Guild Wars 2

hey guys,

I was looking for a new build to try out, I’ve been running a AH hammer build for some time now, and was wondering if anyone has a gs build they would recommend for the following playstyle:

I do PvE/WvW
PvE I mainly just do dungeons (no farming)
in WvW I usually run with small groups of 5-10

I would like something with a tanky/dps feel to it if possible,

thanks in advance,
Rouzy

My build, has tons of Power, Armor and Health at the cost of critical chance and damage.

For dungeons when the Greatsword AoE’s isn’t as required, I use Sword and Shield and change the Honor traits to Protective Reviver/Resolute Healer/Pure of Heart (depends on the group), Empowering Might, Battle Presence.
Depending on the group and encounter, I also pick Spirit Weapon Mastery and Eternal Spirits in Zeal for Shield of the Avenger and Bow of Truth.

For WvW I run Meditations (Judge’s Intervention, Contemplation of Purity) and pick Meditation Mastery, or Consecrations and Shouts and I pick Retributive Armor in Valor.

Playing with this build ever since I started, I can’t play with any other (or use other weapons for damage other than the Greatsword) because I think of the damage being too low.
And works pretty well with the Staff, if you have timing (like when evading a boss’ attack) I swap to staff, range until safe, then start Empower → Symbol of Swiftness → Swap → Symbol of Wrath → Whirling Wrath.
This gives a pretty decent heal with 2 Symbols ticking for 140ish x5 plus the Empower heal, 7~8 stacks of Vulnerability for a bit and deal a really good damage.

Use the same build as with the hammer. Why not use both weapons in the same build with 3 shouts. Binding blade, ww and then swap to mighty blow with sigil of intelligence in the hammer, a guaranteed shock for the opponents.