Guild Wars 2

After all the help everyone gave me in helping to figure out if I should play a Guardian, I would like to ask a quick questions about leveling one. Should I take the hammer or staff for my alternate weapon? Also, can you help me understand when I should be changing between them?

Thanks!

I prefer staff as my secondary to GS though I tend to spend equal amounts of time between both weapons. Since we are talking about solo leveling in PvE, simply start your fight with staff skill 4 (empower) for might stacks then burn them down with your GS. Easy peasy. The speed boost from skill 3 is also good for exploring. In group play like dungeons, staff is nice for the shared might and healing (both for the team and for self-healing through the altruistic healing trait), also some control from skill 5. Again I’ll usually start off an encounter with empower then switch to GS for dps, then switch back to staff as needed. I don’t use hammer much so I won’t speak to that in detail but the protection and control seems good.

Yes, I prefer Staff as the off-hand since it makes traveling the map easier and gives you burst heals and good damage buffs. I find you get way more use from the staff as an off-hand than any other Guardian weapon.

Sounds great. Thanks folks!