Guild Wars 2

Decided to start this thread since I’m not sure how to finish the gear I currenly outfitted my guardian with.

What I have so far:

Level 80 guardian

Armor: full Knights draconic armor (toughness, power, precision stats) Transmuted with Stag armour purely for appearance

Primary weapons: Greatsword/Staff (I use the other weapons like hammer, sceptre, when needed)

Current trait lines:

For offensive, general PVE/WvW: 0/25/20/20/5

For defensive, like later levels of Fractals, as support: 0/5/30/30/5

What I need: a good rune set to work with (my armor has no runes atm :c ) and what trinkets, like ascended amulets, rings and earrings I should pick. Backpack as well.

I run with two sets of runes: 6Xsuperior Soldier to utilize my shouts (give boons and to remove conditions), and the boon duration combo (2 superior Monk + 2 superior Water + 2 major sanctuary). So depending on what I think is more needed in a run, I will swap to the rune set needed. If you think you can’t afford two sets of armor at the moment, I suggest you grab the 6xsuperior solders for added toughness and great utility.

As for trinkets, I started with all Soldiers (Power, Toughness & Vitality) that I get from Grenth temple (any PVT trinkets is a good starting point). Then depend on my need, I re-adjust. If I needed more damage and crit, I trade in some Berserker to ramp up my crit and crit damage. If I think I just need more crit damage instead of vitality, I swap in Cavelier, or Valkyrie for more crit dmg instead of toughness.

So feel free to experiment, and mix and match, until you feel you hit the right spot for your toon in terms of damage and survivability.