Pro-Gamer Xploit Reveals Most Effective Guild Wars 2 Guardian Spirit Weapons

Author: Noetoone | Posted: 09.07.2012

With the launch of Guild Wars 2 just around the corner, the need for a Guild Wars 2 Guardian leveling guide has never been higher; while, I can’t give you a guide to every single minute of your leveling experience, I can help you take your guardian from creation to max as quickly and painlessly as possible.

The Guild Wars 2 Guardian is the game’s tanking profession; however it can also be played as a very aggressive class in PvP. One of the easiest ways to identify a guardian is by their heavy armor, and the spirit weapon skills. These skills create ghostly weapons aiding the Guardian in combat. They also feature a secondary skill, called a command, which can be activated for an extra effect, but will also destroy the weapon in the process. Going into more detail, there are four kinds of spirit weapons: The Bow of Truth, which removes negative conditions from your allies. The Bow's command skill is an AoE healing effect. The Hammer of Wisdom, Shield of the Avenger, and Sword of Justice all serve aide you in combat, blocking incoming damage and attacking your enemies. The command skill for the Hammer of Justice knocks down your target. Activating the Shield of the Avenger and Sword of Justice both provide AoE spells, inflicting weakness and damaging enemies, respectively. The Guild Wars 2 Guardian also has access to an array of other skills: shouts, which provide instant buffs and debuffs, chains: skills which all occupy the same action bar button and must be cast in order, symbols: ground based AoEs with a short duration, and wards, ground AoEs which snare enemies.

This particular detailed Guild Wars 2 guide is focused on an aggressive guardian build; relying on the Spirit Weapon skills to provide both consistent DPS as well as burst damage, for situations where you find yourself close to death. Be careful before activating the weapon, while the active effect of a Spirit Weapon is a powerful spell, the cast time to resummon the weapon is long enough that you wont be able to resummon the weapon until after the combat is over. Try to leave your Shield and Bow active while using the command skill on your hammer and sword. This will provide a good deal of damage output while leaving the shield to defend you and the bow to clear conditions.

Players who want to use Spirit Weapons as their primary form of damage should look into the following traits. The Zeal tree is where you will find the best bonuses for your Spirit Weapons. Eternal Spirit is perhaps the single most important trait for Spirit Weapons; it allows your weapons to continue being active, even after their command skill used. Spirit Weapon Mastery and Wrathful Spirits will decrease the recharge time and increase the damage of your skills respectively. Radiance traits is home to A Fire Inside, which allows the spirit weapons to cause burning, and Virtues gives access to Spirit Weapon Duration, increasing the amount of time your spirit weapons will exist after being summoned. While both are useful, players who want to follow this Guild Wars 2 leveling Guide should focus on unlocking the Spirit Weapon Duration trait first

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