Guild Wars 2

SORRY IF IT’S A BIT LONG…. LOL BUT basically… the 2 main questions i have are…. what armor/accessories i should get for it to work? and how much precision would i need as well?

i want to build my guardian with empowering might trait…
the way i’m planning on doing it is:
valor 30 = IV Strength in #, V Purity, XI Altruistic Healing
Honor 30 = II Superior Aria, IX 2-handed mastery, VIII Empowering Might
Virtue 10 = II Vengeful

i’m 80…. still haven’t got an armor/accessories tho… i just made the guard a few days ago… planning on using altruistic runes….which is mainly for healing, already bought them and just right this moment i placed an order for “Superior Sigil of Perception + Superior Sigil of Life” on the TP… so i would get stacks of + Perception + Healing

nevertheless… i’m having a bit of a tough time deciding what stats/armor + accessories i should get.

I know I would need a lot of precision for EM to work (HOW MUCH?). and i’m thinking of getting the AC’s armor with Precision, Vit, Healing power…. but that would potentially leave me with a low toughness, which, even if I have good heals + vit, I doubt I could survive much if I take a lot of damage. though thinking about it … i might have more health which might mean i get hurt harder, but would still have a larger mana supply so it might come out to about the same….

also idk what accessories to get either…
so i was hoping that you guys might give me your insights as to what would be the best choice of armor/accessories… what kinda stats i should look for that i wouldn’t be afraid of dying in a couple of hits… i mostly wanna focus on healing/support… but at the same time make sure i live long enough to keep them heals going and not die in a couple hits if i lack endurance

You’ll be hitting the internal cooldown of EM at about 50-60 crit, depending on weapon choice. With a 0/0/30/30/10 build, 50 is basically the upward limit of what you’re able to achieve anyway. In other words, if you are going to make EM worthwhile with this build, you’re going to need precision on basically everything. Whether you want to pair that with damage (‘Zerkers), toughness (Knight’s), or Healing (AC armor) is up to personal taste.

I also run 0/0/30/30/10, and the set of gear I use most for explorables is indeed precision/vit/HP. I rarely find the lack of toughness a problem, because it’s so easy to come by protection, blocks, and blinds. The hardest-hitting stuff is designed to be dodged anyway, not face-tanked. In high-level FotM, I find it better to switch to Knight’s gear instead, since agony can make higher HP a liability. And there’s always the option to switch out EM for PoV or something and use Cleric’s if the situation calls for it. (Yeah, bag space can be a pain with this build.)

I do 0/0/30/20/20 and use HP/pre/vit armor, boon duration runes, emerald jewels and pow/tuf/vit weapons. It has served me really well in fotm with staff as second set, and either sceptor+focus, greatsword or hammer as main.

I find damage a bit lacking for when I do WvW though so is in process of finding a more power oriented combination.

Urthona.3198:

You’ll be hitting the internal cooldown of EM at about 50-60 crit, depending on weapon choice. With a 0/0/30/30/10 build, 50 is basically the upward limit of what you’re able to achieve anyway. In other words, if you are going to make EM worthwhile with this build, you’re going to need precision on basically everything. Whether you want to pair that with damage (‘Zerkers), toughness (Knight’s), or Healing (AC armor) is up to personal taste.

I also run 0/0/30/30/10, and the set of gear I use most for explorables is indeed precision/vit/HP. I rarely find the lack of toughness a problem, because it’s so easy to come by protection, blocks, and blinds. The hardest-hitting stuff is designed to be dodged anyway, not face-tanked. In high-level FotM, I find it better to switch to Knight’s gear instead, since agony can make higher HP a liability. And there’s always the option to switch out EM for PoV or something and use Cleric’s if the situation calls for it. (Yeah, bag space can be a pain with this build.)

Been wondering about the usefulness of toughness, I prefer vitality also. Atm I run P/T/V with prec access, prec food, prec sigil etc, but I want more prec. Atm build working great for high end fractals but always want to be better, would u mind posting a screenshot of gear/stats?

And yeh I just switch to my zerker set for the agony parts. ( got 30 AR atm)

I use 0/10/30/30/0, run with 40-50% crit chance no problem. It helps if you’re needing to catch up on health to swap to a faster hitting weapon is all.