Guild Wars 2

Lol. Yes, correct… I probably wasn’t paying attention since I don’t use 6 points in SA for PVE often and forgot it is a passive trait. Thank you — sorry for the confusion.

Since builds can be swapped at given moment ‘ooc’ I invested 6 in SA to gain regeneration while in stealth for a pug run. Unfortunately last night and the evening before it was not applying regen unless of course I use HiS or SR… no regen applied to me or the party under the SB #2 skill/smoke screen combo, BP or through traits. Is there an active bug by chance? Perhaps the boon is not shown or it’s something silly like the recent bug to vigorous recovery.

Thx – Az

With ascended armor. zodiac weapons + thistle warhorn.

Jax.5261:

Radiance is a really strong line for RHS and Justice is blind for DPS builds. Burst Guardian builds are viable in tpvp and do use 30 in Radiance, if you don’t think you have enough survivability you really just aren’t spec’d right.
You have perma Vigor, problem solved.

I totally agree. I’ve played with members in my guild and many others who main Guardian, and currently use RHS w/ scepter/focus and sword alt. Going 30 in Radiance is going to work for those spec’d correctly, using 1h wpns and adding pts in the Honor trait line for perma Vigor. It’s viable in PVE, as Jax states above, it’s strong in DPS builds. I use a 20/30/0/20/0 build currently with the extra dmg for scepter, RHS & Empowering Might and have no problems surviving in dungeons runs. Again, tpvp and wvw are different areas of play and may require allocating pts differently.

Bash’s explanation and breakdown of Radiance a few posts above shows how useful the trait line is to Guardians. I’d go as far as saying if you’re not adding pts to Valor for AH, toughness or crit. dmg then Radiance, Honor and Virtues is absolutely worth it depending on what the player wants to achieve. I only spec in to Zeal for the Scepter trait and the extra power for my current build.

Radiance isn’t bad even though I understand the point of the OP.

Guardian was the first class I created when the game released. I encourage people to play every class (I have all 8 classes at lvl80) to better understand the mechanics, find your personal play style and frankly educate yourself so you’re more prepared, especially in dungeons, wvw or pvp.

Lots of flexibility with this profession. I’ve ran the standard bunker/AH build for the first month or so then explored with hybrids, more offensive type set-ups. Damage is consistent and decent and they excel in party play, trash mobs and events. They certainly cannot burst down an enemy like a thief or warrior; however, they’re very effective at blocking, self/party heals & stability & retaliation & so on…

I use a 0/15/5/30/20 build centered around burning/retaliation with Renewed Justice and Shouts/Two-Handed weapon recharge & Battle Presence in Honor for party regeneration and Absolute Resolution to increase the passive healing and self-condition removal (which is fantastic when you need to remove 3 conditions).

The toughness is sacrificed and doesn’t cripple me because guardians where heavy armor and have utilities, virtues and skills to reduce or avoid damage and they’re better at this than other classes (in my experience) depending on the situation.

I wear all zerker gear w/ ruby orbs… same with the weapons (sigils vary depending on situation, but SS of accuracy is nice for the increased critical chance).

I only mention my set-up because the class can certainly dish out single-target and aoe damage well even though the class is structured around more defensive utilities, self/party boon sharing, healing and support.

Make a guard today — they can be lots of fun and extremely useful in group play/dungeons/zergs.

/enjoy

I run a phantasm build with zerker gear/weapons. I had my mesmer to level 80 before the end of the year and went with a full shatter/high conditions (1250-1450 w/ buffs/boons) staff mesmer to get a feel for the class; applying multiple conditions, party support, etc. Certainly more damage mitigation and evasion, however it’s less effective (typically) in group events and dungeons, especially if there’s another condition class in the party.

