Guild Wars 2

The wall does not prevent movement, sadly. But the others do.

I have done this exact thing multiple times and I think you’d be surprised how useful it is. Sure, there are a couple people who breeze right through with stability, but you have isolated them from the mob and they can be picked off by those above you. I’ve stopped huge mobs of players in their tracks at the narrow ramps by utilizing staff 5, shield 5 and sanctuary. It hasn’t ever completely turned the tide of a battle but it sure does make an impact and it is really ridiculously entertaining.

swilkers.5938:

It seems to me that these skills ( as well as MANY other skills in many other classes) are VERY misleading in title.

What do you find misleading about them? They all state clearly in the description that they give retaliation under specific conditions.

“Igniting Rocket Boots!”

Male Guardian, I’ve heard him say this twice, and I have no idea what triggered it.

I run 0/0/30/30/10 and it is working amazingly for me.

Mace/Shield primarily, spamming the symbol on 2 which ticks 2 different heals with the right trait, keeping myself and anyone else in melee up. Mace 1, third attack ae heals for 650 health as well, and popping the shield bubble if anyone else needs heals. Spam F1 every time it’s up for the damage, might, and heals from Altruistic Healing and F2/F3 if anyone gets a little low has saved uncountable teammates. Secondary greatsword gets used to drop a second symbol and to gather enemies up using 5, great for getting them close for AEs.

As for utilites, the 10% DR signet is always on my bar, and then I generally have wall of reflection and sanctuary, although those are swapped out as needed generally for the spirit bow (immediately used for heals) or whatever else is necessary for the fight.

Using this build, not only am I able to keep my team alive most of the time, but if I’m good at timing my walls and bubbles, I can completely negate some mobs, block agony, give safe pockets for rezzing, etc.

I do, however, have absolutely terrible damage. You will not be killing much on your own if you go this route.

Reflection, as far as I know, only works on projectiles. That means that only things that physically travel through the air, such as arrows and balls of electricity, will be reflected back. It does not work on melee attacks or any other attacks with no physical projectile component.

Retaliation is a boon and, as said by others, does nothing to mitigate damage done to you but does return a fixed amount based on your level and power.

As for the tooltips, they may be a little bit confusing at times, but the wiki is actually built into the game (/wiki as stated by Elthuzar, which can be refined by /wiki <search term>) so you can quickly get a much more concise and understandable description of them.