Guild Wars 2

Hi guys, so I recently got a significant number of Kodan Symbols only to find out that there was no HotW armor with the Cleric’s prefix. Which one should I get that’s closest to Cleric’s for my build, Soldier’s, Rabid, or Magi’s?

This is the Guardian build I plan to put it on. Mostly Supportive boonway based off of Mikau.6920’s build:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQNAreWlYgqCHFyvDm4ES2DDEBLJsHYE81RXFcIA-jEDBoNRkaAkwAiyAILqIaslhht6KIlXRT1ATpCQraR1uEFRrGA-w

It’s a bit budget, so I can’t afford Cleric’s Draconic armor

Ty guys

I think Magi’s would probably be your best best with those choices. You’ll have some healing to really make that build shine, along with vitality to give you some breathing room when the damage comes your way. The only thing is that the lack of toughness might make using that build really “interesting”.

I was also thinking possibly the Soldier armor for more tankiness and survivability mixed with some Cleric/Celestial trinkets for healing. Soldier seems better for dps and more versatile too. Any thoughts on that idea?

I would not recommend playing a healer.

If you’re completely set on playing a healer then I’d recommend buying yellow (rare) gear off the trading post to give it a try before spending a lot of time or money gearing up for a play style that you may regret. You can salvage this gear once you’ve chosen a permanent build and recover the cost (RNG permitting) in orbs.

If anything, Mars kinda nailed it on the head. Your party healing is more in the way of regen boons with virtue of resolve and Save Yourselves. Other than that, it’s mostly just heals for you with very low damage. While yes you may last through a lot of damage, it kinda hard caps itself with content because things will become stronger and hit harder…more than enough to start making prolonged fights a bad idea. For example, Old Tom from the asuran fractals. In that fight, healing through his damage is easy up until around the teens. That’s when his damage can start to overwhelm solely heal based builds and his health starts to soar.

healing based gear can be quite powerful in a WvW/PvP sense. it gives you a lot of sustain, but i’d recommend at least around 700 of healing for it to be worth a specific investment through gear. and this will be affected by your play style as well and trait choices.

so if you’re interested in WvW, or just for general open world exploring, if you like that playstyle of self sustain through maximizing your regen, dodge roll heals, etc it can be pretty fun. and relies on you to play pretty pro-actively and knowing when to pop your “heals”.

that being said, if that’s the route you want to go and looking at your stat spread. from HotW, i’d get a more soldier’s first. and then mix a tiny bit of magi’s and try to mix and match (use the calculators first like you have been to try to get a good stat spread you think you’d be comfortable with). though, i wouldn’t invest too heavily into magi’s. though you get some crit chance, it’s not worth giving up all that power for. so soldier’s plus cleric’s is always a popular choice. i personally have a support based Guard that uses magi’s mixed with cleric’s and soldier’s as well, but haven’t finalized the stats yet. :PP

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQNApeWlYgqCHFyvDm4ES2DDEBTQsHYE81RXFcIA-j0CBoLCi0fAUGgEBQZPFRjtMMsVXBp8Ka6SAqTLq2fgIqGA-w

After experimenting a bit, I’ve decided to mix in Soldier’s with a bit of Knight’s Trinkets to add to toughness. I felt like healing power isn’t really a priority, since it’s more focused on getting boons than healing.
Major Differences:
- 1000 Healing
+ 500 Power
+ 200 Armor
+10% Crit Chance with Staff
+ 200 Vitality
I think the bonuses from cutting off a bit of healing are worth it. While I do still run a bit supporty with the Tome of Courage, I think overall the new build is more aggressive.
Also, any suggestions on Trinkets/upgrades? I’ve been trying to go with Knight’s right now, not sure how that might work out.

Also, thanks Mars for the suggestions. I will definitely give the Rare armor set a try first before going full exotics.

Seems like you’re interested in WvW and for a guardian I highly recommend grabbing soldiers from hotw. Guardians are front line pushers in WvW and PVT armor is the best thing for us. Even for small team stuff you can slot in ruby orbs (cheap route, definitely better options) and use zerk trinkets. You’ll have plenty of survivability and also will deal a good chunk of damage