Recently I’ve been experimenting with my guardian and have come up with a very nice build I enjoy immensely both for solo farming and dungeon play.
Traits:
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Radiance: Signet Mastery
Valor: Retributive Armor, Strength in Numbers
Honor: Superior Aria, Empowering Might, Pure of Voice
When solo I will sometimes swap Empowering Might out for Two-Handed Mastery for the 20% faster CD on 2-hand weapons.
This build combined with 2 pieces of soldier gear, 4 knight, and knight weapons, I have great survivability and utility in groups. I can clear conditions like crazy running Hold the Line, Purging Flames, and Stand your Ground, with either healing book or Renewed Focus as an elite. I of course will swap Purging Flames for Reflect Wall, Smite Condition, etc. depending on the situation.
With Master Maintenance Oil and Plates of Truffle Steak, my crit is 50% and power near 3000. With Empowering might I pass out might with each crit, and I have 2x Superior Rune of the Monk (from AC tokens) and 2x Superior Rune of Water, for a total of 30% additional boon duration. The remaining two runes are Crest of the Soldier.
OK, so here is my problem:
This build is very boon/condition-centric, and relies on buffing the party with a steady stream of might. I will of course swap GS to Staff to buff Empower every time it is up for a quick long-lasting 15 stacks, however I am also built as a semi off-tank mele with greatsword, and I need to be doing as much crit damage as possible to keep stacks refreshed and rolling during Empower’s cooldown, while unloading some respectable damage.
The issue I have run into here is that certain AoE skills, specifically GS Whirling Blade, does not appear to calculate correctly with the Empowering Might trait.
The ability itself does 9 hits to nearby enemies, each of which should have the ability to crit.
However, after much testing it appears that regardless of whether there are multiple crits, there is a MAX of 1 stack of might added by the Empowering Might trait when using whirling blade.