Guild Wars 2

it’s more or less better to mix and match armor sets rather then going with a complete armor set. Though Cultural sets are the best if you’re going for the 6 Set aesthetics.

Again low HP pool isn’t really a problem, it just depends on your build, I know the feeling. Though if you’re looking for high survivability build for it Here is a example of great survivability http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SADwGETO2U (This is just to show why having a low HP pool is no problem). Previous posts are also correct what you’re describing to me now that I think about it is a “tank”. Lots of CC’s, defense buffs via auras, High survivability, low DPS. There are plenty of utilities/elites focused around supporting groups, and guarding your allies. (Sanctuary, Warding, Wall of Reflection, Mace 3, Shield of Avenger, etc.)

PTV gear is tank gear true, but if you’re just relying on it to take every hit you can, that’s bad, Toughness in what I visualize it’s use for is softening up the small hits by a lot but big hits are supposed to be dodged. I don’t know what type of build you’re looking for either so it’s kinda vague to me, It all depends on your armor/Trinket stats, and trait set up honestly. Also yes we’re kinda like a buff bot, but we still have more uses outside of giving buffs. If you just don’t like how Guardian’s playstyles are well you can reroll another class?

First of all Guardians offer a vast amount of defensive boons to allies then any other class.(Shouts, 5 in virtues, tomes, weapons,) Now for the 30p in Radiance, I’m assuming you’re talking about the signet Grandmaster trait. if I rememeber correctly the boosted passive effects increased the values by 20%, and Signet of Resolve makes it so it clears 2 Conditions every 10 seconds instead of 1. Though signet of Judgment’s tool tip would be wrong, as the correct value would be 12% Damage Reduction. The base HP is fine on a Guardian, from what i’ve heard before when they had HP on par with Warriors they were very OP. Not to mention Vitality doesn’t mean squat if you do not have any mitigation. So a full DPS speced warrior can still be blown up very fast compared to a Guardian with passive healing/damage mitigation. So Hp isn’t that much of a issue. A good spot for guardian’s hp should be around the 14k-16k mark.

Edit:For the additional stuff, you have weapon abilities and other utilities that fit the guard role. if you want to be a defender Control/ CC type go with hammer, you want good AoE DPS and Control, go GS, Supporty, Buffer type, go Staff, Mace Shield, sustain and projectile absorption. Symbols are more for Area control and the light Combo field which can cleanse and give retaliation. (Cleanse-projectile Finisher, Leap and Blast Retaliation.)The symbols offer boons and such as bonus for just standing in them. If you don’t like that type of thing, and you want Aura for bonuses, roll a Banner Warrior or a Ele.

Here’s mine, I mostly used for PVE and WVW.
Zerker Armor, Knight and Soilder Trinket mix. Zerker weapons.

Well as said you can’t kill bunker ele with a bunker, but seeing your damage in the video you have alright damage. Though against any ele, they either have to make a bunch of mistakes, or just keep fighting you and not fleeing away when they get close enough. I’ve killed a few bunker eles, but only because they still stayed in range of me the entire fight. Any other well played Ele would distance themselves, small bit of breathing room and skill CD reset and jump back in.

pot.6805:

spconder.2489:

Because Hammer Warriors are God Tier in WvW.

3-6 Hammer Warriors with Leg Specialist and Fear Me can CC an entire Zerg on their own. Then you add soldier runes and Healing Shouts, and your group of warriors can faceroll WvW as long as they work together and don’t do anything stupid. It’s insane.

Welcome to the meta of 4 months ago when that stuff worked. You must not fight good opponents, 3-6 hammer warriors are so easy to shut down.

This is somewhat true, Hammer Warriors are easy to shut down depending on what profession you are, but in my experience, stability really nulls the CC as well as stun breaks, and if you run condition removal even more so. Though Hammer Warrior still works well. I’ve 1 v 3 with my guardian against a group of warriors, and two of them were Hammers Warriors, with Axe and Shield/Dual Axe weapon swap and the other was I think Rifle and something else. Nonetheless i took all three of them and I was able to stomp the two hammer warriors since I’ve got some good and frequent stability skills,.and great sustain, paired with proper dodges.The other one escaped since he was pretty much bunker as well. Though main point is multiple hammer warriors are strong but can be shut down, when you’re speced right, and you’re smart when you’re playing..

I think it’s a pretty good, after taking a long debate to get it or not to get it I decided to get it via gems, since atm I’m to lazy to spam CoF p1 over and over again(You can say i burnt out) But people need to factor in too is that it’s a convenience, novelty, Luxury Item, that’s a skin with animations, and to boot it’s unlimited. For you that say that it’s better to just get them for Karma or vendors, you have to include Travel cost/loading time(for Karma picks unless you’re already one thsat goes there frequently), and Inventory space. Also don’t have to worry about wasting the pick on lower level nodes.

