Guild Wars 2

Hello everyone – I have a question for You veteran and new players regarding the best self-healing build you can think of. The basic idea is to be able to traverse the vast world of GW 2 without a single hassle – soloing almost all content excluding raiding. Why? Because it is possible and I want to try.

I have left GW 2 after introduction of Heart of Thornes because of massive Healgineer nerf (which sort of obliterated the whole class) and I’d like to return. The problem is – I have little to no expertise on rehauled class systems with their fancy elite specializations and I’d like to play the class that can simply outheal majority of damage done.

I know this game is easy enough to play it with signer warrior and group up for harder content – i just wish to do my own thing and hear from You PVE bunker/healer/survivalists on whats the best way to do it.

Thanks in advance – yours truly

Urdhgag

I love this for sustain:

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vdAQFAUlcThqrY5VwWLw6FL3FV4EGQZmYB9DhI4CGhBAA-TBCEQBqTHQBeAAJ4CCKBF2BC0Qki9HgiyPBq+DAMBFAABgf7bf7zfmUAftGA-e

Tweak it a bit and it heals itself very well.

PvE content is so trivial you don’t even have to heal to begin with for 99% of the content…

But to be more “helpful”, LB ranger and just hide behind the pet. You can literally AFK kill champs.

Thief with Invigorating Precision and marauder’s gear. Nothing like Vaulting a group of mobs for a full heal.

This is the specific build I use, though it’s primary focus is mobility. It just so happens to also be very good at staying alive.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZUQJAWVn8lClOhNOBGOB0zhFqiqLCCgDYu67+yfLHHsqD-TBDBQBQ4IAkHNB6THQAeAAVSNBJcIA0oyAFqaDAuAAYZ/RpwZUCmFlcECQwCA-e
I might swap a few traits out (acro 1 and maybe daredevil 1) if I wanted to be a little more defensive, and possibly swap out a couple of utilities for specific encounters. I also keep a stack of mussel soup handy. And do note that the oil used is actually peppermint oil, due to its extremely low cost.

If I really want to faceroll easymode solo the entire world at once, I use my condi tank ele:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vFAQJBIhdSfJU0A2fJY2AwhJW+AM356d9vSMCeAbghDQAo/B-TRiAABdq6DAPAgD1CcqaAQfCAaUJYZK/SUHAM7PQIAFrBA-e
again, tuning crystal is actually tuning icicle due to extremely low cost
Variations: When I don’t need THAT much defense (i.e. most of the time), I take fire (top, top, top) instead of earth.
swap signet of fire for cleansing fire and soothing disruption for more AoE. then of course other encounter specific swaps.
Also flash freeze (frost aura + protection) + mussel soup = 60% damage reducton