Guild Wars 2

I really like solo roam, what class would you recommend?

Can anyone leave me some feedback?

If you just like to roam, I would scratch both those classes and in turn make an elementalist(or thief).

From those two, roaming only, I’d say ranger w/ regen tank build. They are suprisingly mobile while the guardian is slow, and can be extremely tanky.

Elementalist, mesmers and thieves are all solid roamers. I didn’t mention warrior even though they have one of the highest mobility in the game(higher than ele) because I feel that they cannot really stand their own in 1vX situations. Basically any dueling professions are great roamers provided that they have decent mobility or escape tools.

Ranger can be a good roamer if you run greatsword, and a great roamer if you build slightly tanky with greatsword + sword/dagger. See here for one example:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/ranger/Video-Exploits-WvW-Melee-BM-Ranger

You could also use GS for mobility + a bow for kiting, but pets can be used to maintain ranged damage while you hop around with your swords (panthers in stealth hit pretty hard). I think this is a very under-rated spec for roaming.

Also, eles aren’t that great at roaming anymore. The straight-line speed necessary for get-aways is inferior to thieves, rangers (with GS), and warriors, while they don’t have the subterfuge tools of the thief or mesmer.

Ranger is a decent solo roamer class, guardian is better in groups.

I run a Power/Precision/Condition dmg ranger and have tons of fun in WvW.. I normally roam solo/in small group, so heavy condition damage is nice to capture camps and sentries easily.. Also having a pet that takes aggro away from you is awesome..

Example vid: Solo roaming in hostile maps: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty7MP6M5_9c

I have a good roaming build on my Guardian but they are not very common. Guardians can be quite mobile but you have to use shouts and greatsword leap to do it and sacrifice a little utility in your slot skills, which you can alway swap around in a group situation.

Most people build guardians as a support class but you don’t have to, there’s plenty of flexibility.

I feel safer solo roaming on my Guardian because of the survivability but Rangers solo camps more easily because pets can tank the npc’s while you kite.

Also I made my ranger quite glass to get the dps up, which makes him better for small groups and large groups where as my guardian is balanced for roaming.

The build of my guardian is a thief’s nightmare and was setup with solo roaming and small groups in mind. In these situations you encounter a lot of thieves and so you need a build to counter them.

The flexibility in the GW2 system means you can spec and play most of the classes the way you want to and having 5 lvl 80 toons all with original builds, I would say just pick the class you enjoy playing and spec it to deal with the way you like to play. If you get dropped too quickly by thieves tank your spec a little, if you end up in long fights and have trouble finishing off players go a bit more dps or add in some condition dmg.