I’m trying to get some advice on a build to use for my guardian, to make him a supportive/tanky machine. I already have a full beserker kit/trinkets ect, but thought i’d give something else a go. Anyone got a build to use which would make use of the Mace/Shield combo, aswell as perhaps Clerics gear? Im not looking for any ‘omg, go zerker or go home, zerker iz teh best!’ posts. Cleric’s gear isnt the big deal, but I really enjoy the look/feel of the mace and shield.
I wouldn’t go so far as Cleric’s gear. If you have been going zerker’s for a while, you will really feel deficient in damage and wonder why you did it. Mace in theory sounds cool but it requires stacking on the part of your team to get the advantage of that support and 20 in Valour to get the MOST optimization with it. I’m also not a big fan of Mace/Shield combo because there are a number of similar effects.
If you want to ‘step down’ in gear, I recommend a mixing sets. It’s hard to make a specific recommendation because once you move away from simply maxing DPS, you have to put much more thought into why you are making specific gear+stat choices. Many people would recommend you just load up on Knights … those are recommendations that do not consider it’s possible to WASTE points in precision over power when optimizing a balanced stat set vs. min/maxing for a specific stat set
I suggest you have a good read of this thread to get a better understanding of your gear stat choices if you are moving away from max DPS builds:
