Mesmers are powerful in PvP and great in dungeons. A bit lacking in open world PvE, especially before level 40.
Necromancers are traditionally taken for condition damage over time builds with a Scepter/Offhand, Staff combo, but have direct damage builds available to them as well. They have a lot of bad and bugged traits, but still pack a lot of potential in sPvP/tPvP and PvE when mastered. Very durable class with high base health and death shroud.
Elementalists are fun, fast-paced mages that require swapping between all elements to get the most out of their boons, utilities, and damage spells (both direct and condition DoTs). Great in all modes of play when played well.
Guardians are highly durable characters typically played as bunkers, though they provide considerable damage and support as well. Possibly the best class in the game overall.
Rangers are primarily condition DoT’ers that use their pets to deal some direct damage and off-tank for them. Considered to be one of the worst (if not the worst) profession in the game currently, though they see some play with beastmaster bunkers and trap builds.
Engineers can be direct burst damage with rifle/grenades/bombs, snare/stun locking with Rifle and turrets (specifically Net turret), or condition damage with P/P or P/D and many of their kits. They pack some of the best crowd control in the game and can be a load of fun to play, but are currently in a rather bad state, alongside Rangers and Necromancers thanks to lots of bad utilities, terrible elites (aside from supply crate), and bugged or bad traits.
Thieves are usually played as a burst class (but do have a viable P/D condition build). Tend to be lacking in the support category (as Venoms tend to be subpar and their other support is mostly just AoE stealth), but they put out a lot of damage and can maintain a lot of stealth. Currently overpowered in World vs. World because of culling issues. Often discriminated against in dungeon groups.
. I’ve read up on the patch notes but I cant really tell which classes got nerfed and what got buffs since I only know the Warrior class in this game. I will be mainly focusing on WvW and maybe some tpvp once we get a ladder system in place. I love Burst and Damage Over Time classes. Can somebody give me some 101 info on Necromancers and Mesmers or any other class that fits the description I have and how they are at the moment regarding their state of play.
