Guild Wars 2

So now i am working on guardian, and i did some research on builds to fit my needs wich are general Pve, dungeons and Fractals lvl 20-30.

So my final result is a critical hammer build, just because i love hammer on guardian.
The traits are:
15 Radiance ( II )
30 Valor ( IV, VI , XI )
20 Honor (III, VIII )
5 Virtues
I use Full knights armor, all with Runes of the soldier and for trinkets I use all Soldiers stats.
For weapon swap i usaly have a staff or secpter/troch, but some times i switch to Mace/shield

The hammer it self its also Soldiers, but now im not sure wich sigil will fit nice for this build. I was thinking maybe a Superior sigil of Quickness??
Let me know what you guys think, and plz give me some tips on the build too!

Also, I am sry for my bad english

As a Guardian, I find that pure stats and boons helps more than fancy effects.

In my experience, I find that the best Sigil to use on the mainhand for someone that doesn’t rely on condition damage are the stat stacking sigils. My Guardian’s Hammer, being the main weapon, has a Superior Sigil of Perception for the 250 extra precision (or about 12% more critical chance at level 80) once things get going. Depending on if your build is reliant of precision (which I think it is given that you have the standard 30 Valor and 20 Honor for Empowering Might with Altruistic Healing), it may be the best Sigil you can go with.

If you think you have enough precision, you can instead try for a Superior Sigil of Strength for 4-5 extra Might on top of your Empowering Might (about 140-175 power with an AH heal with each stack of Might) or the Superior Sigil of Bloodlust for the 250 extra Power. They’re both rather pricey and depending on how you view it one may be better than the other. Superior Sigil of Bloodlust has that cool extra 250 Power but you have to kill 25 enemies to reach that and you lose it on down. Superior Sigil of Strength will have you constantly stacking that Might as long as you’re attacking and you’ll heal around 80 more health every 2 seconds thanks to Altrustic Healing working with that new Might.

Nice Gozero tyvm for your reply!
Iam defenitly considering those sigils you mentioned!
I think i still need more time with the build to see if i need that extra precision for more crits, or if I just go for the sigil of strength to get the extra dmg plus extra healings.

Sigil of Bloodlust its nice ofc and i think it goes well with almost any build/classe. I might consedering it but for now its a bit expensive.
Any thx for the help!

I never like relying on sigils that reset upon down. As good as I am occasionally I’ll get downed in dungeons and there goes all your stacks. I prefer strength (might on crit) because I have a high crit/crit damage build and it synergizes well with empowering might.

As mentioned, might on crit can synergize very well with EM use. However, I’ve always stuck with Fire sigil. It’s just very reliable and I don’t think anyone dislikes extra aoe and burst.

Shimond.2478:

I never like relying on sigils that reset upon down. As good as I am occasionally I’ll get downed in dungeons and there goes all your stacks. I prefer strength (might on crit) because I have a high crit/crit damage build and it synergizes well with empowering might.

I know exactly where you’re coming from, but I overcome it by making the sigil stack effect as a “bonus” rather than relying on it. Despite having a Superior Sigil of Perception, I have a crit rate of 46% with food which is more than enough to properly do AH/EM at its maximum output even with the slow Hammer.

Thz.7569:

As mentioned, might on crit can synergize very well with EM use. However, I’ve always stuck with Fire sigil. It’s just very reliable and I don’t think anyone dislikes extra aoe and burst.

Superior Sigil of Fire is fantastic but the one I have was used for my 100nades Engineer. I couldn’t really fit it on my Guardian’s weapons anyway.

As a note, for all weapons I use the following:
TPP Hammer is Superior Sigil of Perception, main weapon, used for defense support against crowds
PCC Greatsword is Superior Sigil of Accuracy, used for offense against crowds
PCC Sword is Superior Sigil of Strength, used for offense against single targets
TPP Scepter is Superior Sigil of Accuracy, used for offense at range
TPP Mace is Superior Sigil of Accuracy, used for defense against single targets
TPP Shield is Superior Sigil of Generosity, used for defense against single targets
TPP Focus is Superior Sigil of Blood, used for defense at range (90% of the time I’m using it solely for Lupicus)
PCC Torch is Superior Sigil of Accuracy, used for offense against single targets
HPV Staff is Superior Sigil of Hydromancy, used for ranged support

I use Sword/Torch, Hammer/Shield, and Scepter/Focus unless I have a good enough reason to switch up (such as having to use Scepter in melee range for whatever reason), or having to have a quick CC alongside by Sword.

If you already have a base crit rate of 43% or so unbuffed then I would recommend sigil of bloodlust or sigil of force. If you have gold to burn, you can carry 2 hammers, one with each sigil. Get your bloodlust stacks to 25 then switch to the hammer that has sigil of force for max damage.

if you have your stat set out, you can always do a quick calculation to see if Sigil of FOrce can actually add the most DPS for you, if that’s what you’re looking for. i feel it’s an underrated Sigil. that being said, if you rely heavily on procs from crits, obviously accuracy or perception is a good choice.

i didn’t like using stack on kill sigils either just because i feel it’s a waste if i down or travel, but they add so much more when they do stay. and like kidbs suggested, have one hammer with stacking, and then get another hammer and switch to it when you get the 25 stacks – could be fire, strength, force, etc. those are all good choices.

and depending what you wanna do, there are many other great chocies as well. energy i use for my healing build, hydromancy i use for another cause it’s so much fun, the list goes on..