Guild Wars 2

Me Again. Been running this build for a couple days now and like it a lot. Wanted to get some thoughts on going LB over scepter/mace & focus.

The initial burst is great but I often felt like after it was done I may have downed my first opponent but there will still be targets running around and I have little I can do about it. If I stay in the center of things after blowing most of my CDs I tended to get splattered but disengaging and using Scepter/Focus just felt like a placeholder while I waited for my CDs to recharge.

Switching to LB I feel like I am better able to maintain pressure and when CDs are ready I can jump back in for more burst.

I thought about going Mace/Focus but not sure how I feel about no ranged attacks. But I only tried one or two matches so might have to give this more of a look. Mace seems like it would be effective what with the Mace 2 symbol and Mace 3 aegis. But seems slow.

Would love some thoughts.

Thanks for the help. Just wanted to say I tried this build out tonight and while I certainly wasn’t GOOD I at least felt competent. I could hold a point against a couple of attackers and won most 1v1s.

Really fun build

Thanks for this, I am going to try running around on my Guardian with this. Just starting back after being absent for years and rarely got into sPvP until these last couple days (love the progression system they have). So I have been playing around with classes and builds and today decided to really give Guardian a go.

With that in mind, I was wondering if you have any kind of noob-friendly Guard guides or can point me towards some. Lot of the stuff I find online is either super dated or only lists the build with little to no explanation.

And for a build specific question, I saw close to this build on Metabattle but with Honor instead of Zeal (and mace over scepter). Am I correct in thinking Honor gives it more of a support/defense role while Zeal gives it more damage output? Do you have any thoughts on one or the other for learning players?

Also, what is the pro/con of going Dragon Hunter instead of Virtues?

Sorry, lots of questions, I get it if its a bit much. Thanks for whatever help you’re willing to give.