The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good
Focused on: Strike damage and Control
Designed for: PvP Conquest
Difficulty: Easy
Beginner friendly This build is beginner friendly.
This build was last updated on June 05, 2026 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.
Overview
A core PvP hammer Guardian build which takes advantage of various crit chance boosts to run 
女武神项链 and focuses mainly on landing 
冰川猛击s. Also available for F2P players looking to try GW2's PvP.
Skill Bar
Skill Variants
Utility
"前进！" over 
症状惩戒 - with this you gain reliable 
迅捷 access and even a new source of 
圣盾 which could be used either defensively as an instant block or offensively to fuel 
无伤斗魂. The price is the loss of some cleansing, healing and 
激怒 access. Another benefit of "Advance!" is that you get to drop 
猞猁符文 for something better, like 
渗透符文 or 
学者符文.
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Equipment
Equipment Variants
Relics
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寻路者古物 - a different kind of mobility boost that allows you to replace your current rune with 渗透符文. With this setup your burst damage is going to be a bit weaker but your consistency outside of 
智慧法印 windows will go up thanks to the improved crit chance. You trade 10% bonus damage with a ~50% uptime for ~11% higher crit chance baseline. This is less popular than the current version though as the build's main goal is to hit the biggest possible 冰川猛击s. -
俊杰古物 - massive boost to your sustain, makes the build easier to play. However it's going to cost you the damage boost of Brawler, and this is a burst build first and foremost. It's fine to start with this if you're new, but aim to make the transition to Brawler later.
Usage
General
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Valkyrie amulet doesn't provide any critical hit chance, that's where the boons and traits come in:
光耀力量 adds 10% against burning foes, 激怒 adds the usual 20% and 
决心 will further increase it by 40% thanks to 
正义本能. Always try to maintain Retaliation, but don't spam all the sources at once otherwise boon removal can be too punishing. -
Try to aid allies with
勇气美德 as traited with 
不屈勇气 it can break stun and apply stability among other things. -
正义美德 is refreshed after each kill so make sure you always have it on cooldown right before a kill. Using it also applies AoE 
目盲 which can be useful for stomping or making high priority skills miss. -
Try to burn through all of your virtues before resorting to
专注复苏. RF is a great skill to use if you're being focues by the enemy team and you don't have any CDs left. Just keep in mind that this skill makes you lose capture point contribution for its duration.- Your virtues that aren't on CD can be (and should be) activated while channeling this elite.
- Don't blow
决心美德 until the last moment of the channel. Let it heal you as much as possible.
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Every utility skill is a meditation, therefore can be used both defensively and offensively thanks to the
激怒 and healing from 
僧侣专注. -
Use
症状惩戒, 
愤怒祷词, 决心美德 and Light field combos to manage your condition levels. Only resort to 
纯净沉思 and 专注复苏 if these no longer suffice.
Hammer
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Hammer provides various different CCs namely immobilize, launch and a ward, making it possible to decap enemy points.
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The auto attack chain is rather slow but ends with a powerful symbol which applies
保护. -
Spam
冰川猛击 pretty much on CD. Combo it with symbols as often as possible for AoE condition removal. This should be the first skill you use after swapping to this weapon in order to get the 智慧法印 proc, unless you really need to CC someone. -
狂徒束缚 is rather self-explanatory, use it to root people into important skills (most notably 冰川猛击 and 
狂徒防御) or to keep them off the capture point a bit longer.- Keep in mind that this is a projectile and can be reflected or negated accordingly.
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驱逐重击 works on downed bodies which can be useful for disrupting rez attempts or just knocking enemies off-point to bleed them out (thus delaying their respawn) while you capture the objective.- Banishing resets the CD of 冰川猛击, allowing you to do back-to-back bursts and even causes your next Glacial Blow to teleport after your target when used.
- Banishing resets the CD of
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守护之环 is a powerful area denial skill which can also be used to trap people inside it, even from range (with 
裁决干涉, but you have to cast it early or else the ring will stay behind). Enemies knocked back with Banish won't leave the field so you could also use it to control the distance of the knockback.
Sword/Focus
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This is the defensive set of the build, but still has some hard hitting skills.
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The main source of burst damage here comes from
狂徒防御. Note that the projectiles can be very unreliable in anything but melee range. If you have Sigil of Agility on this set, always try to use it after swapping weapons to get the most out of it (except if you need to cleave a downed body, then use the quickness to auto attack). -
利刃符印 has many uses: vertical mobility via teleportation, symbol for cleaving, 目盲 to make an important skill miss, or a combo field which can be used for AoE cleansing by executing a blast finisher in it. -
裁决光束 is a ranged skill with great damage over time. -
愤怒护盾 is both an excellent defensive and offensive skill (more about that below). As far as defense goes, this can be used to block important attacks even while stunned. Always try to use it in a symbol (a Light field) for AoE condition cleansing.
Main burst combo (preferably executed from a safe distance):
- If possible, have an active 圣盾 to gain the damage bonus from无伤斗魂.
- 愤怒护盾 should be activated before the combo. Try not to get hit because you'll need it to explode for damage. Wait until only ~1 second remains of its duration then quickly proceed with the rest of the combo.
- Weapon Swap (in combat this also triggers your sigils).
- 冰川猛击 - start casting it from range.
- 裁决干涉 to teleport to the target right before MB finishes its animation.
- 正义美德 (to gain Resolution from
决心美德) should be used just before Glacial Blow lands.
Combo tools
- Contribute to the 迅捷 and
潜行 stacking attempts of your team by using 冰川猛击 and 愤怒护盾 in their combo fields if they're offering any before a fight.
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