Hello peeps, i’ve been tinkering around with different setups to work with these expensive runes of strength I have on my guard. I like pve and pvp, occasionally i’ll do some wvw but not often, I wanted to make a build that lets me use some of the best things a guard can offer and put them to work by giving me a large bang for my bucks spent on those runes.
Let me know what you think since it’s primarily used for pve and fractals. Of course some weapons and utility skills and a couple traits could be swapped out to suit your specific needs, but the core of the setup is fun and effective.
I’m having no issues maintaining might stacks or safely getting more by dodging more often. It’s fun \m/,
Well, shelter or renewed focus both block while getting you a heal which gives you more might stacking, after they finish you get to attack of course, so why not have added attack bonus for it?
it refreshes virtue of courage, and virtue of justice gives you another 3 might
and you can also swap out traits for superior area, and use shouts so you can have retreat and save yourself just for the added blocks and mights. Things to tinker around with.
Retaliation is really bad in PvE. Simple reason, the mobs attack really slowly. Retaliation is more for PvP where it can be really powerful.
I would replace Healer’s Retribution for Blind Exposure. If you want to use the best of the guardian, there you have. You can spam blind in some situation, which is really powerful to support your group.
I would also replace Wrathful Spirit to Superior Aria. You already have 2 meditation with condi removal, no need for Purging Flame. You could replace it for Retreat. Its not only a good skill by its own. It will also work well with your other traits : Unscathed Contender and Might of the Protecter.
With that, your build is good overall. You have less DPS than the meta, but are more independant for Fury and Might, which is a really good thing for pugs group.
PvE just might stack with fire fields, empowering might is kinda useless so take all points out of honor. For pvp I still don’t recommend any points in honor but having 5 is alright.
Don’t use a pvp build for pve, it will lack dps. If you’re going meds in pvp go 6 in valor.
sigil of strength + scholar runes ( you can crafted them ) a guardian can have better overall stat results ,and aegis gives the +10% damage with lower cost than 6 strength runes and permanent might
