Build:Guardian - Core Condition

The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Condition damage

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

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on February 27, 2023 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A basic and accessible core guardian build that possesses high DPS and excellent survivability. The Dire variant of this build is easily accessible to all core players and costs very little gold to gear.

Skill Bar

Scepter/Torch

Sword

Utility

Weapon Variants

• Greatsword - very high burst if using power-heavy variants
• Staff - long-ranged option that is good for meta farming.

Skill Variants

• Hammer of Wisdom - cc
• Wall of Reflection - projectile hate
• Judge's Intervention - teleport and damage
• Hallowed Ground - long-duration stability
• Sanctuary - high CC against champions and projectile hate
• Renewed Focus - strong defensive tool

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Equipment

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

Head
Dire

Shoulders
Dire

Chest
Dire

Hands
Dire

Legs
Dire

Feet
Dire

Backpiece
Dire

Accessory
Dire

Accessory
Dire

Amulet
Dire

Ring
Dire

Ring
Dire

Scepter
Dire

Torch
Dire

Sigil

Sigil

Sword
Dire

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

The same gear as Raid Firebrand can also be used here.

Variant Equipment

• 24px Traiblazer - extremely strong defensive gearset; this set is very expensive and niche, and is not recommended for someone new to the build
• Sinister, Dire, Carrion - F2P / Budget Gear options. If using these, change Sigil of Superior Sigil of Geomancy and Sigil of Superior Sigil of Torment to Sigil of Superior Sigil of Smoldering.
• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Energy - defensive option

Consumables

Event Farming

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
• - dps if using gear with high toughness

Usage

Damage

Swap between Greatsword and Scepter/Torch for damage. You should open most fights on Greatsword if you can and once its cooldowns are spent, swap to scepter/torch for better sustained damage.

Scepter Priority:

1. Purging Flames
2. Symbol of Punishment
3. Sword of Justice (or other spirit weapon)
4. Zealot's Flame
5. Cleansing Flame
6. Chains of Light

Greatsword Priority:

1. Purging Flames
2. Symbol of Wrath
3. Whirling Wrath
4. Sword of Justice
5. Leap of Faith
6. Fill with auto-attacks

Sword Priority:

1. Purging Flames
2. Zealot's Flame
3. Sword of Justice
4. Zealot's Defense
5. Symbol of Blades

Your Virtue of Justice passive will also make up a significant amount of your damage through Burning. Use "Feel My Wrath!" off cooldown for Fury and Quickness uptime.

If you are about to kill a mob, activate Virtue of Justice for a large DPS increase, so long as you have Radiance traited.

Defense

• Litany of Wrath is a massive heal.
• Virtue of Courage / "Retreat!" provide an on-demand block
• Shield of Wrath (focus) is a series of blocks
• Virtue of Justice is an area blind but will reduce your DPS drastically if you don't quickly reset it.
• Virtue of Resolve removes conditions and provides a small amount of healing.

Video Examples

Cele Guard vs Champion Mark I Golem