Guardian - Burn Guard

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Focused on: Condition damage and Utility

Designed for: WvW Zerg

Difficulty:

TBD

Overview

A Guardian WvW build designed for massive AoE DPS that performs better the greater the enemy numbers.

Skill Bar

Staff/X

Scepter/Torch

Utility

Skill Variants

Utility

• "Stand Your Ground!" personal stunbreak and AoE stability

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Equipment

Head
Celestial

Shoulders
Celestial

Chest
Celestial

Hands
Celestial

Legs
Celestial

Feet
Celestial

Backpiece
Celestial

Accessory
Celestial

Accessory
Celestial

Amulet
Celestial

Ring
Celestial

Ring
Celestial

Scepter
Celestial

Torch
Celestial

Sigil

Sigil

Staff
Celestial

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x15

Infusion
x3

Usage

• Most of your damage comes from a Burning, meaning that if it gets cleansed, the build isn't fulfilling its role. Always try to coordinate your main skills with you group bomb, to ensure trash condis get cleansed and your burn can tick longer and deal damage.
• To play this build effectively you should aim to use all of your skills rapidly. The only skills you do not use off cooldown are defensive, such as healing. You also should keep your Virtue of Justice unused to ensure you are receiving the passive activation.
• Permeating Wrath and Symbolic Power are your main sources of damage. Place Symbol of Swiftness and Symbol of Punishment carefully to proc it as much as possible.
• Rotate between your weapon sets, using your symbols off cooldown. Sword of Justice provides a significant Burning spike, and should be constantly used.
• Wall of Reflection should be thought of as a DPS ability, the reflected projectiles will proc Virtue of Justice/Permeating Wrath.