Guild Wars 2

Hello all, first off, I AM NOT looking for the “best” or “overpowered” profession. I have a few things in mind that I want in a profession, but I’m unsure if the exact combination actually exists in the game.

These are the following things I am looking for in WvW and PvE:
1) Mobility, the ability to maintain near perma or perma swiftness is ideal. The WvW area is huge and its really boring to have to run through at normal run speed. Same goes for PvE.

2) Ability to disengage fights and be elusive/fast/mobile enough to run away from 1v1s turned into 1v20s. I understand you are going to get caught and die sometimes, but is there a profession that has great escape skills to live another day?

3) 1200+ range: This one is so I don’t feel useless on keep defense/assault. It seems getting in melee range of the gates is asking for death. 1200+ range is a must. Note, I love smashing face with Greatswords and Hammers, but having a good ranged weapon alternative is a must.

4) Bring utility (buffs/usefullness) OR aoe damage in zerg situations. Whats the good in having a great 1v1 character if you run into/with zergs all the time and you can’t be effective?

5) OPTIONAL – I prefer power and critical builds, condition builds just aren’t appealing to me. This is a minor detail though, as I’m sure in the future all professions should have viable alternatives.

Based on these 4 qualifications, what profession am I looking for? Can I get mobility, 1200+ range alternate weapon, aoe utility or damage(guessing not both?), and elusiveness/escapability?

Even a profession that fits most of these qualifications would be awesome.

Thanks.

I think you could go with an engineer rifle build. It has the reach on its auto attack at the least and that pierces. You could roll with the grenade kit for aoe. You can most definitely get PERMA swiftness by using the tool kit trait for swiftness when equipping a tool kit (The med kit works great for this, not just for being a great heal on top of that :P).

They are also great at running with net shot and the knockdown w/ self knockback.

Just a really fun class.

axelthesot.4103:

I think you could go with an engineer rifle build. It has the reach on its auto attack at the least and that pierces. You could roll with the grenade kit for aoe. You can most definitely get PERMA swiftness by using the tool kit trait for swiftness when equipping a tool kit (The med kit works great for this, not just for being a great heal on top of that :P).

They are also great at running with net shot and the knockdown w/ self knockback.

Just a really fun class.

The 1 problem I have with Engineer is that the grenade skills have a ton of in air time/cast time lag and I find it nearly impossible to hit someone I am fighting/chasing while moving the camera around. But thanks for the reply, I need to see if I can get over that annoyance as they do have a lot of cool abilities.

Elementalist.

1. You can maintain perma-swiftness with staff and some other skills. The healing one, and blast finisher on the air combo field.

2. They have a blink teleport to escape, as well as mist form to get you through the last bit of the zerg into the safety of a keep or tower.

3. Staff has 1200 range.

4. Combo fields are awesome for utility, of which the staff has a ton. AoE boons, elemental projectiles, and various shields can all be applied relatively easily.

5. Fire is all about power. A bit of burning mixed in with the staff, but for the most part it’s pure damage.

Engineer
Elementalist
Thief SB