Guild Wars 2

Elementalist, Mezmer or Ranger for WvW ? Feel free to give me the pro`s and cons about each

elementalist; seems like a class with a high skill cap, if not played well you’ll struggle against almost any opponent but can deal massive aoe

ranger; not as squishy with good mobility, easyer to play, nice aoe and single target dps

mesmer; lacks reliable aoe and mobility, amazing 1v1 class, moderate skill cap (timing of skills etc) but can still be played “ok” by an average player

if anyone want’s to correct me please do

Thanks , exacltly what I was looking for, I have a thief on the go right now for my main , that I play PvE 80% of the time, the rest WvW…I want to hit 100% map completion with it, then going to creat a second one mostly for WvW

The main purpose of AOE in WvW is killing siege up above your guys and stopping the enemy from raining down AOE on you casting freely up on the walls.

The mesmer does not lack reliable AOE in that department and in some ways is the best at doing this job. They are the one class that can attack anything they have a target on that is in range.

Not a correction, but it really depends on how you look at it and what your goals are on whether or not the mesmer has “good AOE”

The elementalist, while good at popping siege.. suffers from not being as good as many other classes at everything else. some will argue but if you give them all a fair shake you’ll find the only reason to play an ele is if you like the playstyle or just really want to throw out a killer nuke and wipe some arrow carts and then die 2 seconds later.

Of the three i rank the ranger as having the worste AOE abilities (ignoring the traps builds which i haven’t messed with since beta)

I wouldn’t trade our seigebreaking elementalists for anything else in the world, I love them so much. Overall, the class is lots of rain and fire and death and pewpew. They’re squishy as heck though.

Rangers feel similar, but with a little less squishability. Very easy to pick up and play, and you won’t feel limited by what they can do since they can do lots.

A good mesmer is a huge benefit to their group. Lots of utility and buffs if you want them. I admit that I haven’t played one, but I love them. And ports are fun, helpful with jumping puzzles, can completely change the dynamic of a fight… and are great for pranks.

For WvW, Mesmer is the way to go if you want to survive and steamroll almost every oponnent.

Mesmer got so many good skill (and good elite, it’s rare) and are a pain in the kitten to kill. They have prolly the best set of downed state skill in the game.

Elementalist are prolly to weakest class with necro right now, but they are a ton of fun to play. And make no mistake, you can own with them. But with the same skill, you can be much more effective with mesmer, in my opinion. They also have poor downed state skill.

Ranger I don’t know sorry, never played them since half the WvW population were ranger.

Try each of them, use the one that match your play style.

Kardiamond.6952:

For WvW, Mesmer is the way to go if you want to survive and steamroll almost every oponnent.

Mesmer got so many good skill (and good elite, it’s rare) and are a pain in the kitten to kill. They have prolly the best set of downed state skill in the game..

So what you`re saying is if I go on the Mesmer board I`ll be seeing pretty much the same thing I see when I go on the Thief forum ….NERF !! lol

I`ve had Mesmer in mind for a while now I think I`m gonna roll one as soon as I`m done with leveling my thief to 80 ….he`s @ 50 now

Yeah it’s prolly in the same situation as thief.

Just read the forum post asking : “who is the class you hate to fight the most” or “which class is the best for wvw”, it’s a general feeling that Mesmer and Thief seems to have an advantage over others.

But they are a really fun class. Mesmer are awesome to play, and your team will love you. AoE Quickness elite anyone?

Not even talking about the portal skill, which you can use to port an entire army of golem, or to by pass keep defence.

Kardiamond.6952:

But they are a really fun class. Mesmer are awesome to play, and your team will love you. AoE Quickness elite anyone?

Time warp is one sexy skill I love to death.

All of it depends on your play style as a person. Some excel at ranged aoe, others do better playing mesmers and being tricky as thieves.

i love booming with the ele, but they’re right – it can be a bit of a one-track machine sometimes. i wouldn’t mind being able to switch weapons sometimes. especially when i get peeled off from my group. have to say there’s something satisfying about laying down aoe all over walls, though and watching everyone run back out of the way.

I wana just toss this out to the OP: if you are looking for a versatile WvW class, Engineer offers a lot as well. We’re walking toolboxes and can put out some very decent DPS.

But from what you had listed above: Mesmers are the single most annoying class to deal with in WvW (thief ranks up there too, but mesmers drive me nutty!). Rangers are as everyone has said: a great class that offers a lot, and has some great single target dps. Good luck and hope to see you in WvW one day!