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core guard damage build
It isn’t bad, but the things that the DH give you are way better.
But if you can’t use the dh (old player or ftp) you can use this build or a similar one and still do good things.
I wouldn’t say DH is way better. The heal trap and virtues are nice, but the rest I could take or leave. You can get easier survivability with DH, but at the cost of skills that are easier to interrupt and counterplay. Honestly, right now I would say that if you are an experienced guardian, you can make both work well with different play styles.
As for your specific build, I think it’s going to be fairly squishy, but you have nice synergy with Virtue of Justice in the Radiance line. Wrath of Justice makes for nice burst combos, but sadly the cd is so much longer than that of Justice. I’m assuming you took Perfect Inscriptions to synergize with that. It’s too bad it does so little for your build for a GM trait. I think you will have to adopt a bit of a burst and kite play style to make this build work. Go for small team fights when you can.