Guild Wars 2

Every end game build I see uses some or all dungeon armors, which is completely useless if you don’t have a build yet for dungeon running! Would like to see some armor builds specifically tailored to those hitting 80 with just karma and some gold to spend.

You sure about that? Crafting is what creates good armor as Karma armor is meh. Karma is nice for crafting trainer though, lets you make the useful runes by buying the recipes (they need to be unlocked). Then when you have decent armor do dungeons for the skins and then use transmutation thingy to give good stat armor the skin you want.

well when I said some gold to spend..i ment for purchasing crafted armors too. But for most people the easiest and first exotic armors they will see are karma.. so looking for some good guardian builds that synergize well with the stats available to us on karma/craft armors.

will entirely depend on how you want to play and where you want to play to be honest. i feel the main gear i use for my guard – ranging from knight’s, berserker’s, cleric’s, valkyrie’s soldier’s. 3 out of 4 you can craft already. soldier’s you can get with karma (cept for the helm i think).

so through dungeons, you’re really only missing magi’s. i haven’t paid TOO much attention to condition stats yet for me guard so can’t comment on that.

a good all arounder you can always start with knight’s and mix in either berserkers, soldiers or valkyrie depending on which areas you want improved or complimented.