Guild Wars 2

Hello everyone,

We have had this discussion previously, and it was interesting because it revealed a good amount about the meta and perceived power of skills. With that in-mind, I would like to revisit the topic and get players opinions on the top 10 skills for each of the following categories, in the context of general builds in which they are found.

Utilities, Heals, Elites

Take into account, I tried to think about not only the impact each of these skills has on a fight, but also how integral they are to a class/build as well. In other words, you determine the power by asking “how much would I absolutely miss this skill if I didn’t take it?” I will make my list as an example

Utilities:
1. Shadowstep
2. Lightning Flash
3. Shield Block (alt: Tool Kit)
4. Shadow Refuge
5. Blink
6. Stand your Ground
7. Spectral armor
8. Portal
9. Berserker’s Stance
10. Slick Shoes

Heals
1. Healing turret
2. Withdraw
3. Healing Signet
4. Signet of Restoration
5. Shelter
6. Consume Conditions
7. Ether Feast
8. Hide in Shadows
9. Healing Spring
10. Troll Ungent

Elites:
1. Supply Crate
2. Entangle
3. Lich
4. War-banner
5. Spirit of Nature
6. Plague
7. Time Warp
8 Fiery Greatsword
9. Moa
10. Rampage

What is your list for any or all of these categories?

Interesting thread! In order not to bother everyone, I’ll give only 5 of each. I play mainly thief, engineer, mesmer and warrior.

Utilties:
1) Tool Kit (esp block and magnet)
2) Portal
3) Blink
4) Berserker stance
5) Judge’s Intervention

Heals:
1) Withdraw
2) Healing turret
3) Consume conditions
4) Warrior’s healing signet
5) Shelter

Elites:
1) Supply crate
2) Battle Standard
3) Entangle
4) Spirit of Nature
5) Moa Morph

You didn’t mention weapon skills, but Infiltrator’s arrow for the win!

Might as well list the Meta…

Utilities
1. Tool Kit
2. Cleansing Fire
3. “Shake it off”
4. Shadow Refuge
5. “Stand Your Ground”

Heals
1. Healing Turret
2. Signet of Restoration
3. Healing Signet
4. Withdraw
5. Shelter

Elites
1. Supply Crate
2. Glyph of Elementals
3. Battle Standard
4. Basilisk Venom
5. Renewed Focus

Wut I think are the strongest utilities/weapon skills!

1. Kill Shot
2. Shadowstep
3. Phoenix
4. Gear Shield
5. Doom
6. Overcharge Shot
7. Combustive Shot
8. Lightning Flash
9. Blink
10. Slick Shoes

Elite:
1. Entangle
2. Supply Crate
3. Lich
4. Battle Standard
5. Moa

Heal:
1. Healing Turret
2. Withdraw
3. Healing Signet
4. Consume Conditions
5. Signet of Restoration
6. Shelter
7. Healing Surge
8. Ether Feast
9. Hide in Shadows
10. Troll Unguent

Wahoo! Bye frands!

Why no signet of renewal? And Healing Spring is ridiculously low on your list.

1. Kill Shot

hahaha, ah yes. I thought this one went without saying

Fluffball.8307:

Why no signet of renewal? And Healing Spring is ridiculously low on your list.

I’d love to see your list!

Imo, healing spring is low on the list because of its long recharge time and necessity to stand in the field to maximize. The overall HP/S is also not tops. It is certainly strong, especially in team-fight situations with the long-duration water field, but lacks some of the benefits of other heals in other situations.

Signet of renewal also has some good effects, but isn’t even on the same radar in terms of power of the utilities I listed, imo. I personally highly value mobility (thus why blinks are so high). The other listed utilities are incredibly strong defensively to help a class survive for very long and/or provide excellent support. I rarely take signet of renewal except in certain ranger builds, whereas I almost ALWAYS want the skills listed in my builds for those classes.

Take my stab at this.

Utilities:
1. Tool Kit
2. Shadow refuge
3. Slick shoes
4. Shadowstep
5. Corrupt boon
6. Portal
7. Berserker stance
8. Stand your ground
9. Signet of stone
10. Judge’s intervention

Heals
1. Healing turret
2. Healing signet
3. Healing of restoration
4. Withdraw
5. Shelter
6. Consume conditions
7. Ether reneawl
8. Troll ungent
9. Hide in shadows
10. Ether feast

Elites:
1. Supply Crate
2. Lich
3. War banner
4. Entangle
5. Glyph of elementals
6. FGS
7. Elixir S
8. Rampage
9. Tornado
10. Plague

tichorum.2415:

Take my stab at this.

engie skills

Have you ever played engi before? Seems like you might like it.

We should have a thread with the top 10 most useless skills too.

Swim.6830:

We should have a thread with the top 10 most useless skills too.

thief traps /thread

Swim.6830:

We should have a thread with the top 10 most useless skills too.

Please start it! The problem is, I never play necro or guardian, and they might have a ton of useless skills I don’t know. But we’ll try.

Fluffball.8307:

tichorum.2415:

Take my stab at this.

engie skills

Have you ever played engi before? Seems like you might like it.

I never wrote “engie skills”. But yes, I have played it before.

tichorum.2415:

I never wrote “engie skills”. But yes, I have played it before.

Woosh.

You listed engi skills as the best in the game for every category. I assume you main an engi.

Fluffball.8307:

tichorum.2415:

I never wrote “engie skills”. But yes, I have played it before.

Woosh.

You listed engi skills as the best in the game for every category. I assume you main an engi.

Well, the best utility in the game is a kit. Most engineers rely on at least one kit, and Tool Kit is perhaps the strongest, so nothing weird here. Healing Turret is good, again partly because of the engineer’s mechanics (the tool belt skill), but also because of the AoE water field, two condi cleanse, and the fact that you can adapt the way you play it depending on your foes or your build (pick up against heavy condis, blast against power damage or for cc when traited, just standing if you play turrets), so why not. And supply crate is good also. I main thief, but even I realize that some of these skills are strong. When you think about it, engis rely mainly on utility skills, so it seems appropriate they get the best in the game.

I can’t see Flesh Wurm or Corrupt Boon anywhere.

Haven’t seen working PvP builds without those two for a long time.
Consume Condition is also 100% pvp mandatory, you can’t swap.

As for most used PvP trait, I vote for Vital Persistance.

Some of you appear to have a difficulty differentiating between weapon skills and utility skills.

Rym.1469:

I can’t see Flesh Wurm or Corrupt Boon anywhere.

Haven’t seen working PvP builds without those two for a long time.
Consume Condition is also 100% pvp mandatory, you can’t swap.

As for most used PvP trait, I vote for Vital Persistance.

Yeah, I regreted not adding Corrupt Boon to my top five, but I’m too lazy to edit on my phone.