Guardian - a break down for the pure support role

This build is designed, both to passively buff those around the Guardian and to utilse Virtues to actively buff and debuff.

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The weapon selection gives 3 combo field light and combo finisher whirl.

The Build – Traits

Radiance: 100 precision, 10% increased condition duration.

5 points – Justice is Blind. Blind is a powerful debuff giving the guardians dps virtue a role in mitigation. This virtue is on the shortest cooldown making this a powerful use of points.

10 Points – Perfect Inscriptions - Buffs the passive on Signet of Mercy.

Valor: 100 Toughness, 10 increase to critical damage

5 points – Valorius defence – we gain aegis at 50% health.

10 points – Altruistic healing – Every time you apply a boon to allies you are healed.

Honour: 300 Vitality, Increases healing by 300.

5 points – Vigouros Precision

10 points – Pure of Heart – a buff to aegis that adds aheal when its expended.

15 points – Selfless Daring – your dodge roll heals allies.

20 points – Battle Presense – allies gain the Guardians passive regen (potentially very powerful skill)

25 points – Might of the Virtuous – a buff to Aegis When it is removed a might buff is cast

30 points – Resolute Healer – Gain a Shiled of Absorbtion on reviving an ally

Virtues: Increase condition damage by 200, increase Virtue recharge by 20%

5 points - Inspired Virtues – adds valuable buffs to The Guardians Virtues on Activation.

10 points – Courgaeous – Aegis is triggered every 30 seconds. Should work with altruistic healing.

15 points -Virtue of Retribution you gain Retaliation when you use a Virtue

20 Points – Resolute – this makes the passive regen stronger, works well with Battle Precence in the Honour tree.

passive ~220/tick x5 => 1100/sec overall (Battle Presence and Resolute)
active ~2000 + 240/tick(5sec) x5 = 266/sec + 3 conditions removed every 60 seconds (Purity of Resolve and Inspired Virtue)
only time you would ever want to activate Virtue of Resolve is when you or a good portion of your allies would otherwise certainly be dying in the next few seconds

Healing Skill:

Healing breezes- This heals both the Guardian and those in front of him and stacks with regen. Our most powerful group Heal

Utility Skills:

Signet of Mercy - Passive: Improves healing. Active: Revive a nearby ally. 240 second recharge time.

Merciful Intervention – Teleport to the nearby ally with the lowest health and create a healing area around them. This is an obvious heal but less obviously it can get us out of trouble as a ghetto teleport. 45 second cooldown.

Sanctuary – Form a protective shelter that prevents foes and projectiles from entering, and heals allies. A useful shield and a decent healon a 120 second cooldown.

Elite Skill:

Tome of Curage - Tome of Courage locks the user in place while granting Stability, a major increase in health, and five skills that replace the standard weapon skills:

Skills:

Heal Area - Heal allies in the target area.

Purifying Ribbon - Release a ribbon of light that bounces to nearby allies, removing one conditionfrom each ally hit, blinding each enemy hit.

Protective Spirit - Grant protection and regeneration to allies in a cone.

Pacifism - Pacify foes in the area, dazing them for three seconds.

Light of Deliverance - Fully heal up to five allies.

The choice of wepaons reflects that role for this guardian build.

Mace:

Faithful Strike – The last attack on the chain heals the guardian.

Symbol of Faith - Smash a mystic symbol onto the ground that damages foes and regenerates allies.

 Regeneration: 1 s, Duration: 4 s , Refresh 6 s

Protector’s Strike - Surround yourself and nearby allies with a shield. Knock back enemies that strike protected allies. Grant protection to yourself and nearby allies if you are not struck.

 Protection: 5 s, Push: 240 Range: 130 

Shield :

Shield of Judgement - Create a shielding wave in front of you that damages foes and gives protection to yourself and up to 5 allies.

Protection: 5 s

Shield of Absorbtion - Create a dome around you that knocks back foes and then absorbs projectiles.

 Duration: 4 s, Push: 100 

Staff:

Wave of Wrath - Send out a powerful shockwave, hitting up to five foes.

  Range: 600

Orb of Light - Fire a slow moving orb of light that can be detonated to heal allies.

   Range: 1200

Symbol of Swiftness - Sear a mystic symbol into the target area, damaging foes and granting swiftness to allies.

 Swiftness: 2 s,  Radius: 15,   Duration: 4 s,  Range: 1200

Line of Warding - Draw a line in front of you that foes cannot cross.

 Duration: 5 s

Martyr - Draw conditions from nearby allies to yourself. Gain multiple boons for a short duration.

 Might: 5 s, Fury: 5 s , Protection: 5 s , Regeneration: 5 s ,Swiftness: 5 s , Vigor: 5 s , Range: 1200 

This build should have sufficient survivability to keep the Guardain up and provide massive protection, blockingand regen is very very good. To augment this I would use the following Runes.

Rune of Dwayna 6/6 - +25healing/+20%Regeneration Duration/+50Healing/5% to gain Regeneration when hit/+90Healing/All nearby allies gain regeneration for 10 seconds after using a Heal

Sigil of Water - 30% chance to heal nearby allies.