Guild Wars 2

I’m sorry for intruding in the pvp forum about this but I asked my fellow guards and they were too busy focusing on DH. Just want to know about any new bunker builds since HoT release. I’ve tried many but without minstrel I fear I’ll have to change the build drastically just to stay alive. All ideas are welcome. I also don’t want this to turn into a minstrel conversation. We need to find how to go around it since apparently support it unhealthy for the game. (pointing at you druids. I guess our classes switched spots eh?) Please help teh sad bunker.

Has any of you found a good bunker build after HoT release? I’ve been trying out different builds. I know shouts can’t sustain burst anymore. I’ve tried runes of durability with concecrations. All ideas are welcome here. Sad bunk is sad ????

This thread is amazing let’s keep the ideas flowin fellow guard bros. I made a post about this earlier but if any dev reads this thread don’t forget about mighty blow+JI. Cause I love that and it added a lot of synergy to hammer that is now gone. Now for the peeps in the thread I had an idea for #3 on hammer. When activated it would give us a movement speed bonus for up to 6 sec (looks like blue light around your body) and you could press again to stun enemy for 2 sec. I feel that would be alot better fit to hammer than the obvious and almost usless immob

Edit: If devs really don’t want movement speed for a short while so we won’t get kited I could pulse stab or be like -50% damage

They better put ranked back in between now and then

Is there a reason JI doesn’t work at the end of mighty blow? And I would like actual dev proof like a link to the place they said it. And if they ever plan on moving Glacial heart to say The place where strength in numbers is now? This would encourage hammer builds and not have every guard ignore hammer.

Yea I feel that a jungle themed conquest map would definitely complete the expansion. I want one so bad. Stronghold just doesn’t do it for me

Trapper rune shouldn’t even be in conquest. Perma stealth guard is stupid and cheeses up my class. Which used to be respected. I hate the use of trapper runes. Use pack runes and a medi/trap hybrid. Then you"ll get the most out of Dragon hunter. Renewed focus>dragons maw. Dragons maw is dodgeball, it bugs and misses, etc. A 3 sec invuln and a 4k virtue heal plus 2k meditation heal is 10x better than dragons maw. With a full trap build you barely have any Condi clear too. Just play with respect and dignitity. Don’t noob stomp in perms stealth with a full trap build. That doesn’t inspire good play. A good play will range your kitten and have his finger on the dodge/invuln/telport button to avoid all your “high level strats” play well and be smart. I use hammer and only one trap. Procession of blades +ring of warding is an amazing combo and the opponent has to disengage no matter what. Try to have your build be good in all or most situations. Please stop with the noob stomping

Remember the cele meta? Guard was the new warrior back then too. If you have tried bunk guard atm its not as effective with all these sustain builds. Warrior (should) do better sustained burst and Condi builds, however the devs are not focusing on buffing beserker, and have decided to Nerf instead. I hope that’s all the nerfs that the want to use for right now and start buffing warr. My goal is for warr and guard to be interchangeable as dps. Reve outclasses guard in boons support, sustain, and dps so bunk guard is useless now with this Herald bullkitten, Also druid outclasses bunk guard by 100%. Druid can take 3v1s and can win 1v1s. As a guardian main, I would love to see Beserker buffs, and Daredevil buffs, maybe fix a little of tempest too. Then all builds could compete. We are the closest to “balance” as we’ve gotten. In this game, all builds having the same effectiveness is mostly impossible, however we are so close to all class specializations
being able to play pvp without knowing that you are so usless compared to other specs. Like before. Ranger, Necro, were usless. Now all we have to do is buff warrior and daredevil. Maybe tempest but I’ve seen some great tempest builds when I was in a game with Rom and tage. The tempest ran some Condi tanky. The new Condi am my maybe. I don’t know but it was very good

hehk.8705:

What do I do if dodge is not bound?

You have to have keybind dodge if you want to have a chance in pvp. Also keybind your abilities. In the time it takes you to click them you will be dead <3

