Guild Wars 2

So my guild is organising an inter 3v3 PvP competition. Mostly for fun but its always important to try your best.

Teams consist of a variety of professions, but only 1 of any type. We are aware of what professions other teams will have in advance.

Specifically my team consists of ele, guard and mes.

Guard is running:
http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Guardian_-_Meditation_DPS_Variant

Now in a couple of practice runs we’ve had I’ve really felt a few things missing in our team composition, namely stability.

My question is is how important is Contemplation of Purity to the build? Can it be swapped out for “Stand Your Ground!” or will it fundamentally break the Meditation build?

As a side point I’m curious about people’s response to wall of reflection over CoP when fighting Longbow rangers.

Thanks for your feedback.

This depends on your enemy comp such that:

If enemy has at least 1 condi dealer namely necro or engi, then you want to keep contemplation of purity and swap judges intervention for stand your ground. These classes are also heavy CC and not very mobile so you shouldnt need an extra gap closer.
If enemy has no condition dealers or one hybrid, you can switch CoP to Stand your ground.

With your comp you shouldnt need many gap closers but Judges Intervention is very handy to surprise burst thieves and mesmers, on the other hand if enemy is melee oriented you wont need this more than you need stability.

As for wall of reflection, its kind of meh, i mean you could take it if enemy is say powermancer+LB ranger but other than reflecting those it wont be as useful as a traited meditation.

you can go hammer with 0,1,6,1,6 and run stability from virtue and condi cleanse as well

messiah.1908:

you can go hammer with 0,1,6,1,6 and run stability from virtue and condi cleanse as well

You can use greatsword with that traitspread too, and the damage loss isn’t that great.

It all depends on their comp. You said ranger with LB, I’m guessing maybe a thief and necro/engi on the other team?

Judge’s Intervention will be very handy for bursting down the ranger. I would consider targeting them first so they can’t get behind and lay out some Rapid Fires from 100%. You should be able to down him yourself and make sure to use the VoJ blind to secure your stomp.

I’d watch some burst videos to get the hang of it. Timing a Shield of Wrath into a Whirling Wrath with Judge’s Intervention can do some serious damage, especially if you can get some CC support from your team with good timing.

Save whichever bunker/brawler for last and focus on the glass first. Medizerk guardians counter most other zerkers. Make sure to note if the ranger is longbow or condi survival to adjust your order if necessary.