Guild Wars 2

Trollin and ganking as much as possible. Upscaled? Not a problem down you go =) Yes supercheap but it was fun. Normally on my guardian Antiwipe tankin stuff so it was a nice change.

http://youtu.be/y579BKyy7ME

Bumped into a nice fight this evening on my Mesmer! (I’m usually on my Guardian Antiwipe =) Gogo Gandara!

http://youtu.be/L7jsZ6q5v1M

Playing my guardian with DualPOV of my Elementalist friend Ulmir.

http://youtu.be/VYSLafI5gjo

http://youtu.be/VYSLafI5gjo

Ohai Whiskers =) I’ve been playing alot with you lately but on my Warrior (Zkary) and Necro (Zkarlet). We’ve been holding some guild events also but then I play my guard ofc Go Go Gandara!

Hi Space!

First of all thx for commenting. Here are my thoughts around your questions/ideas:

1. EM – Initially I ran with 2HM. It was great especially in groups in the size of 5-15. I switched to EM because of the skill lag. If I would break down where my healing comes from it would probably be split 60% dodgehealing+AH, 30% EM and 10% Empower/Shelter. In the current state of the game EM is really good. If I would only roam a night I would go 2HM. And yes with AoE weapons as Staff+Hammer I get alot of crits, usually there’s a warrior (fury) in my group also. Every crit I land is about 400 healing (82*5).

2. Boon duration – As a Guardian I take my responsibility as booner =) 50% increase duration to AoE stability and the Protection I share feels really really strong. Have to remember it’s not only shouts that provide boons. There’s also might from Empower, swiftness from marks, the might from EM, might and protecion from Virtues and it goes on… The math is harder to break down here but I think especially now with the new Traveler Runes it’s a very solid choice. Concerning SY! I actually run it now and then. It’s more situational and again I tend to use it when roaming with ppl I know. I don’t use it in PUG groups or when commanding as it can be devastating, especially now when Pure of Voice is nerfed/fixed.

3. Renewed Focus – My healway guardian friends got twice the +healing so they run the books. It really breaks down on what role you play. I would say this build is ideal to frontlining together with your commander or actually being the commander. I don’t see any problems though switching to book once in a while – popping it – spam heal – and then run back to the front! RF for sure is a more selfish option but ppl I run with often has me as target/anchor so it sucks if I get killed.

Thx again for your thoughts and cya out there ! What is your nick in YaK?

I’m on Gandara EU (silver) and skill lag all over the place. . It’s near to unplayable and it’s such a shame for this awesome game mode. Can you please update us on your progress on the skill lag issue

Updated my written guide @ Into The Mist. Hope you guys like it!
Go Go Gandara!
http://intothemists.com/guides/351-wvw_ahguardian_video_guide_included

sinaddr.3407:

Great guide, thanks for posting it. You allude to a backline cleric build in your video, do you have a guide or a link to what you’re referring to?

The build I’m reffering to is 0-0-10-30-30 with full healing (cleric) gear, sanctuary and more team oriented utilities and elite skill. Thx for the kind words!

Rainu.6871:

Nice guide, might give it a try with my guardian soon

Have you compared how it does compared to some version of the old AH crithammer build? Say, with Knight’s armor and maybe Magi weapons, and Empowering Might instead of Two-Handed Mastery. It will have a bit less damage but with the higher precision the staff will proc might on allies more often, buffing your team and giving you a bit more healing.

Thank you Rainu!

I guess it’s a personal choice. From experience precision over power when you got low +critdmg is a bad idea. If you have a lot of “on-crit-procs” it might be worth it to an extent. A big purpose of the build is cc, tankyness and sustain and I believe shorter cooldowns suits better for that role.

Also a lot of our healing comes from “Altruistic Healing” and it scales poorly with healing power. Actually 0.01. So getting for example an extra 500 healing power only adds 5 on our heals. Empowering might has 1 sec internal cooldown which means it won’t pump out healing on crits. But your suggestion is very valid and i might try it out!

