Guardian - Basic Guardian

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Focused on: Strike damage, Dps.

Designed for:

Open World

 

Open World Zergs

 

Open World Core

 

Open World General

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Overview

This is a very basic guardian build which is F2P/Core accessible and can handle most open world content.

Skill Bar

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Sword/Focus

Weapon Variants

• Scepter - ranged option
• Staff - good for event farming with a group

Skill Variants

Healing Skills

• - defensive option. You can cancel the animation but keep the block by stowing your weapon during the cast. However, you won't receive any healing if you do this.

Utility Skills

• - grants more Resolution for boss fights where you can't proc much.
• - more crowd control.
• - if you need condition cleanse.
• - if you need to reflect projectiles.
• - alternative projectile defense option.
• - long-lasting swiftness while running.

Specializations

Build Code

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Honor

Honor can be taken for more defense at the cost of damage.

• - extreme condition cleanse
• - extra might uptime

Valor

Valor can be taken for more defense at the cost of damage.

• - high sustain if taking multiple meditations
• , - good if keeping focus over shield

Virtues

Virtues can be taken for more Resolution uptime and ally support at the cost of damage.

• - if taking consecrations
• - if cc is an issue

Equipment

Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required; you can use exotic gear with the same stats.

Berserker

This set uses similar gear to Dragonhunter - Power DPS, making it good for general PVE

6x

Superior Rune of the Scholar

• Use Marauder or some Knight's trinkets for extra defense

Consumables

Farming

Food

• Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions.
• - Use for general farming.
• - Use for when you need to max out magic find.
• - more sustain
• Anything - Any food is better than none, but you should prioritize the food above before using any other food.

Utility

• , , - general farming

Solo

This food assists with more difficult content, such as bosses or bounties. Ascended versions of these are available and should be used when possible.

Food

• - permanent Fury when farming trash or with a zerg
• - extreme sustain when farming trash or with a zerg
• - a huge boost to damage whenf arming trash or in a zerg
• , - DPS food
• , - Defense and Might
• - Lifesteal
• , , - Damage Reduction Food

Utility

• , - Damage

Usage

Damage

• Thanks to the Virtues traitline, you should be spamming as often as possible. Since it resets on kill, you can use it often for a significant damage boost.
• Your main damage skills are , , , , , and . Swap between your weapons using these skills whenever possible, and fill with autoattacks.
  • Never interrupt your autoattack chain as all the damage is loaded in the last hit.
• Resolution is a massive damage boost so you should try to have it up as much as possible. Your main Resolution sources are , , , and
  • resets off every kill thanks to .
  • In long fights where you can't reset you can consider bringing and traiting .
• If you want more stacks of might; Consider using instead of . Choosing Either of them will not cost you any loss of damage.
• Try to fight enemies in your symbols to get the stacking damage buff from .
• If using , try not to get hit

Defense

• is a powerful defensive skill.
• , , and blind enemies.
• , and can be used against projectiles.
• Activating gives aegis, protection, Resolution, stability, and a stun break.
• You can run for more active defense.
• is a 3-second invulnerability skill that also refreshes and .
• Remember to always dodge and sidestep attacks if possible. Don't get hit by anything you can move out of.

Sustain

• This build doesn't have much sustained healing, so avoiding damage is extremely important in long fights.
• Use to heal yourself for each enemy you hit.
• When at extremely low health, activate , then use for an immense amount of self-healing.
• You can activate for an emergency heal and condition cleanse.
• For a big condition cleanse, use while in a light field.

Crowd Control

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  Binding Blade

  Throw blades at your foes, causing damage over time. Bound foes can be pulled to you. The effect ends when a foe moves out of range.

  Damage: 369

  Number of Targets: 5

  Maximum Blade Duration: 10 seconds

  Maximum Leash Range: 600

  Combo Finisher: Whirl
    
  

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  Pull

  Pull your foes to you.

  Leash Range: 600

  Range: 600
• (as a last resort)