Guild Wars 2

It’s Trash, even after almost three FULL years the guardian class is still the weakest of all the classes in the game.

If you like being the kind of player that “supports” your allies by giving them buffs then sure be a guardian but you will NEVER be anything more than a buff bot in this game.

You will never dominate in 1v1 situations and you will NEVER clear PVE as efficient as the other classes.

It’s too bad I came back to this game thinking they would have fixed guardian by now, I guess they don’t care about the class.

PS, class respec item plz. Don’t feel like remaking a character.

Bravo … let me call this troll thread first.

lmao what is this even

Or maybe you’re just bad at it. No offense. xD

Guardians have never been in a truly bad place. We’ve always been in a fairly good place with some small things that need to be tinkered here and there. Sure, we have less dps potential than a warrior for example but that doesn’t mean we’re weak. In fact, we’re fairly strong if played right.

Blocks, virtues and other support and such make this class unique while still possessing fairly good dps.

So for your sake, I hope you’re trolling…

I understand your frustration OP but dps guards are not at the bottom of the spectrum. You can practically change your wording of “Guardian” with “Necro” or “Ranger” because let’s face it, they’re in the exact same boat.

Conquest prefers self sustaining builds. Power builds are more difficult to use but I wouldn’t necessarily call them unviable – people forget that power does best overall against Mesmers.

We just haven’t gotten a power team comp as syncronized as Abjured. To say Guards only have 1 viable build is just silly considering anything can work in solo pvp now. Almost anything can work in tpvp, it’s just more difficult to work with compared to the other power creeps.

@Max, all u need is output damage and use blocks/blinds at right time, best support ever (for a <5 seconds combat ), and yes game is far from being balanced but gw2 players like that way…

use torch build or gs.

>.> idk what game youve been playing but ive been able to solo most hard mode story achievements with my zerker guard without much trouble, back when the QD train was a thing I also used my guard to kill champs seconds before the train reached them, and Ive 2manned several dungeons with a guildy so I havent run into any of the problems you describe except people who expect me to be a damage sponge.

How are you not able to dominate in a 1vs1? It’s not like every guy you’re fighting is a d/d ele or a PU mes and is also a top 100 in the rankings. For example, you should never be losing in a 1vs1 to a thief, and that doesn’t mean thief is worse than guard, it just means guard hard counters thief.

We’re in a good place. :]

MOR BURN BWAHAHAHAH

Kuya.6495:

How are you not able to dominate in a 1vs1? It’s not like every guy you’re fighting is a d/d ele or a PU mes and is also a top 100 in the rankings. For example, you should never be losing in a 1vs1 to a thief, and that doesn’t mean thief is worse than guard, it just means guard hard counters thief.

IMO this is only partially true
in a fair 1v1 situation a guard will win about 8/10 times
but as soon as the thief just kytes you and resets over 100 times being a little pu**y
it either ends in a draw/retreat or he annoyes you for so long you’ll die to him eventually

Maxi, I do not agree with you!

PvE:
(it’s not like you cannot clear all content with a LB/axe-torch ranger in full cleric…)
In dungeons and fractals guardians are good and welcome.
In outdoor fights like Tequatl or Silverwastes the buffs a guardian can offer while being full offensive is massive. Anyways did you ever see a 30-50 Shattered Aegis proc? (every 15 seconds). Or what damage you can land if 20 vuln + Symbolic Avenger?

WvW:
Guardians are good in zerg fights as a support/cleaner.
Guardians are good in havok groups as a DPS or support.
Guardiand are good roamers but having mobility issues.

PvP:
Guardians have at least three good and respected builds namely:
-Medi power
-Medi condi/hybrid
-Shout bunker/point defender
and the first two have a team-support variant as well.

These are all respected builds! Even if the top100 players ignore the meditation now you can still be a top1000 I guess

Just don’t forget:

Whatever you build for and whatever your gear is you still offer a lots of support via F1-2-3 at least (not to mention dodgeheal/vulnerability/blind/reflect/safestomp/ress)! This does not make you a support buffbot! But whatever gear you wear you MUST use these for the sake of your party/team members! You have some built-in mechanics in the guardian virtues what you cannot change. If this things make you call the guardian a buff-bot than I think this profession is definitely not for you! But you can safely stay away from mesmer/elementalist/necromancer/engineer/ranger/warrior and thief! There are things in every professions’ mechanic what are sometimes NEEDED and EXPECTED by other players.

You should be beating a majority of builds, power or condi, in a 1v1 if it’s not a PU shatter mesmer or a d/d ele. Don’t embarrass yourself anymore.

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