Guild Wars 2

Even though sword is still viable, I sometimes go 10,30,0,5,25 there in 49 because in high levels vigor makes a difference

Yeah that is fine, I don’t see the point in traveler runes though, scholar would server you better

Cat Has Ducks.1982:

Painbow.6059:

outside fractals, if you struggle to play full zerker in pve as a guardian i really don’t know what to say…

It’s this arrogance that turns people off with full zerker. You don’t do anything but discourage those who die often when switching to zerker gear. Instead of encouraging people to fight through growing pains, you falsely assert that zerker guard is EZ mode. Having 11k hp, means you have to know how to play your class well. In High fractals or even arah, you can be dropped in a blink of an eye from certain mobs if you are too slow to an aegis or blind. It is definitely easier than say Ele, but still not “easy”.

Providing you know the encounter it is easy, yeah there are a few encounters in pve which aren’t easy but most of them are

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUQQNAR8dlUgiCXGyLEf4ESODRCBtZAQHUli45eA-j0BBYfCykfBiKAOzsIasFXFRjVXDT5iIqWKgIGWB-w

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUQQNAR8dlUgiCXGyLEf4ESODRCBtZAQHUli45eA-j0BBYfCykfBiKAOzsIasFXFRjVXDT5iIqWKgIGWB-w this is the best guardian build outside fractals, if you struggle to play full zerker in pve as a guardian i really don’t know what to say…

Just to note this is dungeons, not world bosses

For wvw I don’t know. For pve a joke

I have been having lag issues from the newest patch happening frequently a few minutes into the game preventing me from being able to play it. I have tried connecting to a cable. I have had no issues anywhere else apart from gw2 so I would really like some help. I run with a I5 3350P processor and a GTX 660TI graphics card if that is of any use to know

Cat Has Ducks.1982:

Painbow.6059:

wup de doo who cares guards are easy anyway

Not that easy. You need to really be on your toes when you have a MM and a condi heavy build pressuring you in a team fight. I think a spirit ranger or MM is much easier. But maybe you just a PvP God.

i’m talking about pve, i dont do pvp

WilliCalifornia.1837:

Painbow.6059:

you can’t tank in this game

If we can’t tank in this game, how come I was able to withstand(didnt die at all) mobs 5 levels above me in a higher level personal quest as a guardian?(it was the order of whisper quest). How come I was able to kill a skill point mob who was 9 levels above me and didnt die?.

because guardians are easy to play, i could do the same spamming blinds aegis and reflects but a lot quicker

wup de doo who cares guards are easy anyway

you can’t tank in this game

it would work but scepter is only really good on non-moving foes, also i’m not sure that has more dps than a 20,25,0,0,25 build

Healing power scales badly and doesn’t really offer much support (in zerker you can still do everything about from healing anyway). If they give healing power a massive buff it may be viable but as it stands there is no point running this over zerker in pve

if you really wanted to make a team build it would be mele. the build will work and do damage but it’s bad, condition damage scales badly and does less damage than direct damage and the build doesn’t offer master of consecrations or absolute resolution (party condition removal). If you are basing this off nemesis’s build the don’t, that guy has no idea how to play guardian or anything about the class

I’m up for this, however a lower cool down on the shield of judgement/duration boost is needed

Yeah the build I linked is designed for high level fractals, Normally I use candied dragon roll (the symbols count as hits so more life steal) It also works for regular dungeons but a 20,25,0,0,25 build using s/f-g/s is superior in dungeons

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQFASlUgqCnDyLEfIFSmCRCBtPAQ1HiHMFakHB-jgBBYfAkfAZmFRjt4qIas6aYKXER1RB8UA-e

If you are running with an organised group with condition removal then take 10 from virtues and put in radiance for 10% more damage

Condition damage on a guard isn’t really worth it, but if you really want to use a burn related build may I advise something like this http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQNAR8dlUgiCXFyLEf4ES2DRCBVQbGA0BVVIeA-jECBYfCykfBiKAOzsIasFXFRjVXDT5iIq2erIa1A-w

You have very high damage (almost top dps) for a guard as well as bringing necessary utility. With the 30 in virtues trait you will have a lot of aoe burn up time as well. The last 5 points are whatever you prefer out of RHS and Vigorous precision. Since you are using rotation with this build,(GS) 2,4,3,5,(auto) 2 SWAP 4,5,(S/F)(auto-wait 1 extra second before weapon swap) and repeat.

