Guild Wars 2

I recently returned to Guild Wars after almost a year off from playing. While was primarily an Engineer, I thought it time to expand my horizons. In my roster of characters, I had a Guardian who I had capped at 80, and just never played from there. I’d like to try him once again, but I am a bit lost on what to do.

So I went forum hunting, and came upon a build that I liked. I’m not sure who made it, and I’m not sure if it’s even still viable, but I thought I’d give it to you guys and see if it could be made to work/improved. It will primarily be used in WvW.

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQNAR8dlUgqCnFyvDfIFSmiVCBrKEPYPwoMqjuKoQA-jkCBoNCyEEQ0HBOLqIasVWFRjVNbQ1KbYqXIWzDa1eOxSBIoyI-w

I like the look of this, but I have a few questions:

1) Is it still viable? I love the look of it, but just because a build looks good on paper, I know it may not always be good in practice.

2) Is there a way to change sword to scepter? I love having some range if I need it, but it is not a requirement if there is something about the sword I haven’t thought of.

3) The gear seems a bit too weighted Clerics, is this a healthy thing for this build, or should I move some of that to Soldiers?

Thanks for any help you all may be able to provide!

Looks like someone tried to give a Healway build a bit of “DPS”. This build would be a marginal improvement over the main build in terms of dps.

The main version of that build (Meant for zerg play) is:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQJAWSlUgqCnFyvDf4ES2jVCBTQsHYUG1RXFSIA-jECB4hBiaAg+AKLqIasVWFRjVNjIqWnEzeuIa1SBIoyI-w

The main role of the build is healing your allies and providing support through boons/condition removal.

E: Should probably answer your actual questions:

1: Not really. The guy designed that to be an off-spec of the healway build and designed it for solo roaming. It doesn’t do that great of damage, and can the build plays the sustain game. Not very good for roaming unless you somehow manage to never ever get jumped during the 30 minutes it would take to kill someone with this spec.

2. Sword was put into the build for the mobility and ability to keep on a target (Which is, honestly, very nice). For the build I linked, Hammer and Staff were chosen for the Low CD blast finisher, Ring of Warding, Knockback, Cone Immobilize, Empower, and Line of Warding. Blast finishers are huge in zerg play, CC is always good, and nobodies going to argue with a free 12 stacks of might + Heal.

3. On the cleric thing: You’re 30 in the Vitality tree with this build. You don’t really need any more vit. Guardian damage in PVT is pretty kitten, so you won’t see much of a difference from the added power.

Edit again: If you need a roaming guardian build, try either a medi burst build (10/5/30/5/20) or AH shouts. (0/5/30/30/5), using mainly zerker. Soldiers/clerics/celestial pieces can be mixed in for flavor, but definitely use a calculator to find stats that work for you. Very easy to change traits, since there’s nothing that’s really “The best” for roaming atm.

Great advice, thank you! The Healway looks ok, but maybe it’s not quite what I thought I was looking for! I am looking into both of those build styles you mentioned now. AH Shouts looks great, and Medi burst seems fun! Now to decide which to run with…

I love the AH build, but I really don’t care for the hammer (that and I would like to attain Sunrise at some point, so a GS is a must for me). I had never considered the Staff at all, either. I’ll try it out today when I play! GS/Staff or maybe Hammer/GS? Would that work?

Thanks again for the help!

Here you go hommie. The best guardian zerg guide on youtube.

Firstly, that video was awesome! Thanks for sharing it!

Secondly, I have come up with a build that I think best suits what I am looking for given your feedback and suggestions.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQJAWRlUgqCnFyIEf4ERWhRi9AjwvjXPSIFZIA-j0CB4hAoLQUDA0HQZmMasJPAVWFRjVNTpWnETDLQ2zFRrWKABVGB-w

I know the Hammer is good, and I will be keeping one on me for when the need arises, but as I stated, I am working on getting Sunrise (beautiful weapon), so GS is a must. How’s this look so far?