Guild Wars 2

Was wondering if any one knows what the range of this sigil is and what it heals for at level 80? Also does healing power affect it?

Thank you for the reply! Was hoping to get my crit chance up for on crit stuff with out sacrificing toughness or healing power although it does not look like it will be possible.

Thank you gang, still trying to figure out my guardian build….it has only been months. Have a bunch of laurels saved up just not sure what items I should spend them on.

Any suggestions on a good power and condition build for WvW roaming and camp flipping?

Thanks again for all the help gang.

What would be a good zerk guardian build for WvW.

And on topic is ascended gear the best choice for WvW I have not really been comparing them although perhaps I should have as I have made some ascended purchases.

stats exist?

I would like to find some rings and earrings that have the following stats although not sure they even are in game.

Precision
Toughness
Healing

If they do exist can some tell me the name of them so I can search the ah, or laurel vendors or what instance they come from? Thank you.

I will try the well again, although in the past it has performed poorly. On npc’s it is fine although on players it has been fairly useless as they just dodge out and avoid it from the few times I have used it. Will try the other changes as well, thank you psygate.

Hello,
The current build I am running is here http://tinyurl.com/mznpt3g how ever it is not doing as well as I would like. Or more accurately I am failing the build.
I run solo mainly or with one other player flipping camps etc. Was wondering if any one could help me find a build that may work better for me?
I have ran into some enemy necros that were doing great against small groups, they seemed to be using an axe? (Deathly Claws) and a flesh golem.

Obtena.7952:

SIGH … clearly some people aren’t getting the idea that a strength is something you do well, even if someone does it better or even if it’s not a great thing to do.

No I completely get it, play to our strengths even if our strengths are laughable. Like having a pinto in a crash up derby with bradleys and tiger IIs the pinto will have some strengths, just not any that are going to be worth while in an encounter. That is the problem, when in the only part of the game that matters we are not that great unless we have a zerg to hide behind.

Still trying to find a viable build, the class is fun although it is not a real threat when roaming and camp flipping.

Not sure what our strengths are, it is defiantly not healing unfortunately. My ranger does better self healing than my guardian. Still trying to find a build that works for me, although on my other class’s I never say ahh crap its a guardian this fight is going to suck. I do say that about other class’s though.

Speaking of the only part of the game that matters WvW:

At least to me it is the only part that matters.

What I find the guardian lacking is mobility, and the ability to finish any one who wants to leave the fight….so perhaps a strong ranged option.

Mobility for example, our symbol of swiftness also slows us down as soon as a mob or some one from the chasing group steps in it making it detrimental to our health. Our great sword leap has the same cool down as the rangers although the ranger covers twice the distance as us. We also have no passive movement increase such as the rangers signit, engineers, necros, warriors etc.

If we do engage an enemy who wants to leave the fight their is little to nothing we can do about it, ele, ride the lightning, rangers swoop, thiefs, engineers etc. Often times our burst is not up to the task of finishing the kill.

Thank you every one, I am going to play around with these and see if I can make any of them work for me in my kitten state.

Hello,
I am looking for a good roaming build for WvW. Would like to take camps if possible if not scouting and harassing single and duel players works as well.

Hopefully something that does not rely on heartseaker through stealth…..I have a hard time doing this as I am injured and playing one handed atm.

I used to although last I looked anet touched it. No longer seems to be useable in WvW.

EDIT:
Have not tried to use it in a long time so maybe it went to therapy and got over having anet touch it.

The build is http://tinyurl.com/k9sau5a I forget who I had gotten from, so my apologizes for that and also thank you to the one who originally shared the build.

I have noticed I have been having a hard time killing mobile class’s. Rangers, Thiefs, Elementalist and portal Mesmer’ and if a warrior wants to break away from the fight they are usually gone and not much I can do.

I like the durability of the build, although when roaming solo I noticed I am also having a hard time dpsing camps. Can tale forever to flip a camp.

Any one have a build that might work better? Looking to be able to stay alive (I do not dodge well) and have enough dps to take over camps and the odd player I find.

