Soild pvp class
Kultas / Thief / Desolation [EU]
“Don’t criticize what you can’t understand”
“Don’t criticize what you can’t understand”
Ele
- Pros: potential immortality, high burst potential, high mobility, lots of CC, 3 stun breakers, strong downed state vs unorganized teams/pugs, low skill floor, very interactive -you always feel like you’re doing something.
- Cons: Low hp pool = susceptible to burst (but perma vigor + armor of earth kind of counters that), high skill cap.
Mesmer
- Pros: Global mobility, strong aoe burst, decent dmg metigation (2 invulns), aoe quickness, clones, strong aoe CC.
- Cons: Higher skill floor than other classes, limited options for build diversity, relatively squishy, no condi clear, you will usually be first one marked in team fights (so ppl can see that you are not a clone), can be hard to deal with aoe/stability, very cooldown dependent.
Necro
- Pros: instant cast fear, multiple options for build diversity, incredibly high health pool, on-demand dmg metigation (death shroud), decent gap closer, strong elites, hilarious condi clear (send condis on you to enemies), great damage, great survivability, very interactive -you always feel like you’re doing something.
- Cons: Bad mobility, very skill dependent, high skill cap, somewhat high skill floor (depends on build), condi build not quiet as strong as trap ranger (less raw condi dmg, a bit more support-ish with aoe condi clears and fear), harder to play than trap ranger.
Warrior
- Pros: You’ll feel like an underdog.
- Cons: gl finding viable pvp build post-quickness nerf. (someone probably will)
Guardian
- Pros: Immortal, OP dps build is OP (shhh -sub to tvesportsgaming on youtube and stay tuned), lowest skill floor in game, great peals, great support capability, best wep skills in game (all weps are viable), great condi clear, tons of blocks/invulns, perma vigor in many builds, you’re usually the last one to die in team fights
, low individual skill cap. - Cons: SLOW – will take you 5 hours to run from mid to home, low hp pool, low dps in bunker builds, can be boring bunkering a point that isn’t being contested, takes patience -if you blow all your defensive skills 10 seconds into the fight you’re screwed (if you freak out and button mash when attacked this isn’t the class for you, try ele).
These are the classes I’d personally recommend, you could also give ranger + engi a try -i just don’t have much experience with these classes post march patch so I didn’t post them (they are both solid options though).
In the end it’s entirely up to your playstyle, just play around with a few of the cookie cutter builds for each class until you find one that really clicks -something that makes you want to play this game for 32 hours straight and overdose on mt dew.
Classes I left out: Thief, I don’t think that this is a class that anyone should main (coming from someone who mained it for 5 months). In its current form you only rely need to press 3 buttons to be competent with the class. Furthermore every fight lasts less than 10 seconds, you 3 shot them or they 3 shot you -the class just lacks the depth to make fights feel dynamic.
TLDR: I would personally recommend Necro and Ele as these classes possess immense depth and make almost every fight feel extremely dynamic and strategically rewarding. Good luck!
Neglekt
(edited by Zodian.6597)
Guardian
- Pros: Immortal, OP dps build is OP (shhh -sub to tvesportsgaming on youtube and stay tuned), lowest skill floor in game, great peals, great support capability, best wep skills in game (all weps are viable), great condi clear, tons of blocks/invulns, perma vigor in many builds, you’re usually the last one to die in team fights
- Cons: SLOW – will take you 5 hours to run from mid to home, low hp pool, low dps in bunker builds, can be boring bunkering a point that isn’t being contested, takes patience -if you blow all your defensive skills 10 seconds into the fight you’re screwed (if you freak out and button mash when attacked this isn’t the class for you, try ele).
What ?! Please teach me how to be Immortal. All weps are viable? Perma Vigor? Low skill cap? :S Five hours to get from point to point ? (W00T ?!)
I must have played Guardian wrong all this time, kitten :/
[TCG] Danto – Gaurdian
Guardian was already my main, by far my favorite. But I’ve been playing her since launch and don’t have any other level 80’s. I have a low level ele but I have yet to give necro a try. I loved necro is gw1. It was my main for a while until I started playing warrior dagger hammer knocklock
I hear a lot of people bash on necro’s but I know ele is powerful. In pvp on my guard whenever I fought one we just couldn’t kill each other, it always ended up being team fights a few moments later.
I want to know why people dislike necros so much compared to other casters.
“I control time and space; you can’t break free.~”
“Maybe I was the illusion all along!”
“Maybe I was the illusion all along!”
Guardian
- Pros: Immortal, OP dps build is OP (shhh -sub to tvesportsgaming on youtube and stay tuned), lowest skill floor in game, great peals, great support capability, best wep skills in game (all weps are viable), great condi clear, tons of blocks/invulns, perma vigor in many builds, you’re usually the last one to die in team fights
- Cons: SLOW – will take you 5 hours to run from mid to home, low hp pool, low dps in bunker builds, can be boring bunkering a point that isn’t being contested, takes patience -if you blow all your defensive skills 10 seconds into the fight you’re screwed (if you freak out and button mash when attacked this isn’t the class for you, try ele).
What ?! Please teach me how to be Immortal. All weps are viable? Perma Vigor? Low skill cap? :S Five hours to get from point to point ? (W00T ?!)
I must have played Guardian wrong all this time, kitten :/
- Guardians don’t have access to swiftness or teleports.
- Guardians cannot be bursted due to their high health pool.
- Guardians have great condition cleaning on Symbol DPS.
- Guardians are targetted first in team fights but are too strong so die last.
- All weapons are viable on all types of builds.
Also
- Symbol DPS is secret and OP.
I DON’T THINK HE PLAYS GUARDIAN
Guardian
- Pros: Immortal, OP dps build is OP (shhh -sub to tvesportsgaming on youtube and stay tuned), lowest skill floor in game, great peals, great support capability, best wep skills in game (all weps are viable), great condi clear, tons of blocks/invulns, perma vigor in many builds, you’re usually the last one to die in team fights
- Cons: SLOW – will take you 5 hours to run from mid to home, low hp pool, low dps in bunker builds, can be boring bunkering a point that isn’t being contested, takes patience -if you blow all your defensive skills 10 seconds into the fight you’re screwed (if you freak out and button mash when attacked this isn’t the class for you, try ele).
What ?! Please teach me how to be Immortal. All weps are viable? Perma Vigor? Low skill cap? :S Five hours to get from point to point ? (W00T ?!)
I must have played Guardian wrong all this time, kitten :/
I may have exaggerated a few points in that post for dramatic affect
Didn’t mean to bash guardian players or anything, competitive team play and casual play are very different aspects of game for every class. I just wanted to give the general idea of what someone would be getting into with the play styles of the varying classes at a casual level of play.
Neglekt
(edited by Zodian.6597)
Uturunku Yana, Guardian / Chullachaqui Yana, Engie
Group Stability is a hell of a Drug – Rick James
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Group Stability is a hell of a Drug – Rick James
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