Guild Wars 2

Sup.

I play Guardian, Necromancer and Revenant as my 3 Main Classes, I am Guildless currently but am looking to get geared then progress into Raiding.

Before I even start splashing gold and time into grinding Legendaries etc. I’m curious which Class I should focus on, and what the main Roles for my classes will be?

Revenant, Guardian, Necromancer… Which has the most potential/need in Raids? Which builds are best going? All 3 dps… Tank Guard, Healer Rev, dps Necro?

Silly post I know but there’s not a whole lot on what fits what role best etc so far so figured I’d just ask.

Cheers peoples

DPS revenant, by far.

Direct damage wise: Berserker Herald
Condition damage wise: Viper Necromancer
Heal/Direct Damage: Zealot/Berserker Guardian

How do those 3 compare? Been reading around on the specific forums, seems necros are 50/50 on how they perform, guardians seem to be funneled into tank or nothing and revenant is healer or top tier meta dps…

Condi necro won’t really be that welcome in raids, because condi engi is just so much better.

Guardian is pretty much just tank or DPS, revenant is pretty much just DPS. So when you compare those guardian versus revenant, revenant is much better.

I’m going to focus revenant dps, reaper condi and guardian tank. As far as I’m aware engi is only great on static fights, and the rotation seems mind boggling

Condi necro is generally inferior because they don’t offer the bar breakers or DPS of an engi but that Rev is a welcome addition to almost any comp.

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I’m going to focus revenant dps, reaper condi and guardian tank. As far as I’m aware engi is only great on static fights, and the rotation seems mind boggling

Engis are incredible in any situation in the right hands.

Aidenwolf.5964:

Condi necro is generally inferior because they don’t offer the bar breakers or DPS of an engi but that Rev is a welcome addition to almost any comp.

Bar breakers eh’? Reaper shroud 5 for stun, Reaper shroud 3 for fear, flesh golem activation, staff 5 for fear. Am I missing something obvious here?

Grinding HP’s on the Rev at the moment to finish off Herald, it’s alright so far, still prefer my Necro for the playstyle, can see why Rev is one of the top dogs though. top DPS lately seems to be power rev, condi necro and then tempest?

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Aidenwolf.5964:

Condi necro is generally inferior because they don’t offer the bar breakers or DPS of an engi but that Rev is a welcome addition to almost any comp.

Bar breakers eh’? Reaper shroud 5 for stun, Reaper shroud 3 for fear, flesh golem activation, staff 5 for fear. Am I missing something obvious here?

Fear doesn’t work on break bars in raids, RS 5 does about 3% of a break bar. Golem is good though.

But yes, op if you are going to focus on a class I would do Rev since they are the most wanted currently. People keep claiming necro is good now, but no one has been able to post any proof of that. Every time you ask for meter readings they stop posting or claim meters work for every class except necro.

Lol fair enough, I love both my Rev and my Necro tbh, I just cant be kitten d playing them much coz I cant stand staring at my tiny asura anymore, ca nt see anything

I think a Valkyrie Reaper with lots of Ferocity could be a quite potent DPS with Gravedigger.

Revenant in Hearld/Shiro with Sword and Staff would be the best choice but all three are great.

Guardian can do a good bunker or dps.
Reaper can do a great dps and even a decent tank
Revenant is just a great dps while buffing the team and it can do a decent tank.

Reaper tank or DPS guardian might have some difficulty find pug group, but it doesn’t mean they are bad. Just people want to optimize thing since they are not really good in raid at the moment.

NotOverlyCheesy.9427:

Aidenwolf.5964:

Condi necro is generally inferior because they don’t offer the bar breakers or DPS of an engi but that Rev is a welcome addition to almost any comp.

Bar breakers eh’? Reaper shroud 5 for stun, Reaper shroud 3 for fear, flesh golem activation, staff 5 for fear. Am I missing something obvious here?

You shouldnt really have a staff in a raid fight and RS 5 is way too slow for quick breakbar breaking. Golem and RS3 are good though. But condi reaper looks like it should go lich form for the bleeds on jagged horrors.

Revenant is probably #1 most valuable/needed
DH can be good ranged dps for the first boss, but not sure past that.
Necro can be a decent condi option.

My group beat VG with 2 zerk revs (1 put on toughness trickets and tanked), 1 zerk guard, and 1 vipers/sinisters necro. Not sure about the pug situation right now since I have a guild that has enough people ready to raid, but I think condi necro is definitely good enough. If pugs don’t let you in with that, either go on zerk rev or go in with a guild.

Yeah to be honest I’m loving the he’ll out of my necro and rev so I’m just going to gear up and stick with both. Actually rerolled my rev this morning as I cant stand asura as a heavy lol so ran a female human instead but Yeah decent heads up peeps, going to gear these 2 and kick some kitten !

NotOverlyCheesy.9427:

Aidenwolf.5964:

Condi necro is generally inferior because they don’t offer the bar breakers or DPS of an engi but that Rev is a welcome addition to almost any comp.

Bar breakers eh’? Reaper shroud 5 for stun, Reaper shroud 3 for fear, flesh golem activation, staff 5 for fear. Am I missing something obvious here?

It was answered above but a necro unless tanking is likely going Condi and fear isn’t a bar breaker. You’re missing that Condi necromancer has flesh golem as a bar break and that’s about it. It’s a very good one but you will have used it on spilt phase and it’s on CD when you need it most. Engineers do superior Condi damage and have infinitely better bar breakers so of the 3 classes mentioned I suggest revenant.

Condi necro tank cant sustain itself like a power tank can without crippling its mediocre damage further. Therefore you should be playing power dps tank if you want to tank on necro.