My hambow build for team Que is working great atm. Though I’ve had to make a few adjustments since the test of faith Nerf it’s still works amazingly. So the Build is Hammer and Longbow obviously with air, intelligence on the hammer(for faithful mighty blow crits) Longbow is air/blood (these sigils are optional I don’t know the optimal sigils for longbow yet. Pack runes and marauder ammy. Build uses valor, virtues, dragonhunter. Valor is mid,mid mid. Virtues is up, mid, down, dragonhunter is up, up, mid. My utilities are shelter, judges intervention, teh spinny trap,(I forgot what it was called), and contemplation of purity. (if the enemy teams.comp is noncondi you can change contemplation for test of faith but I wouldn’t recommend it. I also use renewed focus for damage mitigation, providing another 4k heal via. Wings of resolve, and recharging shield of courage is always nice. Great combos involve Judges intervention+ring of warding. And then place the spin trap on top of the enemy, they can’t escape and the pressure is amazing. You can also pull the enemy to you with f1+ring of warding and then spin trap if you don’t want to waste judges intervention. If you haven’t wasted judges intervention. While the enemy is kiting you to regain health. Use true shot, judges intervention+mighty blow. Start out most fights with ranged. If they pressure you with melee or projectiles. Swap to hammer, pop your f3 and go ham on their kitten . This build is tons of fun and brings me back to the cele meta days when Hammer guard was viable

I feel that with the meta where it is now. Guardians are back in the dps role and need 2 fixes to have great synergy. That is glacial heart and how judges intervention acts during mighty blow. Now we have to teleport at the beginning of mighty blow because if you teleport right before the end it doesn’t work. Please fix this bug. And if you guys could switch glacial heart with communal defense that would be great.
I would also like to know if the mighty blow+ judges intervention is a bug. Cause I’m pretty sure it is

Normal stuff needs videos if it is a traps. And noobs have a lot of trouble with traps. (look back to trap ranger early in the game). They aren’t predicting trap placement and have their fingers on the stunbreak, invuln, or simply dodge through it. Let the meta settle before you all scream nerf. P.S meditation guard is finally back and I’m so happy. No more bunk. I can use my beloved hammer again

Please post this in the pvp forum so that those plebs know xD. I feel like a cele D/D. There is so much hate. What is this?

All the specs are good, daredevil and zerker just need some damage modifying, maybe evade frames. And they’ll be good. We should look at what specs we can buff. Instead of nerf. XD

P.s. Chrono shatter skills could be upped or something too

Anet. You got so close to nice balance. All the elite specs are reasonably equal if specked correct, well, except daredevil and beserker, due to all the recent requests for DH nerfs I feel like alot has to do with Dragonhunter naturally countering thief and thief’s spec isn’t up to par with the others. Since anet is watching these forums. Suggestions of mine are up damage coeffictiens of staff and lower cast times on physical skills. Like being able to use steal+the physical elite would be great. Yesterday I sat in the 1v1 arena and didn’t break a sweat fighting the thieves, though a druid and a rifle berserk scared me for a but the thief’s were hopeless.Then came sizer, a Preeetty skilled thief, here is the stream where he fought my guard, Timotheus, and never won. He got close tho. twitch.tv/sizer2654/v/16428796 I think that’s the video, it’s was on his stream yesterday, he’s got some good ideas for a build too. XD. Anyways. Buff teh daredevil. This game needs buffs, not nerfs

SlayerSixx.5763:

1) if you’re full trap and the first round miss, you have SoW and Shelter to fall back on for almost 3 seconds of immunity to most forms of damage. After that, you’re as squishy as a thief.

2) not going to argue true shot’s effectiveness.

3) you neglect to mention that, again, you’re burning up all of your utilities for this burst. Since you can’t stop them from dodging (which every experienced player is capable of) your age old JI+ww combo, you’re now defenseless. Assuming LB+GS, you don’t even have SoW to fall back on. Is the burst powerful? Definitely. Are you completely screwed if someone dodges it? You can bet your kitten you’ll be down in seconds. As for the new F3, it does nothing to stop melee. If your targets would stop being idiots and either LoS you or (if they’re sure you don’t have traps under you) charge you with melee, you’d be kittened again.

4) people dying due to their ignorance of the spec/game.

As a guard main I agree completely, well except for the f3 blocking projectiles only. It actually blocks all attacks. Anet needs to change the tooltip or the ability. I’m hoping tooltip since its on a 65 sec cool down traited

Anet “fixes ability description to unlockable” xD

Is there a reason why you are complaining about easily counterable traps when there are revenants out there. shudders

Hammer guard how exactly do they fit that all in there. In my experienc playin the class I would always have to sacrifice one of those for the other, Condi clear for burst damage etc. How the kitten do you think that it has all of that in one build

Every profession has an invuln except thief and necro, necros an trigger it in life force and thief can flipping dodge 9x in a row. Thief’s do need a buff tho. Not enough reward for that risk

Edit. You can dodge though them even while you are dazed. I don’t see the problem