Excalibur.9748:

Bailey.6892:

Excalibur.9748:

We still have low damage.
We still have poor sustain (can be easilly kited/killed.)
We are still one of the hardest classes to play.

This is lulzy coming from the highest damage, and one of the highest sustain class. It’s also the class that is widely considered to be ez-mode and faceroll.

I think you have the wrong forum this is the warrior forum not the thief forum. Said as a lvl 80 thief.

Don’t lie.

No, honestly this is the warrior forum.

Excalibur.9748:

We still have low damage.
We still have poor sustain (can be easilly kited/killed.)
We are still one of the hardest classes to play.

This is lulzy coming from the highest damage, and one of the highest sustain class. It’s also the class that is widely considered to be ez-mode and faceroll.

I think you have the wrong forum this is the warrior forum not the thief forum. Said as a lvl 80 thief.

Rennoko.5731:

TheAgedGnome.7520:

What is your build?

I have been waffling between wasting some fear duration (going over 100%) using master of terror to make sure I get a 3 second close range fear, and getting soul marks living with shorter fears. I find I don’t really use staff much at all except to fear thieves out of houses, and the base marks are bigger, but still hard for me to get used to.

I am on Maguuma

What is the 3 second close range fear?

Blaine Tog.8304:

30 in Curses by itself makes for a pretty decent condi build. The rest depends on what else you want to do (I’ve only run power builds recently so I don’t want to give too-specific suggestions about condi). Corruptions are pretty strong, as are Well builds (Well builds wreck face in zergs, massive, massive AoE damage). Oh, and Spectral Wall is amazing. That’ll split a zerg right in half. You definitely want to run Signet of the Locust most of the time in WvW; the movement speed boost is invaluable. I’ll switch it out for Flesh Wurm if I’m fighting near an allied tower. Drop the wurm inside the tower to make sure it can’t die, then detonate it if you get in trouble for a get-out-of-jail. In general, you’ve gotten a lot of good build advice elsewhere in this thread, though.

I have gotten good advice in the thread, and appreciate every one who has helped out. The folks in the thread have been awesome, truly is appreciated.

Nuorus.8415:

Bailey.6892:

Is their not a shoulder set that has those stats? I may be blind although have not been able to find one.

U should be able to find the trinkets by the icons they have because those are unique icons :P An yes there is shoulder guards… I think

I will try and locate them by image on the trading post. Interesting I did not see a temple set with those stats for the shoulders, will look again. Thank you again for the build and for responding.

Hello,
I have hit 80 on the necro, although am not an expert…may not even be competent with the class. Had some good luck last night against solo warriors and guardians. Had a good time when I joined a zerg. Although the necros their were telling me I should be doing a condition build and to use locust signet when I am roaming.

Any ideas on a good condition build? Or is their a build you would recommend Blaine Tog? Thank you again every one, the help is appreciated!

has the stats precision/toughness/condition damage. I may have missed it on the temple vendors and was wondering if their was one and if so what temple.

Is their not a shoulder set that has those stats? I may be blind although have not been able to find one.

What trinkets are you using? Or type of trinkets I guess, I.E. Zerker or? Also thank you for posting the build.

Thanks gang,
I have the necro up and the build that was linked although I must say I am not doing well as a necro. Need to get used to some of the ground targeting. Camps were not bad although the fights with one or two other people have not been pretty. Especially thiefs.

Sounds good, will look for the condition one. Found out they have condition gear so that may be an easy solution. Thank you all for the help!

And thank you ArmageddonAsh, shimmerless and tetrodoxin I appreciate the help! Will be nice (for me at least) if we can keep them playing. Thank you again for the help.

Hello,
I honestly don’t know they had just asked that I find a build for when they get back. They are playing a condition engineer so possibly a non condition build to give them something different?

Hello,
I am looking for a solid build for WvW. They will be doing mainly camp flipping and solo roaming, or playing with my my self and one other when we are on. They have been mainly playing an engineer and have had their Mesmer collecting dust and are now wanting to try something else.

Can be a power or condition build, I know nothing about the class so not sure what is what. Thank you for the help!

