Before I dive into this, know that i am really trying to help you. Im not just trying to grief you.
1 : What you did right!
-Your valor and virtues line looks good. I prefer strength in numbers over communal defense, but both are a decent option.
-Your armor and weapons stats look fine. I’d swap the valk pieces for cav, your toughness is a little low for someone trying to learn/relearn.
2 : Issues
-That shield has to go. Your gimping yourself by not taking focus. Focus offeres blind, regen, block, and burst.
-Signet of Courage. It is bad for many reasons. The passive ticks once every 10 seconds… that is way to long. The active is only a 300unit radius. To give an idea how small that is, think dagger ele auto attacks. Not only is it a small radius, but the cast time is 4.25 seconds. In a roaming situation, with this burst meta, your ally could go from 100% to downed, all during the duration of that cast. Renewed Focus, which you’re currently traited for, Heals you for ~2k, grats fury, recharges your virutes, and provides 2 seconds of invuln. That’s a lot of good stuff!
-Litany of Wrath: Some will argue that this is useable, but it just isn’t as good as shelter. If you really want to run Mace/GS. You are going to be very frustrated when you pop this heal and can’t make contact with someone. Not the mention that block on shelter is a life saver.
-Force of Will: It’s not as great as it looks. Since your running two symbol weapons, combined with empowering might; I would change that for Writ of Persistence. In an open area, the larger and longer symbols really help land some damage.
3: Things I personally would change.
-I would swap out the mace for either sword of scepter. Sword has very high auto attack damage as well as a nice gap closer. You can really “glue” yourself to targets when combining sword, gs, and JI. Scepter offers decent auto attacks, an immob, and that all important range damage. If you do decide to use either of these two, I would swap the honor line for either radiance of zeal.
IF you really do want to stay mace, I would suggest watch Stella’s videos. He makes great use of terrain, in order to land symbol damage. https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian/Empowering-Wrath-14-Ascended-Stella-Alamarr/first
-Your runes. Swap for traveler or pack. Traveler is an amazing quality of life change, and pack helps keep you on targets.
I probably missed some stuff, but this should be good foundation for you. Most important things are to really get rid of that shield and elite.
Good luck!