Dragon hunter is cute for lolol trapper rune perma stealth one shots. The build isn’t crazy op without that rune. Yes, you can dodge through traps. Daze doesn’t prevent you from dodging remember. Condi anything will Shrek these trolol one shot kitteners and my favorite class will have a shred of respect. I don’t understand the addition of trapper rune in , maybe stronghold its ok. Trapper guard can be easily countered and you people will realize that 3 days of playing isn’t enough to establish what’s op. xD

If you are planning to trololol go full traps and not have to worry about fighting. Please stay on ranger. I would hate for guard to become the fotm one shot lol build that will get nerfed. Here is the build I use for team que and it works really well since I was qued with Rom, tage, chaithe, etc and they couldn’t handle it. (Chaithe was in eu yesterday) build is sword/ focus, longbow. Air/fire on longbow. Air/blood on sword focus, pack runes. Traits are valor, virtues, dragonhunter. Valor is mid, mid, mid. Virtues, up, mid, down, dragonhunter is up,up,mid. For utilities i use shelter, Judges Intervention, test of faith, contemplation of purity. Build has no downsides so far. Good vs Condi, power, anything. Well, except chronimancers double gravity well. Great combo is use f1. Place trap down, pull the boor kitten into the trap while immediately casting trueshot. Hits like 14k or more depending on how many times they hit test of faiths wall. xD. Use your skill wisely. And this build will serve you well.

Be happy yours were 5 minutes each…

When I bumped this I wanted to show how a “pvp” city would be nice, as in no merchants etc, just pvp gear vendors, maybe a couple of arenas and space for dummies. Like in the charr capitol, the pit that would be nice

I’m bumping this to show how much we have loved the Heart of the Mists since launch. <3

With the new specializations having abilities to finish downed bodies, what do you think the pet could similar to that. I want pet finishing a foe and stuff. Discuss.

Seriously what do you expect arena net to get out of this. It’s posts like this that make me mad at you forum warriors, the point of these forums is for anet to see player opinions and help improve the game through those insights. This post is just telling arenanet that their game sucks and that you don’t pls it cause it sucks and that you quit the game cause it sucks and that it sucks compared to other games. What should a developer to get out of this. You want them to just quit making games? If you don’t have a logical supported criticism please, just, stop. So sick of the forum hate. Why can’t we tell arenanet what would be nice instead of what isn’t good. I already have made several posts like this from awhile ago. But this puts me over the line. Just give good criticism instead of everything sucks don’t even try to fix it. Can you people just learn someday?

Ok now I’m glad I made this thread, now a bunch of people are in the lobby, sad that they cant get in. Help?

its ok I just fixed it by placing file in a folder and restarting the program about 10 timesDDDDD

I barely had time when I got the email but I finally had time today, so I downloaded it until I got to the point where it said playable and when I presed play, it disappeared, and nothing happened. Please if you know a fix quickly respond I don’t have much time left till this thing is over.

Might want to tune down the damage of vault a bit jkjk

Try out cele mace/axe, staff reve. Thats great all around. But duude, didn’t I say to not rain on the parades of the comps? Whatever guys. Just put some interesting comps here I want to see people’s ideas

This is just a little place for you guys to brainstorm ideas about what comps would be good in a team with the new specializations.

Example: Cele Revenant, Reaper, Berzerk warr, Chronomancer, D/D tempest ele or something. (I know this comp is meh but we haven’t seen druid or forge yet so yea) Please be constructive and actually put fun ideas in here without criticizing every comp you see. Thanks!

Yes I do. It’s cele revenant. It counters cele ele pretty hard. What you do is you run vamp runes with mace/axe staff, use mallyx/Shiro of course, and stack confusion and torment on them right after they swap out of water. Save your resistance boon for when the ele swaps into fire, another good tip is to use jade winds when the swap into water, or interrupt their channeled heal with staff 5. That’s the best counter that I have used so far in both beta weekends. Have fun making the facerollers cry,!

Maybe the reason you don’t like it that much is that you are into pvp. As a pvp player, I am much more interested in Shiro/Mallyx than herald. I understand the negativity in your post. Herald doesn’t offer utility, just group support. I highly doubt herald will be used in pvp builds that aren’t bunker builds

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Hello! I know this is none of my business but I see you are making pvp builds, I have been using a great celestial revenant build in ranked pvp. Try it out for me this weekend and tell me how you like it, I’m using mace/axe, staff. With vamp runes and leeching/doom on both weapons. For traits I went corruption, retribution, devastation, in corruption I took demonic defiance, bolstered anguish, and pulsating pestilence. In retribution I took close quarters, redeeming protection, and steadfast rejuvenation. Last for devastation I took assassins presence, nefarious momentum, and assassins annilation. Very fun build. It utterly destroys cele eles too with boon rip and confusion spam so have fun with that. Good luck! Oh and for legends in using shiro/mallyx obviously.

