Guild Wars 2

Testing this build:

Zeal+Valor+Virtues

Zeal: Fiery Wrath, Kindred Zeal, Shattered Aegis
Valor: Smiter’s Boon, Communal Defense, Monk’s Focus
Virtues: Unscathed Contender, Absolute Resolution, Indomitable Courage

GS/Scepter Focus

Marauder Amulet

the burst you can get from the new burn ticks plus shattered aegis is like a 50% DPS increase from pre-patched medi guards, that and shelter with smiter’s boon is ALSO a 2k aoe burst with it casting smite condition.

all classes burst are insane right now….

Darknicrofia.2604:

Testing this build:

Zeal+Valor+Virtues

Zeal: Fiery Wrath, Kindred Zeal, Shattered Aegis
Valor: Smiter’s Boon, Communal Defense, Monk’s Focus
Virtues: Unscathed Contender, Absolute Resolution, Indomitable Courage

GS/Scepter Focus

Marauder Amulet

the burst you can get from the new burn ticks plus shattered aegis is like a 50% DPS increase from pre-patched medi guards, that and shelter with smiter’s boon is ALSO a 2k aoe burst with it casting smite condition.

use the same build in wvw and managed to solo kill 3 other 80s while we were fighting over a camp. And when your heal crits for 4k+ aoe with shattered aegis around the same you can fight comfortably outnumbered while having aoe stability, aegis spam and condi cleanse if your solo roaming ends early for some reason.

if only communal defenses gave you aegis too.

sorrychief.2563:

if only communal defenses gave you aegis too.

It doesn’t?

Man all of the Valor masters suck.

EDIT: Apparently you can benefit from Strength in Numbers so I guess that works…

I tried Radiance + Valor + Virtues, same in Valor and Virtues as you but I take Inner Fire, Wrath of Justice and Amplified Wrath in Radiance, GS burst is almost impossible to miss if you use your Virtue of Justice + Judge’s Intervention. Quite the solid burst and Fury uptime there.

Rekt.5360:

I take Inner Fire, Wrath of Justice and Amplified Wrath in Radiance,

>No Radiant Fire

What are you doing man. Radiant fire is broken OP.

Mallis.4295:

Rekt.5360:

I take Inner Fire, Wrath of Justice and Amplified Wrath in Radiance,

>No Radiant Fire

What are you doing man. Radiant fire is broken OP.

so is wrath of justice lol
i havent logged in yet but unless radiant fire is hitting 4k+’s then i’d run wrath of justice every time

Mallis.4295:

Rekt.5360:

I take Inner Fire, Wrath of Justice and Amplified Wrath in Radiance,

>No Radiant Fire

What are you doing man. Radiant fire is broken OP.

Wrath of Justice is way better for a GS build. It basically cures GS of its greatest weakness by preventing the enemy from avoiding your damage.

Black Box.9312:

Mallis.4295:

Rekt.5360:

I take Inner Fire, Wrath of Justice and Amplified Wrath in Radiance,

>No Radiant Fire

What are you doing man. Radiant fire is broken OP.

Wrath of Justice is way better for a GS build. It basically cures GS of its greatest weakness by preventing the enemy from avoiding your damage.

You know the reason that Whirling Wrath is so good is because it can proc Justice like 9 times. If you activate it you ruin most of the DPS from WW anyways.

Booms.2594:

Mallis.4295:

Rekt.5360:

I take Inner Fire, Wrath of Justice and Amplified Wrath in Radiance,

>No Radiant Fire

What are you doing man. Radiant fire is broken OP.

so is wrath of justice lol
i havent logged in yet but unless radiant fire is hitting 4k+’s then i’d run wrath of justice every time

My Zealot’s Flame+Fire does about 11k burning plus 1500 physical base so yeah.

Also you get the Torch CDR and burning duration.

Mallis.4295:

Black Box.9312:

Mallis.4295:

Rekt.5360:

I take Inner Fire, Wrath of Justice and Amplified Wrath in Radiance,

>No Radiant Fire

What are you doing man. Radiant fire is broken OP.

Wrath of Justice is way better for a GS build. It basically cures GS of its greatest weakness by preventing the enemy from avoiding your damage.

You know the reason that Whirling Wrath is so good is because it can proc Justice like 9 times. If you activate it you ruin most of the DPS from WW anyways.

Booms.2594:

Mallis.4295:

Rekt.5360:

I take Inner Fire, Wrath of Justice and Amplified Wrath in Radiance,

>No Radiant Fire

What are you doing man. Radiant fire is broken OP.

so is wrath of justice lol
i havent logged in yet but unless radiant fire is hitting 4k+’s then i’d run wrath of justice every time

My Zealot’s Flame+Fire does about 11k burning plus 1500 physical base so yeah.

