Guardian - Burn Guard

{{|description=A Guardian WvW build designed for massive AoE DPS that performs better the greater the enemy numbers.}}

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

Focused on: Condition damage and Utility

Designed for: WvW Zerg

Difficulty:
TBD
This build was last updated on February 19, 2022 and is up to date for the March 19, 2024 patch.

Overview

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


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Skill Bar

Staff/X
Scepter/Torch
Utility


Skill Variants

Heal

  • better party support but lose a very strong block.

Utility

  • personal stunbreak and AoE stability


Specializations


Equipment

Head
Dire
Shoulders
Dire
Chest
Dire
Hands
Dire
Legs
Dire
Feet
Dire
Backpiece
Trailblazer
Accessory
Trailblazer
Accessory
Trailblazer
Amulet
Trailblazer
Ring
Trailblazer
Ring
Trailblazer
Axe
Dire
Torch
Dire
Sigil
Sigil
Scepter
Dire
x
Dire
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6



Consumables

feast option with additional Condition Damage and Expertise


Variants

Stats

  • Try to maintain 100% Burning Burning duration since your primary damage comes from the 2s base duration burn of with .
  • Trailblazer Trailblazer adds condition duration from the gear which you can use to reach 100% burning duration.
  • Viper Viper and Sinister Sinister can be used in place of Trailblazer's and Dire's for more damage, gaining from Zeal spec, at the cost of survivability.
  • Rabid Rabid can be used in place of Dire as a smaller damage increase that helps with proccing with less loss of survivability.

Sigils

  • general defensive sigil
  • or trash condis to cover Burning Burning from cleanse

Runes

  • highest damage option if unconcerned about condition duration.
  • alternative hybrid damage option when unconcerned about duration.

Food

  • to reach burn duration cap with other gear setups
  • alternative defensive option against condition pressure
  • highest damage option with frequent kills.


Usage

  • Most of your damage comes from a Burning 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 unused to ensure you are receiving the passive activation.
  • and are your main sources of damage. Place and carefully to proc it as much as possible.
  • Rotate between your weapon sets, using your symbols off cooldown. provides a significant Burning Burning spike, and should be constantly used.
  • should be thought of as a DPS ability, the reflected projectiles will proc /.


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