Guild Wars 2

What are some of the best 2 man PVE class combos for leveling up 1 to max? I’m about to start playing with a friend and we will likely play in a two person party for the majority of the game.

Now, I understand “best” is pretty vague, so, to clarify, best may be some combination of the following attributes:

- Most fun to play
- Kills the fastest
- Best synergizes with each other (such as one glass cannon one tank)
- Other…?

Anyway, let me know your opinions!

I am just righ now running a Necro (me) and Guardian combo for leveling. It might not be the best combo, but is a lot of fun (good aoe, good buff stacking).

Best combo is probably Guardian/Warrior… ^^

Probably go with a warrior and another warrior. Greatswords. Berserker gear. Profit. Make sure you fight near other players, they are part of your health pool.

Snark aside, a guardian and an elementalist can go to town on a great deal of enemies.

warrior+warrior – 25might stacks, banners and empower – can tradeoff some zerker traits for healing shouts in wvw

preferably at least one with longbow for fire fields and full shouts (burst+ shouts got good trait synergy)

pros
+ high damage (if gs and/or axes involved)
+ high survivability (if gs is used as escape mechanism)
+ highest mobility (ever tried catching warrior with gs?)
+ good aoe damage (if longbow)

cons
- weak to cond spam (can be removed sacrificing some offensive traits/weapons)
- worst downed skills

I’d say ele + guardian. Water and fire fields are heaven sent for Might Stacking and Combo heals. They are both boon machines and heal machines. They can do decent DPS while bringing a lot of utilities to the table. I can personally say an ele is a ton of fun in PVE if you know the ins and outs of the class. I can’t comment on a guardian’s playstyle though I always love love love to have a guardian in my party. They’re the knight in shining armor of GW2 in all areas of the game, bar none.

I always loved the Necro + Guardian combo. Specially when he pulled all the mobs into himself and i just spam Marks, Wells and Combo Fields (Poison and Darkness)…

/cheers

The answer is obviously subjective, but still…

Nothing beats two enigneers(i mean fun wise). And in PvE they kill fast as well. WvW roaming is very fun if you know each other and have communication.

Warrior+warrior is a good combo, but not fun at all, imho.
Most of the time i play with my friend(wvw roaming). I play ele(might stacking and healing power) and he plays a balanced warr. So far it has been a blast.

- Most fun to play
Fun is in the eye of the beholder.

- Kills the fastest
The better you master a class, the more effective it will be. All classes can kill fast, some are better at single target, some at aoe.

- Best synergizes with each other (such as one glass cannon one tank)
Specs within each class can make it glass cannon or tanky, so even two of the same class can play rather different.

Play whatever class you enjoy most.

My husband and I run our characters in pairs. We’ve done (all the way to 80):

(For clarification – Me / Him)

Ele / Ele
Ranger / Ranger
Thief / Guardian

Currently Building:
Necro / Engineer
Warrior / Thief
Ranger / Ranger (yes, a 2nd set)

On the back burner:
Mesmer / Warrior
Guardian / Mesmer
Engineer / Necro

Of the 3 sets that have made it to 80, the ele / ele was probably the most fun, but we spent as much time goofing off as actually leveling. The other 2 sets, we were more ‘max level’ focused, which detracted. Needless to say, we aren’t doing that anymore; it’s back to goofing off and just ‘being ourselves.’

Of the sets we’re building, been having fun with all of them, which is probably why we haven’t focused on one set. Although I think my husband is starting to really enjoy his thief, so warrior / thief will probably be the next set we finish.

I haven’t really paid attention as to what sets kill the fastest or potentially synergize the best or anything else. We paired our characters up based on how they ‘felt’ together, and I’m not even sure how to explain that. We have fun with our pairings, doesn’t really matter which one we’re on.

Go Warrior and Guardian. Alone these are the 2 fastest classes to level. Together they form the backbone for all content in this game from PvE to PvP. Both classes can spec into healing builds and be nearly unkillable and still produce a surprising amount of damage in both PvE and PvP. Both classes can go all burst and deal insane damage very quickly while still being surprisingly tanky. Both classes have a large number of weapon options that are viable and while some may be better for different scenarios, nearly every weapon for each class has its use. The only drawback I see to this combo is the Guardian’s ranged option isn’t strong for real damage on moving targets, but the utility it provides is good and PvE targets don’t tend to move.

I honestly can’t think of a single drawback to playing a Warrior/Guardian pair.

Guardian and a Warrior. No competition. You will literally look at enemies and they will burst into flames.

Engi + Ele can work well too.

Engis can do a ton of damage with the right build, but they don’t stack their own might.

Guard + War, someone already explained why.

Atherakhia.4086:

Go Warrior and Guardian. Alone these are the 2 fastest classes to level. Together they form the backbone for all content in this game from PvE to PvP. Both classes can spec into healing builds and be nearly unkillable and still produce a surprising amount of damage in both PvE and PvP. Both classes can go all burst and deal insane damage very quickly while still being surprisingly tanky. Both classes have a large number of weapon options that are viable and while some may be better for different scenarios, nearly every weapon for each class has its use. The only drawback I see to this combo is the Guardian’s ranged option isn’t strong for real damage on moving targets, but the utility it provides is good and PvE targets don’t tend to move.

I honestly can’t think of a single drawback to playing a Warrior/Guardian pair.

+1, Warrior and Guardian are very solid in PvE, I have both at level 80, both are fun

If you have two people then it’s pretty much whatever you want. I leveled up doing Guardian/Ele with my GF and that went well. Then Warrior/Ranger, that also went well. Then Ele/Ranger (she loves rangers), and that was probably most fun and also went well.

You’d be hard-pressed to find a combination of two classes that aren’t easy leveling. Solo is a different story, but having a second person there in general makes it easier (for rezzing on downed state especially).

I suggest play whatever classes you are drawn to.