Guild Wars 2

I often play as tank in pvp as Guardian. The classic staff+[mace-focus] Guardian, useful to hold points. It’s amazingly solid and I can survive 2vs1 forever and even 5vs1 for quite some time.

Since we have no dps legend on Revenant at the moment, I decided to try some defensive builds to do the same thing.
The result is …. It doesn’t work. Not at all, not by a long shot.

I got killed by a Necromancer in 1vs1 and he never had to use death shroud or any elite skill.

Even the most tanky Revenant with Ventari Tablet and Dwarf Stance feels like a Thief with Soldier gear. Before you ask, yes, I also tried Knight gear and Demon stance. Tryed mace, staff (probably the best option here) and hammer.
Not enough heals, not enough buffs. Not even enough condi cleanse, at least not fast enough. Your best option for stun break is legend swap with trait, and forces you to be locked in skills you don’t need in that moment or that you have on cd (can we please know why we have cd if all our skills consume energy?)

Being unable to deal damage is a thing, we still lack that legend, but being unable to tank with Tank and Heal legends already out, it’s a huge mess.

Gordon Ramsay won’t be able to express my frustration.

+1 nice test. I felt the same way, while I did not focus on a tank build, even with Jalis traits and skills I was fragile in pvp.