What kind of roles can Firebrand Guardians fill?

[I Am Klaus]

I wouldn't mind being a healer as an off-spec I suppose, but I'm mainly either looking for a tank build, or an Offensive Support setup that does decent DPS but also contributes buffs, CC and secondary heals.

Looking at either Mace/Shield or Axe/Torch as my ideal weapons.

[Connor]

From my understanding Firebrand can do basically anything, it's one of the more versatile Elite Specs; though it does lean more towards Condi damage than Strike.

Experiment with it, mix and match the different skill trees to do what you want with it; the elite spec synergizes well with basically anything.

[SinisterSlay]

My wife runs the celestial build but in open world. She likes how tanky it feels and it helps with healing. Which means I can use my squishy raid build and she keeps me standing.

[I Am Klaus]

Originally posted by SinisterSlay:

My wife runs the celestial build but in open world. She likes how tanky it feels and it helps with healing. Which means I can use my squishy raid build and she keeps me standing.

I've heard there are no "true" tanks in GW2 because the role isn't really needed for someone to keep a bosses attention and take the damage.

[Nibbie]

Originally posted by Your Moms Car:

Originally posted by SinisterSlay:

My wife runs the celestial build but in open world. She likes how tanky it feels and it helps with healing. Which means I can use my squishy raid build and she keeps me standing.

I've heard there are no "true" tanks in GW2 because the role isn't really needed for someone to keep a bosses attention and take the damage.

The holy trinity generally isn't a thing, but there are some raids where the boss will focus the person with the highest Toughness stat, which makes them the tank for that encounter. Outside of raids though, you're right there isn't a dedicated tank role, you are largely responsible for avoiding damage yourself through movement and dodging. In other harder missions a healer of some kind is generally all you need to keep people up if they are playing well enough.

[I Am Klaus]

Originally posted by Nibbie:

Originally posted by Your Moms Car:

I've heard there are no "true" tanks in GW2 because the role isn't really needed for someone to keep a bosses attention and take the damage.

The holy trinity generally isn't a thing, but there are some raids where the boss will focus the person with the highest Toughness stat, which makes them the tank for that encounter. Outside of raids though, you're right there isn't a dedicated tank role, you are largely responsible for avoiding damage yourself through movement and dodging. In other harder missions a healer of some kind is generally all you need to keep people up if they are playing well enough.

In that case then I think I would like some kind of Offensive Support build for Firebrand. Something that deals good damage (Condition, specifically) and provides good support via buffs and secondary/assist healing, maybe with some CC options.

Axe/Torch is what I'm looking at currently. And I'm playing Charr, because apparently Charrdian is a meme.

[ຊคrtนrคēl]

Originally posted by Your Moms Car:

Originally posted by Nibbie:

The holy trinity generally isn't a thing, but there are some raids where the boss will focus the person with the highest Toughness stat, which makes them the tank for that encounter. Outside of raids though, you're right there isn't a dedicated tank role, you are largely responsible for avoiding damage yourself through movement and dodging. In other harder missions a healer of some kind is generally all you need to keep people up if they are playing well enough.

In that case then I think I would like some kind of Offensive Support build for Firebrand. Something that deals good damage (Condition, specifically) and provides good support via buffs and secondary/assist healing, maybe with some CC options.

Axe/Torch is what I'm looking at currently. And I'm playing Charr, because apparently Charrdian is a meme.

https://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Firebrand_-_Quickness_Support_Celestial_DPS

[RotherHans]

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