I wvwvw duo with my mesmer brother or 5 man wvwvw with guild and am looking for a new playstyle. I have always played very offensively (see below the * ). But I do not think that this is the way this class should be played to be effective (unless your chasing people down with hammer/gs + teleport…, or a surprise ring + group bomb attack). From my personal experiences, any 5 man enemy group that is worth anything will literally eat a guardian up when he/she is specced any of the specs I have below (including AH).
What I think I want, but know nothing about is either a cleric or magi set up. I know the weapons I would like to use are sceptor + shield and GS, with the ability to swap to staff without changing armor set. I am looking for a build that has good synergy with my weapons and excellent synergy with cleric or magi. My vision is a guardian that is very difficult to kill (can kite around 3 people beating on me), offers a ton of utility to a duo or 5 man, but can do more damage then no damage
(so I’m not entirely worthless in a 1 on 1 situation). This would be out of my realm, so any suggestions are enthusiastically welcome! Thanks to anyone that helps
What I’ve tried:
From Nov 12’ – march 13’ I ran 0/0/30/30/10, hammer/gs full knights jewelery and armor (soldier runes then dolyak runes). I felt this was far from great. 3 people focusing on me and I’m down.
After I switched to https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian/Guide-WvW-Solo-Roamer-Build-Playstyle/first#post1681933 . I find sword to be a very bad weapon choice. Besides for the teleport everyone can kite out of Zealot’s Defense so easily it’s a joke.
Then I switched to to paragon build and 60 gold later I cannot tell a difference between this and my original full Knights set up (I hit a bit harder, but I dont feel this justifies anything). Still focused down effortlessly.
Most recently I tried switching to a sceptor/shield, gs spec using the paragon armor. This set up is much nicer then sword, however I still feel that I drop quickly in important fights.