Guild Wars 2

Whenever I ask in chat channels which class is better for PvP….between a Elementalist and an Engineer….I’ve yet to hear anyone say engineer. Some times people take this even further and say that not only is an elementalist superior to an engineer in all 1v1 battles but that an elementalist is way better for AoE fights as well. Is this true? Are Elementalists superior to engineers in every PvP aspect?

I play engineer. I keep warriors cc’d like a boss. Eat thieves for breakfast. Sadly I haven’t played ele yet so who knows.

I played elementalist for the 3 beta weekends and stress tests.. always was going to be my maingoal

i switched to engineer at the first day after release, because elementalists were being force into the only viable role as glass cannon.

Also, elementalist at 1v1? come on.. everyone knows elementalists cant win 1v1 :P as condition engineer i yust apply a couple of bleeds to elementalists, make sure i dont get bursted and after attacking some other people ill go back to the elementalist who meanwhile is lying downed on the ground.

elementalist is best at AoE , but in spvp people dont go stand in areas anyway, thats yust dumb (in wvw at keep defense its great though).

As elementalist atm you have 1 role, glass cannon… everything else is not really viable atm imho, so if some1 has (and quite a nice amount of people have that) a way to simply dodge/block/absorb the damage that can almost only come in short bursts…. your toast as elementalist

in that opinion my conclusion would be that elementalist is best at WvW, but in sPvP engineer will be the better choice

Elementalist is a very tricky class to play and was overpowered when used by pros not long ago. Though it was nerfed it is still very much viable.

Watch a player called phantaram play. Elementalist is generally considered underpowered right now in public games but when played right, it can still be very strong both in 1v1 situation and teamfights.

Engineers is (beside mesmers) the least played class, most players dont have any clue what they are talking about. Engi is one of the strongest professions right now, face a good one and you are in a world of hurt.

Engi vs Elem of the same skills and the Elem is dead in 20 seconds… and theres no comparison how much better the Engi is for the team.

Engineer ALL the way.

Z

Elementalist is probably the weakest class right now in spvp. Even when played to perfection other easier to uses professions will still outclass it.