Guild Wars 2

Title says it, how do i get started with raids and are there guilds for it?

Join a guild, it’s typically the easiest way. That said you still need to play with them and make yourself known to them…to many people join guilds to raid and remain quiet and faceless and wonder why it’s hard to start.

If guilds aren’t your thing however, but you feel capable and think you’re build ready you can always sit in LFG for 4 hours until someone needs you.

Be as prepared as possible. Know what the “meta” build for your class is, and have the appropriate traits, armor, trinkets, and weapon, along with sigils and runes. Try to have at least full ascended weapons and trinkets, if not full ascended. Carry the necessary food/utilities.

Know your class and the encounters. Watch videos and read guides. All the bosses follow a set pattern, know that pattern. Know how to do things like always dodge gorseval’s pound or dodge the eggs. KNOW YOUR DPS ROTATIONS, this is huge, even if you have the right build and gear, if you don’t know the proper rotations you won’t be effective.

Try to be as versatile as possible. The more characters you have that are raid ready the easier it will be for you to get into a group. If you can only play a PS warrior and a group already has 2, they’re not going to take you. But if you can also play a Revenant, a Daredevil, and a Druid in addition to that PS warrior, you shouldn’t have much trouble getting into a raid group.

After that just network. Find a guild that does raids and join up. Try pugs and if you manage to kill the boss with a group, add each other to your friends list.

Oh god, I hate seeing 7 ppl looking for sab in the lfg menu and no1 just invites them all and starts a group.

That being said, start by choosing 2-3 classes, look at what they bring to raids and try and get them into ascended weps/trinkets as well as stocking up on their relevant food choices. Look at videos, review them, check boss mechanics, ask around for tips, then go into groups who are looking for a couple more, tell them you’re new and practice the kitten out of the mechanics. On the way to vg, practice seeker control, dps rotations, all that jazz under some pressure. Give groups warning if you’re new to a boss, and start with something like, “If I’m the first to die 3 times feel free to replace me”, so they don’t feel obligated to bring you, or get angry that you may have lied to get into the group.

And last but certainly not least, if you’re having problems, speak up and ask, I hate staring at people fail mechanics, but not taking every opportunity to improve and overcome them. If you’re in an experienced group, they’d rather take 1min to explain something then spend 3-4 boss pulls while you figure it out on your own.

Guilds are also good, look for ones that are in some way dedicated to raiding so you know that the people in it are actually interested in putting together groups in the first place.