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Thanks, I'll try these out and see how it goes

Yes - I've tried both of these for both OW and WvW roaming: https://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Vindicator_-_Power_Vindicator https://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Vindicator_-_Retribution_Greatsword_Roamer I've also tried replacing some of the traits with other traits that have more sustain, doesn't seem to make much of a difference. I don't think I can link my actual equipped gear set out of game can I? I've tried playing both with a full set of celestial gear (I boosted the character at level 70 or something so it came with full celestial gear with full runes/sigils/etc) and am currently wearing full exotic Devona's armor with a marauder stat GS and 2 celestial swords. Still using exotic celestial trinkets except the amulet I replaced with exotic berserkers. I'm using a full set of runes of the pack and the sigils on the GS (which is the primary weapon I use) are force and stamina right now. I've died more times in 24 hours as a vindicator than my entire playthrough of revenant (including HoT HP farming, LWS1 fractals, etc)

Hey everyone, I've been playing the game for a few weeks and got a few professions to level 80 including revenant and revenant is the first profession I decided to unlock an elite spec for. I chose Vindicator because it looks cool and seems to be decent at soloing stuff and roaming in WvW. Prior to switching to this elite spec I practically felt like a god in PvE, I solo'd nearly every HoT HP with almost no issues, battle scars and the healing abilities pretty much kept me at max Hp without ever having to think about my health for the most part. With vindicator the exact opposite is happening, I literally can't solo anything without dying very fast. Not only that but it feels like I kill stuff slower than I did with core. I tried full celestial gear, and also a lot of berserker gear and anything more than one veteran and it's 50/50 if I die during the fight. I haven't been able to kill 3 veterans at the same time or even come close to killing an elite or champion with this spec enabled 😕 I'm sure it's something I'm doing wrong I just don't know what. The healing seems to be almost non existent compared to core. I'm using alliance+shiro and I've tried both a power vindicator OW build from metabattle and a WvW roaming build. I even tried veering a bit off of those builds to enable battle scars again and try to go for more passive self healing and it doesn't seem to make a difference. Is there some trick to survive as a vindicator? I'm obviously using my jump dodges often and switching between alliance and shiro and gs/ss, but I melt so fast it hardly matters. Thanks in advance if anyone can tell me if there's just some 'key' to doing things as vindicator without dying so easily. I love the GS on revenant - the abilities are fun, and I want to make this spec work for OW soloing and WvW roaming which is 95% of my game play!