Guild Wars 2

Before I start, I’m looking for the smartest build for leveling (not necessarily 80). Second, I have 2 80’s so I’m looking for the smartest way to level non class wise. A long time ago I saw people posting some small thing about which levels to power through story, craft, ect. if you know what I’m talking about that would be helpful.

So anyways, I’m looking for a good main weapon, off weapon, skills, and traits for leveling my guardian. Annnnd when should I worry about story, crafting, ect. I could get a bunch of crafting done now at lvl 10, or I could wait. Tips?

I’m not sure how relevant this video is to the newest patch, but it was posted 3 months ago and it what I used as a starting guide in order to level my guardian to 60. I ended up crafting the rest of my 20 levels up to level 80.

Guardian Leveling Guide

As for leveling, you’ll be using power (mighty prefix) starting out. Around level 21+ is when you’ll start seeing dual prefix traits. Upkeep your gear (including trinkets) every 5 or 10 levels via TP. I did mine every 10 to save up on coin.

The way I did my storyline and leveling was to complete all the heart quests + uncover map to 100% completion THEN do the storyline until it “ports” you into another leveling zone. If you’re finding trouble in having the heart quests become red, you can substitute some storyline questing just to level match you for the next heart quest you’re heading into. After you finish up and uncover your first starting race map (should be around lvl 14+), I would recommend choosing another starting race area to complete, before going into the level 15-25 zone over. This will allow you to have some padding into the next area and you won’t feel as squishy.

I chose GS for leveling as it’s great for AoE pulling mobs to finish heart quest faster. My offhand was staff for +might stacks and a +swiftness circle that you can give to allies or to yourself to get around faster on the map.

As for crafting you can craft at anytime, but I would advise to stick it out until you’re around lvl 40. If you stick it out to lvl 50, you can take up cooking to 400 – which is by far the cheapest craft profession to level in the game. If you do this path and end up being a lvl 60, you can do a nice Dynamic Event chain in Fireheart Rise which can take you all the way to lvl 70 if so choose, and skip heart questing/storyline all together. From lvl 70 onward, you can either choose to craft or play catchup with your storyline for easy XP and then grind out the last few levels you have left to lvl 80. The link below is what I used for any sort of crafting by initial starting cost and current TP prices:

GW2 Crafts

Hope my post helps you in someway.
— Happy questing.

Thank you so much! This is exactly what I needed.