Guild Wars 2

In this kind of meta, ruled by condition don’t you guys feel like guardians would need more ways to counter conditions?

Like… how Purging Flames cleanses a single condition while I feel it should at every pulse, I mean all other classes got some heavy counter (except thief of course) but the skill that’s supposed to be our heavy counter doesn’t fully work and the burn is quite redundant isn’t it?

Also… how do you guys feel about not being able to inflict even a single bleed?

What do you usually do when facing a condition-based build?

DISCUSS!

I run: traited virtue of resolve, -3 conditions for group. Smite condition -1 every 16 seconds traited. Save yourselves followed by contemplation of purity for group condi wipe and massive boons. Lyssa runes for self condi wipe with renewed focus and that recharges virtue of resolve for another -3 group removal. Also if you use great sword you can whirl them off in your light fields. I find that’s usually plenty of condition removal unless I hot join against 4 or 5 necros.

Not to mention, we have 2 passive 10s condition removal, one of which can be spec’d to remove 2, for a total of 3 condi’s every 10s….

Guardians and conditions should not be a problem.

Though, I do agree: Purging Flames is weak.

Yeah, we have plenty of access to removals, however, I do partially agree with Rfreak’s assessment of Purging Flames. I don’t understand why it doesn’t pulse a condition cleaner instead of just one. It should clean one and then one again, and then one again if you’re standing in it. The burning however is nice for builds that depend on burning.

I think that if you run in and out of purging flames you actually remove conditions each time you enter it so you can get rid of loads of them. It used to work like that at least, not sure if it’s been updated. I’d prefer if it pulsed but if you know how to use it, purging flames can be really useful.

EDIT: According to the wiki it now “Pulses 5 times at 1 second intervals.” but that may just apply to the burning and not condition removal. It doesn’t mention the moving in and out trick anymore.

Moving in and out still works for both condition removal and burning. No pulse.