Guild Wars 2

You have to play it like a Thief a bit. Pick a target, and then teleport in with your burst. You have gapclosers and a CC too on GS, an Immob on scepter.

You’ll have tons of dodges, condi removal, heals and ways to mitigate damage (Shelter and renewed Focus for example).

But in general you should not spend that much time in the middle of a teamfight, that’s the most likely issue I can think of.

Also make sure you are using the right build – you can also find a usage part there.

There’s a lot of things you can do with a meditation guardian. However, like you mentioned, there is a real lack of soft cc to help stick to the target. The lack of movement speed only makes it worst if you’re not using traveler runes. Pack runes are also a good choice as you get 175 power/125 precision and ~50% uptime in both fury and swiftness. I find it superior in a fight, but really slow moving point to point.

I would also take a closer look at the weapon sets. Greatsword, hammer, sword, scepter and mace all can work with a meditation build. Each of them have there own strengths and weaknesses.

Greatsword: Good burst with WW and a nice pull with BB (great for thieves in stealth). However those two are quite telegraphed and can be hard to land. Leap of faith is a good gap closer too with a blind.

Hammer: Mighty Blow is a good burst with a low cooldown and blast finisher. Best control for a guardian with the ring, knockback and immob. Painfully slow auto attack though, relying on the symbol to do a big chunk of damage.

Sword: One of our faster weapons. Good sustain on the auto attack and triggers VoJ passive on each chain. Teleport and blind is awesome too, works well paired with a greatsword. The third attack on AA though can be reflected, so be prepared.

Scepter: Smite can do some great damage if set up with the immob and combined with the burst of another weapon like WW or MB. The auto attack though misses as often as it hits, so you still want to keep yourself close to your target.

Mace: The symbol can offer you a bit of extra sustain, while still providing a good burst with protector’s strike. The auto attack can be slow and clunky though.

Focus: Pretty much a must have on a 1handed for meditation builds. SoW is a great burst but telegraphed, so you’ll have to time it right and set it up. Blinds on ray of judgement are great too.

Torch: Second choice, only used if you’re using two 1handed weapons. It gets some extra burning in for fiery wrath uptime and the throw does some decent damage.

Hope this gives you a bit of insight.

Just a note, do not run with two 2-handed on guard. You need that Focus off-hand a lot, so if you want to take hammer replace GS. :P

If pvp videos are something you and others might like I could make some from time to time. I’ll just need some ideas for content that you’d like. In the past I’ve just done high end soloQ or teamQ matches while explaining what I’m doing. Feel free to pm me some topics to cover in a video or any questions you have.