Difference between revisions of "Guardian - Core Condition"

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

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

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on April 14, 2022 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.

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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

Specializations

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

Amulet
Dire

Ring
Dire

Scepter
Dire

Torch
Dire

Sigil

Sword
Dire

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

Scepter Priority:

Purging Flames
Symbol of Punishment
Sword of Justice (or other spirit weapon)
Zealot's Flame
Cleansing Flame
Chains of Light

Greatsword Priority:

Purging Flames
Symbol of Wrath
Whirling Wrath
Sword of Justice
Leap of Faith
Fill with auto-attacks

Sword Priority:

Purging Flames
Zealot's Flame
Sword of Justice
Zealot's Defense
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

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Difference between revisions of "Guardian - Core Condition"

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