Guild Wars 2

First I’d like to say a special thanks to Brutaly for all the hard work, details and insightfulness he puts into his posts so that people like me have something to follow and work towards.

I suggest everyone read “Crithammer, one way of playing with it.” https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian/Crithammer-one-way-of-playing-with-it As this post is what made me want to work towards this build.

I have finally come to an end as to the look, armor, weapons and accessories that I want. So here is my Guardian when all is said and done.

Attack: 2,919
Critical Chance: 49%
Critical Damage: 80%
Armor: 2,707
Health: 15,205
Healing Power: 300
Condition Damage: 100

Armor:
Armageddon Head – Transmuted Knights Armor (Pow/Pre/Tough)
Twilight Arbor Shoulders – Transmuted Knights Armor (Pow/Pre/Tough)
Citadel of Flame Chest (Pow/Pre/Crit)
Citadel of Flame Arms (Pow/Pre/Crit)
Armageddon Legs – Transmuted Knights Armor (Pow/Pre/Tough)
Twilight Arbor Feet – Transmuted Knights Armor (Pow/Pre/Tough)

Runes:
5 x Superior Rune of the Ranger
1 x Superior Rune of Lyssa

Weapons:
Molten Hammer (Pow/Pre/Crit) with Superior Sigil of Strength
Molten Scepter (Pow/Pre/Crit)
Molten Shield (Pow/Pre/Crit)

Accessories:
Rare Back (14 Vit/14 Tough/ +3% MF)
Emerald Orichalcum Earring
Ruby Orichalcum Earring
Ruby Orichalcum Amulet
Beryl Orichalcum Ring x 2

Traits:
0/10/30/30/0

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQNAS7elYgyCXEyvDf4EhVBCi9Ajw/jXPooDZIA

Key traits selections for this build are:
Altruistic Healing
Vigorous Precision
Empowering Might
Writ of the Merciful

These all synergize with Altruistic Healing as they will all heal you. Again read Burtaly’s post for more details.

I mainly run Dungeons and this build is just amazing. I run this with “Hold the Line!”, “Save Yourselves!” shouts and 20% cool down reduction trait to provide support for my group. While being a tank I can output awesome damage and hit 5K with MB when I have my might stacks up.

Just wanted to share my Guardian with you all and now it’s time to work on obtaining my Mjolnir (4 Charged Lodestones down 346 to go! I take donations lol)

Cheers!

nice post, fun to read.

what runes do u use?

NeedCoffee.1402:

nice post, fun to read.

what runes do u use?

Thanks!

I knew I forgot something, I’m using 5x Superior Rune of the Ranger and 1x Superior Rune of Lyssa

Nice, I think you mean Pow/Pre/Tough on Knight’s Armor

Smacker.6329:

Nice, I think you mean Pow/Pre/Tough on Knight’s Armor

Thanks for catching that, updated.

nice and grats!!
have you seen the stickied thread Hammer and Altruistic Healing gameplay ?

it’s also by Brutaly and more fleshed out : )) provides great insight as well but you’ve pretty much got it worked out as well.

glad to know i’m not the only one who gets supposedly “hard-to-get” gear (63k karma, dungeon gear, etc) and transmutate other stats onto them lol

i use 6x Superior Soldier runes for the extra vit as i use all knight’s trinkets. the shouts remove one condition for allies (self) works wonders in dungeons and WvW

I think 6 Lyssa would be better. The 6 piece bonus is awesome.

You would get extra attributes by getting Berserk on feet, hands and shoulders (2% dmg crit for 12 attributes) rather than on chest (5% for 72 attributes).
The same goes to your trinkets. If you pick one without %crit dmg, it should be a ring rather than an earing. Also make sure you have Exquisite Ruby or Beryl Jewels.

Now about your runes : if you don’t pick a rune for a special bonus and only for attributes, go with divinity. If you don’t want to spend your gold on it I would suggest you to have a Power Rune.
I think you should use +5% increased damage Sigil (that one is underrated but it is powerful as hell), simple maths.

Sidenote : if you want to optimize your dungeon runs, Sigil of Frailty is the best.

Only one comment… condition removal?
With soldier rune and all berserker trinkets I’ve very similar stat, but I’ve also a mass condition removing system with shouts.