[20] Guild Wars 2 Builds - Guardian: Spirit of Restorative Resolve - Mace/Focus & Staff (Heal/Support) Build |PVE

By: Soul Step (Updated 7/9/2012)

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Guardians can be mages too! Using a staff and mace/focus kind of feels like you're a White Mage from the Final Fantasy series. This is a support build with the use of Spirit Weapons and a specialization in healing.

Weapon Set:
Primary: Mace/Focus
Secondary: Staff

Healing, Utility, Elite Skills:
Healing: 
(6) Healing Breeze - heals for you and your allies

Utility:
(7) Shield of the Avenger - good attack/support skill

(8) Bow of Truth - another good support skill for you and your allies.

Two options for your last utility skills slot:
Option 1:
(9) Contemplation of Purity - your survival skill plus it grants you boons
Option 2:
(9) Signet of Mercy - the passive will make your healing better and the active is a revive skill.

Elite: 
(0) Tome of Courage - an overall great support skill

Traits: Build output is 30/0/0/30/10
Zeal: 30 points here as you'll get the 30% increase in your boon duration. This overall will make your Regeneration boon last longer
(VI) Spirit Weapon Mastery - a must have if you're using Spirit Weapons

(X) Eternal Spirit - another must have if you're using Spirit Weapons

(XI) Wrathful Spirits - a damage boost for Shield of the Avenger

Honor: Maxing out this trait line maxes your healing power too
(III) Writ of Exaltation - increased area for Symbol of Faith and Swiftness is a plus

(X) Writ of the Merciful - extra heal for Symbol of Faith and another bonus for Symbol of Swiftness

(XII) Battle Presence - giving your allies your healing passive is always a good thing

Virtues:
(V) Resolute - make the passive of Virtue of Resolve stronger will be useful to you and your allies.

Skills that will heal/regenerate health with this build:
Virtue of Resolve, Symbol of Faith, Symbol of Swiftness, Ray of Judgement, Healing Breeze, Bow of Truth, Orb of Light, Martyr and from Tome of Courage, Heal Area, Protective Spirit and Light of Deliverance. Also you heal nearby allies when you dodge.

Looking at that, there is so much variety in skills in which you can heal or regenerate health. This could be seen as a leg of a "soft trinity," but I would consider this a support build that can give advantages in your favor or turn the tide in battle in more ways than one.