Guild Wars 2

What is your opinion of the tankiest self sustain class/specs in wvw.

Regen Warrior?
Cleric Ele?
Life Force Necro?
Shout Regen Ranger?

Let me know, im looking to play something that just lives, damage is not a concern!

Well, I would add another category: best escapes. In WvW you will frequently encounter an unbalanced or losing situation. There is no build which can withstand a 1v3 for a long time (against players of the same skill), so you will need to run away to survive.

D/D Ele with Celestial gear (Cleric is a bit overkill) can run away pretty well while sustaining in combat. Fiery GS is great for escaping too.

Warrior is good too but you will have to run greatsword, since it gives the most mobility skills.

Before the patch, Thieves were one of the hardest classes to kill (if played properly). With the massive increase in burst damage they die faster but still have the best escapes of all classes. Shadow Arts gives decent regeneration too.

PU Mesmer is good too but I’d wait until Tuesday as it may be nerfed.

Everyone wants to build for damage or mid way… So hard to really know about all the classes with this new patch…

can anyone else chime in on what they think is the unkillable frontline build

Nope nope and nope, if you wanna make a troll build like that and do DPS of a wet noodle without stealth, get all nomad / sentinel gear, about half and half and make a healy tank warrior.

GS, sword / warhorn, clear condis on warhorn, run full runes of melandru with -40% condi duration and a sigil of purity and nullification on each weapon set (generosity if you can afford it)

No one will ever 1 shot you or be able to catch up to you unless you let them. Period. You will be able to run away from 2-3, hell even 5 man teams with ease. You just wont be able to kill anyone.

Now if you want stealth, do same gear set-up but make a PU / condi cleansing mesmer and use mirror for your heals, make sure you use blink skill. Its also very troll.

Tongku.5326:

Nope nope and nope, if you wanna make a troll build like that and do DPS of a wet noodle without stealth, get all nomad / sentinel gear, about half and half and make a healy tank warrior.

GS, sword / warhorn, clear condis on warhorn, run full runes of melandru with -40% condi duration and a sigil of purity and nullification on each weapon set (generosity if you can afford it)

No one will ever 1 shot you or be able to catch up to you unless you let them. Period. You will be able to run away from 2-3, hell even 5 man teams with ease. You just wont be able to kill anyone.

Now if you want stealth, do same gear set-up but make a PU / condi cleansing mesmer and use mirror for your heals, make sure you use blink skill. Its also very troll.

That is not true anymore. Warriors lost their mobility after the recent patch. Greatsword is very slow now. A ranger with swoop can keep up with a nike warrior easily. Thieves will catch you with ease with their teleports. The best class for survival/trolling in wvw is easily the thieves or mesmers.

I assume you are asking from roaming perspective. .. If not, the answer is definitely Guardian with altruistic healing.

For roaming though; I have always been a huge fan of dd elementalist and pu mesmer.

Something with very active defenses is what you’re probably going to want. Since Warrior has a lot of passives, they’re good for tanking but not good for enduring, if you get what I mean. They can handle being focused for a while, or handle a lot of bursty damage, but they’re probably going to lose in the long run.

I’d say a full defensive Guardian, Ele or Necromancer. Just bear in mind that Thieves, Mesmers and Necromancers are going to be a rough fight even if you are fully defensive because they can manipulate boons, apply high enough damage that you’re going to be stressed for tanking it and in the case of the first and last two, apply quite a bit of poison.