DPS or burst damage usually wins out in PvE scenarios. I currently use the following:

10/30/0/25/5
Domination: (III) Empowered Illusions
Dueling: (II) Phantasmal Fury, (V) Desperate Decoy, (X) Deceptive Evasion
Inspiration: (II) Glamour Mastery or (III) Vigorous Revelation, (V) Persisting Images
Illusions: the Minor Trait Illusionists Celerity (a must have imo)

Wielding GS:
attack: 3279
cc/cd: 56/107% (before buffs/boons)

Wielding scepter/focus:
attack: 3121
cc/cd: 61%/108% (before buffs/boons)

Armor: 1836
Vitality: 17,582

1. Zerker gear w/ ruby orbs (6x).
2. Zerker Accessories (2x), Crystalline Bands (2x), Mark of the Tethyos Houses (amulet)Mighty Infusion, Quiver of Swift Flight infused (back piece)Mighty Infusion. ***All equipment is Pwr/Pre/Crit Dmg.

Main line of utilities:
Healing: Ether Feast (typically-for additional health) or Mirror (situational)
Skills #7, #8 & #9: Mirror Images, Blink or Null Field, Feedback (typically)
*Substituting w/ Arcane Thievery & Decoy (especially in WvW or heavy cond’s) and
of course Portal Entre for CoF, jp’s, etc. (specific uses).
Elite: Time Warp
*Moa Morph for WvW when you really want to mess w/ someone. Mass Inv. for specific cases and dungeons.

I rarely have trouble in dungeons or general PvE — works well in WvW since it confuses some players to attack one of my clones instead of me which gives me time to immobilize, cripple or simply evade attacks and add damage while I kill them.

If you swap out for the trait providing more Vigor, it’s a great way to supply endurance to yourself and your party/team.

Feedback welcome. /thanks

I was using a standard support/tank or A/H 0/0/30/30/10 build. If you’re looking for more survivability and damage mitigation + self heals this is one option. I ran this build from launch for the first month or so only, then explored other skills, weapons and variations based on my play style (mostly dungeons, pve events, some wvw).

I currently use: 0/15/5/30/20

(I was running 10 in Valor for Purity V, instead I decided to go back with 20 in Virtues for Absolute Resolution IX, considering 3 cond’s removed on activation of Virtue of Resolve + increase in passive effect which is fantastic and from my experience it’s better than using 5 additional points dedicated to Purity)

Radiance: Signet Mastery II
Valor: 5 pts for minor trait/crit chance-tgh increase
Honor: Superior Aria II, Two-Handed Mastery IX, Battle Presence XII
Virtues: Vengeful II or Master of Consecrations VI, Absolute Resolution IX

Focus:
1. Keep burning and blind up with Renewed Justice/Justice is Blind
2. Added crit chance/toughness from Valor (not as crucial, can be added to Radiance)
3. Shouts & Two-handed recharge for hammer/GS (depends on dung/situation)
and Battle Presence for continued party regeneration.
4. Consecration recharge for WoR, etc. – Virtue of Retribution to mitigate some
damage each time you continue to spam Virtue of Justice or any virtue and of
course Absolute Resolution IX to increase the passive healing.

Berserker gear w/ ruby orbs (mainly to increase crit chance)
Berserker trinkets ( upgrading to ascended – takes time with 8 characters)

Utilites are Signet of Resolve (a must), Hold the Line, SYG and optional for last spot depending on situation. And Elite Focus. Rarely do I trade off from this setup.

Weapons are Hammer or GS with Scepter/Focus typically.
I’ll run Staff for speed boost, might/healing buffs, support, etc.

Any feedback is welcome. /thanks

My lvl80 Human Warrior in full TA armor — midnight ice dye!!

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My dark lvl80 Sylvari Mesmer with Arah armor!!

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My thief with a mix of dungeon armor from CoE, HotW & AC!!

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My lvl80 Engineer with a mix of dungeon armor from CoF & TA!!

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My lvl80 Human Ranger with a mix of dungeon armor from SE, TA, CoF and T2 cultural!

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