The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good
Focused on: Strike damage and Dps
Designed for: WvW Zerg
Expansions required: Heart of Thorns builds End of Dragons builds
Difficulty: Easy
This build was last updated on March 11, 2026 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.
Overview
A build designed for massive AoE DPS, with great access to spike damage, ground AoE and ranged pressure.
Skill Bar
Variants
Weapons
- Greatsword ⇒ Longbow - Less damage, but the range makes it far easier to use and
猎人结界 is a strong CC - Hammer
Skills
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Variants
愤怒侵染 trades defensive utility for more damage
Equipment
Equipment Variants
Sigils
Consumables
Usage
Quick Guide
- Guardian is a melee range high spike DPS that excels in stacking ground AoEs
- Spike by combining as many ground AoEs as possible
- Follow up by using other damage skills like
愤怒回旋 or 
闪耀圆转 to increase your spike - Maintain
美德激励 by using a Virtue skills before each spike
Surviving
- This build has moderate passive defense
- This build has moderate mobility skill access
- This build has high active defenses
Defensive Skill List
- Make sure to drop your target if using
日光奔袭 or 
信仰之跃 defensively - Use all your Virtue skills during the cast of
专注复苏 since it resets their CDs when it finishes casting and they won't interrupt the cast
Priorities
High
- Burst Damage
Moderate
- Damage
Detailed Explanations
Burst Damage
- Your ideal burst combo is:
- The goal of this combo is to put the enemy group in as many ground AoEs as possible while efficiently using all of your strongest weapon skills
- If you can't land a short range skill skip it
- If you can't land most of your skills, wait for a better time to burst
- Sometimes you won't have enough melee uptime to use your Greatsword skills, it is fine to delay them
- Use your spike when the enemy group is pushing towards you or your group is in melee
- Make sure you are in range of
超级水能法印 when swapping to your Greatsword set
Damage
Skill priority
- In Greatsword use
决心符印 ⇒ 愤怒回旋 immediately then repeat both skills if you're still in melee. Swap back to Spear when you're done casting them or your Weapon Swap Weapon Swap is ready if you can't - In Spear use
光照符印 ⇒ 闪耀圆转 ⇒ 
太阳风暴 then Auto Attack filling with 日光奔袭 if you see an opportunity to use it safely
- Try to stack
正义之剑 with your weapon skills to increase spike damage 
反射之墙 is instant cast, use it whenever you expect the enemy to hit your group while your group is also hitting them
正义复兴 will refresh 
正义美德 every time you get a kill. Combine this with 
暴怒聚集 to add extra symbols as often as possible