Guild Wars 2

I am just asking people who are good at theorycrafting from patch notes. We know that hammer warriors are getting nerfed kind of. At least to the point where they are not so low risk-high reward pick. The other thing I have issues with in current state of the game is the heavy condition meta. I play mostly solo queue so team compositions are random. But when you happen to play against something like double-triple necro + some engi bunker, spirit ranger and anything thrown in the mix, the incoming damage is just atrocious and pretty much untankable to any degree given how conditions work.

I was just curious becouse I am considering what should I play next (I tend to swap professions every few months and stick to it) and I am getting so sick and tired from getting absolutely melted by condition teams that I was thinking about going strictly vs. that as possible. Which probably would be tanky warrior with high HP and cleansing ire , but to be fair I tend to avoid FotM classes in games and warrior still is one atm so…

Any hints and/or predictions?

what??? There is no condi meta anymore….war meta now

there is no condition meta on high level PvP where mesmers and thiefs know how to position themselves and rangers support their shoutguards with healingspring after nullfield and everyone running lyssa. Also necros are really really slow moving and rely on teamfights so they are a handycap strategy/rotation wise.

Considering in the preview they are not touching conditions, probably because of PVE, welcome to more condition spam almost everywhere.

Necros are receiving minor nerfs to their most common condition spec; engineers are receiving two nerfs to their most common condition spec (they’re not really “bunkers”). In addition, several professions are getting some nice buffs to condition resistance.

After thinking it over, I believe the meta will solidify as lockdown/dps, which is honestly what’s been emerging the last couple months. Whether it’s condition or power makes no difference. Warrior cc chain+focus fire is essentially the same gameplay as immob chain+focus fire. I’d hesitate to call it a burst meta, since it’s usually lockdown+heavy sustained dps, either power or conditions.

As Forsaker and Zapdos said, there’s a shift happening/already happened in teamQ, and condi-spam is not as prevalent there anymore. However, for most casuals in the top 1,000 of soloQ, the condi meta is very much alive and kicking. Most teams in soloQ consist of 2-3 warriors with the rest being necros, condi engies and spirit rangers. Sure, other classes like Guard do see some play, but at least on EU it’s perfectly likely to go 10 games in a row in soloQ without seeing any other classes except warrior, necro, engi and ranger.

Especially necro is a really strong soloQ profession. Its relative lack of mobility is not really an issue in soloQ, since soloQ has zero team rotation coordination anyway. Now that hambow is nerfed come the next patch, necros will have even more room to shine, along with bomb-nade engies.

Magic 8-ball says condi meta alive and well in soloQ after December patch, not so much in teamQ.

I do want to get rid of this 2/3 war, spirit ranger+w/e meta though

It is a condi meta, it’s been a condi meta since they added burning to Necro, introduced Torment, buffed Weakness, buffed Terror and made Spirit Rangers so strong.

You either join the condi specs or die trying to play a Power build.

The only reason Warrior works and is used is because it’s the only class that can make a viable Power spec in this condi meta due to it’s huge condi removal and condi immunity.

Conditions dominate everything.

there is still condition meta and necro same op as before
maby teams in teamQ dont play it – cause the other team counters necro easy with a hammermonkey

but in soloQ nothing changed with necro – they still very op and for everyone the same as before

when anet bring a more op class the other op class still op – same goes for spiritranger and s/d thief

Condition meta!? Stop trolling guys…