Guild Wars 2

well, i’ve been thinking for abit, and i’ve been playing higher fractal levels (30) and then i did some more thinking and here we are.

a new way of how we think of dungeons team composition.

well the old composition doesn’t really work in gw2 ( tank,healer,dps,dps,dps. or a variety of it)

and the new composition have been fuzzy to say the least. (support , ? , ?, ?, ?)

well, i’m gonna give it a try to make it a bit clearer, ( i’m not sure i will succeed but it sounds nice in my ears anyway)

the front-line back-line composition! ( i don’t have a better name for it)

basically what it is is that there is a back-line and a front-line that are supporting each other and where classes have different rolls to play. the front is the aggro magnets and are the guys who will take up the main part of the aggro. and the back is there to help the front to stay alive and helping them being able to keep the aggro.

but whats the goal with this type of composition? to keep the enemy in place, keep them as controlled as possible so our AOE hit them and letting our front stay in those great supportive signets that guardians can have and those healing abilities from engineers and elementalists. if we stay in place, where we have good support for our front line and it can survive. the entire team can start using their AOE to maximum effect. if the area is affected by things like a firestorm or other really mean aoe spells, we back off and find a better position.

so with this in mind we now have a composition looking like this; ( frontline support , front line dps or tanky, ??? , back line support, back line dps or utility ) the fifth member is preferably a front liner as well but i think 2 front is good enough.

this composition breaks up at boss fights where it’s usually more ranged and more defensive play. so just pick you ranged weapon of choice and starting working on that hp pool.