild Wars 2

I made a guardian based around the jade dragon theme from the last event. I managed to get a total of 4 jade tickets. So far I have the staff, a mace and a shield. I’m left with 1 ticket left.

I would prefer he never have to use a non jade/dragon weapon, so I want to make this count. Since I have the mace/shield for defensive/healing type stuff, which weapon should I get for more pew pew oriented builds? I was thinking definitely a 2h, so it is down to the warhammer or the greatsword.

For a guardian, which tends to be more widely used and is generally more favored than the other? I want to make sure I pick the right one!

Thank you!

depends on the situation. Hammer offers more CC and is generally better for higher amount of targets. GS has more mobility and is MUCH better for 1v1 or 1v2 scenarios. In PvE, usually the GS will outdo hammer, but if you need he CCs then hammer is better. Hammer 2 can also hit massive amounts… i hit 4k using ptv with it. each one really needs a different playing style. if you’re only used to GS then it will be hard to switch to hammer.

WvWvW is the endgame and guardians are indispensable there for support. Some go for tanky dps tho but generally Guardians are wanted for support. Have you ever watched the Red Guard Farewell video that had Guardian PoV? Thats the textbook role of guards.

And for support you would want a staff, which you have. mace got buffed so mace and shield are good 2nd weapon set, which you also have. The weapon of choice next is hammer. Almost all support guards use staff and hammer. Hammer for the ring of warding, banish, and the one that causes immobilizes. Hammers are great too because they have Blast as finisher, which is indispensable for group buffs (+water = healing. +fire=might, etc etc)

So you already have staff. mace and shield. the next thing to get is hammer.

alcopaul.2156:

WvWvW is the endgame and guardians are indispensable there for support. Some go for tanky dps tho but generally Guardians are wanted for support. Have you ever watched the Red Guard Farewell video that had Guardian PoV? Thats the textbook role of guards.

And for support you would want a staff, which you have. mace got buffed so mace and shield are good 2nd weapon set, which you also have. The weapon of choice next is hammer. Almost all support guards use staff and hammer. Hammer for the ring of warding, banish, and the one that causes immobilizes. Hammers are great too because they have Blast as finisher, which is indispensable for group buffs (+water = healing. +fire=might, etc etc)

So you already have staff. mace and shield. the next thing to get is hammer.

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i enjoy having the hammer. it’s extremely powerful in WvW.
though, i wouldn’t completely shun the GS though. haha, i know i’m not making your choice any easier.

i’d say pick up the cheapest alternative you can get, suck it up for a few days using a non jade skin and mess around with both hammer and GS. get into different situations in PvE, dungeons, WvW, pair it up with the existing weapons you have and see how it goes. pick what you enjoy most! : ))

and this is just me being me, i would never advise stickign to only 4 weapons and let that be the end all.. i myself am extremely vain, lol, and go out of my way to get weaposn to match as well so i do see where you’re coming from as well… might i suggest the Priory weapons as back up weapons? in case the situation does call for one or the other or something you didn’t pick. or you need the scepter. or the focus. what have you. http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Priory's_Historical_weapons

and grats on the skins. ; ))

Akamon gives some sound advice.

On the other hand – I love my Jade shield and staff, but I think the Jade GS is ugly as hell, while the hammer looks reasonably elegant (personal opinion)

If look is important perhaps you should choose which compliments your style the best ( since they are both useful items to have in-game )

Try them first, if you hate using one of them, then it’s not worth wasting the ticket. But test them properly – the GS is an obviously effective weapon, while the hammer is rewarding but can take much longer to master.

Judge’s Intervention + Zealot’s Embrace = many dead thieves. You can also throw the Ring of Warding on top of them once they’re immobilized. They have to waste all their dodges getting out of that mess. And Banish, oh boy, I’m still waiting for a Youtube montage of all those people flying down cliffs.

I <3 Hammer

i agree with sebulon… mace is a very good weapon… now, after 9th july patch, it looks always more pvp oriented because of the 4 sec chilly which allows us to literally overkill any thief, mesmer, elementalist, ranger and engineer (unless they use teleports or something like that) also mace is perfect for high burst on single target but lacks in aoe damage (compared to GS) anyway i suggest you to try GS/hammer and to use somering like: ring + ww = devastation of every thief near you xD

GS is anyway my preferite one :< i like too much the skin (using AC gs ) and i really love the mobility of my WW which allows me to deal big damages while moving… also gs 5# (sorry but my memory is kitten) allows us to CC escaping thieves and running mesmers (i really love when near a mesmer + all his clones i catch them all and one shot everything with a WW ) also the symbol is great for damage (always something to add to your DPS) retailation and the boon spam (and healing spam if you use AH build).