Guild Wars 2

Hello, I am lvling a guardian now, and I’m not sure what to expect when I hit 80. I’m relatively new to the game. Played for a bit after launch on a necromancer than returned recently and now my necromancer has full exotics and all that other good stuff. So now I’m looking to work on the guardian. However I’m not sure what builds are viable at 80 and what weapon combos are the best, I’ve searched the forums but there are so many different opinions all over the place and I really just need a general answer. Basically my question is, what kind of build would a guardian use for a greatsword? and what kind of builds are those guardians that in dungeons are always healing and buffing people using? I understand the way I approached my question is vague but I know very little about the guardian as I am still learning the game.

the greatsword is very versatile, can be used with a lot of builds.

healing and buffing is mainly AH builds, or 0/0/X/30/X builds.

Thanks for the info, what kind of build would a greatsword + staff , entail?

ah, i happen to use gs + staff too

AH/empowering might is good for staff + gs with high crit chance, like 40% and higher.

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5
30 (purity, retributive armor, AH)
30(bigger symbol, faster 2h weapon CD, Empowering might)
5

or to take advantage of the GS3 skill, where blind inflicts weakness x number of people, which means if you hit 5 people with GS3 at one go, you put 15 stacks of vulnerability on them all.

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10 (blind inflicts vulnerability)
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5

I’d suggest to check the AH guide that’s sticked on the forum

a mistake nearly all new players make is limiting themselves to only 2 weapon sets, its much better for everyone (the people your partied with) if you bring every weapon (except possibly 1h sword and mace) be

edit: forgot to menntion gs/staff is the absolute best weapon set for levelling

Clumsy.6257:

a mistake nearly all new players make is limiting themselves to only 2 weapon sets, its much better for everyone (the people your partied with) if you bring every weapon (except possibly 1h sword and mace) be

edit: forgot to menntion gs/staff is the absolute best weapon set for levelling

thanks, where would I put my traits if I’m using a gs/staff? Oh and is scepter shield good on like difficult boss fights?

if im fighting a boss that i cant melee depending on his attacks ill use scepter/shield or focus, i prefer focus just for the 5 skill
also for gs/staff im guessing you mean for levelling, id say focus on honor traitline for shouts/2h mastery/pure of voice (by far the best traitline we have, it never leaves my build)

Clumsy.6257:

if im fighting a boss that i cant melee depending on his attacks ill use scepter/shield or focus, i prefer focus just for the 5 skill
also for gs/staff im guessing you mean for levelling, id say focus on honor traitline for shouts/2h mastery/pure of voice (by far the best traitline we have, it never leaves my build)

Gotcha, by the way why are maces looked poorly upon? They seem like a good tool for healing.

RochelleFreeman.5603:

Clumsy.6257:

if im fighting a boss that i cant melee depending on his attacks ill use scepter/shield or focus, i prefer focus just for the 5 skill
also for gs/staff im guessing you mean for levelling, id say focus on honor traitline for shouts/2h mastery/pure of voice (by far the best traitline we have, it never leaves my build)

Gotcha, by the way why are maces looked poorly upon? They seem like a good tool for healing.

its not that theyre bad, everything else is just better, and your right mace does have better healing than any other weapon but the amount is incredibly small, youd be better off going hammer for 100% uptime of protection

I use Mace/Shield + Hammer or Staff personally I’m traited as 0/0/20/30/20. I have a high healing power, around 1,200, with those traits and boon duration runes I get 100% uptime on regeneration, which heals for around 200 per tick, combined with the Virtue of resolve which also ticks for 200 ish and my symbols I have a maximum of ~600hp/s regen (thinking my symbols heal for around 200 as well, not sure though). This also applies to people around me too.

I switch to Hammer when I want more protection, need more endurance to dodge or for the leap/cc. I find these compliment each other very well.