Guild Wars 2

I’ve been talking with a friend about it and it seems like you want to be as tanky/selfish as possible as a commander, because he said if you die, zerg tends to go to kitten. We were discussing stuff like full soldier/sentinel, 3 stance 00644, sword-horn/axe-shield, melandru runes, etc.

Was just wondering if anyone had an optimal build for this.

Its pretty much just that as much defense as you can get, as much stability and stun breaks and condition removal. Its about just staying alive your job is not to do damage.

From a defensive standpoint mace shield is better than axe/shield if you trait reflect projectiles mace 2 will continue to block if ranged attack. That being said GS is also a good option for your second set because of WWA and the 3rd evade it gives you. means you can WWA through enemys etc.