Shadow Knight:
best choice: thief with a GS
Could have stances as its spec skill. would be a slightly slowed attacking weapon that could unleash massive attacks
Good choice: war with dagger
venom would work well for spec skill here or maybe something new. quick hitting spike damage. problem is that a shadow knight should probably have stealth and warriors should never get stealth
long shot: guard with dagger
would be similar to warrior version but just doesn’t fit as well here
Sniper
best choice: Thief with rifle
almost any spec skills would work here. Thief is already the unseen killer so giving them sniper would fit the class well
good choice: ranger with rifle
would probably sound better if it was called marksmen here but a could totally see a ranger with this long range spike spec
outside shot: nothing
maybe you could shoehorn something into this but just don’t
Battle mage:
Best choice: Ele with GS/sword
psychical skills or stances /full melee /massive damage. Could add a nice risk reward aspect back into the class by making then fight a close quarters
Good choice: war with staff/scepter/focus
could use glyph or maybe arcane skills to buff thyself up with element based skills
outside shot: guard with ?
idk what weapon you would give them but almost anything that fits war can fit guard and vice visa
Ritualist: Rev/necro with ?
i couldn’t decide which one it works better with. Rev is a warrior of the mist so calling sprits to do its bidding would work well but necro call upon the dead too so either would be nice. Rev would probably have something akin to guard spirit weapons where as necro could have that or maybe something like warrior banners
good/outside choice: nothing
don’t even think about giving the spec to anything else
Paragon:
best choice: Guard with spear
Guard is built from the combination of this class and monk so it feels right that it would be here
good choice: War with spear
while para may feel more right with guard, anet has shown that they seem to prefer warriors to have the bulk of the useful support over thief heavy clad brother
outside shot: rev
rev channels ghost of dead heroes/villains. any gw1 spec is viable
Dervish:
Best choice: Ranger
didn’t see that coming did you. yes ranger is the best choice for a few reasons. derv is a mystic/nature class from gw1 which is right up rangers alley. plus they are a medium armor class same as derv was/is
good choice: war/thief
the rapid attack style of the derv in gw1 is something that is right at home with both wars and thieves. thief may have the slight edge here as transitionally derv is a medium armor class
outside shot: rev
its a gw1 spec see paragon above
monk:
best choice: ?
im not sure any class fits this super well
good chocie: ele/guard
if you have to pick classes for monk ele offers the light armor casting class that monk was in gw1. Guard offers the protection skills on gw1 monk
outside shot: rev
say it with me, all gw1 classes fit rev