Need a decent guardian build

Need a decent guardian build

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Posted by: CodeHavoc.7926

CodeHavoc.7926

I’m looking for a PvE only build that’s good with conditions and at the same time has a good amount of tankiness and power.

Necro Jesus is a thing apparently
The Zerker Bunker meta is the biggest bug in the game

Need a decent guardian build

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Posted by: Vargamonth.2047

Vargamonth.2047

Cleansing or causing conditions? If it’s the second, forget about it for now (It may change or not with the expansion).

Need a decent guardian build

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Posted by: CodeHavoc.7926

CodeHavoc.7926

Cleansing or causing conditions? If it’s the second, forget about it for now (It may change or not with the expansion).

Cleansing condis. And im not sure when this Xpack is coming, it hasnt been announced yet and im not waiting on it right now.

Necro Jesus is a thing apparently
The Zerker Bunker meta is the biggest bug in the game

Need a decent guardian build

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Posted by: Vargamonth.2047

Vargamonth.2047

Cleansing or causing conditions? If it’s the second, forget about it for now (It may change or not with the expansion).

Cleansing condis. And im not sure when this Xpack is coming, it hasnt been announced yet and im not waiting on it right now.

The best choices for condition cleansing are probably purging flames (utility) and Absolute Resolution (Virtues Master trait), which can be recharged if you pick Renewed Focus as your elite.
You can also/instead go for shout condi cleansing, picking Pure of Voice (Honor Grand Master trait) and Trooper Runes, but it limits your build A LOT.

The tankiness part is trickier.
Guardian has some quite decent active defenses which might be more than enough
depending on the content you expect to run and your ability to use them.

Sword and Greatsword both have AoE blinds. 3 points in Radiance allow you to AoE blind around you when activating Virtue of Justice and recharge it on enemy kill. This might be enough to mitigate the majority of the damage you could receive while dealing with regular mobs while exploring (for example) without investing in defensive stats or traits.

For more zerg-ish content, Altruistic Healing (Valor Grand Master) can provide you a good amount of healing and barely depends on Healing Power.
You get healed whenever you apply a boon, so it works great with symbol based weapons and Staff Empower. It’s an incredibly selfish (it only heals you), so discouraged, choice but it works quite well for new players.

For AoE healing you’ve to start investing in Healing Power and your damage will suffer a lot. Honor traitline is usually the way to go for this (specially the dodge roll heal with 3 points).

Finally you’ve meditation healing (also 6 points in Valor), which is more a PvP thing but can also work in PvE as a healing source for solo enviroments.

And then you’ve dodges, aegis (virtue of courage and Retreat shout), reflects, … A good use of them can allow you to survive most enviroments with barely any investment in tankiness and healing, so keeping a high damage output.

It’s all up to you.