Guild Wars 2

This is intended only for World vs World

Hey , I currently have the tanky guardian with a staff as everyone else have .. but I just wanted to make another toon just for fun.

Sooo , can you guys help me pick a profession that would be good for running with the zerg wearing full berserker gear.

I wana see them big numbers and good aoe. I dont care if I die but ranged class would be awsome. Careful positioning with big numbers sounds fun.

kinda torn between a shortbow thief and a Ele.

all feedback welcomed

definitely staff elementalist!

full berserker gear + meteor shower = 10k crits on the whole enemy zerg

very satisfying indeed

StefanSaegull.5804:

This is intended only for World vs World

Hey , I currently have the tanky guardian with a staff as everyone else have .. but I just wanted to make another toon just for fun.

Sooo , can you guys help me pick a profession that would be good for running with the zerg wearing full berserker gear.

I wana see them big numbers and good aoe. I dont care if I die but ranged class would be awsome. Careful positioning with big numbers sounds fun.

kinda torn between a shortbow thief and a Ele.

all feedback welcomed

If you’re going to zerg in zerker gear, you’re going to have to be a backline class like staff ele for sure. Backliners will be outside the main zerg, a distance from the fringes.

The thing about being a zerker in WvW is that even if dying isn’t an issue for you, it’s a major issue for the rest of the zerg. If you get killed (and zerkers tend to melt), every single enemy that hit you will get revived if they were downed. It can turn the tide of a battle.

Even as a backliner, I’d recommend building some balance and maybe wearing some Knight’s pieces or even Celestial (which is popular among eles), at least until you become experienced. This is because even when positioned outside the main zerg, smart commanders will circle around and charge the enemy backliners or order their own backliners to focus fire, or smart players and havokers will single out and snipe/pull backliners. You can never avoid all of the damage and a dead DPS does no DPS.

Otherwise, if you want AoE, staff ele sounds like a good choice- just know your job won’t be only AoE DPS, but supporting with water fields and dropping CC as well.

Lately, I have been in WvW as a zerk necromancer. I am running staff with dagger + dagger. My current set up (which is always being upgraded) is ridiculous in regards to the precision, power, attack, crit chance, and crit damage that I have.

You need to be good to get away with it and you’ll get a lot of stick from people who don’t understand it’s even possible.

Ranged class obviously. Any class that relies on dodging, speed and evasion to stay alive basically doesn’t need armour.

Start with PVT gear and swap pieces over as you get more confident with it.

So a elementalist would win a thief in big number spamming zerg vs zerg style ?

Ele beats thief hands down. They not only do more aoe burst damage but have way more utility. Staff ele has the water field, static field, meteor shower… ele is fun.
If you play more aggressively then I suggest mesmer or necro.
Youtube is your friend.

So a power necro would outshine ele and thief?

Not exactly.
As a power necro I can land 2-3k life blast crits on their frontline, and 4-6k crits on their backline. It does pierce, but its tricky to get more then 1 hit off. Coupled together with well of corruption, corrosive poison cloud, and well of power, it is a very aggresive play style that is meant for 100% pressure. You want them to be water fielding often, so you can poison them and keep them at low health (oppression basically).
With ele on the other hand, you can start out with frozen ground then go into meteor shower + tornado. My guildy lands 10k meteor crits all the time. Then its utility for the most part: healing rain, static field their backline, unsteady earth on people making a run at you, auto attacking in water magic for the heal.
I suggest pvp to figure out what kind of gameplay you enjoy.

thank you very much for the feedback Stand the wall.

on my zerker ele i have still yet to see meteor hit past 6-7k , with 4 k power and 113%crit damage. also, The aoe output is just not as stable as i would had wanted it to be , maybe I am just not skilled enough yet.

I would love more opinions on best berserker geared zerging class .

I am leaning towards spending my laurels on pimping up my elementalist , but still undecided.

mainly looking for big numbers , can be a selfish class so supporting the zerg is a non major factor.

so current top runner for zerking the zerg is a Elementalist ,.. any opinions?

Grimibis.8512:

Lately, I have been in WvW as a zerk necromancer. I am running staff with dagger + dagger. My current set up (which is always being upgraded) is ridiculous in regards to the precision, power, attack, crit chance, and crit damage that I have.

I play a well build necro in WvW but i’m interested in your setup. Would you please share your build?

StefanSaegull.5804:

thank you very much for the feedback Stand the wall.

on my zerker ele i have still yet to see meteor hit past 6-7k , with 4 k power and 113%crit damage. also, The aoe output is just not as stable as i would had wanted it to be , maybe I am just not skilled enough yet.

I would love more opinions on best berserker geared zerging class .

I am leaning towards spending my laurels on pimping up my elementalist , but still undecided.

mainly looking for big numbers , can be a selfish class so supporting the zerg is a non major factor.

so current top runner for zerking the zerg is a Elementalist ,.. any opinions?

here’s the trick, cast meteor shower → transform into tornado

tornado skill will give you a huge boost in your stats which will then display themselves in the meteor shower you just laid down. I’m talking going from 2k power to 4.5k with double the original crit chance.