Aristio.2784:

Nice idea. Until some idiot guild starts camping it for free kills.

I’ve taken part in most of the dueling groups that happen in BL south camp, or the EB JP, and when something like this happens the duel usually stops, and everyone part of the group goes and wails on attackers and makes it easy stomps, and then goes back to dueling like nothing happened.

Osmodias.9253:

Well, you are practically full zerker, giving that DPS you want. Can’t say much more honestly, because this is as good as it’s going to get for your role.

I’m kinda surprised you didn’t go into a shout build though. Very interesting that you chose meditation.

There are two reasons I didn’t go into Shouts.
1) I already have a shout Guardian(it’s another character)

2) Going down the valor tree i get 300 Toughness and 30% Crit damage, which helps the builds damage, not only that it gives more bursty heals as well as good condition removal (Smite Condition, Contemplation of Purity), so this would also mean I wouldn’t have to go down Honor for shouts to convert conditions and lose out on critical hit DPS.

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/guardian/?3.0|1.1g.h17|c.1g.h1b.d.1g.h4|1g.a7.1g.a7.1g.a7.1g.a1.1g.a1.1g.a1|1n.64.1n.67.1n.67.1c.61.1c.61.1c.9c|a2.0.u16c.5.p29|1k.1|w.15.13.18.1i|e

The point of the build that is up for Review is to give alright staying power, and High Damage. Having 2 Sources of Damage, One being Direct Damage, and the other being Retaliation Damage, having block, burns, and multiple boons increasing your DPS overall. I’ve Considered switching out orbs with 2 Sanctuary Rune or something that gives a small bit of boon duration but for now I’m sticking with orbs until i get further insight.

Both my Guardians.

1st Guardian-Gray Charr- Reth Grimrazor

Primeval Helm
Priory Chestplate
Priory Shoulders
Priory Gauntlets
Draconic Leggings
Primeval Boots

2nd Guardian- Orange Charr – Redgen Furyblaze

Charr Cultural T3 Helm
Deathly Pauldrons
Pit Fighter Chest
Pit Fghter Gauntlets
Charr Cultural T3 Leggings
Charr Cultural T2 Boots

Jabberwock.9014:

Account bound eh? Now you guys know how I feel about endless mystery tonics… they have a drop rate of 1/1000 in black lion chests and are account bound. Utterly ridiculous. Harder to get them than legendaries.

Opening about 35 boxes for a Ticket, I got one of those but it wasn’t something i wanted : / and i blew about 50…60 Gold already? Yes I’m dumb for trying and hoping to get a ticket :/

mrauls.6519:

I think you should give Warrior a try

Being a person who owns 2 level 80 guards all geared, and a Level 80 Warrior who is also geared, i will honestly say i don’t like Warrior’s Play style and kinda hate when people say that (Despite it being a good suggestion). I like my Characters to be balanced around PvE and WvW. I owkittenerker DPS guardian and I say it’s pretty fun and you catch a lot off guard. One thing is I’m able to kill thieves, elementalist, warriors and guardians. The only thing I pretty much lose to most of the time are Bunkerish guardians and people that come in groups 2+. As far as damage goes if not every hit from WW hits it’s around 5-7k damage, autos hit very hard the way i traited, so auto chain hits normally for 2k, 3rd chain hit can hit for 3k-3.5k also deepening on Vulnerability stacks with Greatsword and currently about 79% crit damageand over 2k power.

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/guardian/?3.0|1.1g.h17|c.1g.h1b.d.1g.h4|1g.a7.1g.a7.1g.a7.1g.a1.1g.a1.1g.a1|1n.64.1n.61.1n.61.1c.61.1c.61.cc.67|a2.u63b.u12c.0.0|3t.1|w.15.13.12.1i|e

10/30/30/0/0- Traits
Berserkers w/ 3 Ruby, 3 Beryl -Armor
Knights/Soilders Mix, with Beryl, and Soilders mix-Trinkets

The main point of this build I was trying to make was to attain High DPS, while having alright/acceptable survivability (or at least where i feel comfortable and yes this is mainly a Meditation build). Now I know some might say, why not go for PVT, or some sort of hybrid bunker(or the usual popular AH build). The reason for this is because i already have another guardian who already fits that slot of role/play. Another thing some might ask is why not just go Warrior who have superior damage output? One is i already have a Warrior, number two is in WvW Warriors are prone to a bunch of things in WvW, and can easily be picked off if you’re flying solo(Via Thief/Mesmers).

