Guild Wars 2

What is the current meta classes/builds now that Condi Reaper is RIP?

2mes 2rev 1healbot …or a druid swap

I’m just going to say see you at season 3.
(Reaper lives strong in this one)

Okay seriously, reaper will not be “meta”, if you mean pro teams and their team comp, but it isn’t as bad as players are talking about. It’s just more teamfight class than before patch.

Flumek.9043:

2mes 2rev 1healbot …or a druid swap

beliv in the futur of necor
power nec top meta 2016
4 sure

Mutaatti.2789:

It’s just more teamfight class than before patch.

You mean: clinging to others like a parasite to survive ?

Ara.4569:

Mutaatti.2789:

It’s just more teamfight class than before patch.

You mean: clinging to others like a parasite to survive ?

Just like before. I’m not going to details but reaper is really strong 2v2 or in teamfights, if your build is right.

There are counters to reaper (like before patch) and they are not pointkeepers nor decappers (mobility sucks) but I think I will see pretty good reapers on season 3.

its like gw1, necro has been off and on in the meta team builds but mostly irrelevant.

I was off for a while (i wasnt here, when GW2 become free and HoT came out) so Im little confused.. Are you talkin here about classic core GW2, or with HoT ?

Im pretty sure most if not all teams were running a reaper in the AG midseason invitational still this past weekend i havent watched all of it yet tho so not 100% sure

Don’t know if they will be meta but they are better then I thought they were still after the big nerfs after giving it a chance and playing with it a bit. Probably still as good as anything but Mesmer, Ele, and Rev.

Necros are dead, if you get one in your team – you will probably lose.

Now, if we talk about meta, then main thing remained the same – sustain and heavy burst.

Power Heralds, any Daredevils, sustain Tempest, sustain Engineer, sustain Druid are gods. Second after them are Chronomancers and maybe Berserkers, if you have good healers in your team.

Guardians (my main QQ) and necros are no longer meta and reduce change for you to win, greatly.

Regon Phoenix.8215:

Necros are dead, if you get one in your team – you will probably lose.

Now, if we talk about meta, then main thing remained the same – sustain and heavy burst.

Power Heralds, any Daredevils, sustain Tempest, sustain Engineer, sustain Druid are gods. Second after them are Chronomancers and maybe Berserkers, if you have good healers in your team.

Guardians (my main QQ) and necros are no longer meta and reduce change for you to win, greatly.

Chronomancers is on top of the meta and necro is still the only guy providing corruption against boon spam so you can do something in team fight with competent mates.

Flumek.9043:

2mes 2rev 1healbot …or a druid swap

“Can i haz your boonz?”
-Thief

Reaper isn’t dead, just appears that way because people are intent on low risk high reward builds that generally rely on passives to carry them.

Mutaatti appears to be a player who played Necro before and after the bandwagon, he’s giving hints at other builds that pugs like us could use… My guess is something like this when he mentioned “team fight” build but I could be wrong, there are still a few viable builds left to choose from.

They did nothing to make minion viable in PvP.

They did nothing to make corruption viable in PvP.

They did nothing to help with mobility in PvP and cut stability in RS by almost half. (This was just as big a nerf as the gutting of chill damage/duration).

A power build brings no boon corruption nor any other team utility worth taking over other professions.

Assuming equal skill, what advantages would there be to bringing a Necro over other professions? Maybe 1 build in niche scenarios against certain comps makes sense…that’s it.