Guild Wars 2

I have a Support Guardian, and I’m still getting to grips with the new trait thing so I’ll maybe ask on this post about that later. For now, the question I have is this: What utility skills should I use? I know I’m gonna have to change them for each encounter, but which ones are good? For condi fights, I obviously have SY and for projectile fights I have WoR and SotA, but what are the other good ones, and what do you guys use for supporting/healing your team?

It depends entirely around your core build. Because Guard traits are highly conditional, their utilities tend to integrate more heavily then most classes.

Personally, for a support bend its hard to go wrong with Pure of Voice. With Condi damage and application frequency being what they are now, these guards with a full stack of shouts (especially in light of the new Wrath elite) can single handedly keep a group clear of big damage and movement conditions. These pair perfectly with Hammer and Mace builds, since they don’t have cast times and can be used while disabled. And if timed right, you can mitigate most big attacks during world boss and Dungeon fights.

The only down side is you can’t reach the optimal DPS of the combat focused builds; But if you’re thoughtful of your trait lines, you can still do respectable damage none the less.

Personally I run Altrustic/PureOfVoice (paired with Trooper runes) with SyG, HtL, Ret and FmW, and Shelter as you can get might stacks off the Blocks and can tank your way through cluster AOE. I’m experimenting with the 3rd trait line, but the new OP burning is making Virtues a perfect catch all on weapon choices. This build has served me well in both PVE, casual dungeon runs and WvW, as the basics will work anywhere Max DPS isn’t of primary concern.