Guild Wars 2

Friend is about to hit 80 and has settled on going for a build that emphasizes the “I don’t ever go down, throw heals all over the place and steal everyone conditions because they’re so yummy” aspects of the Guardian.

Just poking the Guardian forum for any builds that emphasize this playstyle and what kind of stats on gear he should be looking for? This build will be primarily for dungeons/fractals so I was hoping the gear could be acquired from running a dungeon, though Trading post and Karma vendors are fine too.

Well, save yourself is probably the shout he’s looking for. Then maybe healing breeze for his heal? mace + focus/shield. Other than that I don’t think a guard has a lot of aoe healing. Much of his healing has a small aoe (mace symbol, symbol healing). You might wanna get Knight’s gear.

I think this makes a fairly decent base for what your friend is looking for.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQNApe2EZh77gJGRg9QjfsjA

Since there’re various ways to build for “never going down”, I’ve left that open.

Save Yourselves and the Honor trait Pure of Voice apply to eating conditions, along with any other shouts.

Hold the Line, Mace auto attack, Mace and Staff Symbols, Shield of Absorption, and Tome of Courage all apply to throwing out heals.

Have your friend consider these, and plop in/rework for whatever else catches his fancy.