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I would add that the Shield is probably the most awesome thing in Fractals, Hammer and Sword are decent, especially if you are not running a DPS build since they have a decent base damage.
Your biggest problem will be the 5 target limit on buffs and heal. No matter how much you spec into buff, you will be useful to 5. Its alright if you do small scale wvw (roaming with a small group) but as you mention that you want to support the zerg, I fear you will waste your time…
Only thing that you could do is a symbol build (which aren’t affected by max target iirc) but it’s quite frankly pretty underwhelming.
I play a hammer guardian. Due to my slow weapon swings, combined with various amounts of downtime rezzing or trying to avoid AOEs, I very rarely kept the Vigor boon up before when it was a 1-second duration.
Last night I did CoE Explorable and I have to say the new change is amazing for me. During boss fights I have 100% Vigor uptime. I was able to melee on Subject Alpha, which used to be a purely ranged battle for me since I would never have the stamina to dodge out of his AoEs.
I understand that its AH synergy took a hit, but it feels a lot more useful to me now, as a trait designed to help me dodge. Meleeing feels fun and reactive again, instead of slow and frustrating.
Thanks, ArenaNet.
This. I agree with you, I love the new change !
I’m running a build with the same concept but with different build, basically i’m running Mace/Focus | Staff. My gear is the healing set from AC (Precision and Heal Power ) with Bezerker accessories and weapon. My runes are built for Buff Duration (Monk 2, Water 2, Strength 2) so my Might stacks from Empowering might last 70 % longer (90% with Chocolate Omnomberry). With my gear and RHS, I’m sitting at 60% crit so I get a lot of stacks, especially with Fury from SY lasting much longer. I can easily sustain 10 stacks of Might, peaking at near 20 (Inspired Virtues and Area Might Combo Finisher).
My DPS are decent and my support is great (long lasting Protection, and pretty much perma Regen), it’s a bit more oriented toward PvE playstyle, but it’s great for small group PvP.
http://www.guildhead.com/skill-calc#mmcczV9cmGvNmm0vFm0x0GGMsqcRos
I run a 0/30/0/20/20 build with RHS and Empowering Might and Buff Duration runes and I’ve found this trait very good in certain fight in PvE where you know ahead you will see a lot of burning. Don’t forget that Fury stacks duration and kicks so if you can pack a lot of condition removal and get burned often you can get you Fury to 30 seconds easily, which synergize pretty well with Empowering Might and RHS.
Might not be a trait you slot everyday but it’s not bad
I’m also doing a support/DPS build with RHS. I use Empowering Might (Might on crit for allies) which is a great trait, especially with max Radiance and RHS. I didn’t took Valor as my 3rd tree, instead I went for Virtue, again for dropping 3 stacks of Might on every use of Virtue of Justice (which will refresh often due to Radiance). The cooldown reduction for Consecration is great too (Wall of Reflection is king in WvW).
Overall I went to boon duration (Water, Monk) and Might Duration (Strenght), precision and Heal power.
PvP : Replace purging flames by Wall of Reflection
Had the same problem a couple minutes ago …
Have the same problem atm … 3 messages in 5 minutes is not spamming …