Guild Wars 2

If you’re being chased by a big group stopping to shield isn’t going to save the day unless said group is absolutely terrible.

Guardians not only have a worse shield but also got dragon hunter a spec equally as bad as daredevil, Kappa. Not that our basis on making Revenant’s shield better should be tied to guardians er…. attempted use of a shield.

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Dragon Hunter V1 was abysmal, but the recent updates have given more life to the spec to at least let it be more compatible with other builds. Guardian Shield needs an overhaul, but the drastically reduced cooldowns make it useful in some situations
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Rev Shield is a useful for the slot its in. The 4 skill has a good amount of potential with protection since Herald has so much boon duration extension to it. The heal is good too. The 5 skill is great as well. A fairly high heal for a weapon skill on a relatively short cooldown with a blocking duration.

In PvE, shield is more useful since most fights can take place in small radii. So trying to land the 4 skill or being root for the 5 isn’t as detrimental.

In PvP/WvW, it’s harder to maximise the use of the 4 skill since there’s a lot more movement. The rooting isn’t too terrible in active combat since opponents have to blow specific skills to break the blocking channel, but it’s a non-usable skill for disengage/chasing purposes.