Another thing too is, if you’re running Greatsword Warrior, i see it’s almost mandatory to slot in Bull Charge So you can land Hundred blades. outside of that your only real burst damage skill is the Whirl Attack. Outside of the damage department they’re prone to Conditions(unless they’re shout Warriors with Soldier Runes) Though enough of this, I’m going off topic.

Synergy- The traits I use synergize well with each other. For example, every time you block you gain one stack of might, and with the defenders flame trait you burn attackers. Now what I see from this is you are rewarded for blocking enemy attacks, and they’re punished for it, not only that, but with each block burning only gets stronger because of might you are gaining from blocks. Now that also means that you’re getting a damage amplifier with burning foes, and conditions(20%). it also consistent because you have a reasonable number of blocking abilities as well as burning(Focus 5, Shelter, VoC, VoJ, JI) Along with weapon sets Offensive and Defensive utilization with blinds. blinding foes applies 3 stacks of Vulnerability, and you have LoF, FB, and RoJ for more damage Amps. With 30 in Radiance this makes it a lot more powerful so it doesn’t feel like you lose damage when you swap weapons.

And a poorly made video(Montage-ish) which original purpose was to test recording, as well as showing a friend who was curious on how much damage i did.

It was fun making one of these

hyyangoz.6195:

Lucentfir.7430:

One of the best nights I’ve had in Wv3 at FA BL. With a few other people, We totally ninja’s that keep and have accomplished a bunch! TY guys for those of you out there we fought against, it was a lot of fun

lol you guys did good. the whole zerg was on us and you guys were also in our watch the whole time we knew you guys got the gate down and hence we went north. we didn’t care much as long as it was not FAs keep. WE wanted BATTLE!!!!

hah yea, I think we knew Kain was probably on to us due to the fact one person from [Meow] was stalking us.. It was nail biting for me since we didn’t know if we were going to get swamped or not xP and we did see orange swords so we knew kain and FA were duking it out, bring a very good distraction :P ty <3, also right after you guys duked it out, FA came back and just stormed the place and re-took it.Not much a 5 man team can do against a zerg of that proportion xD, to say the least though we still got points from it :]

One of the best nights I’ve had in Wv3 at FA BL. With a few other people, We totally ninja’s that keep and have accomplished a bunch! TY guys for those of you out there we fought against, it was a lot of fun

What exactly does the 6th rune effect do? Does anyone know? I’ve searched wiki and google for something about this and everything is pretty Vague. Does it create a fire field or does it trigger like Forge runes when you reach below 50% health(burn foes around you and gain protection) I’m trying to determine if I should ditch balth runes or not. Any answers to this would be appreciated.

I forgot to list the type of Ele facepalm It wasn’t really Targeted AoE, it’s more of a Double Dagger Glass Ele, slides to me then does the Fire ring, spams some other skills runs away and heals. Another note I left out was he had a upscaled thief with him, but as far as i saw it was the ele really doing anything to me. Any other type of Ele such as staff or scepter i can deal with, without much problem.

Great video Chris! You are a inspiration to some/most of us Guardian players x3. Watching these videos just boosts up my determination to try and pull off stuff like this XP. Though on another note I did come across something when i went about roaming. I came across a glass cannon fire ele. His AoE seemed to by pass my block abilities and still damage through the healing of dodge rolls and such. Might of been poor play on my part but have you ever came across something like this?

Oh also as stated above about necros. I may have been either tired or came across a good necro..or gimmicky one, but to my surprise got rocked 1v1. He played smart and made all my boons into conditions and I get bursted by fear damage (traited necro) and a bunch of other conditions. So ya may have been tired or just came across a good one.

Got to give you props Chris for making a extremely fun Guardian build. I’ve picked it up recently and it’s been working out exceptionally. Even more so when i got the full build now.Takes a bit of time to get over the learning curve but once you do you’ll play a lot more efficiently(Still working on my mechanical skills). But as i said before props, for making a extremely fun Guardian build.

Currently i’m running my Guardian with full Berserker armor With Flame Legion Runes, and Valkyrie Trinkets (Amulet is Berserkers). I’m traited 10/30/5/25/0, and I use Greatsword and Hammer. My Damage has gone down a bit due, to me changing from a knights and Zerk armor mix with Zerk trinkets. Would it be worth it to put exquisite Ruby jewels in my Valk Trinkets? Also considering changing my rune set seeing that i don’t have enough burn aside from Virtue, and then a utility skill.

