Guild Wars 2

So I am a torch fan
and I am going for Rodgort (legendary torch). I made a post asking you all what you thought of the torch as a viable weapon, and to my happiness most of you said that it was a good weapon. Someone also suggested to try out a mace with the torch, the mace providing the defense and the torch providing some strong condi offense.

So Whats the Point of This Thread?…
Basically, I want to know if someone has some godly Mace/Torch build already, before I go on trying to make my own. Post some builds if you have them!

If you don’t have a build, let’s do some theory crafting! I’m sure we can make something amazing.

Couple of quick notes:

1.) Torch scales with power instead of Condition damage. The 4th skill can crit for 6k on a good power build.

2.) Sword has better overall synergy than mace for torch. The damage from the 1 skill, Blind and teleport from 2 skill, and the Ranged block and damage from the 3 skill assist good with the torch. Mace only has a chump block ( Single Block) with 3 skill, slow cast low damage small symbol with regen in the 2 skill, and very slow yet decent damage from the 1 skill.

I can make a build with the Mace in a bit if you wish. I think a Sword/Focus and Scepter/Torch build could be better though. I’ll come back in a bit and post both.

MrGregor.4120:

Couple of quick notes:

1.) Torch scales with power instead of Condition damage. The 4th skill can crit for 6k on a good power build.

2.) Sword has better overall synergy than mace for torch. The damage from the 1 skill, Blind and teleport from 2 skill, and the Ranged block and damage from the 3 skill assist good with the torch. Mace only has a chump block ( Single Block) with 3 skill, slow cast low damage small symbol with regen in the 2 skill, and very slow yet decent damage from the 1 skill.

I can make a build with the Mace in a bit if you wish. I think a Sword/Focus and Scepter/Torch build could be better though. I’ll come back in a bit and post both.

That’d be great! Thanks!

Alright back with a couple of builds. Keep in mind these are made with Spvp in mind since…Well that is all I do in game. They will work fine in PVE and WvW as well.

This is one for your Mace request.
http://www.gw2db.com/skills/calc/guardian#2|17|3527|12644|3410|12641|3411|0|0|0|0|30|1828|2278|1366|30|2281|2283|1396|10|880|0|0|0|0|0|0|16|20|0|0|0|49978|49978|49978|49978|49978|21025|21080|0|0|0|0|

This is the one I use in Tournaments. Pretty much identical minus weapon and trait swap.
http://www.gw2db.com/skills/calc/guardian#6|20|3527|12644|3410|12641|3411|10|906|0|0|30|1828|2278|1366|30|2281|2283|1396|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|2|17|0|0|0|49978|49978|49978|49978|49978|21025|21080|0|0|0|0|

If you have any questions or wanna chat about it. Feel free to hit me up in game.

MrGregor.4120:

1.) Torch scales with power instead of Condition damage. The 4th skill can crit for 6k on a good power build.

While mostly true, if you don’t activate Zealot’s Flame to Zealot’s Fire then it does a normal burn that scales off condition damage.

True

However it would be a waste for skill 4 and 5 to not be used to full potental. Also its pretty hard to scale condi and power damage to a optimal level as a guardian while keeping all the other stats you need. Condi only builds aren’t very effective ether.