Short answer→ no, buy multiple sets and retrait

No, just buy different armor/trinkets sets and retrait. It’s not effort retraiting and unless you are just starting out at lv 80 you will have plenty of gold anyway. I can’t really find a build for all since for a guardian DPS build in pve its focused around team condition removal and reflects while still bringing max damage possible. DPS guard in wvw is a mix of sustain and damage, such as a meditation build, I wouldn’t advise full zerker either.

This is possibly the best thing I have seen on the forums ever

Adam.4103:

No it’s not decent, healing power has bad scaling when you dedicate your entire build to it let alone mixing it with other stats. Your dps will be bad and your groups sustain will barely be improved at all.

Knights gear can be used as training wheels but when high level fractals can be completed with ease in full zerker gear once you get some experience there’s no excuse to use anything else.

Basically this, people using clerics gear in pve are a joke

you could probably make some wvw healway dps build with it but for pve it really doesn’t increase your survival rate enough to be useful

jihm.2315:

cant go wrong with battle presence shouts and some healing gear

Any good fractal runner will know healing power will infact make your team worse in high level fractals because stuff needs to die fast

No sorry there isn’t, there is only DPS builds for fractals such as 15,15,0,20,10 (10 spare) which provide permanent protection vuln, reflects, aegis, healing, potentially condition removal, blind potential. Tanking isn’t something in gw2 due to agrro mechanics and healing power in fractals is very weak. If you die then just keep at the build until you get good enough, you should use full zerker for pve. Pick up some skale venom and some food of choice (lifesteal is always good, I like omnomberry compototes for tricky trash mobs due to 1k heal on death) as well as dungeon potions. Read obal’s fractal guide as well.

99% of it is easy yes, probably the hardest is the fire shaman fractal on 49, liadri, and pve events when they first come out. Maybe i’m just a noob but the fire shaman fractal on 49 isn’t hard but certainly not easy, it requires you to think on your feet (literally or you burn (;

Honestly I think the weapon is perfectly fine as it is, there is few instances in the game where it is an issue and from a purely pve perspective the damage is great.

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Hello everyone,

Hexagonis is a guild set in Whiteside Ridge with currently 95 members and expanding. We are EU but we have a mix of people from different countries in our guild. It is not a requirement to be part of Whiteside Ridge either. We are a guild where you can do whatever you fancy, we have a mix of PVE dungeon runners and WvW players.

We do guild missions on Sunday at 8 pm GMT and start gathering at 7:30. Currently we only have bounty unlocked but looking to get more.

One thing we focus on in HeX is making everyone feel equal, despite a ranking system there is only basic ranks such as Allied, Member, Coordinator and Guardian. Those ranks are put in place simply to allow easy management when needed, there is however no more important person than anyone else.

Another thing is no requirement. You can join regardless of level, experience, what you enjoy to do in game, server.

In HeX you can enjoy good build discussion (different opinions), dungeon runs, Fractals, wvw essentially whatever you like.

So anyway thank you for reading and if you are interested you can mail/whisper me personally in game. I main my guardian called Zorkoma.

I think it’s actually a nice idea, people can use healing moderate dps in the same build now, could open up some new build types but unless they buff healing power crit damage is still going to remain superior

Just go with 20,25,0,0,25 using GS/s/f on rotation, http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUEQNAR8dlUgiCXGyLEf4ESODRCBtZAQHUli45eA-jwxAYfBZyfgoCwJvioxWcLiGruGT5SEVDA-e

this is currently the strongest guardian build for dungeons as it picks up the maximum amount of damage with minimum amount of defensive trade offs (20 in virtues) if you are having struggle surviving then just use this and get better, maybe swap to some knight pieces at first

rotation is 2,4,3,5,1 (auto) 2, swap weapons to s/f and use skills if needed otherwise auto for 9 seconds and swap back, for fractals you will want a hammer build, I advise you check out obal as he is a brilliant guardian

The only problem if they did that is there would be nothing attractive about the valor line (except arguably str in numbers). But yeah if they moved it to virtues you could run 10,30,0,0,30

I use staff for TA and coe, that’s about it, the damage is bad no matter which way you build armor/gear/trait wise

Obtena.7952:

^^ I’m shaking my head here … can you elaborate on how ‘camping’ a GS on a Guardian is lazy? That seems to be an outrageous statement, considering GS is a very high damage output and the build presented has sufficient damage and support, considering it’s to be used in both WvW and PVE situations.

