Guild Wars 2

Ever since i hit diamond solo i was a bit bummed n thought i wouldnt attempt legendary. But with some occasional games im 25 pips away from leg with 15 days left till seaon stops. So if i at least progress 2 or 3 pips daily i can make it with ok margin (with room for error), considering i can play a few hours during after work hrs to evening. Those of you who did it before or r doing it now, got any tips on how to work around the system as solo?

Feels like more of the games i get now can b more random due to the benchwarmers catching up. I might try to avoid late night play as i more often face premades, games during early hrs in weekends r very odd n mixed skillwise. I usually swap between 3 classes with builds that can carry, this recently more druid as its a good hybrid bruiser or onpoint holder, making me able to easier adapt to fellow teammates classes and skill.

I’m in the same spot, there’s not reliable “workaround” as a solo player. It depends on how lucky you get with teammates, the more you play the higher chances of a lucky streak you’ll have. The only tips I can think of is taking short/long breaks if you want to avoid the same teammates or stop a losing streak.

remember,

solo Q is
10% your build, mechanical skills, rotations, map awareness etc.

40% your 4 team mates’ build, mechanical skills, rotations, map awareness etc.
50% your 5 opponents’ build, mechanical skills, rotations, map awareness etc.

Duo q

Two people on the same page that are good is more than enough to carry matches.

Diamond solo queue can get to legend solo, I’ve seen it. You literally have to play a hard carry class though, something that can 1v1, troll 1vx fights after everyone has died, get rezes, watch home, decap, move down bodies (to prevent mesmer rez) and rotate at esl/pro league level.

In this case I would recommend a marauder Rev. Hard carry is also possible by a chronobunker mesmer, but you have to be able to play a dps class like a scrapper/druid/rev in the case that you already have too many bunker mesmers on your team.

If you play things that do damage, can’t hold points, can only 1v1 some things, cannot rez/stomp very effectively, you simply cannot carry hard enough to solo queue through diamond.

If yopu play things that are outright bunkers like diamond skin tempest or bunker mesmer you have to be careful because you may be matched up with other bunkers making your team entirely too tanky.

So, in essence, play the most godmode OP kitten known to man that is rev, it can do it all baby, like EVERYTHING, with almost no weaknesses.

Diamond solo queue can get to legend solo, I’ve seen it. You literally have to play a hard carry class though, something that can 1v1, troll 1vx fights after everyone has died, get rezes, watch home, decap, move down bodies (to prevent mesmer rez) and rotate at esl/pro league level.

So…daredevil?

Agemnon.4608:

Diamond solo queue can get to legend solo, I’ve seen it. You literally have to play a hard carry class though, something that can 1v1, troll 1vx fights after everyone has died, get rezes, watch home, decap, move down bodies (to prevent mesmer rez) and rotate at esl/pro league level.

So…daredevil?

ele~

Cynz.9437:

Agemnon.4608:

Diamond solo queue can get to legend solo, I’ve seen it. You literally have to play a hard carry class though, something that can 1v1, troll 1vx fights after everyone has died, get rezes, watch home, decap, move down bodies (to prevent mesmer rez) and rotate at esl/pro league level.

So…daredevil?

ele~

Ele can’t really 1v1 that well though at least not with staff. Your tells are easier to see in a 1v1 setting and everything has a charge. I have beaten some druids, revenants, and many dragonhunters in 1v1 on an ele though but daredevil seems to be a hard counter especially if they open with stealth. I tried calculating when their energy and initiative would be depleted so I can get in some burning, wind interrupts, and water healing and chill or the vulnerability ice drop baiting dodges but really didn’t work :(

Obviously you play scrapper aoe stealth function gyro Rez can decap and hold nodes efficiently.beats everything practically everything 1v1 and is a great team fighter.
Can hold 1vx for a long time as well

a good scrapper can carry a solo que pug team better than any other class.