Guild Wars 2

Red here, you may or may not have seen me hopping around the forums from time to time. I came here because my third 80 is in fact a guardian, seemed much more fun than warrior( deleted mine). I’ve spent copious amounts of time on my thief and a nice chunk of time on my necromancer, and I’ve had this guardian for awhile now actually and decide it’s about one I fully gear her.

So I come to you guys since this is the guardian sub forum unless I took a wrong turn. I’m interested in using sword, maybe shield or focus offhand. I was hoping you guys can direct me to some builds that would make use of these? And don’t limit yourselves that’s just priority it seems. Mainly I would like a build that’s a good all rounder like good for pve and wvw, if it’s wvw I can make do with it in pve I would check the sticky build thread but this is my first time here and you guys know what was affected by the patch as a more up to date way.

Thanks in advance

I’m not a Paragon, but nice to meet you.

I’d suggest looking into the Triple Meditation builds for an all-rounder.

In PvE, you’d want as much DPS as you can handle. In WvW, you can do DPS or Survival, but will be hard pressed to do both. DPS will be a lot harder than Survival in terms of WvW, especially if you’re zerging, in which case, you’d want Survival options. If you want Survival in WvW, you’ll want something like the Healway build or x/x/6/6/x.

Thanks for the reply, anyone else can add as well, I’ll look into it

Not a whole lot has changed with the current patch.

There’s several really good write ups on the options available for Guardians that are still current in today’s environment. Which you prefer depends on the type of player you are.

Harbinger has a great write up here for WvW:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian/Guide-World-Vs-World-The-Guardian-and-You/first

For PvE stuffs go to Obal’s:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian/Guide-DPS-Guardian-for-PVE/first

Brutaly, Amins, Christos all have well respected guides as well if you want some further reading.

Check out Harbingers newly stickied wvw guide for possible builds and weapons sets. It covers most of your competitive options.

If you are into hammer i suggest “my” guide which focus on AH and tbh mostly x/x/6/6/x. There are some minor stuff that i will update later on but in essence its fully updated and usuable.

If you want pure supportbuilds you can find the “healway” from christos in the stickied FAQ.

Send a pm or ingame tell if you need some ingame advise.

Thanks for the advice and links uys, I’ll be sure to check them out