Guild Wars 2

Staff is excellent if you play support. Not only can you grant 12 stacks of might to EVERYONE in your party, you can also heal with the orb and give swiftness with 3. Also, if used correctly, your 5 ability can be amazing as well! Example, an engineer with mortar…you can trap the mobs in an area with 5 and the engineer/ranged can bombard them before they even touch you. Not to mention that your auto attacks hit in a large cone.

I play support as a guardian in dungeons (mace/shield and staff) and ability 4 for the shield is amazing…protection for everyone is a 33% reduction in ALL damage…time it with a big ability that a boss is using and it can dramatically increase the chance of survival. Also, I have no idea why you think people do not use the Shield trait which grants 90 toughness and 20% cool-down reduction…that is a very beneficial trait to have going support. Again, this is only from a PvE perspective.

I have to agree on ability 5 though…It’s cooldown is fine but the effect should be of greater importance.

Have you really given support shield a try? Or are you part of the other 85% of GUARD-ians who just think of themselves and not the group?