Guild Wars 2

I’ve been playing this game casually since release and have got enough laurels and money to start thinking about ascended gear. My build is http://www.gw2builds.org/create/bwe_1/guardian#2.0.4.1-1.8.1.10.2-0.0.10.30.30-11.12.7.4.9.10.12 with all apothecary armor (shoulders are clerics, however) and 2 runes of the monk with 4 runes of water. All weapons are of the water and are apothecary (except my mace, which is cleric.) Please feel free to post suggestions on my build if you feel the need, but i’m really wondering what ascended gear would go best with my build before I make any big decisions.

First of all, don’t use that site anymore. That site is old and a lot of the changes aren’t reflected. Second, why apothecary? Guardians have one of the worst condition damage application. Granted a condi guard is possible, but your build doesn’t really support it. To utilize condition damage as a guardian, you really need to spec into it deeply to be effective. You also have to use Carrion or Rabid armor instead of apothecary.

If you still want condition build, something like this might help http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/guardian/?3.0|0.0.0.0.0.0|0.0.0.0.0.0|0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0|0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0|a2.u37b.a1.0.k68|0.0|0.0.0.0.0|e

However, if you want to focus on healing, cleric armor is still the best way to go for a guardian. That said, if you go with cleric, go full-on cleric. Your staff 4 skill will heal you back to full health with AH.

alright ty for the advice. Also, you may call me stupid, but iv’e heard AH been passed around a lot and im not too clear on what it stands for…

AH is the short-hand for the Grandmaster level trait in the Valor trait-line “Altruistic Healing”. It heals you for a small amount for each boon you give to yourself or an ally. If you have this trait and use the Staff4 Empower skill, you will give out 12 stacks of might to yourself and (5?) nearby allies, plus the AoE heal at the end, which should basically be a full heal for any Guardian with a bit a healing power. Personally I’ve found that 500 healing power is enough for my purposes using altruistic healing.

Also I would avoid the Water weapon sigils. Not only does it not proc very often (especially in a low crit-chance build such as yours", but the heal that it does give is almost negligible.

If your doing mainly pve berserker would be a great choice. They will always be useful. For armor I would definitely change your clerics and get knight. With AH, shouts, heal, staff 4 with AH, virtues, and renewed focus healing power is a waste of a stat.

Also, if your going for tanky do 0/0/30 (VI, XI, and your choice)/30 (II if you have 2+ shouts, VII if you have a hammer, IX if you have a gs, XI if you don’t use soldier runes, VIII if you have a free trait open)/10(VI) with a hammer or gs + staff or scepter/focus if you need to range. Hammer is far superior than a mace if you want to be tanky and support your group. If your going for dps go 0/30(VI, X, XI)/0/30(II, VIII, XI)/10 Virtues(VI) with sword/focus + gs or scepter/focus if you need to range.

Alright thanks for the advice! After some research, healing power seems in no way worth it.. So now gotta get all new armor!

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Alright thanks for the advice! After some research, healing power seems in no way worth it.. So now gotta get all new armor!

Actually, guard is one of the few classes where healing is really effective. A full cleric guard can heal himself back to full with just the staff 4 skill if he’s around a group of people :P But other stat combos work well for guard as well, just not condition :p zerker, soldiers, clerics are all valid choices