Guardian - Core Power

The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good

Focused on: Strike damage

Designed for: Open World, Open World General and Open World Core

This build was last updated on April 24, 2023 and is up to date for the February 14, 2023 game patch.

Overview

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

Skill Bar

Greatsword

Sword/Focus

Utility

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.

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Specializations

• - Higher DPS than but at the cost of defenses.

Honor

Honor can be taken for more defense at the cost of damage. This should be taken in place of Virtues.

• - extreme condition cleanse
• If taking Honor, it's possible to swap for . This will provide somewhat more consistent DPS.

Equipment

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

Basic Equipment

This setup uses basic, easily obtained equipment that performs very well in open world and is functional in endgame PVE.

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Berserker

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Greatsword
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Sword
Berserker

Focus
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

• Use Knight trinkets for extra defense if required.

Standard Equipment

This set uses similar gear to Build:Dragonhunter_-_Power_DPS, making it a highly versatile setup for general PVE that performs very well in both open world and endgame PVE.

Head
Dragon

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Dragon

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Dragon

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Dragon

Accessory
Dragon

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Dragon

Ring
Dragon

Ring
Dragon

Greatsword
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Sword
Berserker

Focus
Dragon

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Consumables

Food

• Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions. Budget versions of these foods exist and are acceptable.
• - farming
• , - DPS
• - defense

Utility

• (and variants) - farming
• , - dps

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

• (as a last resort)