Guild Wars 2

Hey all,

My friend and I have decided to pick up another MMO after getting bored with WoW, and we decided GW2.

However, in WoW, I was a healer, I supported my friends by keeping them alive, and CCing the bad guys.

What class should I play to support my friends in such a way, while still being a viable dps and not a poopy one.

He’s going to be playing a Warrior, so if there is any synergy with Warrior and other classes, lay ’em on me!

Thanks

Here is a similar thread from 6 days ago.

Edit: All professions can play together. Are you interested in pve, pvp or wvw or all of it?

You might want to play elementalist. They have some of the highest DPS in the game They have AOE, ranged attacks and can lay down several kinds of fields including water fields that can be used for healing.

Cheers mate! I always find it hard to find these sort of threads =\

Probably guardian or elementalist if you want meaningful support. Mesmer can be used too, but its support is more based around “utility” ie crap you don’t really need that makes your life slighty easier, and for most support cases that aren’t pure utility, the guardian can do arguably better than mesmer while not having its damage destroyed by AoE.

Ele support is through stacking might and fury, and they also have ways to heal and CC and do very high damage, and since warriors have a good amount of blast finishers they synergize well with eles. Guardian support is both offensive and defensive, with ample reflects, protection, aegis and heals, as well as great damage.

Guardian is the most like a healer class, warrior/guardian is a solid combo. With guardian boons and heal signet, a warrior is almost unstoppable. Another good combo but mostly underused is mesmer/warrior. In the CoF days, mostly all groups were 1 mes and 4 warrior. There was good synergy with mesmer pulling the mobs and then time warp/reflect, and warriors bursting them down quickly. However it’s a less used combo now and you’re probably better off with warrior/guardian for basically anything.

Both the Guardian and the Elementalist are the designated support professions for Guild Wars 2. Both of them will synergize really well with a Warrior. I think your decision will come down to your play style.

The Guardian is a melee character who supports up at the front lines. They do not do really well on their own, but do quite well in groups. Their DPS is OK, but where they really shine is supporting others.

The Elementalist is a caster character who supports from afar. They can do well either solo or in groups and their damage is some of the best in the game at the moment. They also have access to almost twice as many skills in combat as the other professions (with the exception of the Engineer), so you can continually spam your skills while the other professions are waiting on their cool-downs to proc. This profession is more than likely similar to the “healer” class you played in WoW.

The other professions can offer some support in their own way, but these two are the ones that ArenaNet designed to be the support professions for Guild Wars 2.

Thanks.

Michaeas Magister.1589:

The Guardian is a melee character who supports up at the front lines. They do not do really well on their own, but do quite well in groups. Their DPS is OK, but where they really shine is supporting others.

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Don’t let the Guardian community hear you say this. As a Guardian (main) for the past 2 years I have done quite well for myself, solo, thank you very much!

Eight O Eight.8257:

Michaeas Magister.1589:

The Guardian is a melee character who supports up at the front lines. They do not do really well on their own, but do quite well in groups. Their DPS is OK, but where they really shine is supporting others.

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Don’t let the Guardian community hear you say this. As a Guardian (main) for the past 2 years I have done quite well for myself, solo, thank you very much!

Yes, I know they are not total weaksauce solo, but compared to the other professions they are just not designed to be as good on their own. They can be kited quite easily, only have one real source of condition damage (which is useless in areas where the MoBs are immune to burn), and have a very low health pool for being a melee class.

Where they really shine though is in supporting groups. The Guardian is designed very much like the Paragon from the original Guild Wars; OK alone but really good in groups.

And yes, I have played a Guardian since release except I was not aware at the time I choose the profession that it was one of the designated support classes for Guild Wars 2. I only learned that through playing the profession and seeing the “class design philosophies” that were released after I choose the profession. They are not a bad choice for a profession especially since the OP wants a support role, but you can get a lot more power and viability solo from the other professions.

Thanks.