Guardian Damage Vs Support roles

Guardian Damage Vs Support roles

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Posted by: Titanium.9483

Titanium.9483

I’m currently levelling a Guardian and trying to work out my plans for the start of end-game.
I personally was leaning towards a support role but after discussions with my guilds and fellow Guardians, the views seem to be split on whether damage or support roles are more helpful/appreciated.

I wanted to ask the forums, whether they prefer playing/grouping with a damage or support Guardian.
Also if possible (aimed more at Guardian players) what armour sets you use (knights, berserker etc). As I found these two builds for support guardians but neither tell the armour:
http://guildwars2grandmaster.com/builds/guardian-boons/

http://www.guildwars2hub.com/guides/professions/guardian-build-guide-shout-supporthammerstaff

Guardian Damage Vs Support roles

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Posted by: Kharel Arhew.1437

Kharel Arhew.1437

Sounds like you might be interested in a build I’ve been tinkering with since launch:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian/Boonway-alternative-Guardian-build/

The general idea is to support the party through massive boon uptime (which grants good personal survivability), condition removal, and stun immunity, and gear for significant damage. A nice side effect is the removal of one of the most common complaints guardians have—that is, our perceived lack of mobility. It doesn’t win any burst damage contests, but it does deal very strong, consistent DPS, and cannot be kept out of a fight (or even out of melee range for the most part), which in itself increases our DPS significantly.

Guardian Damage Vs Support roles

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Posted by: Titanium.9483

Titanium.9483

Thanks, I think i’ll switch GS for Hammer but otherwise I’ll give your build a try sounds good so far though