Again thx for the suggestion!

ArtemisEntreri.4138:

For larger groups/zergs I would run stamina sigil on staff. When people start dying you can almost endlessly dodge roll.

Good video. Thanks for the info.

Hi and thank you for watching the video. Stamina on Staff tend to be better in big zergs, but I’m not a big fan of those. I rather play where there’s under 100 ppl in the fight so you can avoid the skillag. Energy is good for both situations and the vigor up-time is about 70-90%. With energy + vigor I’m kinda satisfied. Don’t wanna endlessly dodge roll hehe – put out some cc, blast, dodge, channel empower, dodge, etc.

vanzan.1250:

Have you considered stamina instead of compote? Stamina gives you 2 dodge rolls and aoe heal which is a better heal than compote and more group friendly.

Hi and thanks for reading/viewing the guide! I’m actually not sure on what “stamina” food you’re talking about. If you’re referring the “Superior Sigil of Stamina” for the staff it’s really situational. As in my video gameplay I would have zero gain from it. Would be great though if running with zergs 24/7. Ultimately you can’t have best spec for both situations but the energy are good in both. As my Vigor up-time is about 70-90% a full endurance buff would also go to a bit of waste.

Hi guys!

I’ve just finished a guide for an Altruistic Healing Guardian suited for WvW group play.
I did both a vdeo and a written one. Enjoy!

Written guide: http://intothemists.com/guides/351-wvw_ahguaridan_video_guide_included

Video guide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4HJ1IjrE1Q

McWolfy.5924:

sorry, but that was a low lvl character. show me 9k+ damage on a lvl30+ bunker in tpvp

Well it’s not a tPvP video and it’s not a tPvP forums so I have no clue why I would do that aaand lvl30+ in tpvp have that same dmg-mitigation as a lvl 1 so don’t see your point there either. Anyway I WILL try it out in sPVP today so maybe u get lucky Thx for watching anyhow – cheers!

I know hehe. It’s just for funzies and kiting =) Thx for watching!

http://youtu.be/1oOAst_UViA

For either big crits or dmg overall more precision than power is never a good idea. Thumbs down =(

1. Run signet heal instead of shelter
2. Make sure to run “pure of voice”, “purity” and “absolute resolution”
3. Soldier runes
4. Switch Sanctuary for Purging Flames and trait Master of Conscentrations
5. Might wanna test to swap in a tourch in off-hand for cleansing, even greatsword whirls/leap for condi clearing through light fields might be a good idea if condi heavy. Not like your staff 4 will help – might just make it worse if corrupted.

Hope it helps!

Try this out! It requires great map awarness and no over extension but oboy spite+epi in hot joins… Can easily melt 1v3, like crossing to henge in forest. Remember to finish off with scepter, u wan’t that 25 stack. Rez signet is beyond bad now as u alsmost have to precast it and the life force gain is awful tbh.

Here u go: http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-1_-34;0kHVF0r3oJkJ0;9;4TT9;039A38A1;6C-F2a;1jwmAjwmA2VF

Zerker for sure.

The problem with confusion in tPvP is you can’t apply alot of stacks for a long time on a alot of targets. The proper shatter builds just outshines in dps and burst both single target and AoE. 1on1 sure if your facing a mediocre opponent that is not watching their debuffs carefully.

Shatter all the way. As a mesmer you’re brought to the team because of:
1: shatter-burst
2: portal
3: causing havoc, mainly to lesser skilled players

Here’s a competitive tPvP build – http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgAQNAW8dlwzKqnTTrGa9ICqHaH49dkK0alewbz2FC-TsAg0CnIqRVjrGTNyas1MsYZxmAA

How about just prolong the kitten pre-match time until a 5th gets in? Shouldn’t be rocketscience rly…

Illusion/power Mesmer. Build is in the description. Hope you like it!