Guild Wars 2

Hi guys I need some help, I have run into a problem where the build I am using for Guard is no longer fun, burning everything is great but my personal up time is not so great, the squish factor is so great I may aswell be playing on my elementalist.

build is below
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vVEQNArfRlsAhyhYzQwSIQQEHxDVNA2y6NPGt4MaDhX4RB-Thh0wABeCg+gyKBLo+zBlfx2fAwpAAA-e

please help me with a new build I can try, not too fussed on Meta stuff, for that I have a PS warrior

This is pretty much what I run for Open World:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vVEQNAsfTn8cClDhlCBekittendil4BTe/FAXgVBgtU9CbJkE2CA-TxBBQBA4UAAhnAQR2kittenB1oyPFpPQhq/AA-e

If you are looking for a change, DH is a good option.

thanks looks good.

There are several builds you can use in pve. Depending on what you like or where you are, you can also make minor adjustments to it:

http://tinyurl.com/gw2-dh-radiance
This will do the most damage, you can change scepter for sword if you prefer that. Torch can be replaced too for focus, but replace radiance traitline for virtues and take “unscathed contender”, “absolute resolution” and “indomitable courage” traits then. Or if like to run scepter/sword-x you can replace “zealous blade” for “kindled zeal” in zeal traitline.

http://tinyurl.com/gw2-dh-hammer-support
This is more for high tier fracs and raids. The goal is to have perma protection uptime so your party/squad has an easier time in encounters. But does a good job on other pve content too. Besides who doesnt like to banish a foe? :p

http://tinyurl.com/gw2-guard-burn
This is something i came up myself, but its pretty similiar to what you have. Except mine has superior burning uptime. Not the best condi build you will find in the game, but it is viable. And it is also nice to have a change once in a while imo.

Lastly, if you play the class in open world too, maybe you want to consider having a staff or traveler runes too. Anyways, this should get you going. Have fun o/

I used to play gs/staff guardian for a long time and when i got to the place youre in now i tried hammer and fell in love with it.

Later when dragon hunter came i went hammer/longbow, pew pewing stuff from far away and if it gets close i smack it away with my hammer, or crush it down.

In the end i made this build here:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vVAQJATSnsABlChddCGCBkdil4BrKA8AqXy7v+3CEbJ8f2CA-ThBEABJq+Tb6CyZ/BAeAAOp8jLlgAA-e

-Yes you can go full zerker, i just like to be able to smash and bash even the deadliest packs of mobs around me.
-Protective reviver is awesome
-extra 2 seconds of symbol duration helps a lot with damage, damage modifications and protection boon uptime.
-Damage modifiers give you +24% damage almost all the time, +10% if you are striking a tethered target +10% if youre striking a crippled target for atotal of +44% damage modification

thanks for all the info folks, just the minor tweak of taking dragon hunter has re-invigorated my want to play the class. still tweaking the stuff to not spend a fortune on rejigging gear so I am working with my sinister stuff but so far it is awesome, just need to get a long bow as when I tested stuff by using my rangers ascended zerker bow and everything else from my ps warrior this has been a good thing.

love this community

@OP i was fooling on the build editor tool and i have created a similar build of yours,
i think it could be pretty funny.. can i have your impressions about the build?
Is full sinister heavy gear worth crafting?

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vVAQNAR8flsAhyhYzQwSIQQEHxDldDehHtGAbZ9mHjXcGB-TBiAQB1UJI0OCAXT5XCeAAVT9nopbQH7PAgLCApAWUZF-e

It’s nice if you want to burn stuff but you can probably get more mileage going for viper stats as burning does not last very long. I went for sinister as when i crafted it back when silverwastes was released it was the cheapest condi ascended set to go for. That said though as of right now my venomshare thief with full viper gear is a condi power house.

Next order of business finishing off ad infinitum and the predator then probably look at doing a revenant and necro.

Once again thanks for the tips folks. It really helped.

Vitali.5039:

Is full sinister heavy gear worth crafting?

Tank.7821:

It’s nice if you want to burn stuff but you can probably get more mileage going for viper stats as burning does not last very long. I went for sinister as when i crafted it back when silverwastes was released it was the cheapest condi ascended set to go for.

You actually can get perma burning with mostly sinister stats. I have posted a burn core guardian build earlier in here. you might want to look at that. As i said it isn’t the strongest condition build in the game, but it is viable

Tank.7821:

thanks for all the info folks, just the minor tweak of taking dragon hunter has re-invigorated my want to play the class. still tweaking the stuff to not spend a fortune on rejigging gear so I am working with my sinister stuff but so far it is awesome, just need to get a long bow as when I tested stuff by using my rangers ascended zerker bow and everything else from my ps warrior this has been a good thing.

love this community

Btw, it may be good for you to have a set of Marauders, as pieces of it can be added to almost any other set to provide a bit of vitality. Besides, it’s only about >5% DPS drop from Berserker but a ton more vitality which doesn’t even interfere with aggro.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vVEQRArf8flsAhigYVQwZIwPEHxDlNEehHNPGt4MWDgtcAA-TxBBQBO7hAwRlfvUJIAODAuY/B/pfwhq/AA-e

this is my burning pve build… 100% burning duration without any food. atm im runing full vipers and farming for trailbraziers trinkets. Using spirit weapons for agroing. works great for me

so as a update, thanks to all that replied, I spent that last month or so farming the new living story areas, bloodstone fen, bitter frost frontier and lake doric for currencies and have managed to swap out all my trinkets for marauder stats. the increased HP has really helped with squish factor and I am happy to say I love how the guardian is going now

next up, getting a hammer and redoing the armor and runes

thanks again for everything

Wich build have you in mind Mr?

so currently i’m using a heavily modified variant of the of the medi trapper build from pvp. going to see how it goes using hammer and longbow, as I stated in the first post this is purely for normal pve and open world stuff, nothing meta related and it’s going fun

Mediburn for more survival.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vVEQRArf8fnkIClDhNDBWDB8DhD/hKnETYGeD3L4DsBQFUnA-TxRBQBUT5XzOJAyUJo0U/BAPBgWs/gz0PAA-e

http://qtfy.eu/build/guardian/