Your advice doesn’t fit with the restrictions the OP presented … the build is for both WvW and PVE. I’m being assuming here but if the OP wanted two different builds for each, he wouldn’t be asking for an opinion for a single build for each.

GS auto attack is weak and should be used on rotation in order for it to reach it’s full potential with s/focus

I don’t understand why people don’t like dps dominance? More dps = stuff dies quicker = gold quicker am I not right? people want to play healers not needed in gw2 people want to play tank not needed in gw2, defensive gear not needed in gw2, making these specific roles would damage the game as it would mean you need a tank and a healer and dps roles with no mid points, if a group just specs for max dps and brings 1 guard along with them using a 20,25,0,0,25 build that is enough support for anything outside fractals along with good damage

Ario.8964:

So ive heard a lot of people talking about ah guards being a dps burden and not being able to do good damage but this build is not in any way a dps burden and it still uses lots of heals and such. Whats the issue with using AH if youre not burdening youre group?

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUMQJASWlYgCCnFyKEf4ERVB+h9AjfsjXPSIFZIA-jEDBoLBiaIQZPCaJQKsVWFRjVNL16FYaYCRWzJyeOoG0wuEYyAovFA-w

because you are burdening your group, the damage is low and less support than a 15,15,0,20,20 build, less damage and less support means its worse, before you say ooh more sustain if you need defensive gear the general idea is run full dps gear and get better

for pve go full zerker but you will probably want some more sustain in wvw, that build works if you are lazy and want to camp GS, but falls far behind a 20,25,0,0,25 build

Evalia.7103:

Painbow.6059:

Definitely not viable for pve, the loss in power is just too great

and just to add in high end pve you don’t even want a tank you want a full dps team bringing support through reflect/aegis/blinds ect

It’s possible to solo Arah nude. I don’t care, really. Dungeons are there to get gear and money’s, not the other way around. Also, updated the thread title, hopefully word PvE won’t appear once again.

turn up to my fractal run naked and try to stay alive, and good for changing the title

Yeah that’s fair enough, I always suggest baptism through fire though, learning the hard way is the best way. I used to struggle running zerker in an AH build for example

Definitely not viable for pve, the loss in power is just too great

and just to add in high end pve you don’t even want a tank you want a full dps team bringing support through reflect/aegis/blinds ect

I think they will find a way not to diminish celestial gear, they probably just didn’t state all the details, will have to wait till Tuesday

you might want to note now that they are getting rid of 2-2-2 sets in the upcoming T Tuesday patch, don’t go splash out gold on traveler runes just yet, after that you might want to consider something like runes of the monk for boon duration aegis and healing power, just wait and see

20,25,0,0,25 is going to be the new meta

Better get used to no vigor lads!

if you died a lot it’s more of a l2p issue, I use that build on 49 with pugs but hammer is still better, the 10,30,0,5,25 build just has more range damage

its funny because DPS is still the best, ZERKER DOMINANCE

it provides less blind potential and has less damage than a 10,30,0,5,25 build, AH does nothing to help your group, requires 30 points in valor, encourages bad play

2 water 2 monk 2 traveler, maximise the potential of regen, protection, stability ect as well as providing some healing power

no master of consecrations? 15,15,0,20,10 with 10 spare for absolute resolution or radiant power (in my opinion str in numbers isn’t worth it) using hammer of course

for pve even if pugs AH is bad, very bad, don’t use it, low damage not as much support as a dps build basically for those who are just learning the game

for pve full zerker is good and soldier stats is good for running around/kiting stuff ect