Guild Wars 2

So I just hit 80 a couple of nights ago and since i was going to roll all new gear, decided I might try a new build. But I’m not sure how I feel about it now.

I used to run toughness+healing power while leveling and making use of regen. I was really hard to kill, but as you would expect, very little damage. So I switched to a cross between condition damage and crit damage. The basic theory is to stack burning and then swing away with crits.

Now I have the exact opposite proplem as my last build. I melt enemies in seconds, but once I get targeted while running a dungeon I go down very quickly. My main focus is to run dungeons right now with WvW being in the near future.

So I guess I just want to know if being squishy just comes with the territory, or should I switch up my gear a bit? I spent a good chuck of my money on this new set and I feel if I go half tanky I wouldn’t be good at anything (still die fairly quickly without being able to do any damage while I stay up).

Edit: here are my stats with my gear now if it helps:

Power 1892
Precision: 1563
Toughness: 1358
Vit: 1305

924 Condition damage
24% crit damage
2,420 armor
15,430 health

hey there, i’m not the biggest on numbers (although i feel i should invest a bit into studying them…), so i can’t tell you what numbers you should be looking for. but i am one for the hammer + Altruistic Healing build. i run all Knight’s armor (rares) with random jewelry (yes, i’m working on these) and can survive dungeons given i don’t make any stupid mistakes. and i can hit pretty hard, sustained dmg over time. my crits hit pretty darn hard as well, which happen quite a bit.

you can check the stickied post for a good idea. be prepared though it’s a long read.

although, if you choose to stick with your burning build, hopefully others will be able to offer more insight. i ran burning in the beginning but found out condition dmg doesn’t really stack or fare well with Guardians in general so i’ve switched over the precision and toughness builds, and then vitality and what have you.

although, for WvW, if you feel you’re able to melt enemies, i’ve seen people play builds where they just hit and run. though in dungeons, it’s always, always going to be survivability >>> everything else.