Guild Wars 2

I have been playing guild wars 2 for a couple of months now just leveling, a couple dungeons, some WvW, and about 20 Spvp games on multiple professions (still cant find one that clicks). I want to like this game but I am having a hard time getting used to the spvp and wvw I seem to get burned down very quickly without any time to react.

What is a good class/build to use to get used to the pvp( something tanky i assume)?
How long did it take you to get used to the pvp in this game?

I am coming from WoW where it is a bit slower and you can see cast bars so you know what is getting cast on you.

It takes a little while to get used to pvp and your class, I’m not surprised your getting burned down. Pick a class and stick with it. Warriors can be pretty tanky, necros can be as well those should be the easiest two for you right now.

Eles and Guards and probably a little tankier than those but they are more difficult to play.

Rangers can be kind of tanky but they aren’t at effective

I don’t really know what engineers should be doing atm, I think they are either condi burn or still cele, neither is easy for a new player.

Theives and mesmers can actually be crazy tank just in their damage avoidance abilities and utilities and still be able to burst people down quickly.

I’ve been playing since 2012 but sometimes matchmaking makes me feel like someone with only 2 hours of experience – totally helpless

Started game with engie but if you want a good entry level class to get you familiar with mechanics, I suggest a DPS ranger.

• They’re not tanky like eles or some necros or guards but it’s best to start the game from a damage dealing build.

• One thing about this game you have to master is “landing” your skills on targets. LB ranger is a good build to start.

• And they do have defensive utilities like deflecting damage to your pet or not get physical damage for 6sec. etc etc.

But if you really want to start out tanky, then what NeXeD recommended is good.

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The classes strongest in the current pvp meta is mesmer ele and warrior I think. Go to metabattle.com and look up their current builds and give it a try. I’ve been a hardcore ele fan for over 2 years now. It takes alot of practice to properly learn might stacking/defensive rotation and basically learning the weaknesses of other classes.

Mesmers, thieves and engis lack condi removal in general. If you can avoid mesmer high damage you can keep pressuring them at close range. Thieves are pretty similar.

Guardians run meditations these days. They basically use most of their cooldowns at the start of a fight to hit high damage on you. If you can bait them out at the start of the fight you should be okay for the rest of it.

Warriors are running a stupid build with double endure pain, making them invulnerable for 6s at a time. They basically charge at you for like 5k damage then chain knock you down until your dead. Best thing for that is of course stability and getting as far a way from them as you can when they do it.

Necros are good in the meta too. They have 2 healthpools, but less experienced necros can be crippled by ranged pressure. Signet necros are popular right now. They just overload players with a bunch of condis by pushing 1 button. You just have to kill them from range.

Ele puts out a ton of burns. You want to avoid walking over the fire they lay down since that is what will kill you ultimately. They are pretty defensive, but have the potential to stack alot of might. Kite them out, hit hard when they attune to water and avoid their burn.