Guild Wars 2

Hi All,

I am trying to put a 3 man team together and would like to have your opinions.

The team will be used for PvP, WvW and PvE. I am of the opinion that if it works in PvP it should work (with minimal tweaking) in WvW and PvE as well. So my main focus is on PvP.

We currently have a lvl80 guardian in slot 1, with a hybrid support and damage build. I can fill the 2nd slots with any prof and any role, so I mainly need advise on the 3rd slot, though it wouldn’t hurt to have opinions on the 2nd slot as well, just so I have more ideas to work with.

The guardian is fixed, and cannot change, though its build can. What I’d like your opinions on, is what other professions do you guys think would work best with a guardian? To help with your answers here is a little info:

In PvP we would most likely do a 2:1 split, with the guardian playing a sustain role on points, with assistance from the 2nd or 3rd slot professions. We would of course join up as group of 3 when needed, but ideally we would need at least one mobile profession. As I tend to play thief more than anything, I would most likely play the solo point neutralizer/capper. But I would be happy to assist the guardian and swap roles with the 3rd slot if needed. The main focus is on the 3rd slot’s profession, as the profession choice of the 2nd slot (me) is flexible. Though if there are some strong 3 man combos you can recommend I would be open to ideas.

In WvW we will be looking at being a small roaming group mostly, for taking camps and such. In PvE it doesn’t really matter too much, as we will be able to adjust to whatever is needed. As I said my main focus is PvP, however, if you guys have ideas for strong PvE and WvW combos, that are different to PvP, then by all means suggest them.

Also, while my main focus is only on which professions combine well, I am also open to build suggestions if you wanted to elaberate more on your teams composition and set up.

Thanks in advance for any advise you guys can offer.

you can’t really form a solid 3-man strategy simply because you don’t know what the rest of your team comp each game is going to be.

so really you’re just asking people what synergizes well and the answer is cover your weaknesses

i don’t know your guardians build because you say its a hybrid… but every build has weaknesses. is it mobility, sustain, CC, condi clear, DPS, or something else? figure out what his weaknesses are, and add a class that covers as many of those as you can. Then look again at what weaknesses your duo has and follow the same process to add the 3rd class.

solstice pretty much sums it up. You can’t go wrong with a good d/d ele or a thief. Guardian has pretty average mobility so you want allies that can turn fights around if they aren’t near you right away. I’d say ele, engi and thief would be your safest bets from my personal experience.

Thanks guys. While I understand the info I gave is a little vague, I appreciate the advice. Solstice, you are right, covering weaknesses is very good advice, and yes I am looking for good synergies. Maybe I should have worded that better, apologies.

Builds can be changed, so really I guess I want to know if there are any professions that synergise well with each other better than others. I will of course still need to see what works best for our team, but any ideas or suggestions people can give here could still be extremely useful.

Thanks for the profession suggestions Frowny, I already use thief myself so that one is covered, and I also use engi from time to time. Would you say the DD ele synergises better with the guardian than other profs, from your experience?

The guardian will mainly be geared and built for sustain, to keep points as long as possible, with asistance from one of the other team members, who can focus on bursting down the enemy. So I guess a DD ele could work well there.

Thanks again for the feedback.

If you are picking 3 professions specifically for pvp, guard-mesmer-thief is still a great trifecta and back-bone to a team comp. While this kind of comp has taken a back-seat recently to brawlers, it still works well if you guys are good. The synergy here is that the thief/mes are a combined gank squad to take down anything quick. The thief also then gets to protect the mesmer from enemy thieves. The mesmer has portal to overcome the bunker-guard’s lack of map mobility and get him into teamfight situations. In the teamfight, your guard provides the needed on-point presence, gives out stab for stomps, and gives the condi-clears that the thief/mesmer need while they dps.

Thanks Blackbear. We will try out this comp next time we’re on together. I must admit the portal mesmer is not something I have tried yet, but would like to see what we can do with it.

I have been thinking of going guard and engi on points, with either thief for roaming or mes for the portals.

For PvP: two node holders plus a roamed or one node holder plus a pain train.

For PvE: all roll for DPS. For dungeons, you need one super sonic extremely elite damage and offensive support of the elementalist. One extra party defensive support could be from guardian or mesmer. The last one, stealth service from a thief is much more valuable than banner warrior. Either thief or engi fills this role alright.

For roaming: mobility is king. Medi guard, thief, engi, war, ele are fine. To some extend, ranger and mesmer.

In general, my favorite comp would be guard-ele-thief, guard-ele-engi, mes-ele-thief.

thief in my opinion is not good for going in 3. I’d prefer 3 professions that could try to make different roles … an engi or an ele for example , can defend a point or support teamfight and obviously warrior . If you go in 3 and you get another thief or another burst profession it can be hard. An other strategy can be to play different professions … for example , if i play a burst class and a point holder class, in the minute before the match start i can look at my team composition and switch to rebalance my team