I have 2 Guardians both level 80 and both of them Exoticed out(aside from a few Trinkets that are yellows) but I run one of my Guards Damage Speced. Speced for Damage Bonuses with decent Crit Damage (56 Crit Damage). (10/30/5/25/). Currently atm Gear has been redone a few times but hoping to change it again a bit perhaps. Zerk Armor, with knights armor mix, 6 set of Superior Rune of FLame Legion, and Valk Trinkets. I can say roughly I can hit for 3,5k on GS 3rd Chain hit on Crit.Also Taking points in Blind inflicts Vuln also Amps it. Though regular Autos hit for 2.k each. Whirl can spike from 5k to 8k from my experiences. You still have better teamsupport and utility via virtues, and depending on utilities(WoR, Fire Fields, Condition Removal with light field. ETC) Also Side note, Life Steal Foods is essential if you ever want to survive a lot longer and not just fall on your face vs multiple enemies.

Here’s the thing, I currently have 2 Guardain characters who are Deck’d out in full exotics, armor, and exotic, rare trinkets. Going down the the valor line is just for the tankiness. On my other Guard who i dedicated for DPS, doesn’t feel weak, in fact he hits pretty hard it feels to me(Damage dependant on target armor types, but autos crit for 2k a pop-3.5k) Whirling Wrath spikes from 4k-7k on targets. I stay away from valor line mostly though I go down it at most 10 points.

edit: Also I do more damage on burning enemies, 10% + 5% from Runes, and 10% extra for Endurance not being full, Utilities, vary but "Most of the time Bane Signet(knockdown is underated), Save yourselves, and hopping between Purging Flames/Hallowedground(for camp flips) and Judge’s Intervention. Also Switch out bane signet for Situational purposes.

Both have their strengths and weaknesses, though Guardians are a lot better team wise because of some traits and such, and we have a superior condition removal system. I’ve got 2 level 80 guardians full rune sets and exotic armor. One for Defensive Team play being hybrid bunker mace+Shield(Shout build traited for condition conversion). The other Guardian being offensive burning crit Guardian, using Greatsword and using Burning as a damage amplifier(Traited for meditations). i really enjoy both of them. I’ve dueled others in WvW (Respectable duels where you bow before fighting) i could win against every profession except phantasmal Mesmer(I only beat him once only after getting schooled like 4 times). Though none the less it’s more or less about how well you play them.

I’ve got two level 80 Guards, and I’ve specifically speced into a burn gimmick build on one of them. Greatsword, Scepter, Torch. I’ve got almost full exotic sets, main stats are Power,Toughness, and Precision, and secondary stat being Crit Damage(Chest piece power/Vit/Toughness). So i average around 16.1k HP.Running Traits 30-20-10-10-0. Running Superior Rune of Flame Legion Set on my current armor, and Sigil of Fire.

Currently having burning applied to enemies I deal a extra 15% damage. On top of the 38% crit Damage I have through Accessories. Since there aren’t that many good traits in Zeal i just grab the 5% for using Greatsword trait, and depending of the situation, switch between “Zealous Blade”(mostly for PVE), or “Revenge of the Fallen”. With this build I spike my damage from around 1k Autos to 2k, and 4k-7k Whirls. Utilities I use are JI, and “Save Yourselves!” And situational slot, but currently Judgement Signet for me to help soften blows.

Though just like anyone else if you go WvW, you’ll just get gibbed on sight if you’re a straggler, since Guards lack mobility beside offensive gap closers and semi long CD Shouts(“Save Yourselves!” “Retreat!”)

Well i’ve got a level 80 Guradian at the moment. I’m currently speced for Power,Vit, Toughness with a bit of healing power at the side(yes I know people are going to say it’s useless, but not really all that much true). Mine is a Mace and Shield Guardian, and I can say it’s working pretty well. Shield is wonderful for defensive off-hand(For the team,not so much for yourself aside from the damage reduction.) Now in PvE My guardian is sitting on top of 18.1k health, that’s mostly with Exotics though. If this is about SPvP, you’ll be sitting around 15.k health iirc. Properly traited our effective health is really high. Also depends on what runes you run as well. Been running Superior Runes of Dwyana and it’s been working splendidly. Warriors only have endure pain(5 sec) and Shield block which are it’s main attractions vs the Guardian’s in the tankign deepartment.. Guards have Damage Reduction (up to 43% is you run signet of Judgement), Regeneration, Dodge Roll Heals with a 1.0 ratio. Passive life Regen from virtue, and then you’ve got Aegis. Our weakness for the enormous amount of utility and deceptive sustainability, is having low base hp and a lack of a good ranged weapon.