Guild Wars 2

Jax.5261:

Harbinger.8637:

Jax.5261:

Harbinger.8637:

10/5/30/5/20 a large percentage of med guard uses it now. It’s gives you more sustain then the 0/30/30/5/5. It also more useful for team play because of the ability to drop a med for a Concretion, and the extra condition removal from AR. You don’t have to use GS, I just put it there as a filler.

I’m surprised you haven’t seen this build, it’s quite popular.

But you can’t assault sidepoint and you’ll lose to a roamer ….. so why would you run it?

It does all those things fine. Give it a shot, and see if you like it. Like I said it’s quite strange you never seen it before. It’s a popular build this meta, it’s not something I just made up on the fly.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian/Guide-on-how-to-play-a-Dps-Support-Guardian/first#post3483269

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian/Itty-Bitty-Bunker-s-DPS-Guardian-Guide-tPvP/first#post3556189

Well 100% can’t deal with spirit ranger, Guardian or engi on sidepoint because you’re running GS. Unless they deliberately don’t dodge WW or ZD. But I’m trying it now.

Like I said in an earlier post that GS was a filler. I personally use hammer with scepter/focus and take Binding Jeopardy when I run it.

Jax.5261:

Harbinger.8637:

10/5/30/5/20 a large percentage of med guard uses it now. It’s gives you more sustain then the 0/30/30/5/5. It also more useful for team play because of the ability to drop a med for a Concretion, and the extra condition removal from AR. You don’t have to use GS, I just put it there as a filler.

I’m surprised you haven’t seen this build, it’s quite popular.

But you can’t assault sidepoint and you’ll lose to a roamer ….. so why would you run it?

It does all those things fine. Give it a shot, and see if you like it. Like I said it’s quite strange you never seen it before. It’s a popular build this meta, it’s not something I just made up on the fly.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian/Guide-on-how-to-play-a-Dps-Support-Guardian/first#post3483269

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian/Itty-Bitty-Bunker-s-DPS-Guardian-Guide-tPvP/first#post3556189

10/5/30/5/20 a large percentage of med guard uses it now. It’s gives you more sustain then the 0/30/30/5/5. It also more useful for team play because of the ability to drop a med for a Concretion, and the extra condition removal from AR. You don’t have to use GS, I just put it there as a filler.

I’m surprised you haven’t seen this build, it’s quite popular.

Engie…

Good ones are close to impossible to beat, and less skilled ones are still hard to down.

This is the typical guardian med build atm.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQNAR8dlUgSDHHyNEfYFSmiVCBtFUVIewFc9AiioGC-TsAg0CnIYSxkjJDTSmsMN+Y9xGCA

YOU WILL NEVER CONQUER ASCALON, BARGWHAAAAHAAHHHHHHHAAA!

I laugh every time.

I’m confused on exactly what you are asking. You want to know how GS dps compares to sword dps?

Amaterasu.6280:

What’s fixed? You can still use fractal weps in pvp. Or what did you mean?

He said it was fixed, but what I’m guessing it was. You get a fractal weapon drop, you then transmute your legendary to it. Then you probably split it again, then somehow it’s made a pvp weapon due to a bug.

Writetyper.1985:

It’s not a drop. He got the appropriate Fractal skin, transmuted it to the fractal skin, and then used the fractal skin in PvP. This is fixed now unfortunately.

Darn I wish I would have known about that! Oh well Fractal skins are so hard to get anyways. Got to love rng.

Med dps guards generally beat them if you play right. Dodge the Arcing Arrow, and you’re fine most of the time. Combustive Shot isn’t really a big deal, it can actually work in your favor if you trait Inner Fire.

Make sure you save all your blinds and blocks when he pulls out the hammer. Generally med dps guards don’t have stab, so that’s the one big issue.

Jomo kenyatta.7351:

Sensotix.4106:

Harbinger.8637:

I know English isn’t everyone’s native language, but it’s losing not loosing. That always drives me crazy.

/grammar police

my bad sorry

dont apologize senso just another idiot diverting attention from the real issue, and also if you only speak english and you want to help people learn it do so in private and stop cluttering the forums with petty grammar and spell checks
this meta isnt fun, rangers and warriors are the main issue but to a lesser extent decap engis like omg they are soo brainless and so effective its just annoying NERF ENGIS

Yeah sure I could have sent him a pm fixing this error, however if more people see it that’s less that will make the same mistake. It’s not like I’m belittling him in anyway, just a some constructive criticism in a professional manner. Which is why the Senso wasn’t offended.

Also about cluttering the forums, that’s all this thread is. It’s just toxic. Well all know pvp has it faults, and so do the developers. However they are a small group with limited amount of resources. So it takes time to fix all the issues we are currently seeing at the moment.

