Guild Wars 2

I’m completely new to guild wars so i would like some help choosing a class.
What i’d like is a class that uses DOT’s and has a good amount of survivability. I hate being squishy, but i’m not sure how squishy the mages actually are.
But i’m hoping there is a class like this, maybe like an off-tank or something.

Any help would be appreciated! Thanks

I take it your from WoW, and it sounds like u played a Warlock, id definetly give Necro a try if I was you, its the less squishy caster class in the game, good versatility and has damage over time, its not an actually a DoT In this game its more, condition based.

Well i did play a warlock back in the day, but the latest mmo was SWTOR and i was a powertech bounty hunter, who for a time used a DOT spekittenil it was nerfed. So thats what i was kinda hoping for.
But i was thinking of the necro, but wasn’t too sure how squishy he really was.

Engineer condition build. A fun class to play.

Necro has a high base health, equivalent to Warriors. They are also able to reach the stacking cap for bleed DoTs on their own. Their main weakness is lack of mobility and stability, but otherwise have very high survivability.

Engineer has a lot of versatility and a wide variety of playstyles. They aren’t strictly a DoT class, but could probably pull it off with certain combinations of their gadgets and kits.

So what weapons would you suggest for a necro? and what kind of build should i be focusing on?

Standard condition Necromancer is Scepter/Dagger + Staff with Epidemic, while focusing primarily in the Curses traitline. You will dot enemies to death while spreading debilitating conditions. High base health + deathshroud means you are somewhat tanky. Works well in all forms of play (PvE, WvW, PvP).