Guild Wars 2

Hello Fellow Guardians of Light!

how do we do now the best DPS possible for our profession? I dont wanna hear “We got nerfed”, i wanna hear what weapons, what traits and what utility/heal/elite skill now our best bet is.

Her is the Skill-Calc from “Into the Mists”, pls use it.

http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-B;9;9;9;9;9;9;5Fz

Happy working, lets find together the best vailable guardian dps build

Obal has updated the DPS Guardian guide for the latest patch:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian/Guide-DPS-Guardian-for-PVE

Granted, this assumes an unbugged (i.e. non-stacking) Symbolic Avenger.

I credit my ideas for the following build concepts to obal’s Guard Guide

G/S Mace Build
Very high DPS and the Virtues Spec allow us to swap just a few traits to get a lot of extended utility. My personal rune selection is Flame Legion, though keeping Scholar does offer the most optimal damage if you can keep up the 6th bonus. Heal and utilities are standard based on the fight. Difficulty of this build is keeping up with the rotation as you want to make sure you pull off both torch attacks as frequent as possible.

Hammer Mace Support
This build mimics the previous meta build “Fractal Hammer”. The goal of this build is to offer support to allies through extended symbols and boons (I also went ahead and slotted more support orientated traits). Hammer can be camped for mitigation while mace would be used for additional blocks and recovery. Again, heal and utilities need to be slotted depending on the fights themselves. Much easier build to use though the build isn’t quite as good in burst fights due to the lack of burst skills (torch can be used with mace if Focus blocks aren’t needed).

Savacli, I run a build similar to your G/S – Mace build, but use Balthazar runes instead of Flame Legion. I also choose to use JI for additional mobility and burn burst.