Guild Wars 2

Hey everyone,

I’m kinda stumped on what class to main. I’ve narrowed it down to either Engineer, Warrior or Thief.

I find Warrior pretty good for pretty much everything but when I roam with him I feel like I’m always at a disadvantage when compared to my friend who I roam with who has stealth… he just vanishes and I get 3 or 4 enemies jumping on me which gets real old. Maybe I’m just not good enough as a player but I can’t see a way around this problem due to the class’ lack of stealth.

Engineer is my least played class but from what I’ve seen it looks really fun and also challenging which is definitely something I want. The aesthetics are kinda meh but assuming they’re also decent when roaming with a Thief and also decent in PvE, I will probably main it.

Thief a tricky one for me as I’m only really looking for one character to main, and although he has a lot of stealth and a fast-paced play style, I really don’t like him in PvE, and yes I’ve tried every weapon combination etc. Also, I find Thief a bit too squishy.

So what do you guys think?

Many thanks,
The Baws.

Mesmer. They’re generally good at everything, useful in almost any situation in WvW, just as annoying to 1v1 as Thief is, and has a ton of utility for helping out in groups situations, whether it’s a large group or roaming group.

Dual Thief roamers is one of the strongest combinations in the game.

Any more opinions? I’m still trying to decide between Thief or Engineer.

depends on the thief’s build what’s the “best” synergy.

He’s a backstab perma-stealth build. I’m kind of going off Thief as I really don’t find them that enjoyable in PvE…

Is there any way to make it so that Warrior can deal with not having stealth? When I tried duo roaming with my friend on my Warr I really got owned but I was full zerker which probbaably didn’t help xD

I’d say a pistol / tool / bomb engi. You know, all of the one good engi that each server seems to have…go find him or her.

The Baws.5164:

He’s a backstab perma-stealth build. I’m kind of going off Thief as I really don’t find them that enjoyable in PvE…

Is there any way to make it so that Warrior can deal with not having stealth? When I tried duo roaming with my friend on my Warr I really got owned but I was full zerker which probbaably didn’t help xD

a Hammer + mace/shield warrior with PVT gear traited for condi removal and lemongrass poultry would probably wreck kitten with a backstab thief.

stunning the enemy will make it really easy for him to get off his backstabs. plus you’d be tanky with lots of blocks.

NornBearPig.9814:

Dual Thief roamers is one of the strongest combinations in the game.

^ 15 times

I’m going to definitely keep my Thief on the side, but I’m really looking at Engi and Warr atm… I just rly don’t like Thief in PvE or outside of Roaming to be honest.

None of these, frankly. Mesmer is my recommendation.
However, from your options, thief, then warrior, then engi. You need stealth when duoing with a thief, as otherwise you’re focus-fired immediately.

I play a Bunker Guardian and love to roam with my thief friends.

If you’re running with a Thief you want a class that can take a beating. Because of Thieves slippery nature people often chose alternative targets over them….i.e. you.

So running an offensive build isn’t such a good idea.

A defensive, stun-focused Warrior build could probably work quite well because Warriors have enough mobility to escape unassisted if things go bad.

But the Engineer is probably the better choice. They too can kite like hell and tanky Engineers almost never die in the hands of a good player. The icing on the cake is that since both Thieves and Engineers use Medium armor, you can make both look identical, further confusing your enemies.

Nothin wrong with an Engi to lay out all those fields for the thief to blast. If you both build around each other, thief/engi could be a great duo.

Engineer is really good for that duo. I fought a [TKG] condi engineer/glass thief duo that was really hard to take out (they probably know who they are). If you down the engineer the thief would SR and rez him back up, if you down the thief the engineer would drop a crate on you and rez him before you could do anything about it.

I don’t know about how it does with roaming itself (because roaming is all mobility), but if you get into a fight… the duo is really strong.

They would be fine for roaming as well, thief because … well its a thief, and Engi has speedy kits so perma swift.

Nuzt.7894:

They would be fine for roaming as well, thief because … well its a thief, and Engi has speedy kits so perma swift.

I was mainly just speaking from a warrior’s point of view. I tend to “babysit” the engineers in the group, to make sure they don’t die when they get focused. Not saying they are bad players because they really aren’t, I just feel obligated as the class with way more mobility to do so. I feel like thief may feel the same, but he may be fine with doing so like I am so this could just be irrelevant.

I’d go engineer. The engineer can roam around and act as bait very effectively.

When I roam with my thief friend I find the hardest part is keeping up with them. They’re so kitten fast that I feel like I’m holding them back when I play on my guardian or mesmer. I recently leveled an engineer and speedy kits makes a huge difference. My friend and I zoom around the map in no time. I highly recommend a tanky-condition engi or like others have said the FOTM hammer warrior. Both would compliment a backstab thief well and both have the mobility to keep up with one.

P.S. Engineer is a hard class to master but very rewarding

I just recently put my thief on the shelf to play my mesmer some more. I was kitten in around in EB last night and got with this thief and we started taking down groups of enemies. Like 2v7’s and 2v5’s + vet guards. Now she might have been pulling more weight cause i’m still practicing with the mesmer but I know i downed a bunch of enemies. I was shocked at how well we pulled it off with zero coordination or voice comms and with the numbers stacked against us. As a note I’m running a pure power build (trying to break away from all the condi mesmer builds)