I decided to go with an asura since a friend is going to be coming back nad they play an asura mezzer. Hoping being a little guy will help confuse people a little more for the times I am with them.

Kinda wishing I had gone plant the root actually would have been helpful today, although I am lazy and not going to re roll since I had made a large amount of progress leveling.

Sweet, thank you Ynot!

Thank you Kraag Deadsoul! Off to make my necro and race to 80. Is their a race that is better suited for the necro? I know that racial don’t matter a whole lot although their are times I wish my guardian was a norn for the snow leopard.

How are they for WvW? Would be mainly flipping camps solo or with one or two other players.

Can some also link the current necro builds for WvW please. Thank you.

EDIT:
Open for any builds that are recommended. Condition buulds, direct damage or what not.

If you are going to be in a zerg then sure although what fun is a zerg?

Solo or with one or two other players not really….or at least I have not found a good build for this. AH was not a build that worked for me doing this. Not sure what it is although so far the guardian has felt sub par. Our healing is far to low even with healing gear. We do not close well and our heavy armor does not really make much difference against spike damage from thief’s, meser etc.

Thank you John Widdin and Sylentir, I will have him try these out tomorrow. Thank you for the help!

Sadly anet is involved, we would be better off with EA.

That being said the guardian feels as if it is in a really weak place right now. Our mitigation of damage (or lack of) and lousy healing and low health pool makes us a fairly weak class. Even with over 3k armor thief’s as an example are landing massive spike damage on us. Our healing and regen is quite poor and does not come close to being a counter to the said thief’s spike damage or the other class damage capability’s, meser, etc.

My ranger easily out heals my guardian, and so far any other guardian I have encountered. Was able to take out two guardians at once today multiple times with zero effort. They simply were not able to have enough dps, mitigation or ranged counters to stop me. And while I was watching a shoe my engineer buddy took out a group of 2 guardians and a warrior with out issue once the warrior was down.

What should be done with regards to retaliation is make it work as it reads. If it is going to have an internal cool down then make it so that it reflects %100 of the damage back to the target for that attack having the guardian take 0 damage from that attack. Grenade barrage is one attack so all the damage from that attack is reflected. How ever if they auto attack first then the auto attack would be reflected and 0 of the grenade barrage would be reflected. Make it so they cant just spam although will have to counter with a low damage attack first to clear the retal.

After that armor needs to be looked at and re adjusted, heavy armor and lots of toughness should actually make a huge difference so that the thief, or meser cant get multi k hits on you with out some serious debufs on us. Stacks of weakness etc.

Healing power needs to be increased, to be on par with spike damage as an effective counter. And the guardian should become better at healing allies and buffing allies. Our self buffs are meh, and don’t do much if anything to help with mass damage, or avoiding it. And can be used against us more effectively than as a benefit to us. Necros turning them against us, sword thief’s and warriors oh my, any ways love the guardian class just wish it was more effective and didn’t need team mates to carry the class.

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Hello,
Looking to get a build that has some good healing and damage for wvw mainly solo or with 1 other player focusing on camp flipping. Thank you for taking the time to help him out.

Amins.3710:

akamon.2769:

i used to run with around 3k armor as my threshold. but in the end, it really depends on you, your opponents, the situation and your play style. i have builds now that i run with 2.5, 2.6k armor and i feel like i “survive” fine. and i’ve been in situations where having 3.4k armor didn’t save me, at most gave me a few more seconds to live.

i gues what i’m saying is, it’s nice to have these stats as a general guideline, but they’re not the end all. that being said, i still enjoy stat optimaztion.

I think what tee’s me off the most is if you have 3600 armor, a thief will still crit you for 4-6k easy.

Armor in this game is a joke.

Go for Damage Negation and Damage Avoidance.

I agree, they need to do a major over haul and redo the armor system. Heavy armor should truly count for something, and having a shield should have a passive block chance and a good chance to block at that.

I would be interested as well. Normally I run solo or with an engineer friend. Would be nice to have a build that could give out good support to them.

It is not showing all damage done, or received. Also does not show healing. Still broken from day one….

