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Awesome, Ty for the explanation. I appreciate it
Can someone confirm Absolute Resolution is bugged or not bugged. I swear that it doesn’t go off every 3s like it says in the new tool tip label on the skill. I was testing it on class NPCs in heart of the mist and i could only see the 200 heal tick go off. Maybe i’m not seeing it fast enough, idk? I’m using a clerics amulet/jewel and 0/0/10/30/30 so the heal should be roughly 200 heal a sec normally and traited 500 every 3s. I don’t think I understand this skill …. By design are you suppose to get 2 healing procs 1 every second and additional heal proc every 3s?
If you want the best dps plus survivalbility I would go with Sc/Fc instead of GS. Start fight with 5 focus then scep 3 wait 1.5s ish and teleport on targeted exploding your focus ability. Hits like a brick. Sc does 1.5k a hit too so you can still be productive not being in the middle of an aoe spamfest.
Awesome thanks, this is exactly what i was looking for. Cant wait to try it out tonight. Thanks for your time.
Teamfights/securing stomps/good mobility. Did some more testing in last couple days and i do not think the build i posted will work. Main goal is that I would like to play a spec with mace and sword with descent dmg using shouts to help survive alittle more than using medi utilities, if that is even possible trait wise. I have a rotation that i feel very comfortable with using those weapons. Thanks for your time.
Another reason I’m looking for something different is that shouts are just better in almost every situation imo. I heard meditations are getting fury added to them on activation for the next patch so that will change the balance for sure.
I appreciate your time to respond to the post. Sry, I forgot to mention the build was for tPVP, kitten . The fury buff is huge and I didnt know that. In this meta, meditations are not nearly as good as shouts in any build imo. The change will probably balances that out. Your post gives me some great ideas for when the patch drops.
Honor tree has good condi removal at 30 points but I do not like anything from the 20 point section for 1h dps.
Jax, your mace burst spec is alot of fun and is very well thought out. Never would thought of playing guard in that style but its awesome. Just for me it’s a bit squish for my play style so I’m trying to modify the mace burst with my own spec to fit my play style. I created a post that references your guide cause my post is kinda long. If you have time could u critque it please or see if it is even viable? Here’s my post https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian/alternate-1h-guard-burst-spec/first#post2930908 . I know I wont get the same dmg and i’m ok with that. I’m having success with a modified 0/5/30/30/5 spec but I think I can do better with something else. I’m using flashing blade to teleport instead of Judge’s Intervention.
First of all, Silven has an amazing mace burst spec in his guide. The dmg is insane. It is a glass cannon spec so if you get surprised by an attack it is going to be hard to recover, but so are all glass cannon builds. The meditations that heal you are mostly used for offense at full health wasting the heal. Please refer to his build here https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian/Silven-s-PvP-Guardian-Build-Guide . I’m trying to make a build with the same rotation doing descent dmg but with more defense because glass cannons are not for me and thats the only reason. I use Flashing Blade to teleport and burst instead of using Judge’s Intervention. imo mace/torch/focus gives alot more burst than 2h’s (GS is poop) for guards so here’s my build – http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-7FcBl;0NF-40K3RG-90;9;6T9T;446A1;0089LJV4E;1sV2DsV2D5kA . Please critque me because i’m far from an expert and can’t call this a a guide yet. I am having success using a modified 0/5/30/30/5 build with mace/sword but I think I can do better changing the build.
-Valor tree is a must for crit dmg. I choose Altruistic healing combined with shouts for heals.
-Virtues tree seems stronger than honor since im not using 2h. I like the boosted healing from (Absolute Resolution) and extra stability (Imdomitable Courage) for stomps. I’m hoping Absolute Resolution makes up for losing dodge roll heals.
-Kiting can be an issue, but I’m used to melee classes so I can get around that. You could switch mace with scepter but you lose burst dmg and defense. Sword is a must to have for teleport (since we dont have Judge’s Intervention) and exploding shield of wrath otherwise u cant get in and make it explode on a target.
-Runes I like are divinty but if you need more condi removal go with lyssa.
-Is this build viable? Please dont answer that question if you have no knowledge of the mace burst spec.