Guild Wars 2

hello, i havent played gw2 in a while and now planning to come back. i want to play one of the classes mesmer/elementalist/necromancer. my favourite animationwise is elementalist but i’ve heared it is very nerfed and weak? is this true? and how are these 3 classes atm compared to other classes? is any of them weaker/stronger

Mesmer : In Dungeon they bring useful utilities. They are not the strongest profession overall, but 1 Mesmer in a group is awesome. Similar for WvW Zerg. 1 or 2 Mesmer in a Guild Zerg do miracle. But after that or in pug Zerg, they are weaker that a lot of profession. Where the Mesmer shine is in WvW roaming and sPvP. They need a lot of work to be good on them, but they are one of the best profession out there.

Necromancer : They are weak in dungeon. You can still do good with them in a power build be still. Like Mesmer they can shine in sPvP and WvW roaming. But unlike the Mesmer they are always usefull in a WvW zerg. Pug or Guild zerg they work good as backliner for range DPS.

Elementalist : They don’t shine anywhere, but they are good everywhere. In WvW zerg they bring support (combo field) and backliner range dps. In WvW roaming and sPvP they can be freaking annoying to the enemies with their mobility and in dungeon they do great, especially right now with the Fiery Greatsword. Expect them to be less useful in dungeon in a future update since the Fiery GS will probably nerf at some point (but i may be wrong).

beqa.5420:

hello, i havent played gw2 in a while and now planning to come back. i want to play one of the classes mesmer/elementalist/necromancer. my favourite animationwise is elementalist but i’ve heared it is very nerfed and weak? is this true? and how are these 3 classes atm compared to other classes? is any of them weaker/stronger

It depends on where you want to play. At the moment, elementalists are hugely useful in dungeons, but not so strong in pvp (and from what I hear good in wvw or mid ranged).

Mesmers are great utility in dungeons, strong in wvw, and iirc mid to high range in pvp.

Necromancers are abysmal (well, not that bad, but very low range) in dungeons, and great in wvw and pvp because condi is really strong in pvp situations.

Elementalist is not the strongest but it’s still strong. Elementalist got the most combo fields and is why every speedrun party want one in their team. Warrior, Guardian, Elementalist. All you need to speedclear dungeons. Sometimes Mesmer is good.

Thaddeus.4891:

Elementalist : They don’t shine anywhere, but they are good everywhere. In WvW zerg they bring support (combo field) and backliner range dps. In WvW roaming and sPvP they can be freaking annoying to the enemies with their mobility and in dungeon they do great, especially right now with the Fiery Greatsword. Expect them to be less useful in dungeon in a future update since the Fiery GS will probably nerf at some point (but i may be wrong).

Frost Bow, don’t forget Frost Bow. Ice Storm at a base damage of 6500(not including the 20 stacks of bleed), I’d say they have the highest damaging skill in the game.