MrFluffy.9307:

StefanSaegull.5804:

thank you very much for the feedback Stand the wall.

on my zerker ele i have still yet to see meteor hit past 6-7k , with 4 k power and 113%crit damage. also, The aoe output is just not as stable as i would had wanted it to be , maybe I am just not skilled enough yet.

I would love more opinions on best berserker geared zerging class .

I am leaning towards spending my laurels on pimping up my elementalist , but still undecided.

mainly looking for big numbers , can be a selfish class so supporting the zerg is a non major factor.

so current top runner for zerking the zerg is a Elementalist ,.. any opinions?

here’s the trick, cast meteor shower -> transform into tornado

tornado skill will give you a huge boost in your stats which will then display themselves in the meteor shower you just laid down. I’m talking going from 2k power to 4.5k with double the original crit chance.

You filthy, critting, meteor showering little bugger! I LOVE IT!

Though I don’t play eles ._.

StefanSaegull.5804:

on my zerker ele i have still yet to see meteor hit past 6-7k , with 4 k power and 113%crit damage. also, The aoe output is just not as stable as i would had wanted it to be , maybe I am just not skilled enough yet.

Of course it’s not stable. All your damage relies on enemies standing in very obvious, telling AoE on the ground. And lottery storm? It’s great, but it’s far from stable. The only thing that makes it more reliable is to do something RedGuard did and… add more Elementalists to make it more stable.

I preferred to play the opposite with my staff elementalists and go for 2200 healing power and heal our melee train with icebow/water1 and such when my CC was off cooldown.

I would vote for the classic longbow, full zerk ranger who is a mobile arrow cart. The thing about zerker eles is that their AoE is unpredictable, and if your meteor shower doesn’t do its job, you’ll be tossing around Air auto attacks waiting for cooldowns.

And if you want to go melee, get an elementalist friend. Their conjured weapons aren’t scaled down on base damage like ranger weapons are. There’s a full berzerker lightning hammer ranger build that is super funny and extremely powerful.

MrFluffy.9307:

StefanSaegull.5804:

thank you very much for the feedback Stand the wall.

on my zerker ele i have still yet to see meteor hit past 6-7k , with 4 k power and 113%crit damage. also, The aoe output is just not as stable as i would had wanted it to be , maybe I am just not skilled enough yet.

I would love more opinions on best berserker geared zerging class .

I am leaning towards spending my laurels on pimping up my elementalist , but still undecided.

mainly looking for big numbers , can be a selfish class so supporting the zerg is a non major factor.

so current top runner for zerking the zerg is a Elementalist ,.. any opinions?

here’s the trick, cast meteor shower -> transform into tornado

tornado skill will give you a huge boost in your stats which will then display themselves in the meteor shower you just laid down. I’m talking going from 2k power to 4.5k with double the original crit chance.

While it may make your meteor shower do more damage, you’ll lose overall damage just staying in the back as a tornado. Surely you aren’t suggesting going -into- the fight as a berserker tornado ele? It doesn’t give toughness/vitality like plague does, so you’ll die instantly.

Shinoobi.1259:

MrFluffy.9307:

StefanSaegull.5804:

thank you very much for the feedback Stand the wall.

on my zerker ele i have still yet to see meteor hit past 6-7k , with 4 k power and 113%crit damage. also, The aoe output is just not as stable as i would had wanted it to be , maybe I am just not skilled enough yet.

I would love more opinions on best berserker geared zerging class .

I am leaning towards spending my laurels on pimping up my elementalist , but still undecided.

mainly looking for big numbers , can be a selfish class so supporting the zerg is a non major factor.

so current top runner for zerking the zerg is a Elementalist ,.. any opinions?

here’s the trick, cast meteor shower -> transform into tornado

tornado skill will give you a huge boost in your stats which will then display themselves in the meteor shower you just laid down. I’m talking going from 2k power to 4.5k with double the original crit chance.

While it may make your meteor shower do more damage, you’ll lose overall damage just staying in the back as a tornado. Surely you aren’t suggesting going -into- the fight as a berserker tornado ele? It doesn’t give toughness/vitality like plague does, so you’ll die instantly.

You don’t have to stay in tornado form for the duration of tornado, you can leave it.

Ok , the fight is currently Ele or Necro

which one has more damage output in wvw ? more bags?

full zerk gear

all help appreciated

I’ve never played Ele but if you play staff/wells on necro you’ll tag everything. Necro also has the fun value of being on the front lines providing lots of AoE. However, I would advise against zerk gear. While necros have high health pools, survivability in zerg situations is key. You should check out Ascii’s wellomancer build in the necro forum. It’s what I use (basically) and I’m often one of the last ones standing, while also collected a ton of loot.

Play the pvp meta and discover what you want to play for yourself.
If you choose necro for wvw, buff deathshroud (power build) because thats where most of your damage will come from.