Guild Wars 2

Hello all,

I am requesting ideas on good dungeon duos (my daughter and I play and it is tough to find others that want to run dungeons these days).

I realize teams will likely be dungeon specific as well.

We aren’t looking for speed run compositions but just solid duos (maybe with some forgiveness for mistakes if possible).

Thanks all and I look forward to any and all input.

Hello,
The best setup is almost always double Ele. But if you want to make it easier you could take some class with utility. I would recommend mesmer, he has a lot control abilitys gives alacrity + quickness, has access to blocks reflects boon and condi removes. But on the other Hand he has verry low damage.

How much leeway for mistakes do you need? If you’re not very experienced or skilled, best bet would probably be double condi necro. You will have very strong survivability even with fully offensive build and can bounce epidemics to do some damage.

If you can manage your evades and have decent experience with PvE, then go with what otome said. Ele combos well with pretty much anything. It has strong damage, lots of blast finishers (for prestacking might and stealth skips), CC and blinds. Only downside is that you go downed easily and usually you need to fight in a very specific way (which varies based on the encounter). You can either pair it with another ele, or you can go thief (easy stealth, good damage and blind spam), engineer (decent damage and amazing utility), warrior (many unique buffs and easy survivability), mesmer (lots of buffs and projectile protection, although personal damage is abysmal) or pretty much anything else, based on your taste and personal preferences.

You can look up some videos on YT, there’s a lot of dungeon solos and duos, you can learn a lot from there – especially class comps and boss-specific strategies.

Duoing dungeons is a lot of fun in my opinion. The only important things you need to worry about (also in my opinion) are:

• Knowing the dungeon mechanics well.
• Knowing your profession (and your partner’s) really well.

If you have that, you’ll be able to manage everything unless the mechanics require a third (and you can sometimes finesse that by bringing a leecher, which could be an alt account you run simultaneously).

Best is double Ele but it needs proper knowledge of mechanics, class and dungeon itself.
If you want a relaxed experience then try Condi Necro and Thief or swap Thief for another Necro if don’t wanna stealth and skip stuff.
Let necro run Spite mostly for might and vuln or Death Magic if condi heavy bosses. Curses and Reaper are a must. There are few places where Power Necro will be better due to structures being condi immune so consider having a power set if you don’t wanna take ages. (AC burrows, SE p3 cart etc)
Thief on usual dps setup, can use Invigorating Precision if having issues staying alive.
Swap to Shadow Arts for long skips or ask Necro to help with blasts (Bone Minions can blast).