Question about Knight Guardian
You only put 1 weapon, what will be your secondary weapon?
This is not a DPS build. You have defensive gear, and you use ALL of your gear in knight, not just a couple piece.
- Meditation build are more a PvP setup and won’t be really useful in PvE. Fury is not the strength of the Guardian. You better embrace the strength of the guardian and not try to force it into fury because he does that really badly while wasting a lot of points into that.
- If you want a dps build you will want the 5th point in Radiance.
- For sigil you are better with Night/Force for most dungeon. But not all of them are at night so Force/Accuracy is your best option that work for day and night. Bloodlust is good for WvW and Open World, but not that much for dungeon right now.
- Superior Runes of the Eagle is not that good of a choice. Rune of Flames Legion, Rune of Strength, Runes of Scholar or Rune of the Ogre will give you more DPS.
Thaddeauz [xQCx]- QC GUILD
For a start you really don’t want to use meditations in PvE as they provide no support for your group and are just generally not necessary. Litany of wrath is also not a great heal you should use shelter in pretty much all PvE situations for the block whilst healing. I would also recommend using a sword and a focus as your alternate weapon set.
Generic meta dps build for dungeons is 4/5/0/0/5 assuming you’re using GS and S/F and require utility/support for the situation. 5 in virtues gives you access to master of consecrations for consecration duration increase and cool-down decrease and absolute resolution gives you access to 3 condition removal. You want to be using (depending on the situation) utility such as retreat!, wall of reflection, purging flames, stand your ground!, hallowed ground, shield of the avenger (for fractals) etc. You want to use utility that benefits both yourself AND your party.
If you don’t require utility/support (e.g. you don’t need reflects, condition removal, stability, etc) you can trait 4/6/2/0/2 for pure DPS. Putting 6 into radiance gives you an extra 50 precision and also gives you access to either right-hand strength or perfect inscriptions for when using Bane Signet (which in this build you probably will be using Bane Signet 90% as you don’t require utility and can just focus on increasing damage).
Right-hand strength can also be overkill if you’re in a party that has banner of discipline, fury access, spotter and you’re using consumables that increase your precision because you’ll end up with over 100% critical chance which is obviously pointless.
Putting 2 into valor will also give you access to retributive armor which converts 7% of your toughness into precision. You can also swap out master of concentrations for unscathed contender which gives you a 20% dps boost whilst under the effect of aegis.
Agree with Thaddeus on runes and sigils, if you’re on a budget or feel like you won’t be able to maintain the scholar buff for fights then use ruby orbs or flame legion runes. Otherwise use scholar runes if you’re ok to spend a bit of money and feel confident that you’ll be able to keep the buff up for atleast 20-25% of the fight.
Use sigil of force and night for your weapons or sigil of XX slaying for specific dungeons if you want (i’d recommend a weapon with undead slaying for Arah or for a dungeon that you do the most). If you’re struggling to stay alive then just use a sigil of energy for the extra dodge.
You can continue using Knight’s if you’re learning but I would recommend moving over to Berserker as soon as you’re comfortable with your usage of utility, DPS rotations, etc.
Hope this is helpful.
[GAMW]
(edited by OJM.5103)
Agree with Thaddeus on runes and sigils, if you’re on a budget or feel like you won’t be able to maintain the scholar buff for fights then use ruby orbs or flame legion runes.
Well Flame Legion is by far better than any other option in term of runes if you are on a budget. Ruby Orbs got hit really hard with Ferocity, so its really not a good option anymore for a guardian at least. Of course with a profession like a Mesmer that never really does any Burning, then the best ’’cheap’’ option would be Ruby Orbs. But even Rune of the Pack give you better stats, while being only 1.60 Gold each, its like a middle ground better high price runes (Shcolar and Strength) and Ruby Orbs. There is also the Rune of the Ogre that give you even more DPS than the Pack for only 80 silver each, but you are stuck with a Rock Dog which can be frustrating in some dungeon situation since you can’t stow him like a ranger pet or destroy him like a necro minion.
Thaddeauz [xQCx]- QC GUILD