First of all, Silven has an amazing mace burst spec in his guide. The dmg is insane. It is a glass cannon spec so if you get surprised by an attack it is going to be hard to recover, but so are all glass cannon builds. The meditations that heal you are mostly used for offense at full health wasting the heal. Please refer to his build here https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian/Silven-s-PvP-Guardian-Build-Guide . I’m trying to make a build with the same rotation doing descent dmg but with more defense because glass cannons are not for me and thats the only reason. I use Flashing Blade to teleport and burst instead of using Judge’s Intervention. imo mace/torch/focus gives alot more burst than 2h’s (GS is poop) for guards so here’s my build – http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-7FcBl;0NF-40K3RG-90;9;6T9T;446A1;0089LJV4E;1sV2DsV2D5kA . Please critque me because i’m far from an expert and can’t call this a a guide yet. I am having success using a modified 0/5/30/30/5 build with mace/sword but I think I can do better changing the build.
-Valor tree is a must for crit dmg. I choose Altruistic healing combined with shouts for heals.
-Virtues tree seems stronger than honor since im not using 2h. I like the boosted healing from (Absolute Resolution) and extra stability (Imdomitable Courage) for stomps. I’m hoping Absolute Resolution makes up for losing dodge roll heals.
-Kiting can be an issue, but I’m used to melee classes so I can get around that. You could switch mace with scepter but you lose burst dmg and defense. Sword is a must to have for teleport (since we dont have Judge’s Intervention) and exploding shield of wrath otherwise u cant get in and make it explode on a target.
-Runes I like are divinty but if you need more condi removal go with lyssa.
-Is this build viable? Please dont answer that question if you have no knowledge of the mace burst spec.