Guild Wars 2

I am interested in creating a guardian for my next alt. I recognize that many of the profession’s abilities are supportive. However, how does the guardian fare when specified for damage? Smite looks to be a powerful ability based on its base damage and what I understand to be its coefficient. However, I cannot say that I have seen a lot of scepter-wielding guardians in game. What is considered to be a solid damage spec for PVE, and how does this fare against other damage-oriented professions (e.g., warrior, thief)? Thanks in advance.

Have fun with this:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian/Guardians-in-Dungeon-Runs/first#post2934853

Smite is good, but has two major disadvantages. Requires the mob to stay inside it for full potential, and the bigger they are the bether. Besides those two things it actually scales really good for that low cooldown and range. I can’t really give you thy numbers you want, but if you want damage that is you’re bread and butter. Guess we traded High risk for great reward with our melee weapons to a new slogan. Punish those fat lazy kittens.