Guild Wars 2

First of all, Old woman alert here, I am not always all too familiar with understanding the best stats and numbers and such.

I got a guardian to 80 and i am trying to do the living story quests… sadly dying a lot, so that led me to believe i am not speccing or doing my armor right.

Basically, I am looking for a guardian build that will allow me to get through story quests, be good for running around in silver wastes, but also be good to a group with pugs and such as someone who can heal.

whatever build i try i end up class cannon, or something that hits things with a wet noodle. so I am hoping there is some middle ground that also allows me to bring a good offering to the table.

any suggestions?

If you want a power build I suggest this:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vVAQNAR5dnkICVDhlDBmCBEEhjAi6utRQGYDgH4NzJ4DGhA-TFSBwAFV+hT9nIPBQJ4t9HSpZAlOAEm/AcRAIFAgjBA-w

- if you get used to it you can change the focus for torch
- The build works with carrion and sinsiter gear as well. might want to spec into permeating wrath
- radicance it more of the condi line but it will provide you with perma fury and +10% crit damage. On top do not forget to spam your f1 when the dirst mob goes down. you can perma blind the enemies while dishing out the kill strokes.
- If you feel really confident you can swap radiance for zeal and come out full glass here:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vVAQNAR5dnkICVDhlDBmCBEEhj4hqGANQ9e33YIHyp4LGjA-TlRBwAReCgSwiK/ut/o+DKdDIM/B4iAQKAAHDA-w

Retreat in this build is more of a placeholder for if you need the swiftness. you can swap it out for anything you want with the right food. The soldier gear are the training wheels. I would recommend however to not use it in the first place. It forces you to git good faster and really this build is a cookie cutter in SW. It is more important to know the enemies attacks. In some cases you might need scepter for ranged weapons.

try min maxin…dont take all berserker, use some pieces valkyrie for some hp and knights for some toughness.

something like this: (i know build sucks I am too lazy to build new one – its 9 months old)

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vVAQJASRlsAhuhY5QwaIwPEHJE1dZDgEAvBPXZmzv/LAB-TVDBwAfOEAYeAA5UhorSCtKR6rLAryJJKBBcEAwp+CjLAQCTQI3fIAwBwv/mv/GApAEUZE-w

use meditations for selfish playstyle and shouts for group playstyle.

or shout build:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vVAQJASRl8AhWhYtQwUIQQEHJE1dZDgDAvBPXKkzv/LAB-TVDBwAfOEAYeAA5UhorSCtKR6rLAryJJKBBcEAwp+CjLAQCTQI3fIAwBwv/mv/GApAEUZE-w

In resume, basically medi-GS builds work.. I am having a huge problem becouse i can only be effective with a medi-gs build based to… and i hate to play medi.

Wonder why Anet makes classes with 1 optimal build and the rest barelly works…

I’m not really sure why meditation builds would be needed for pve…

In Living story or SW, The healing’s alright, but in pve that’s not really the main priority because sustain damage is rarely what kills you, plus medis wouldn’t give any support in SW. In dungeons they give 0 group support and sustain is even more useless in it.

Anyhow, here’s something that will get you through LS/SW easily, just range them down with scepter if you can’t melee them:
http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vVAQNArdRlsAhmhYpQwXIwPEHxDVNAag61GCvwjmHjXMGB-TlRBABR8AAua/R5He6DA4MAQp6PmpEUAQL-w

The focus also gives a shield that protects you, as well as that ray of light if you care to heal allies.

Fire sigil is just for AOE in SW events. Use your f3 to get out of trouble. It’s also great to use on allies, and the f2 heal is also useful. And no, you don’t need all zerker gear of course, so just get some extra soldier armor or whatnot if you don’t feel comfortable.

Retreat is just so great for a lot of these instances. You move faster and it can be timed to block attacks.

And yea, get reflects; they’re awesome.

ArchonWing.9480:

I’m not really sure why meditation builds would be needed for pve…

In Living story or SW, The healing’s alright, but in pve that’s not really the main priority because sustain damage is rarely what kills you, plus medis wouldn’t give any support in SW. In dungeons they give 0 group support and sustain is even more useless in it.

OP did not ask for a full glass build but soemthing that gets her through LS alive. For somebody that has that problem Medis are the best shot at doing so. So all you arguments are correct but this is the wrong place for them.

Asmodal.6489:

ArchonWing.9480:

I’m not really sure why meditation builds would be needed for pve…

In Living story or SW, The healing’s alright, but in pve that’s not really the main priority because sustain damage is rarely what kills you, plus medis wouldn’t give any support in SW. In dungeons they give 0 group support and sustain is even more useless in it.

OP did not ask for a full glass build but soemthing that gets her through LS alive. For somebody that has that problem Medis are the best shot at doing so. So all you arguments are correct but this is the wrong place for them.

My personal opinion is that shooting away @ 1200 range behind a wall of reflect is far safer than running in with a mace if you are inexperienced. Especially with those Morderem sprout things constantly spewing projectiles at you. Stuff in SW hurts pretty bad regardless of build if you get close. Unless you are full medi, then there is a point where you cooldowns will run out, and if you are inexperienced, you will die. If you are full medi, you lack blocks and the real stuff that saves you.

The build is NOT full dps. We get a passive block, enhanced self-healing, and plenty of condi clear, stability, and a stunbreak. If we were full glass, we’d take stuff like unscathed contender, and the burn traits. Instead we take a tree solely for support and better survival. I also took Renewed Focus to double up on these plus another invul instead of Feel My Wrath. And we’re ranging.

Like I said above, my example above works with soldier armor mixed in too. Doing so causes the chance of death to drop down to really trivial amounts. So yes, glassy gear is best, but the build still works with tankier gear. And yes, I’ve done LS with said build and it is really easy with minimal effort so it is no theorycraft.

With some tweaks the guardian bunker build from PvP on metabattle would carry over pretty well for team support