I have played around 150+ tournaments both in beta and on release. I’ve played both offensive and defensive guardian specs. I have played roamer as well as point defender. I believe I have poked at every part of the spectrum within the guardian class pvp-wise.
I feel as though focus is a very handy offensive off-hand, I (when playing offensively) pair it with sword, though I ran glass cannon i could stay alive much longer than with shield, I still enjoyed shield because of the knock back to keep enemies of points and to knock people off finishers, to get the revive of course. I could generally take down the mobs on FoN in 6 seconds, yet i wouldn’t take any damage from the mob.
As defensively speced i ran mace shield. I could block an attack (I would save it for when i saw an obviously stun or knockdown e.g bulls charge and pistol whip). I haven’t ran many dungeons but the few dungeon runs I have completed shield worked much better than focus for supporting my team.
the issue with shield skill 4, In pvp i generally am only with 2 other players on my team so it isn’t much of a challenge to hit both of them with the buff. I image with mace and shield you can buff your whole team right before a fight begins and sustain it for a lot of the fight with hammer+mace shield+ shouts (in a dungeon situation).
