Guild Wars 2

So, Warrior has been really disappointing in terms of interesting new builds. I don’t typically set out to make the next meta, I just want something that somewhat works and is interesting.

I noticed that you almost never see a Signet Guardian and thought it would be fun to try to make one.

Here’s what I came up with

I find the Crusader Ammy to be interesting and thought that this build takes decent advantage of it. Your crit chance is pitifully low so I tried to take as much Retaliation as possible to make up for it. There’s some cool combos you can do such as:

Chains of Light -> Smite -> Ray of Judgment -> Virtue of Justice to keep them Immobilized for a long period and repeatedly getting hit my Smite.

Bane Signet -> Symbol of Wrath -> Whirling Wrath

The Sigil of Impact will help make up for your low crit a little bit.

Again, I know this isn’t a meta build, but I do think this is a fairly interesting concept.

Interesting concept .. I’ll be sure to try a variation of this soon. Keep in mind you’re lacking in mobility , condi clears , and any form of “oh kitten” buttons outside of your virtues yet you have the same hp as a zerker medi guard who has the sustain through medis. I’d reconsider the choice of amulet and runes since the runes have 30s ICD.

Having said that, I’m amazed at the retal uptime and amount of CC this provides. I’ll make a variant of this and try it out. Looking forward to reading about your experience with yours and see how it develops after field testing.

x indigo x.6981:

Interesting concept .. I’ll be sure to try a variation of this soon. Keep in mind you’re lacking in mobility , condi clears , and any form of “oh kitten” buttons outside of your virtues yet you have the same hp as a zerker medi guard who has the sustain through medis. I’d reconsider the choice of amulet and runes since the runes have 30s ICD.

Having said that, I’m amazed at the retal uptime and amount of CC this provides. I’ll make a variant of this and try it out. Looking forward to reading about your experience with yours and see how it develops after field testing.

Yah…I tried to come up with some solution to the mobility issue but there isn’t much you can do without losing vital traits.

Perhaps…replacing the ammy for Celestial and the runes for Traveler could help somewhat, but you do lose out on Retaliation because you have less Aegis.

Oh, and Signet of Resolve is 1 condi cleanse every 8 seconds. Not a lot but you do have some removal.

Please do not laugh loud but…

Did you try Speed runes?

It gives you all your build lack:

extra HP for condi-sponge
movement speed
in-combat switness

And I think you should use something else instead of Impact Sigil… The two stun effect you apply barely last for 5 seconds all together… I would go with Force since you have high power anyways, but hey! this is your build

I will try this out soon but that Signet Elite is taking the p….

My two cents BTW…

Funny. i toyed around with an offensive Signet Build für wvwvw Roaming and it works quite well. schame Signets trait that cures a condi is gone.

In I wished #2 in Rune of radiance had no ICD. Would solve the swiftness problem with a fun mechanic.

Instead of Crusader amulet, consider Valkyrie. You get power and crit damage, plus free crit from Radiance. You get vitality from the amulet and Signet of Judgement will provide damage reduction, along with any sources of protection you get.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vVAQRAse7dl0AhChYlQwRIQTEHzDV+EXxW0eB1bJUbgFIAA-TJBHABMVGAgDCAx7PMwRAAA

Something like this could work, or if you decided to change runes, some other things could be changed.

So, after a bit of testing I’ve refined the build a bit:

Version 2

I really didn’t want to use Cele, but it’s the best fit. Traveler is actually not a terrible fit since the build is boon focused. I dropped Signet of Mercy, it just wasn’t that good. Having access to basically 2 Signets of Wrath is great for landing your damage. I don’t think you actually NEED Wrathful Spirit but I enjoyed this build’s focus on Retaliation. I took Symbolic Avenger since you now have enough knock down and Immob to keep your target in your Symbol for a good amount of time.

It’s pretty fun, maybe not amazing but it functions if nothing else.