Guild Wars 2

Long time stalker, first time poster hah. Anyway I’ve been playing my Guardian a lot here lately and I’d like to get more out of him damage wise for farming yet retain some tankiness when events pop in the Cursed Shore. Currently I’m running someone else’s build and its been decent at 0/5/30/30/5 however I don’t feel he really optimized the gear as well as he could of so now I’m kinda meh about it. Here is what I threw together in about 5 minutes of playing with it. It has about 500 less health than what I currently use and actually more defense unless I was running with the shield. As I know a lot of you have much more experience and expertise than I do please help me to critique this and squeeze every little bit out of it I can.

Keep in mind I want to have a decent amount of defense I was aiming for the 3k range (with buffs is fine) and yet retain a high crit chance as well as crit damage with a sword. This build is rocking 10/25/30/0/5, help me to be better. Thanks guys of the Guardian forums you rock!

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQJAsdlUgCCnFyvDfIFRuAbGA8gVFi31DHSRGC-jAzAYrASEAoCgZPBxEoyaRVIqyqxq0TqeBTVCoLjs3oIa1CBobLA-e

So after playing with it a little more I think I’ve made it even a little better though please feel free to tell me what I’m doing wrong.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQJAsdlUgqCnFyvDf4Eh1DAeQ/VVIeXPcIFZIA-jAzAYrASEAoCg5cosXATgKrVtioxq0TqeBTVCoLjs3oIa1A-e

i don’t see any on-demand condi removal, of which i am a huge advocate. working that in will make some big changes to your build, but if you don’t feel like you need them, then keep doing what you’re doing

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/guardian/?3.2|c.1g.h1b.d.1g.h2|c.1g.h1b.f.1g.h2|1n.7b.1p.7b.1c.7b.1p.7b.1n.7b.1p.7b|1g.61.1c.61.1c.61.1i.61.1i.61.1i.61|0.u6ab.u16c.a0.0|0.0|w.1b.13.15.1i|e

This is pretty much what I used with s/f. It has good defense, 50% crit, good health good armor, on demand condition removal, spike healing and all of the typical goodness of s/f blind/block spam

ignore the runes/sigils I’m in the process of testing new stuff.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQNAsdRlYg67WFSOEfIFRuAbBYPwI8741DHmQGC-jwyAYLBRqBIZJQJvioxW1KiGrqWQWtgpKR1tIGcBZvhyqQAlXAA-e

lacks condi removal, may switch to lemon grass

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQNAsdRlYgSDHHSIEf4EhlCCaQMFAIjXPgIFbIA-jwxAorASRAoPRMBWEN26ZR0YV2YKXioahA0tAA-e

if i used focus, this is the build i would use in pve. alas, i stick to shields in pvp, pve, w3. honor adept left empty for your choice. hits 3k atk, 3k armor and 68% crit with 75% crit dmg.

you can drop honor completely and pursue radiance 30 for RHS + radiant power and zeal 10 for dmg vs burn if you wish for more dps. if so, you could switch out sigil of energy for sigil of earth to inflict bleed on crit and extra dmg for a second condition.

i’m partial to sig of energy because dodging = staying alive for me in all modes plus the extra heals don’t hurt.

smite conditions will do major dps when it crits vs multiple targets, not to mention small burst heals, all at 16cd, which to me, is ridiculously low. JI for tele burn and heal, signets for more condi removal + another burst heal at 32cd.

one of the drawbacks of this build is a lack of swiftness. carry a staff with you or get used to running slower.