Also you get the Torch CDR and burning duration.

How does it hit that hard? Do you use a condi amulet?

Deicide.5178:

Mallis.4295:

Black Box.9312:

Mallis.4295:

Rekt.5360:

I take Inner Fire, Wrath of Justice and Amplified Wrath in Radiance,

>No Radiant Fire

What are you doing man. Radiant fire is broken OP.

Wrath of Justice is way better for a GS build. It basically cures GS of its greatest weakness by preventing the enemy from avoiding your damage.

You know the reason that Whirling Wrath is so good is because it can proc Justice like 9 times. If you activate it you ruin most of the DPS from WW anyways.

Booms.2594:

Mallis.4295:

Rekt.5360:

I take Inner Fire, Wrath of Justice and Amplified Wrath in Radiance,

>No Radiant Fire

What are you doing man. Radiant fire is broken OP.

so is wrath of justice lol
i havent logged in yet but unless radiant fire is hitting 4k+’s then i’d run wrath of justice every time

My Zealot’s Flame+Fire does about 11k burning plus 1500 physical base so yeah.

Also you get the Torch CDR and burning duration.

How does it hit that hard? Do you use a condi amulet?

Yes Carrion.

Also I’m testing Zealot’s Flame right now and it seems to be lighting enemies on fire multiple times and the actual burn damage is somewhere around 15k.

Do you have suggestions for runes/sigils? Never tried conditions, I would greatly appreciate it.

Deicide.5178:

Do you have suggestions for runes/sigils? Never tried conditions, I would greatly appreciate it.

I wrote a whole thing about condi guardians go read it.

merciful intervention > smite condition

Booms.2594:

Mallis.4295:

Rekt.5360:

I take Inner Fire, Wrath of Justice and Amplified Wrath in Radiance,

>No Radiant Fire

What are you doing man. Radiant fire is broken OP.

so is wrath of justice lol
i havent logged in yet but unless radiant fire is hitting 4k+’s then i’d run wrath of justice every time

It’s way more than 4k on a condi build.

I said a lot of things that didn’t worked in the class, now is time to say what worked.

Guardian was the last class that I tried (except for Thief that I don’t play) because I was really frusted with the changes. I tried the condi build that I had getting dust and it worked really well at PvE.

Also, aside for the problems, THANK YOU ANET for finally changing the Permeating Wrath. It finally burns the area around your targed. This might even make condition build possible in WvW group/zergs (I know how weak condi builds are in WvW because of cleanse spam, but if becomes fun, is all what matters).

I tried also 4 shouts support with a knight/soldier mix on WvW. Doesn’t feel much diference than before. Not tried DPS or Healing yet on WvW.

So, in other words, the Guardian is not bad as I thought. the burning changes and the new shout elite are really good. But the courage signet is really bad with almost 5 seconds of cast and the passive heal is really low.

My question: Does the hybrid (sinister) have higher DPS than berserker (for PvE)? I might make a sinister set because I really liked this play style.

My thanks for the build. Its so strong and cheesy, it almost feels like im sitting in the middle of cheese factory when im playin that kitten.

Eot.7569:

My thanks for the build. Its so strong and cheesy, it almost feels like im sitting in the middle of cheese factory when im playin that kitten.

Ehh, with the added ICD’s on MotP and Amp W, burn guard is not so cheese compared to other condie specs. But I agree, burning still strong.

Radiance / Valor / Virtues
I’ve been messing with Rampagers amu and Flame Legion runes. Like you get around 67% Critchance without fury, RHS and Radiant Power. So the dmg is decent, and you also have 900 condie dmg to make some nice +3k burn ticks. Only down side is you have only 11k HP and Absolute Resolution is a must. Also the lack of vigorous precision makes you also consider for energy sigils on both swaps.

I 100-0’ed a Mesmer and she told me something about “wtf 24k burning”.
I don’t know about that.

I did a few round yesterday and I can tell you the damage is insane.

My build was a true hybrid:

Rad/Val/Vir with Absolute Res and all the burn traits.

Carrion ammy, FlameLegion runes. Purging Flames and the usual medi utilities.

Sc+torch (doom/smoldering) / Hammer(intelligence/air).

Party support-condi and direct damage all in one

Burst across the board is insane, even full bunker guards are melting in a second from crazy burst. Mesmer burst was taking a 3200 armour 23khps Guard to under 5k in about 1 second of burst.