Guild Wars 2

Hi, I can’t decide which class to choose with. I am playing now as a guardian and I want to create an alt. Which class should I choose: Necro of Thief, if I want to focous on pve/dungeon.

Thanks!

Necro is kind of like guardian in the respect that they are pretty hard to kill when used right. I think thief takes more skill to be effective, you always have to be aware of your surroundings and health bar. I think if you want easy mode go with necro S/D and Staff. But you’ll be doing mostly condition damage, for example when I use scepter I hit for about 300-500 damage but do a lot of condition damage… I mean A LOT.

Can’t say much about thieves other than, you gotta know the profession and know how to get out of stressful situations without dying. They do lots of damage but in return die a lot easier.

TBH if I was doing a dungeon run, I would pick a necro over a thief any day because of their survivability.

I prefer the Necro over the Thief because it fits my play style better. I found the the Thief to be lacking in survivability in the early levels but I’m probably playing it wrong.

For my Necro I’m using the build posted by Sheobix as my template.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/necromancer/Juggermancer-Final-Updated
This build has great survivability and damage output.

I play both on lower level alts. But for PvE…I’ve never felt so OP on any profession as I do with a Necro. Mobs just fall before that class like wheat to a scythe. Once you learn a bit how to play it.

Scepter/dagger with Staff & Wells…no minions.

Raf.1078:

I play both on lower level alts. But for PvE…I’ve never felt so OP on any profession as I do with a Necro. Mobs just fall before that class like wheat to a scythe. Once you learn a bit how to play it.

Scepter/dagger with Staff & Wells…no minions.

I agree 100%… NO MINIONS! they are so bad… I go UGGGGG every time I see a necro with them……….Like sig of the hunt for rangers, only it takes up all utility skills >.>

Lunar Sunset.8742:

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I think thief takes more skill to be effective, you always have to be aware of your surroundings and health bar.
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Zomg thief users really need to pay attention to this suggestion. There’s only a handful of thief players that checks their health and the DPS they’re taking. If you see your health halved already and enemy(ies) is/are stacking bleeding status on you every sec then better heal up and stealth away unless you’re sure you can finish them off before you drop.

Necros are a bit more tankier with nasty conditions spam. Probably a better choice to have than thief.

They both have their points. All depends on how you like to play.

go necro, we already have enough thieves in pvp. Besides, im Necro too, and I hate thieves:P