Guild Wars 2

Hello guys of the guardian forum I wish you can help me with my coin flip problem , when I first play GW2 I was kinda hesitant about whether begin to play with warrior or guardian. First i play with my guardian and got mixed feelings when I got 80 since when I was leveling I feel that it was too easy, less challenging, then I feel that I need to play warrior since it will be more mobile and flexible. The latter one sure is more flexible than the guardian (correct me if i’m wrong) and I always liked the heavy armor classes but got the mixed feeling whether to choose warrior or guardian as my main.

In GW1 I play warrior and I was shield and sword and hammer, don’t know if in GW2 having a control type build for dungeons is “viable” with warrior and guardian, yeah I like to do DPS in warriors and playing with Greatsword is cool, but sometimes I like playing control type builds.

Help this newbie (yeah I still consider myself a newbie since release and lack of time to play the game) to choose if warrior or guardian. Thanks in advance. I play mostly PvE and will be playing WvW.

Guardians are much more versatile then warriors they can bring allot of support and plenty of damage to a team if you good and know how to properly gear. Guardian is more team player then anything. Although it takes much more from guardian to have good Dmg then warriors.

But it’s all about play stile if you don’t know wich to pick play each class for a week non stop and decide which I better for you

i main a Guard, and have little experience with the warrior.. but i feel both have a great arsenal of control. though i will say, playing as the Guardian with the hammer, greatsword, staff, scepter shield combo, and utilities, you have a TON of control and it’s pretty fun.

if you have DPS classes running with you, or in WvW / PvP, it can mean a difference of 1k dmg or 10k dmg if you can keep someone in place, or prevent them from running.

why did you feel the Warrior is more flexible than the Guard? if you want, you can spec the Guardian to be a BIT more “glass”, but not completely “glass cannon”. so you can hit pretty darn hard, i won’t compare DPS to other classes though, while retaining the unique utilities that the Guardian can provide, but you’ll have to be more on your toes a lot more. which is fun and might help you fill in that challenging need. you’ll have to learn when best to use your heals and your dodges are way more precious. : ))

I main a warrior and have recently begin leveling my guardian.

In PVE the warrior is king and the guardian is right there. Warriors are always in demand for dungeons and fractals etc for their dps. Guardians too for their team support.

The problems arise for the warrior in places like PVP and to a lesser extend WvW in that unlike the guardian, warriors cannot count on out dps-ing thier enemies in competitive game modes. Conditions, while a minor nuisance in PVE are real problems in competitive. The guardian can deal with these just the same, while the warriors weaknesses begin to show. Cripples, chills, imobs will KILL your warrior. Signets are useless (unlike guardians) and condition removal is sparse unless u run soldier or melandru runes….but that is gear which every class can do, not builds. Guardians for instance can build to have multiple conditions clear automatically every ten seconds; warriors cannot.

Warriors also have no access to protection and limited regen. Guardians are boon machines, while warriors can reliably provide only fury, might and swiftness on command.

Where warriors do have an advantage in my opinion is swiftness (traited warhorn can provide perma swiftness) and long range weapons which the guardian can’t really match. Close in the sword of both classes is a decent gap closer of low tier dmg. The hammer on both is also very good cc. Warrior greatsword can dish out much more dps than the guardians, but its not easy to land 100 blades on a half awake target. Axe-shield is a fantastic dps-defensive warrior combo, and the f1 skill of the axe is you land and crit can one shot people.

Decide for yourself, but bear this in mind. GOOD players will excel with any class. This game is just as much about mitigating damage against you as it is about laying the smackdown on someone else. With this in mind, right now the guardian is in a much better place than the warrior. Yes no one can match the warrior’s dps, but if you’re getting mauled by conditions and cc with limited removal options, what does it matter since its that much harder for you to land those killer blows?