Guild Wars 2

Just curious since the guardian has a much lower life base then the warrior. What mark or amount are most of you shooting for on life for a level 80 guardian ? I know armor, accessories and such will all come into play but what I’m looking at is a base number to use as a rule of thumb.

20 K ?

I find that in between 15-16khp is more than enough. Stacking vit to get to 20k will drastically lower all other stats. I don’t recommend it. I’m able to have 3k+ atk, 41% crit, and 2800 armor because I have my health at 15.8k.

When i was a fresh 80, I did try to stack vit to obtain the same hp number as warriors. It just doesn’t work. Unfortunately, all that makes you is a squishy meat sack.

Voltric is spot on. You shouldnt be looking at HP when playing a guardian, you should be looking to get gear and traits that support your playstyle.

In sPvP I generally have around 20k, but that’s just for surviving against two “100 blades”-Warriors in 8v8.

If its wubwub and pve, 16k is enough. Try to shoot for no higher than 20k in pvp.

with my gear/trait i got 3k attack 36%crit chance/56% crit dmg 2.5k armor 20.500hp

Ynna.8769:

In sPvP I generally have around 20k, but that’s just for surviving against two “100 blades”-Warriors in 8v8.

wait… what???
how are you running with 20k hp?
are you using NO healing and running the soldiers gem?

as voltric stated 15-16k is the sweet spot. I aim for 14-16k personally. Go above that and you waist a ton of stats unless your building to have slightly more hp and go below that your going to find you die a lot more often. For pvp i aim for 20k+ as Ynna said to survive the heavy hits.

SiNoS.2147:

For pvp I aim for 20k+ as Ynna said to survive the heavy hits.

Just for the record, I’ve (successfully) tested builds with less health, but my favorite playstyle doesn’t lend itself to lower healthpools.

Honestly, I ignored it for now while I’m PVE farming. Base HP is a bit misleading on a Guardian because we have so many way to mitigate and regain health that it really depends on what build you intend to run. If you are going really heavy on HP regain with mace, you can probably get away with no vitality in your gear or traits. I find that works rather well for my playstyle. Fortunately, you get vitality for free with healing power in the Honor trait, so even that HP regain build nets you about 13,5K hitpoints.

Guardians generally should have >15k health and >2k armor. After that, it depends on the build.