Hammer - Symbol of Protection support?
You will be suprised how much difference the protection boon does.
Constant -33% Damage reduction is amazing and is better than any heal could ever be.
Crithammer build with shouts, Altruistic Healing,Writ of the Merciful and you will be able to still maintain good dps while having high survivability and supporting your group all in one.
There are a lot of crithammer topics open so check them out.
Healing power is only good for the dodge rolls since it scales 1:1 but it’s horrible for any other healing spell.
Crithammer/Shouts/Altruistic Healing is boss. Everything except for our dodge heal scales so horribly with healing power, it’s probably best to try power/precision/toughness mixed with some power/precision/vitality/critdamage to taste. You can easily maintain 8-12 might stacks, you’re really tanky, you still get decent crit damage numbers, and you provide a lot of group support. IMO, it’s win/win.
Protection is so good.
As a warrior, I welcome any hammer Guardians in my group because of the perma-protection.
In fact, with my mace, we can turn our enemies into nothing.
4x Necromancer, 3x Mesmer, 4x Guardian, 4x Thief, 4 Revenant