Guild Wars 2

I haven’t played the game in ages and I’m not sure where to begin. At the moment I don’t even have a gold to my name. I’m in a full set of exotic armour (a mix of soldier, knight, and cavalier, IDK) filled with superior runes of strength and the only weapons I have are a greatsword and hammer (I like both).

With the changes to the trait system, I’m at a bit of a loss. I’ve searched a few builds to get an idea, but I’d really like to stick with my runes of strength because the prices on runes are ridiculous. How can I get the most out of this setup?

Offensively you can go Medi guard with symbols; Its more then sufficient for most PvE because of the extra burst damage.

Main traits are

Valor: 2, 5, 6 (GM obviously being Monk’s focus)
Honor: 2, 6, 8 (Writ of Persistance)

The last trait is mostly preference. I’d recommend Zeal for the GS cool down and Symbolic Avenger, which gets the most of your 2 favorite weapons. But for fun with trash mobs, Virtues and traiting for Justice passives to capitalize on the easy burn damage.

I wouldn’t recommend radiance, since that trait line doesn’t see its full potential without Virtues to help trigger burning.