Gartar.9275:

What is a AH build:P?

Any build that puts 30 points into Valor and gets Altruistic Healing. The most common would be x/x/30/30/x.

This guide shows you almost all the combinations.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian/Guide-30-pts-in-valor-gameplay-Hammer

bllius.9027:

What do you need power for?

GW2 is all about offense rather then defense, it’s just the way the game was designed. So you can never have too much power, doesn’t matter if you’re running bunker or dps. The more power the better.

I always found Sentinel to be somewhat lacking. There’s a reason why Guardians are in the lowest hp pool, stacking an enormous amount of vit isn’t going to do anything unless you have decent healing power to keep it. As stated above you’re better off going Soldier then Sentinel. Soldier still gives you a lot of vit, and your not losing power like in Sentinel.

Justin ODell.9517:

I just wanted to come in here and give you all this little kitty…

I hope he brightens your day and gives you cause for cheer.

Is there anyway to tell or see what your individual MMR is?

I always liked my female Sylvari. Same animations as human, better looking cultural gear imo, and the best voice actress. However stay away from male Sylvari unless you like listening to Trahearne all day…..ugh

Fights>Bags>PPT imo. The reason I love gw2 is the combat, bags are also important because it’s a source of income. PPT is whatever in my view, seasons are over you don’t get anything for placing in a certain position. Even the season one rewards weren’t that great, so who cares.

I know English isn’t everyone’s native language, but it’s losing not loosing. That always drives me crazy.

/grammar police

The Wardens are extremely simple to beat. They are just standard champs with some other mechanics added. Such as you can’t attack it from the front, or you have to kite into mines. Most of them you can just face tank.

I agree that 10/5/30/5/20 is the most balanced med build. I enjoy running hammer and scepter/focus with Binding Jeopardy. Some people probably wonder why I’d pick Binding Jeopardy over Fiery Wrath. Fiery Wrath only applies to you, however if you use Binding Jeopardy this is a dps boost for your whole group.

Also if you combo Chains of Light with Zealot’s Embrace that’s 13 stacks of vulnerability which is higher then the 10% boost from Fiery Wrath.

It’s always been like this in online games. Generally the players that rage are the least skilled. They blame everyone else to cover up their own faults.

On January 8th, 2014, an European player named Mighty Meak achieved the world’s first Dragon rank (80).

lol

DanPowers.1096:

This is my current tpvp build. Ahh, meant to pick mace, my bad. AH + symbol heals + mace 2 = yum regen. Yea I guess I am getting pretty greedy. I’d rather my team win than constantly being called the best bunker they’ve ever seen while they drop like flies around me. I still think healing power is useless though.

I’m really not understanding your mindset. If you want your team to win, you’re better off dropping AH. AH doesn’t benefit anyone but yourself. Also Healing Power is extremely important to your survivability and your teams. If you’re using mace and staff you need cleric not soldier.

If your running with your team you’re better off going 0/0/10/30/30 or something of the sort. If you’re just doing soloq or not running with your set team then going AH is fine.

Depends on what content you play most. Berserker is always a safe bet. Go Zerker trinkets then soldier armor and weapon for WvW. Then when you play PvE you just switch to Zerker gear.

More people play WvW because it’s actually fun.

I can zerg around in a large group or I can go solo/small group tactics. I have the freedom to create whatever builds I choose, and I’m not be held back by gear. I don’t have to worry about standing is small circles for long periods of time. I can also work on PvE goals while I PvP.

It’s just a better gamemode.

I modified it a bit. I still don’t think Valkyrie is that viable for guard in pvp though.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQJASRnQElGadIuhgJaiwqQAxeoxP6xrHQMiNE-TwAA0CnIoSRljKDVSqsUNIYRwhiHFA

Picked up inner fire because you need all the fury you can get if your CC is going to be that low. There’s a lot of burning going around in pvp, so it’ll help greatly.

Also use ranger runes, they’re bugged. You always get a 5% damage multiplier. Lastly went with more of a symbol build. This will give some much needed extra damage and heals.

The reason why I find Valkyrie so subpar in PvP is the stat combo it has. They obviously want you to go a more dps build when using it. However since there’s no vit you’re forced to go into Honor with it, or you’re going to have around 11k hp and that’s just no good. Then ofc you need prec, so you’re forced into radiance. There’s really just no viable build atm the uses it.

Guards pretty much have four amulets to choose from. Zerker, Soldier, Cleric, and maybe Barbarian.

Spirit weapons are quite funny in PvP. The hammer easily hits people for 4k. They are great in a 1v1, and smaller fights. Once the fights get larger then they start to show their weakness. A lot of fun to use, and somewhat viable.

