Guardian - Core Power Guardian

This is a test build. You may comment and rate it.

Focused on: Strike damage and Dps

Designed for: WvW Zerg

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Easy

Overview

A build designed for massive AoE DPS, with great access to spike damage, ground AoE, ranged pressure and huge melee damage.

Skill Bar

Longbow

Hammer

Utility

Skill Variants

• Bane Signet passive power, can replace Wall of Reflection or "Stand Your Ground!"

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Specializations

Variants

• Permeating Wrath trades defensive utility for more burn damage

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Equipment

Head
Dragon

Shoulders
Dragon

Chest
Dragon

Hands
Dragon

Legs
Dragon

Feet
Dragon

Backpiece
Dragon

Accessory
Dragon

Accessory
Dragon

Amulet
Dragon

Ring
Dragon

Ring
Dragon

Longbow
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Hammer
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

Equipment Variants

Stats

• Use Berserker stats if you find you need more offensive stats and to maintain 100% crit
  • Do NOT use Marauder stats to maintain 100% crit.

Relics

• Relic of Speed

Sigils

• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Force

Consumables

• • personal food option

Usage

Overall Priorities

High

• Ranged Spike
• Sustained damage

Moderate

• CC

Low

• Single target

Surviving

• This build has moderate passive defense
• This build has no mobility skill access, staying very close to your tag and group is critical
• This builds has moderate active defenses
  • Beware of unblockable CCs (Line of Warding) when using Shelter
    • Standing briefly still while channeling Shelter can sometimes be better than moving straight back to your group
  • Use "Stand Your Ground!" when pushing if your firebrand's Stability is on cooldown
    • Don't be afraid to use it as a stunbreak if Virtue of Courage is on cooldown
  • Because Renewed Focus resets your virtues, you should use them during the channel time of RF if they are not on cooldown.

Active defense priority Virtue of Courage - for stunbreaking "Stand Your Ground!" - for stunbreaking Dodge Shelter Virtue of Resolve Renewed Focus

Detailed Explanations

Ranged Spike

• Open with longbow, using Virtue of Justice ⇒ Symbol of Energy ⇒ Hunter's Ward and True Shot
  • Keep in mind that Puncture Shot, True Shot and Symbol of Energy are blockable/reflectable.
• Don't waste Wall of Reflection to add useless DPS at range, wait until the damage can be followed up on

Sustained damage

• When using ground AoEs like Symbol skills or Sword of Justice, try to place them so that one edge is on the enemy group and the other edge is in the direction they are moving to
• Try to swap between weapons only if needed. Longbow should be only used for ranged damage, Hammer should be only used for melee damage.
• Combine your Symbol skills with other damage to generate higher spikes
• Place Wall of Reflection closer to the enemy group than your own to reduce projectile travel time
• Maintain Inspiring Virtue by activating Virtue of Justice
  • Renewed Justice will reset the cooldown whenever you get a kill

CC

• Use your CC when:
  • Your group calls a spike:
    • Winds - Winds of Disenchantment
    • Wells - Well of Corruption+Well of Suffering
    • Shades - Desert Shroud
    • Traps - Procession of Blades+Test of Faith
  • On top of enemy downs (while alive players are on top of them)
  • Enemy groups moving defensively while your group is pushing

Single Target

• Use True Shot to snipe enemies. It pierces and can hit up to 5 enemies.