Guild Wars 2

Thank you all for the replies !
It’s fantastic to have such a helpful community that in less than 24h has given me a lot of feedback with very constructive insights!! You guys are amazing!
Obal, it’s an honor to have a reply from you here in my topic, as I read a lot of your guides! Now I feel close from people that really understand this game and can give me a lot of help through my learning process!
I’ll try to use your GS/Hammer build and see how I deal with it. I hope I’ll survive long enough to give all the damage this build provides. Gimme a couple days and I’ll come back here to tell you guys how it’s rolling !
Thankyaa !

Thank you a lot Jerus, you were very helpful.
Indeed when I see all the guardian metas I always think "How the hell am I suposed to survive with 10K health and 2.2K armor, specially when I’m the one in the front -most of the time-.
But in the end I think I’ll be able to better understand the game mechanics so I’ll be able to relly only on my active defenses.
The bad thing about it is that less and less I see the Guardian as a supportive character! – yeeees I know he has supportive spells, but now I see him as a selfish support that happens to also do something for the others. Maybe that’s the aim of the game… I’ve seem some people praising this system like “Thanks god I don’t need to relly on those stupid healers anymore”.. But I don’t know, I like to play support/healer in most games and here I feel like I’m just another DPS taking care of my own busines, trying not to die. Maybe my comcepts will change as I go deeper in the game… Just 2 weeks at lvl 80…
And yes, I played WoW for a fair time… (sick of it though)(gw2 is better, haha)

Thanks for the reply, Jerus!
Let’s beggin with the fact that I was having some -yet not much- trouble surviving/tanking the dungeons with a full zerk build. So, to gain sustain -while having DPS and Support- the valor line gives me toughness, aegis when 50% low, condition remover and heals me when I buff others, that will ally with Empowering Might and the shouts, giving a lot of booms to others and to me, not only healing me but also supporting the team.
Basically thats the soul of the build, Altruistic+ Empowering. Heal and sustain + group might.
About the Unscathed Contender, yeah my mistake, it should be Master of Consecrations there, for encounters with Wall of Reflection replacing Stand the ground or Retreat.
By Meta, which build are you talking about? One thing that I’m loving in this game is the variety of builds or even small changes in the basic ones. So, fell free to post any of them here!
p.s. I also love the Great Sword in this game, so I’m trying to build something around it, even if it’s not the best choice.
Thx buddy

Hey guys,
First of all thanks for comming here check out my build !
So, I’m new on GW2 but a veteran of MMORPGs and a lover of build making.
Here I’m posting my first solid Guardian build based on some other builds that I found across the internet. The aim is to play a dps while supportive role (a true guardian) in dungeons/fractals with my buddies.
Please take a look at everything and shout out any comments, tips, questions or boons!
Cheers!
Here’s the build link —> http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fVEQJARWl0ApWotCxUI8DNBDBl18xODJfDXXgIEAA-ThCBABGp8jH1fkQJI0HCAAeAAtoLoq9Ho4CAkg5vNOCAAA-e