TeamBattleAxe.3901:

@flyingfox: That’s exactly what I tried for the ricochet build. It’s pretty ridiculous, but a bit overkill since you’re trading in survivability options for tons of initiative you don’t really need. Really fun with a fire sigil if you’re shooting at a zerg, though.

@Bailey: Bloodlust stacks. I have a spare pistol that I use for building stacks, then swap out to the fire sigil pistol when I’m full.

Thank you,
I appreciate you taking the time to answer my question and for posting the build and vid!

What build are you using or gear I should say. Saw the link in tiny although also saw you were gaining stacks and did not notice the weapons having that. Just wondering if something may have changed from when the build was made and vid was made.

Regardless, thank you! and great vid’s was fun to watch.

Tarsius.3170:

Is this for spvp? I’m still get 9k hits against orrian trash and wvw players

What build and gear are you using for WvW?

Hello,
I checked the logs and no information their. I had actually checked before I posted as it was entirely possible I had made a mistake. Alas it was not an issue on my end. And defiantly did not do the stand down, made sure of that. O well will re promote and see what happens. Hoping it is not the bug from august that was mentioned….would be a long kitten time for anet not to have solved it.

Thank you gang, it is appreciated.

Phineas Poe.3018:

FT/EG build got buffed so hardcore this patch.

What would that build look like. (Non engineer, trying to find a friend a new build) thank you for any and all help.

Not at all, or at least mostly not.

Sadly my ranger has better survivability than the guardian does. Much more healing, better options for engaging and disengaging from fights. And is as effective solo or in a group.

The guardian has been a pain in WvW for roaming solo or with another player. Our toughness and armor does little to help us out it seems and the super low health pool is not even close to being balanced by the subpar regen we have. The ranger is doing near 600 passive healing a second. https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/ranger/Faux-s-RRR-Build-Conditions-Variation/first
Also has a new build out. https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/ranger/BUILD-Boon-Tank-Ranger-BTR-Variations#post2282251

Our mobility is also sub par, our great sword leap gets us a meager 600 range where as the ranger gets 1200.

Or compared to a thief, especially for roaming and solo or small group play.

Sadly while I am going to stick with the guardian it really is not that great of a class or I should say fun class for solo camp flipping and small group play, two to three party members total.

Perhaps it is my build, although running a standard build so not sure.

JonathanSharp.7094:

Yes, we care about the forums. We also care about all the classes equally.

Really as a ranger it does not seem like it. So when can we get rid of the poorly coded ai shackle we are forced to split our damage with?

Hello,
Yes it is a guild I created and am the leader of, well was before it dropped me to a lower rank.

Why is that if I represent another guild when I come back to my guild my rank is dropped. And how do we prevent this mistake from happening.

Crapgame.6519:

Hi Bailey – yeah, I think it swings both ways actually in regards to zergs so maybe I’m just being a baby – lol.

There are builds but not a lot. I don’t know if it is more or less than others because the only other class I’ve played is a Ranger who is stuck at 40 something. I’ve run a poor mans AH build that is at the top of the forum here by brutaly which isn’t bad. But at the time I didn’t have all the gear so maybe I could always pick up a few pieces to finish it and try it again.

While I like the hammer (banish) for fun and giggles, I always found it too slow for me. Not to mention the fact I don’t think I did the annimation dance correctly (if ever). Also, had I known about this I maybe would have if I rolled a Asura rather than a Human Something about the Asura’s (little fella’s) wielding a large hammer and their annimations…

Not being a baby at all.

Yea unfortunately my guardian is a human as well, had gotten her to lvl 10 then shelved her for a long time and when I was asked to play something else I was to lazy to re level those ten levels….now I wish I had. Although the engineer I run with is glad I did not, he likes that I am the bigger target.

I have been trying the ah build at the top of the forum although it has been fairly brutal being solo or in the duo with the engineer. I just mixed it up and was trying to use mediations before the new build booted me although not sure I have the build done right…basically just the ah build with mediation recharge and monks focus.

I normally use a gs and a staff so I can give us some movement while trying to flip camps. Although I really like the hammer, if I can switch to it and have the engineer pull a target to us it is fun to trap them with the ring of warding.