Guild Wars 2

Hey, I have been away from this game for several months now, and have decided to come back and play it once again. I am looking for advice as to what class to dive back into the game again as, and if anyone could offer advice on builds…

First off, I plan to spend most of my time in WvW, solo roaming or small group/havoc play. I also tend to like to do Fractals mostly dailies or trying to advance in levels, ect. When I used to play, I had a liking for Condition builds, and high single burst builds like thiefs, ect.

I was wondering what classes seems to be strong right now, that I could tome up and gear up and be a part of WvW, ect. as, without feeling like I am wasting my time on a weak or “Non-meta” class.

Thanks!

as always my advice to people seeking build help is to check out metabattle.com and switch stuff out bit by bit to match your playstyle. all classes are fine, just depends on what kinda game play you want.

as a general guideline:
marauder gear is good for direct damage
expertise isn’t as good if people have cleanses
the class that pulls off celestial the best is ele then ranger, engi, mes
dodging and skill management is still better over tanking and healing

hope this helps

Well I want to be a Hero, rush in and save people in WvW, just want to be able to turn the tides on the enemy and be able to be that, “Superman” or whatever.

So I was thinking Guardian or Ranger or something, that can help people win and protect them and ensure a victory.

Odokuro.5049:

Well I want to be a Hero, rush in and save people in WvW, just want to be able to turn the tides on the enemy and be able to be that, “Superman” or whatever.

So I was thinking Guardian or Ranger or something, that can help people win and protect them and ensure a victory.

I am sorry to destroy your dreams, but it doesn’t work like that at all

Odokuro.5049:

I was wondering what classes seems to be strong right now, that I could tome up and gear up and be a part of WvW, ect. as, without feeling like I am wasting my time on a weak or “Non-meta” class.

Thanks!

I would say Thief or Necro. Thief is arguably one of the strongest classes now in roaming, duelling and PvP, with two or three very different builds being meta: power dagger + pistol, condi dagger and power staff. Is also the class with better disengage tyools in the game and one of the highest dps classes in fractals/raids.

Necro can also be played both power or condi, with amazing access to cc, AoE damage and boonstrip/corruption. Lacks mobility/disengage tools but the reason due is so much targeted in PvP is because how destructive is if is not under a extreme pressure. Is one of the best 1 vs X in the game and once is paired with the support of a Ele is almost unstoppable.

Mikali.9651:

Odokuro.5049:

Well I want to be a Hero, rush in and save people in WvW, just want to be able to turn the tides on the enemy and be able to be that, “Superman” or whatever.

So I was thinking Guardian or Ranger or something, that can help people win and protect them and ensure a victory.

I am sorry to destroy your dreams, but it doesn’t work like that at all

Well he won’t be superman flying around with a red cape, but both of those classes (along with ele) have the ability to heal a group of people pretty quickly (especially with the druid and tempest elite specs), and to give signifcant buffs and boons and auras (depending on which one you are talking about).

Basically I read this as you want to play a support and healing build, probably midline or backline?