This is the spirit weapon build I use, it’s somewhat similar to kens.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQNArdWlUgSBHCSGEf4ES2DWCBTwqH7j8kPXFSIA-TsAA1CnIoSRljKDVSqsUN+Y9xECA

The account medal has been fixed for awhile now. It’s the achievement that has been bugged since forever, and will probably be bugged forever.

The key to using the shield in WvW is boon duration. You can get over eight seconds of protection from Shield of Judgment. That is extremely powerful.

Best way to deal with condition is running; Soldier Runes, Absolute Resolution, and Purging Flames. I’m assuming you’re running a 0/0/10/30/30 bunker. So you can also pick up PoV and Purity.

The hammer is quite good in PvP and WvW. It’s more reliable then the GS. Large amount of CC, and still great damage. GS burst is easy to avoid, and retaliation hurts it a lot. I love the GS, but the hammer does somethings better.

Sounds like me right now. I’m level 56, and I’m just playing to get my shark finisher. I like pvp, but I’m just sick of the meta atm. I’d rather be playing wvw, where there’s more build diversity and it’s more then just standing on points.

Oh well almost there. Yeah Hotjoin is terrible for rank points now, and I don’t bother with TeamQ. So I just stick with SoloQ, and I’m moving fairly fast.

I’m actually curious to know who is the highest rank atm. I’m guessing they are around 74-75?

Also this one works a little better imo. It gives you two breaks, a lot of condition removing, and a tiny bit more survivability.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQNAR7dlYgKCXFSIEf4ESmiCEBteQQGUBVpIeuHA-jUBBofCyZmFRjt4qIasKkYaXER1SBExYA-w

Again theses are just funnies builds. Nothing too srs.

Tongku.5326:

Small scale or Solo stuff in WvW, maybe, a more serious team effort, not really.

Not enough overall self sustain. In fact, we had a team mate trying out something similar for about 2 days recently. The biggest problem he ran into was that due to extremely low armor/health he was just dead most of the time. Many times he killed himself by using “save yourselves” as he drew everything from everyone around. He switched out real quick to his old build.

Pretty much this. I played around with 20/25/0/0/25 awhile back in WvW. It was funny dropping people in a blink of an eye. However if u ran into a competent player or even a group fight. You just become a liability.

This one is more detailed then the last. So it’ll be 800 gems.

The new Zealot stats plz!

798 power
569 healing
569 precision

or

798 power
569 healing
284 vit
284 prec

The weapon and armor recipes are also only on the TP. I made this mistake too. I wasted a couple of laurels and gold on the vendor because of this.

Also the recipes are very expensive atm. Because very few have dropped from the new events.

Decided to craft some ascended pieces to go with my ascended Celestial. Going to replace the gloves, boots, and shoulders with Zealot.

Just as a warning for ascended, the recipes for Zealot are only TP. So don’t waste your laurels getting them from the vendor because they’re not there.

This is the idea I’m playing around with atm.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQFABoAyFYLA7BAAAw1DAAAAA-jECBYfAZmKrJqCilhFRjVNLp6aYKXAaXRWEAzYA-w

There’s no Zealot on the builder yet, so the change would be 820 healing power and 79% CD.

Bragdras.9572:

Which is the main stat, forgive my ignorance?

Power.

I actually like this stat combo a lot.

Celtus.8456:

And what about taking control of skyhammer before match? Not important to fix that because the map only exists to frustrate players?

Skyhammer calibrated to frustration.

The balance patch won’t be out until after March 4th. That’s when LS is done. So yeah….

I guess not lol. What else is new.

Just the fix to the exploits, that would have been hotfix weeks ago if it was a pve issue.

Evan Lesh.3295:

Fixed internally, but won’t ship until its bundled with other things. (Internal process etc etc) It will be retroactive, so don’t worry about getting it sooner than later.

So is it being fixed this patch?

I have to agree with the op. Off-hour times are a nightmare for soloq. If you’re ranked fairly high, there are few people on in your MMR. This results in long que times, and then it’ll just throw you into some really low level games, that destroy your rating if you lose.

stof.9341:

Malediktus.9250:

Celestial would be nice

Did you ever check the PvP vendor or was the amulet removed recently without me noticing?

It’s terrible and needs to be reworked. Nobody uses it.

Yes the CD on Glacial Heart makes it worthless. Once they fix the sigils and have two on two handed weapons. Hydromancy + Ice should be very interesting. Plus with Rune of Ice.

Magi would be nice to have.

284 Power
569 Precision
284 Vitality
798 Healing Power

It’s a video game, who cares if the devs have some fun while still giving you the info. This isn’t some business meeting. Let them and the audience have some fun.