Guild Wars 2

Finally unlocking traits for my elite spec and curious as to what others are using, is the smite condition valor still decent or does everyone tend to go for more burning stuff?

Neither valor nor burning are all that great for PvE unless you mean open world where anything works.

The actual PvE builds take zeal, virtues and dh with either gs mace/focus(torch) or scepter or zeal, honor and dh with hammer.

Many Guards/DH’s tend to avoid the entire Valor line due to it being rather selfish.

For support many go with Honor.

• Pure of Voice is some nice shout-support/condi removal
• Writ of Persistence makes using a Hammer completely viable for sustained damage and amazing support.

For beefing up the damage Zeal + Virtues + Dragonhunter are used together. <— More or less the meta as well because it fits the “As much damage as possible, as little utility as needed.” rule.

Radiance is mostly used for scepter or burning builds but a Condition set-up on a Guardian isn’t really that viable anymore. The Golden Age of burning for Guards has ended and most run power with:

• Greatsword + Longbow
• Greatsword + Mace/Torch + Scepter/Torch

I personally like using Valor, eventhough it’s selfish, due to me always being the “tank” in my guild runs. My guildies stick behind me as I keep enemies behind wards and shields, the selfish sustain from meditations is more than welcome to assist in being the sole-frontliner in a party.

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The only thing I target is damage; I swap hotbar skills for the content I’m doing. I might swap to the hammer and move a few traits around but this is the core of what I run.