Guild Wars 2

I’ve always loved being a sword and board hero, since my Dragon Quest days as a lad. My problem is that I’m finding Zealot’s Defense to be borderline unusable in sPvP.

I love the attack chain, as Sword Wave is fantastic.

Flashing Blades is also great. Having a blinding teleport on a ten second timer is very nice.

Zealot’s Defense? Roots me while having too short a range to land more than 1 hit before the target runs out of range. I end up with much better up time if I continue chasing with auto attack. The projectiles it stops don’t count as “blocked” either. Meaning that all our fun burning/block tricks don’t even get synergy with this lackluster move.

Currently we’re one of the few classes without a trait for movement speed. We have to rely on utility slots to grant us swiftness so we can match the inherent speed of others. That’s fine. I can handle that.

We also didn’t get those new, nifty 33% cripple/immob reducing talents like Warriors or Engineers. That’s fine. Whatever. We should be able to cleanse those, right?

Now we’re ALSO woefully short on ways to slow, save a few immobilizes with moderate cooldowns, all of which you have to sacrifice some other utility for, which is rough, as most guardians are trying to melee. Come on guys…doesn’t this seem like a bit much, at this point?

Let’s make a deal. I’ll give you back Zealot’s Defense, you give me a 3 button that cripples, or immobilizes, or something.

Know what? I’ll even keep Zealot’s Defense if you make it mobile and lower the CD by 3 seconds. I’d even consider it if the ranged projectile absorptions actually counted as blocks. Just…SOMETHING.

I’ve been told that as a Guardian, I’m expected to melee and that my options for ranged damage are very limited, so why is actually staying in melee so difficult compared to other classes that I’ve played?

So, yeah. That’s my offer to Anet. I’ll give you Zealot’s Defense, you give me absolutely anything usable. Thanks for your consideration.

Pass. ZD is a powerful burst skill and defense against ranged attacks as long as you use it correctly. If they want to ADD something to it, sure.