Guild Wars 2

Yeah so im fairly new to the game at lvl 30 atm with my guardian. And im curious in pve and bosses what my weapon rotation should be, GS/Sword+Shield or whatever and how to use that rotation.

I was thinking at 80 doing mostly, pve possibly wvw

With great sword I tend to do something like 5, 4, 5, 3, f1, 2, 1, 1. That’s tends to be a nice spike. I do run staff and use empower before tho.

Sword/focus is better than sword/shield and your DPS rotation will be 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 most of the time.

So you never switch weapons during a fight live ive seen warriors do for the burst? If you are a greatsword user you always use greatsword attacks during a bossfight?

From what I know, the dps rotation for guards is whirling wraith/symbol/auto attack/whirling wraith(approx 14s in gs)..swap to sword and autoattack/focus 5(8s).
Then repeat again.

But u have to disable melee assist to maximize the damage for whirling wraith by standing inside the body of the monster while channeling whirling wraith.

For DPS most weapons come out close to the same if you build for them excluding Staff. Build plays a big part, Fiery Wrath n Radiant Power being nice boosts that are pretty reliable.

GSword5 can be used as a nice DOT if you don’t activate the pull. Auto Attack Chains for melee weapons shouldn’t be interrupted if possible, last hit us usually stronger. As stated before Whirling Wrath should be activated within the targets hit box for max damage. GSword 4>3>2 utilizes your combo field. Torch5 is a DPS loss. Staff is lower DPS but has great utility, never leave home without it.

Lots of little tricks across all the weapon options. I personally like to run one melee and one ranged option on my guard and switch between the two depending on what you need at the time.