Guild Wars 2

I generally run a 0/0/30/30/10, 3 shout, Alt Healing and Pure of Voice build when I do play my guardian. I notice in higher level fractals Shield of Absorption and Wall of Reflect become very needed. With two utility skills being taken up for these this limits my # of shouts and I’m wondering if there is a better use for all my traits. It feels like I’m spending too many points just towards one shout.

Can anyone who has done higher level FotM send me a build that might allow me to be effective while having Shield and/or Wall in my utility slots?

I used the same set up for a long time. Shouts and condition conversion are nice, but unless you have zerker gear you will barely contribute to your team otherwise.

With 10 in Virtues you can trait into the reduced Consecration cooldown. That helps. I used AH for a while, but it’s really only needed if you lack any healing power IMO.

For fracs I will always have at least 5 in virtues and at least 15 in radiance. On each kill you can spam AoE burning and might x3, and if you trait high enough, AoE blind (and therefore vuln) as well. You contribute more to the fight while still supporting the team.

Right now I’m doing a power symbol build: 25/15/0/30/0. I miss the virtues bonus but I do so much more damage, any battles don’t last long enough for me to remember…