Guild Wars 2

Hello everyone, before I get into it I’ll give a little info of where I’m at. I currently have 5 characters rolled ranging from 60-80 working on getting them all to 80. My main is an engi I have it setup for condition/toughness, I like it I get some kills don’t feel squishy. Now I’m back onto my guardian (first gw2 character) and Im near 80. I have dabbled in PvP with it and seems fun running mainly defense/support. However I think I want to make a cannon instead. My favorite weapons are the GS > Hammer > Stafkittenhield > everything else. I’m mainly a WvW player I’m looking for the right build before I drain my resources.

Questions

1. How viable is a burst guardian? What DMG numbers are we talking. I think if I can 2-3 shot someone I’ll ignore that I die easy.

2. Going full damage leaves me, weak? Or do I have a decent amount of base defense or through skill can I survive.

3. Should I just be support ? Is this my best bet? Will the support potential outweigh the damage potential by a lot? I understand guards have the best support capabilities but does offense lack with them ?

4. What’s the best offensive and best defensive build out there? I don’t think I want an in between build. I feel my engi is got that spot covered. I have searched for builds but, idk what’s still up to date with patches etc.

Thank you guys very much.