Guild Wars 2

Well after they removed berserker gear my guard is kinda screwed since ferocity doesn’t provide that much benefits and i feel squishee in it. Should i go with Celestial (WupWup) with Soldier runes? i do WvW/PvE.

The impact on Berserker gear was not sufficient that it has stopped being the best choice for PvE. The overall damage loss is, on average, between 10-12%.

The gear still works and works fine. The only difference is now that you have a few options for Sigils and Runes. While I don’t like the changes it still works and provides the best challenge of play when in WvW.

PvE? I can’t say because I really don’t mess around with that meta but what I have done it is still DPS and I don’t see it changing anytime soon.

pve – zerker
wvw solo – zerker
spvp – zerker

wvw zergball – pvt

I dunno about charak, you could zerk in the zergball and enjoy your 2 seconds of moar deepz before you die.

Natsu Dragneel.1625:

I dunno about charak, you could zerk in the zergball and enjoy your 2 seconds of moar deepz before you die.

*praying*c’mon rally, c’mon!

or am I the only one that does that? =b

In a non optimal group (pugs) with non optimal builds, would you still suggest full berserker (armor/trinkets)?
I’ve been looking for a middle ground build that is not full zerker or full ptv.
Normally this middle ground is covered by knight gear; but as a guardian i do miss sometimes the heals that come from healing power stats. This made me look into celestial gear; but i’m not very convinced about it.
Would knight gear and cleric or celestial trinkets work in a non optimal group with not optimal builds?

guardians are not healers, the heal ratios are minimal

I’ve played a zerk mesmer for well over a year while i’m still newb to the guardian. As a mesmer surviving with full zerk, even with pugs, is not a problem; but as a guardian i’m not sure where to start from or if it’s even viable to run full zerk with pugs (and avoid dying at every pull). Is there a middle ground build/gear? Or just go with zerk and learn from mistakes?

No amount of toughness or healing power will save you from a bad position. So use whatever u like (zerker=big dmg numbers, cleric=more heals and so on) but give time to your self to learn your guardians movement and build and utilities.

I’v played with every stat combo possible just fine in zergs. www on seafarers rest btw. Gear dont mather and none of them will carry you.
Skill mathers and that comes only with time, smart commander and great positioning. That and a gigantic set of balls on your side :P Do not backpedal in a zerg, stick to commander and always move forward and u could attack them naked.

If u wanna be supportive: its in your utilities runes sigils food and skill build.
Use sigil of restoration and sigil of stamina on your staff = never die.

Kratox.9150:

I’ve played a zerk mesmer for well over a year while i’m still newb to the guardian. As a mesmer surviving with full zerk, even with pugs, is not a problem; but as a guardian i’m not sure where to start from or if it’s even viable to run full zerk with pugs (and avoid dying at every pull). Is there a middle ground build/gear? Or just go with zerk and learn from mistakes?

If you’re willing to put in the time you’d probably be better off just trying to go zerk and learning from the mistakes. Simply because the mistakes will be very obvious =).

You can use Knights as a middle ground, and that’ll help when you’re being hit and just failed to dodge or block it. But personally I didn’t feel that was enough to make me not still feel squishy, so /shrug, can’t say I’ve run Soldier in a zerk setup though so not sure how good that runs even but I’d imagine it’d let you make a mistake or two and not splat.

I still feel very squishy in zerk, but having learned to use a lot of the active defense tools it’s very liveable, just at risk of dying all the time so a bit stressful.

zerker gear still if u feel u die easy use a hammer with zerker stats as well

its a little sad that dmg can beat everything but on the otherside why not. I love being agile and time my blocks.

sometimes i wish it would be more easy to see when my block is still up, but then again i can see it when i blocked so i can call another one in.

The Block mechanic and the movement with highest dps by GS is what makes me play a guardian over a Warrior

Ill agree with zerker in PvE but in PvP/WvW you should run something else. Unless your roaming then who cares about you lol.

Just to point this out… when you die in a zergball because your wearing zerker gear, the other team gets a Rally.