Guild Wars 2

I got back into GW2 last week and done mostly sPvP (which is what I prefer). I liked Thief, Warrior and Guardian the most and got my thief lvl 80 with a pretty nice transmute. My guardian is lvl 42 and I’m still hesitating between him and my warrior as a 2nd lvl 80 for the look of the armors, sPvP and occasional WvW/PvE.

Since I’m new and coming back, I went with the Meta Battle cookie cutter builds. I’ve played the Medi Guardian a lot and I like it although it feels a bit like a one trick poney and if the enemy is smart, they can ruin your burst pretty easily (Warrior isn’t as bursty but feels more reliable as a DPS in that sense). I tried Bunker Guardian and I also liked it a lot and tried the burning build, it was nice but I felt like I didn’t play it right at all. I felt very squishy and easily kited with the burning build. I also like burst dmg more than condition build but I’ll probably give it a 2nd try at some point as the sustained dmg seemed impressive.

Overall, I love the Feel My Wrath ult and ended up using it with the Medi Guard build as the build seems to revolve around one big burst and that faster attack speed just makes it even quite deadlier. However, I know that the common ult used is Renewed Focus and it also is used in the burn build.

I just don’t quite understand how and when to use Renewed Focus in PvP. I normally don’t want to activate the number 2 and 3 virtues unless I’m in serious trouble and might lose a fight or to gain stability to land a finisher if badly needed (and even then, the CD is so long for it that I’m not always sure if it’s a good thing to do). With Renewed Focus, it felt like I would just use all 3 virtues to get some buffs during a fight when I take a lot of dmg, then activate that ult to buy an other 3 sec of time and if needed, activate the virtues again or just at least have the passives back up? I just don’t get it. It feels to me as if refreshing the virtues isn’t that huge of a deal. They don’t seem to be that powerful in the first place and the first one’s CD isn’t that long.

I also dislike how that thing is a 3 sec channel where I can’t do anything else but run around during it.

Any tips on when or how to use it? Why is it so popular over Feel My Wrath when that other ult provides a massive dmg boost on a super short CD?

Renewed Focus is more defensive/supportive utility than FMW. Use it when you need the invulnerability after your other active defenses are burned. Or, if you’ve already used your virtues and you feel like you’ll need that extra condition cleanse or clutch aegis.

In the former case, make sure to pop your virtues during the channel, since they are refreshed anyway when the skill completes.