Guild Wars 2

Hi Guys,

So I played from launch until Hallowe’en and then sort of stopped because life got busy.

Just patched up and ready to go, but I was just wondering how much has changed for Guardians.

I play pretty casually – PvE lvl 40 at the moment.

Just wondering if anyone has a quick update about what’s been going on in the last 5 months or so and which builds are the best.

I’ve currently got Greatsword and Staff equipped.

Cheers,

Bite

30 in Valor + Altruistic Healing grandmaster trait is pretty standard

^ trait is our best, hands down.

Staff has gotten much better with the latest patch. You should notice both the healing orb and empower have gotten much more useful.

Spirit Weapons are no longer invulnerable, for whatever kitten reason. There’s a whole lot of gnashing of teeth about it, but at your level they should still be quite viable. At level 80, however, they suck kitten.

Spirit Shield is still quite viable and used a lot but Sword and Hammer lost value. Staff’s Line of Warding is just awesome now too, you can cast it on the move. Great for running away from stuff

Like Teamkiller said AH is just a very strong trait. When you get it at 60 you just won’t die if you’re using any weapon that throws boons, Staff Empower heals you a ton with AH traited.

Lots of different builds at 80 after you get comfortable with the class and content.