Guild Wars 2

Hey GW2 Community,

I am trying to get back into the game. I played during release and I wanted to get back into things. When I played, I created a thief…only got him to lvl40ish and couldn’t play him anymore. I usually play the rogue-like archetypes in MMO’s but I just couldn’t get into the thief in this game.

I’m wanting to play a class that is more of a brawler which I’m assuming would be the warrior but I didn’t know if there were better options out there. I love melee and being in the fray which is why I was leaning towards the warrior or guardian but I also heard that necro’s can be pretty tough and are able to get in there and fight.

What are some of the good brawler classes / specs that are out right now or are there any good resources or websites that I can use to find this information out myself.

Thank you all for your help! If you see Predien out in WvW come kill me because I’ll probably be an easy kill…for now.

metabattle.com = reliable resource and good variety of working builds for most professions.

Guardian is the most versatile melee and has heavy armor, you can support/dps or support/survive or dps/support with about any build and they are fun to play so that gets my vote.

In spvp if you play dps you can’t give any kind of buff and if you play support/bunker you will not deal any good damage (unless with some special condi hybrid builds).
But they’re really good in 1vs1 and 2vs2.

Actually there’s a lot of teams that use the duo elementalist+thief. The ele can deal a insane amount of damage by direct and condition and at the same time CC you and heal itself and the thief for a high amount, stacking might. In the same time the thief can hit you with very high damage with also might, and without the problem of it’s low hp why the ele will heal him all the time.

The Necromancer can be a really good partner in 2vs2 with it’s really high dps and/or ability to convert the enemy boons in conditions, making it more vulnerable. But in 1vs1 isn’t the best class ever. i’ve a good MM build with I can kill almost all classes exeption for good eles and mesmers (both condition and direct damage, why they stay ranged and can spam high damage while running evading my minions XD).

Then, every class can be a good class to play.
Classes like thief, necro, ranger and warrior can be better in 2vs2 than in 1vs1, but also depend on the build.
Good classes for 1vs1 can be Ele (best of all. Seriously), Mesmer (more or less with every build but I find really powerfull the condition one), Guardian dps (direct more than burn because burn si more depending on the enemy than the direct dps build).

I don’t know about engis. Sometimes I find them to be really unkillable, sometimes I find them to be longer to kill and made to decap, sometimes I find them in condition burst build (with that build you can deal a insane amount of damage, really insane, but you’re more expesed and can die quickly if you miss a skill). Then there’s the old but gold healer support engi, that can make waterfields and blast them with incredible amounts of heal for all the team.

Actually the two best classes for almost everyting are: Elementalist (first of all) and Mesmer.

rummy.4102:

metabattle.com = reliable resource and good variety of working builds for most professions.

Metabattle are tournament VOIP Premade builds. The work not even at a Premade without VOIP. And certainly not as a solo player.

My answer might surprise you but dagger / dagger elementalist is probably something you’d like, because it’s a pure " in the fray of thing brawler ".
It’s also one of the best build to solo queue, because obviously its the best build in the game tight now. But the playstyle is exactly what you want.

Magira.6390:

rummy.4102:

metabattle.com = reliable resource and good variety of working builds for most professions.

Metabattle are tournament VOIP Premade builds. The work not even at a Premade without VOIP. And certainly not as a solo player.

So, this means you know a better source of finding working builds?

runeblade.7514:

Magira.6390:

rummy.4102:

metabattle.com = reliable resource and good variety of working builds for most professions.

Metabattle are tournament VOIP Premade builds. The work not even at a Premade without VOIP. And certainly not as a solo player.

So, this means you know a better source of finding working builds?

Use your brain. It helps you not to use builds that are adapted to other.

Magira.6390:

runeblade.7514:

Magira.6390:

rummy.4102:

metabattle.com = reliable resource and good variety of working builds for most professions.

Metabattle are tournament VOIP Premade builds. The work not even at a Premade without VOIP. And certainly not as a solo player.

So, this means you know a better source of finding working builds?

Use your brain. It helps you not to use builds that are adapted to other.

So you don’t know any sites that is better than metabattle.

runeblade.7514:

Magira.6390:

runeblade.7514:

Magira.6390:

rummy.4102:

metabattle.com = reliable resource and good variety of working builds for most professions.

Metabattle are tournament VOIP Premade builds. The work not even at a Premade without VOIP. And certainly not as a solo player.

So, this means you know a better source of finding working builds?

Use your brain. It helps you not to use builds that are adapted to other.

So you don’t know any sites that is better than metabattle.

There is http://intothemists.com/. But since the same applies as for Metabattle. It is very useful to look through the builds and read the discussions. Your Build you must then develop itself.

Magira.6390:

runeblade.7514:

Magira.6390:

runeblade.7514:

Magira.6390:

rummy.4102:

metabattle.com = reliable resource and good variety of working builds for most professions.

Metabattle are tournament VOIP Premade builds. The work not even at a Premade without VOIP. And certainly not as a solo player.

So, this means you know a better source of finding working builds?

Use your brain. It helps you not to use builds that are adapted to other.

So you don’t know any sites that is better than metabattle.

There is http://intothemists.com/.

This site is better than metabattle because…?

runeblade.7514:

Magira.6390:

runeblade.7514:

Magira.6390:

runeblade.7514:

Magira.6390:

rummy.4102:

metabattle.com = reliable resource and good variety of working builds for most professions.

Metabattle are tournament VOIP Premade builds. The work not even at a Premade without VOIP. And certainly not as a solo player.

So, this means you know a better source of finding working builds?

Use your brain. It helps you not to use builds that are adapted to other.

So you don’t know any sites that is better than metabattle.

There is http://intothemists.com/.

This site is better than metabattle because…?

Both sides are useful as brainstorming and useless for blind copying.

D/D celementalist GLHF!

Magira.6390:

runeblade.7514:

Magira.6390:

runeblade.7514:

Magira.6390:

runeblade.7514:

Magira.6390:

rummy.4102:

metabattle.com = reliable resource and good variety of working builds for most professions.

Metabattle are tournament VOIP Premade builds. The work not even at a Premade without VOIP. And certainly not as a solo player.

So, this means you know a better source of finding working builds?

Use your brain. It helps you not to use builds that are adapted to other.

So you don’t know any sites that is better than metabattle.

There is http://intothemists.com/.

This site is better than metabattle because…?

Both sides are useful as brainstorming and useless for blind copying.

So you don’t think that site is better than metabattle?

To summarize.

1. dd cele ele
2. Burst Mesmer
3. Anything that spams burns