Guild Wars 2

Hey,

I was just curious about maximum DPS output from a guardian. I have a guardian on lvl 20 so I cant test it by myself.

For comparison: my warrior is able to deal 40K DMG with hundred blades( in 3½ sec) with full stacked might, vulnerability on the enemy etc.(he´s @ 90% zerk right now). How about the guardian in the same time (no weapon restrictions etc., simply highest DPS possible in this time)? Any videos?

Have a nice day

P.S. I´m talking only PvE right now

Maximum theoretical damage of Whirling Wrath on a Risen Giant is about 50k (over 2.5 seconds) with every conceivable achievable buff in the game. It’s highly unlikely you’d ever actually see that number though.

Kelnis on this very forum demonstrated about 36k in a similar scenario with non-ascended weaponry, or Shield of Wrath single hit for 18k.

So yes you can get good damage out of a guardian but you have to sacrifice pretty much everything to do it.

“Everything” being what? The regen from AH?

A 10/30/20/10/0 DPS guardian with all possible buffs averages 9921 DPS with GS alone. A 30/0/0/10/30 axe/mace warrior gets 9619 DPS by comparison.

Guanglai Kangyi.4318:

“Everything” being what? The regen from AH?

I was referring to the builds which give absolute maximum damage from a single weapon ( since that was the OP topic ), rather than those which give very good damage with reasonable utility.

I’ve not used AH in a long long time, so I wouldn’t say the loss of it is an issue, but to get the absolute maximum dps you have to sacrifice active condition removal, toughness, vitality, regen, healing power, stability and protection. OFC maximum viable damage in PvE is a different matter entirely.

@OP Guanglai is right that the guardian can give extreme good sustained dps in PvE, comparable to a warrior

Guanglai Kangyi.4318:

“Everything” being what? The regen from AH?

A 10/30/20/10/0 DPS guardian with all possible buffs averages 9921 DPS with GS alone. A 30/0/0/10/30 axe/mace warrior gets 9619 DPS by comparison.

ehmm…
I would like to see the math how you get to that number

In simple HP/kill time and also spreadsheet calculations I’ve done Guards are in the same range as most all other classes. There is a certian Scepter build that pulls ahead by a decent amount, but it uses Unscathed Contender which is situationally useful. Don’t look at WW or 100b as an indicator of DPS, gotta take everything into account.

Blood~

matemaster.2168:

Guanglai Kangyi.4318:

“Everything” being what? The regen from AH?

A 10/30/20/10/0 DPS guardian with all possible buffs averages 9921 DPS with GS alone. A 30/0/0/10/30 axe/mace warrior gets 9619 DPS by comparison.

ehmm…
I would like to see the math how you get to that number

you haven’t heard of Guang Math before? you must be new here

Abardagul.5849:

matemaster.2168:

Guanglai Kangyi.4318:

“Everything” being what? The regen from AH?

A 10/30/20/10/0 DPS guardian with all possible buffs averages 9921 DPS with GS alone. A 30/0/0/10/30 axe/mace warrior gets 9619 DPS by comparison.

ehmm…
I would like to see the math how you get to that number

you haven’t heard of Guang Math before? you must be new here

http://youtu.be/AX5h4Ru7syg

And we didn’t even take care of might stacks much, plus i was wasting Unscathed Contender pretty often.
I’ve got 8k 8k 11k greatswords autoattacks on belka in just the same composition.