Guild Wars 2

I am new to Guild Wars 2 but have played MMOs since UO and EQ. I recently came from Tera and WoW. I have created my first char and have chosen the Guardian. After my first day I’m 19 and looking for some advice on a leveling spec. I have all my weapon skills maxed. I would REALLY appreciate some guidance on where to allocate my Trait points I believe they are called for a optimal leveling spec. Thank you very much and boy do I wish I came here at release lol !! Loving the game.

Go Radiance 10 points for the signet cooldown for your first 10 points. Honor 10 points for Vigor on crits and shout cooldowns.

Upon receiving your master trait book, go 20 deep into honor, then work back into radiance, this will give you dodge roll healing. With your last 10 points as your work towards level 60, start putting points into Valor.

As you hit level 60 you will get access to your grandmaster trait book, this will allow you to put a full 30 points into any tree you wish. Personally I went 30 points into Valor immediately. As Altrustic Healing is a fantastic Guardian trait, if not one of our best.

However it’s synergy with Vigorous Precision has been cut down by at least 90% effectiveness, as it used to give you healing every time you would crit, now it only occurs every 2 and 5 seconds respectively. Though still only heals for a small amount.

At 80 I prefer a 10 Radiance/ 30 Valor / 30 Honor build for maximum sustainability, but for higher tier end game fractals I’d recommend putting your 10 points from Radiance into Virtues to pick up Master of Consecration.

For gear as you level I’d recommend getting some Toughness/Precision/Power/Vitality mixed into your gear as you craft/find it available. Precision/Power weapons for the early levels. As precision has ludicrous scaling at lower levels. Though don’t forget when in a zerg you need only tag mobs/enemies to receive experience, so you can easily slap on a staff and stack survivability gear.

Hopefully this wasn’t too incoherent, as I definitely did not read this as a wrote this, good luck with your Guardian.