Guild Wars 2

I’m returning back to the game after a good long break. I have been stuck between classes. Reason this thread is in guardian thread is because I’m leaning mostly towards guardian. Couple things worry me though. From what I’ve read, despite having lowest HP in game, they’re a pretty good class. Does this hinder anyone? I’m looking mostly for a class that is a good brawler and can take and push. I read that guardians are great for holding, but what about pushing and roaming? I’d like to be able to take on crowds (2-3)of people while my team mates show up to help without being punished. I’m not looking to be OP and just solo them all myself, just if I were holding a point, I’d like to stand a chance. I heard Hammer warriors are great for that, but warriors don’t seem to have the survivabilty.

I just was curious how people like their guardians and if they’re a good brawling class. Other two classes I was thinking about were mesmer and warrior. I really enjoyed GS mesmer, but after awhile of kiting, it just irks me that I can just get in people’s faces like a warrior or guardian can, which is why I’m asking. Any help would be great. Thanks

Guardian has lots of skills to reduce, and even negate damages totally. This makes them tougher to kill than Warriors, despite their inferior HP pool. Very often my Guardian is the last one standing while my party of warriors get wiped one by one in a bad dungeon run. Less DPS than a warrior, but much tougher and can provide great support to allies via boons and other skills. Fine-tuning stats allows you to spec your Guardian to be more aggressive if you want ( in exchange for less durability). However with very limited speed buff, range skills and the nature of their other core skills, Guardian is not your roaming type.