Guild Wars 2

Hello again,

In this topic I’d like to talk about usefulness of burst builds. How viable are they nowadays and how would you rank burst builds of each class? (from best to worst)
I’m not experienced yet, but after reading and watching much I can say I’d really enjoy playing burst. Currently I’m lvling my elementalist, guardian engineer at the same time, because I’m not still decided which one to pick for my main.

So.. I found guardian burst interesting, but I guess they lack in mobility, what makes him quite easy to kill in 1vs1 situation. Elementalist’s burst also seems interesting, as they are mobile and they have chance to run away, but they are squishy as hell, I’m afraid they are TOO squishy..

What are your opinions?

Guardians are suppose to be slow moving utility generators honestly.
Elementalists are OHK’s for themselves and the enemy.

An S/D ele has the highest theoretical burst in the game. Theirs a thread about that in the profession balance forum. True it’s fragile but it’s a very strong build that needs a lot of finesse and yoy can make a build that has strong burst but isnt totally glass which is ideal for wvw. Thieves and mesmer also have a very high burst and have stealth and clones to survive a bit better, but lack the AoE potential to contribute greatly in larger scale wvw battles.

guardians are pretty much the strongest “burst” 1on1 class and dont worry about mobility with a meditation build and scepter
withoutout scepter u could be right a guard is kiteable.

Standart setup is greatsword scepter/focus, just give it a try

It’s funny to see guardian with scepter and focus, mesmer with greatsword and elementalist with two daggers. It looks pretty unique. Sorry for offtopic.