Hello! I know this is none of my business but I see you are making pvp builds, I have been using a great celestial revenant build in ranked pvp. Try it out for me this weekend and tell me how you like it, I’m using mace/axe, staff. With vamp runes and leeching/doom on both weapons. For traits I went corruption, retribution, devastation, in corruption I took demonic defiance, bolstered anguish, and pulsating pestilence. In retribution I took close quarters, redeeming protection, and steadfast rejuvenation. Last for devastation I took assassins presence, nefarious momentum, and assassins annilation. Very fun build. It utterly destroys cele eles too with boon rip and confusion spam so have fun with that. Good luck! Oh and for legends in using shiro/mallyx obviously.

I’ve been trolling this forum after the amazing time I had after this weekend on revenant in spvp. However, I’ve been noticing a similar trend in the changes people want. They all want more Power on the revenant. I would like to see that too yes but I don’t want condition abilities/traits to be forgotten in exchange for power. This weekend in spvp I played celestial Shiro/Mallyx, Mace/Axe, Staff and it worked amazingly. With life on hit trait and siphon from behind trait it synergized with vampire runes well along with the Shiro heal. Most people beta testing it have tested it for pve open world so I just wanted to remind everyone of their amazing capabilities in spvp and stronghold

How long until the next beta? I MISS MY REVENANT SO MUCH! THE ELEMENTALISTS HAVE THEIR POWER AGAIN! I WANT TO WATCH THEM SQUEEEEEAAALL. Does anyone know when the next beta is out. Maybe with the new specialization they’ll let us test it? So sad. Revenant I such sad. I can’t play the game now that I’ve tested greatness. Please relieve me of my pain

Thanks for info guys. All help is appreciated. If you have a hammer build working well for you, please post in the thread. It would help me out alot. <3

Sorry for the misconception. I was asking for a replacement for the old spvp hammer meditation build. I just love it so much. But without absolute resolution. I lose survivability

Sup fellow lightwielders this ain’t much of a QQ thread I just wanted to know if anyone has created a build that can deal with conditions while using Glacial Heart. Please, I miss my hammer so much and greatsword is lame. Thanks babies. Much love <3

Was this the build were playing with while we were in unranked? This is Tim btw

Lel, that would demoralize every engi, ele, and necro ever. Throws bombs…kills entire team, oh noes. My frands. They r ded. Ohs no.

Of course not baby. I have calculated dodges, interrupts, and knockbacks in order to suppress my opponents….SIKE! Just grab bunker guard like me and spam aoe condi cleanse, random dodge, block two ranged auto attacks with shield, and cry cause its hard to protect your team from non telegraphed damage. But hey. This is better than bunker/zerker/condi wars 2. Otherwise known as cele meta lelelelel. But yea, whoever spams the most kitties wins

How to beat de mesmer. Step 1 Become the guardian of burn. Step 2 Burn those kittens back to the place they started from

I have been testing out different builds with the new traits and this one has worked the best for me and my team.

Ill start out with traits so i went, Honor, Virtues, and Valor. In Honor I took protective reviver, pure of heart, and force of will. The revive is great for speed rezzing, aegis heal is amazing when combined with communal defenses, and the extra 300 vitality puts me up to 20k health with marauder’s amulet.
In Virtues i took unscathed contender, absolute resolution, and idomitable courage, these are a must have, unscathed contender is a bit iffy but the others are mandatory for obvious reasons.
Lastly in Valor I took Smiter’s boon, Communal defenses for that perma aegis, and Monk’s focus for all dem Mediations. I am using Hammer/ Scepter Focus with Air and Fire on Hammer and Air and Leeching for the Scepter focus. Packs runes for dem perma fury, This build worked amazingly for tpvp and random hotjoin matches. I don’t know how well it’ll hold up against other “Meta” builds but its working great for me right now. Have Fun my Fellow guards, don’t abuse this power.

Winter.9861:

Treat others as you want to be treated.

+1 baby. That’s exactly what were aiming for here. Yes I know it won’t happen, but, it could be better than it is right now. That’s for sure.

Because being nice and giving them constructive criticism is better than being super kitten about it. You can tell someone what’s wrong without the hate and the names. Our goal is to make this game better not have useless arguments about why this game will never be good. That’s why.

You guys are prime examples of what is wrong with this community