Guild Wars 2

So I’m working on my third guardian, and I’ve been using sword/shield to level up. I’ve been thinking, would it really be bad at all if skill 5, which creates a giant bubble that absorbs projectiles but roots you in place, would be able to be used while moving around? On top of being able to move around, would it really be a “broken” thing if you could block both projectiles and melee attacks? The giant bubble would absorb projectiles, while anything that goes inside the bubble will be blocked by your actual shield. I mean, warrior shield does it without creating such a massive bubble around themselves AND they can move around. Not to mention, if traited, they gain might for every block.

With guardian, even when traited to reduce cooldown on shield, is still on a pretty giant cooldown. As for skill 4, well, that needs to be completely changed. I don’t know, its just a thought I had, but I was pretty disappointed to see they didn’t change anything to shield or hammer for guardians this upcoming patch.

You don’t have to be rooted. Pop it then break the channel by moving, and you still gain the absorption field. You just can’t see it. The only downside to this is you can’t gain the heal from the detonate, however that heal is fairly small anyways.

Why do you make 3 guardians? Just use one and buy the gear to change stats.

Harbinger.8637:

You don’t have to be rooted. Pop it then break the channel by moving, and you still gain the absorption field. You just can’t see it. The only downside to this is you can’t gain the heal from the detonate, however that heal is fairly small anyways.

Wait, what heal? Plus, it doesn’t exactly work as a shield per say, since you still can’t block melee attacks

ProtoGunner.4953:

Why do you make 3 guardians? Just use one and buy the gear to change stats.

Because I originally made, what everyone else did, a norn guardian. That norn has gone through multiple sex changes its ridiculous, so I made an asura guardian since they’re kitten cute. But, everytime I do fractals and its that Ascalon fractal where it turns you into a charr, well, I wanted a charr guardian lol…

Harbinger.8637:

You don’t have to be rooted. Pop it then break the channel by moving, and you still gain the absorption field. You just can’t see it. The only downside to this is you can’t gain the heal from the detonate, however that heal is fairly small anyways.

Healing is small eh? I disagree.

ZeroArmada.9426:

Harbinger.8637:

You don’t have to be rooted. Pop it then break the channel by moving, and you still gain the absorption field. You just can’t see it. The only downside to this is you can’t gain the heal from the detonate, however that heal is fairly small anyways.

Wait, what heal? Plus, it doesn’t exactly work as a shield per say, since you still can’t block melee attacks

ProtoGunner.4953:

Why do you make 3 guardians? Just use one and buy the gear to change stats.

Because I originally made, what everyone else did, a norn guardian. That norn has gone through multiple sex changes its ridiculous, so I made an asura guardian since they’re kitten cute. But, everytime I do fractals and its that Ascalon fractal where it turns you into a charr, well, I wanted a charr guardian lol…

The shield has two function, when you first use it will create the dome that has AoE knockback and projectile absorption. Then you can choose to detonate it, this will destroy the dome, yet it heals you and five nearby allies. It’s a 1300 heal with a .2 multiplier, so lets say you have 1000 healing power, it’ll heal for 1500 instead.

ZeroArmada.9426:

ProtoGunner.4953:

Why do you make 3 guardians? Just use one and buy the gear to change stats.

Because I originally made, what everyone else did, a norn guardian. That norn has gone through multiple sex changes its ridiculous, so I made an asura guardian since they’re kitten cute. But, everytime I do fractals and its that Ascalon fractal where it turns you into a charr, well, I wanted a charr guardian lol…

Funny how I did that exact same thing in the exact same order.

But anyway OP, shield just needs to be reworked entirely IMO. Focus and even torch both completely outclass it.

Harbinger.8637:

ZeroArmada.9426:

Harbinger.8637:

You don’t have to be rooted. Pop it then break the channel by moving, and you still gain the absorption field. You just can’t see it. The only downside to this is you can’t gain the heal from the detonate, however that heal is fairly small anyways.

Wait, what heal? Plus, it doesn’t exactly work as a shield per say, since you still can’t block melee attacks

ProtoGunner.4953:

Why do you make 3 guardians? Just use one and buy the gear to change stats.

Because I originally made, what everyone else did, a norn guardian. That norn has gone through multiple sex changes its ridiculous, so I made an asura guardian since they’re kitten cute. But, everytime I do fractals and its that Ascalon fractal where it turns you into a charr, well, I wanted a charr guardian lol…

The shield has two function, when you first use it will create the dome that has AoE knockback and projectile absorption. Then you can choose to detonate it, this will destroy the dome, yet it heals you and five nearby allies. It’s a 1300 heal with a .2 multiplier, so lets say you have 1000 healing power, it’ll heal for 1500 instead.

You’re not talking about the spirit weapon shield, are you? I’m talking about the shield you actually weild

ZeroArmada.9426:

Harbinger.8637:

ZeroArmada.9426:

Harbinger.8637:

You don’t have to be rooted. Pop it then break the channel by moving, and you still gain the absorption field. You just can’t see it. The only downside to this is you can’t gain the heal from the detonate, however that heal is fairly small anyways.

Wait, what heal? Plus, it doesn’t exactly work as a shield per say, since you still can’t block melee attacks

ProtoGunner.4953:

Why do you make 3 guardians? Just use one and buy the gear to change stats.

Because I originally made, what everyone else did, a norn guardian. That norn has gone through multiple sex changes its ridiculous, so I made an asura guardian since they’re kitten cute. But, everytime I do fractals and its that Ascalon fractal where it turns you into a charr, well, I wanted a charr guardian lol…

The shield has two function, when you first use it will create the dome that has AoE knockback and projectile absorption. Then you can choose to detonate it, this will destroy the dome, yet it heals you and five nearby allies. It’s a 1300 heal with a .2 multiplier, so lets say you have 1000 healing power, it’ll heal for 1500 instead.

You’re not talking about the spirit weapon shield, are you? I’m talking about the shield you actually weild

Yes, I’m talking about the offhand shield.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Shield_of_Absorption
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Shield_of_Absorption_

The bubble will be interrupted and destroyed if u start to move right after using #5. So u have to wait atleast until the cast duration is finnished before moving.

Harbinger.8637:

ZeroArmada.9426:

Harbinger.8637:

ZeroArmada.9426:

Harbinger.8637:

You don’t have to be rooted. Pop it then break the channel by moving, and you still gain the absorption field. You just can’t see it. The only downside to this is you can’t gain the heal from the detonate, however that heal is fairly small anyways.

Wait, what heal? Plus, it doesn’t exactly work as a shield per say, since you still can’t block melee attacks

ProtoGunner.4953:

Why do you make 3 guardians? Just use one and buy the gear to change stats.

Because I originally made, what everyone else did, a norn guardian. That norn has gone through multiple sex changes its ridiculous, so I made an asura guardian since they’re kitten cute. But, everytime I do fractals and its that Ascalon fractal where it turns you into a charr, well, I wanted a charr guardian lol…

The shield has two function, when you first use it will create the dome that has AoE knockback and projectile absorption. Then you can choose to detonate it, this will destroy the dome, yet it heals you and five nearby allies. It’s a 1300 heal with a .2 multiplier, so lets say you have 1000 healing power, it’ll heal for 1500 instead.

You’re not talking about the spirit weapon shield, are you? I’m talking about the shield you actually weild

Yes, I’m talking about the offhand shield.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Shield_of_Absorption
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Shield_of_Absorption_

….Wow, I actually never knew you could pop the dome