Guild Wars 2

I’m currently leveling my Guardian in PvE using Greatsword as main and was just wondering what the Guardian community thought the best secondary weapon set is to compliment the Greatsword for general PvE usage?
Thanks in advance for any thoughts or tips!

Not saying its the best, but scepter/focus gives me a good foil to the greatsword for general PvE. Melee vs. ranged, both have access to blind and some form of immobilization. Gives me good flexibility without forcing me to rethink my playing style too much.

as for secondary weapon….. what are you building? staff is a nice alt weapon for most sets for you to back off during champ fights to heal and buff up before going back in, the symbol gives swiftness for moving quicker outside of combat too

actually for pve i think just about any weapon set and any build will work as long as you have a build in mind , the most important thing for best pve levelling i feel is to be overlevelled :P you should not try to follow your own racial zone all the way, you wont even get halfway thru the starter one before the area outlevels you. so jump into that portal to lion arch and go to another starter zone, most likely you will be able to reach lvl 15 in the second starter zone and then you can either go back or travel to other starter zones thats what i did and after exploring all 5 racial cities + lion arch and completing all starter zones to 100% i was level 30( there was a bit of crafting involved but i think i only got a level or 2 from them) from there you can move on or do your story quest for a bit. this way of levelling may be slower ( i think….) but being overlevelled basically carries you through the zones if you stick to the lvl order shown in the map and by carry i mean you can most likely facetank most if not all veterans and even some champs…… well you still need to dodge a bit but otherwise you can solo some champs ( eg dumb melee ones like champ swamp troll in sylvari zone, champ boar in human zone etc….)

as for general tips, try to take part in every DE you come across, if its a champ and nobody is there, try talking in map chat and give the nearest wp, usually there will be people around who would go if they can, if youre lucky some level 80s may be in the area trying to 100% completion and they will join in which almost guarantees easy and fast exp :P

Hi I am new to Guardian too and learning that you are best served carrying all of the weapons with you .
Staff is great for when in teams / large areas for heals / buffs as well as some range
Scepter/focus is very handy when you need to do some kiting
Mace / Shield is great for when I need to soak up the damage as well as deal some back

And last but not least – sword and torch is not to be ignored….. it is great for damage Being a charr on fire, in a ring of fire and breathing fire is brilliant !

I find I am weapon switching a lot and having a lot of fun
Check out the excellent Guardian 101 guide which is stickied at top of the forum

I mostly use hammer with a mace/torch off set, but mace would probably be good for greatsword as well. Mace #2 is a short cooldown symbol that you can use with greatsword #3’s leap for area retaliation. (It’s a little easier to use with hammer since hammer’s 3rd auto-attack chain skill drops a symbol.) Mace also has nice defensive abilities with a heal on its auto-attack, a regen symbol, and a block.

Although I just carry one of each weapon with me so I can swap out and try different things if I get bored with one! Only one I’m not a fan of so far is staff.

For PvE levelling, having sigil of speed on your main kill weapon is nice too, being able to run from mob to mob and chaining kills.

Honestly, I find every Guardian weapon useful in various settings. Mace + shield or focus are incredible for tanking damage. Staff is nice for “ranged” group support. Scepter is our only ranged weapon so if melee isn’t an option it can be useful (though admittedly my least fav of our weps). Hammer has defence & some nice control and for PvE you don’t have to worry about the #5 skill being dodged thru. My favorite weapon is 1h sword: nice damage, defense, movement combination. If you really want GS to be your go-to main set, try out all of the other options as needed.

meh, I went with staff for the swiftness