The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good
Focused on: Condition damage
Designed for: Open World, Open World General and Open World Core
Difficulty: Easy
This build was last updated on April 04, 2026 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.
守护者 (Guardian)
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A basic core guardian build focused on condition damage. This build has good damage and strong defensive capabilities. Uniquely, a large amount of guardian's condition damage does not come from the skills themselves, but by triggering 
正义美德 by striking enemies multiple times, making fast hitting weapons the best option.
Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.
Your damage comes from a combination of power damage from your weapons and damage from , which is empowered by several traits like .
Swap between Greatsword and Sword/Torch for damage. You should open most fights on Greatsword if you can and, once its cooldowns are spent, swap to Sword/Torch for better sustained damage.
Greatsword Priority:
Sword Priority:
Scepter Priority:
Your passive makes up a significant amount of your damage through . Use off cooldown for Fury and Quickness uptime.
If you are about to kill a mob, activate for a large DPS increase, so long as you have Radiance traited it will be recharged due to .
Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required; you can use exotic gear with the same stats.
This variant uses equipment similar to existing Condi DPS Firebrand raid builds, making it an easy gearing option for general PVE.
If you are gearing this character from zero, start with exotic quality gear. Search the trading post for "Viper's Abomination" weapons. Viper exotic armor is very expensive, so we recommend a budget alternative called Carrion (search the trading post for "Shiro" armor) until you can get Viper gear such as by farming Bladed armor or by acquiring ascended armor. Upgrade to Viper and ascended as you progress. See also: Guide to Gear a Character.
The following equipment is available to Free To Play players. It is not quite as powerful as the variants above, but holds its own even in instanced content.
