Guild Wars 2

As I am sure all of you are aware, guardian doesn’t have much mobility, not at all. In situations like WvW where you try to escape from 5+ enemies and they dump all the conditions and slows on you simultaneously, three utilities + one elite are simply not enough (Maybe I’m just bad). So my question is, are there any ways for a guardian to escape situations like such or are we just destined to die honorable for the greater good of the others? I know there are skills like judge’s intervention but the cool down is just too long for that one off escape and enemies tend to keep up (since we are so slow) and trap me again. I also tried to use staff 5 and hammer 5 to block the ones chasing me but since most of them are ranged and have cripple, it doesn’t make that much of difference.
Note:This is not a QQ thread as I am just seeking for better option to retreat in WvW

Naah u aint bad its just way too much condition reaplying in this game if u ask me. Doesnt help to clean them multiple times in row either. Tried it :P Perhaps they should develop some form of immunity for like 2-5 seconds or somethin to stop this chainstunning. Most other games have it. Other classes remove focus from them easier but we just cant so puttin conditions back on us again is easy peasy.

Are you Norn? If so the best way to get the hell out of that is use snowleopard elite skill that has long stealths and 1600 range dash away
Pray to god it doesnt get interupted.
If you aint norn then i really dont know what more your could do.

Linking abilities together is honestly your best bet. The purity meditation can turn all your condions into boons and also clears stun. Following that up with something like Shelter, which blocks all attacks for 2 second while healing, then right into a renewed focus making you immune for another 3 seconds. Focus #5 also gives you 3 blocks as well to help take some damage off you. Also running Sword and Greatsword can also extend your range to flee, as both have a 600 yard gap closer, the Sword being a teleport, the greatsword being a leep. Tied in with Judges and you get 2400 of distance.

Sadly the state of Guardian mobility is pretty sad at the moment. The only thing you really can do is negate as much damage as you can while trying to get to a safe zone like a tower/keep or to a group of friendlies.

@Hostility
Saddly I am a human, but the norn elite seems to be an interesting alternative

@Bash
Yeah, the linking certainly helps but requires more accuracy to execute. Guess I need more practice

If nothing else, as a hammer guardian i tend to have when aegis ends it causes retalitation. Throw in “stand your ground” to break stuns and keep most CC off you, with “save yourselves” for those nice boons.

Shelter as a heal is nice, those two seconds of block can really save you, than the elite Renewed Focus can help you chain your Virtue of Courage, and virtue of resolve to sometimes get away.

Hammer of wisdom is pretty funny when you have it summoned, just command it to Kd one person chasing you, it is one less going after you.

And if nothing else, and you are about to die, just turn around and fight. Most of the time the enemy will be caught off guard and you can kill a few of them, if not seriously wound them. And just cause you may die, nothing like giving them a nice change up by charging them in a dead rush instead of dying running away.

Good luck with your guardian, they are fun in WvW if you realize you cant be full tank or full damage. It’s somewhere in between.

Superior Runes of the Earth have saved me more times than than I want to admit. I can take a lot of chances with those runes in WvW, and I feel naked without them in xD

Bash has some nice tips and they can work too depending on who u up against.

But unfortunatly in a situation that OP describes that chain escape attempt from 5 skilled players would take 8 seconds and more to execute all while you have moved like 5 steps in the same direction. Not to mention you are still in combat movement speed, theres lag so skills wont go off, skills can get easly interupted and so on.

Only real effective way out of that situation is remove focus or negate the attacks fast like a split second fast and gain 1200 range from the attackers within a second or two. The only skill that semi-gives that is snow leopard from wat i’v found out.

Btw Does shelter stop chilled or cripple? never noticed that.

Currently running with full Superior Rune of Lyssa and does shine times to times when there are backups nearby where you run to, but if theres no cover nearby then I am pretty much dead DX Superior Runes of the Earth seems really interesting with the 5 sec projectile reflection, I want to try it out and see how it performs on the field :P

Earth is good for its protection indeed. However that 5 second projectile reflection happens when u fall bellow 20% hp. I cant tell you how many times i was downed and then the effect hits in xD cause someone took that last 20% hp in one hit :P

Try it out tho see if it works for your gameplay style. Expencive as hell tho xD