guardian wvw question
I run into the same issue. It’s hard to remember to switch out retreat once battle starts and the need to get around quickly means you want to have retreat available…
If you focus mostly on GS, keep judges and use a staff for your alt weapon to get around. You can also use your GS leap for some extra movement.
Sanctum of Rall
No doubt in my mind, you want to take JI. Retreat is very nice for getting around the map, but once you get into combat I think JI is much more useful
….though now that I think about there have been a few fights I remember getting kited to death…..
Yeah retreat is nice getting from a to b or to run away, plus a aegis and slight speed in combat, when JI is nice to have if someone tries to kite u.
What are your other utilities? You should usually always keep JI in your utilities bar as it is incredibly useful for all sorts of situations in WvW, and when you can be attacked at any moment of time it helps to have it ready.
the other utility’s are save yourself and signet of jugment
I’d favor JI. STUN BREAKER, sometimes teleports to positions very hard to get to, great for escaping, amazing for setting up hard to land attacks, has a better cooldown, and provides decent damage.
Once guard commits to a fight escape is unlikely, at least once things go south wvw wise. Zergs dont matter, so outside that the swiftness from SY! and the instant anti kite of IJ are amazing. With the cd of retreat, the fact its only really an extra aegis + being slowed in combat id personally ditch retreat and use something like SYG.