Looking for an ideal class
Howdy! Far more educated people than I will hopefully respond (I left before HoT and only recently came back myself.) Engi was my main up until last year when I switched out to necro. Reaper is certainly entertaining and fun. However, for you I’m going to suggest Rev. Versatile, tanky, interesting take on specs with the legendary aspects. Lots of lore involved. I’ve also heard Warrior is back to being viable again though I haven’t tried it myself.
Best of luck!
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i’ve been running LB/staff shout druid since HoT and think it works great for roaming. good mobility with staff 3 and perma swiftness from traited shouts, good damage with traited longbow.
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Probably not what you wanna hear, but what about Scrapper makes you want to play another profession?
Not quite sure what you seek. In groups of 5-10, Scrapper remain one of the best classes you can bring and it get even better the more outmanned you are (lots of reflects, knockbacks and ranged stomp).
If you just want a class that runs away at the first sign of trouble then you can always go druid gs/staff like everyone else. Or maybe a daredevil. You are still gonna get run over by blobs no matter what you pick.
The lack of stability is killing me, I just get perma stunned constantly, and I don’t have any leaps besides rocket boots which almost never works because I get stunned mid jump.
I also get kited very easily.
I’d recommend engi old school condi build or the new warrior builds. Like you, I’m always outnumbered so I run more toughness/hp based gear to hold out as long as possible in a 1vx fight because I like to see how many I can take out. You’ll find roamers today are not what they use to be. Most engagements typically end in them running. Warrior has pretty awesome stun breaks and the berserk trait line is fun.
I have just recently come back to the game, the last time I played was before Heart of Thorns came out. My main class was engineer and I roamed with it all the time, I am from a very small server.
With the server merges, I pretty much just get run over by blobs all day. I almost never get a 1v1 anymore, roamers are always in groups of 5-10. I’ve mainly used a scrapper build.
The game has obviously changed quite a lot since HoT, and I think I want to try using a different class as my main. I like having mobility, and I don’t really like glassy classes. I prefer being able to deal a good amount of damage over time while being able to take some hits. I’d also like it if there’s a good way to avoid being run over by blobs all the time.
Does anyone have a class/specialization that may work out for me?
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I run all classes in WVW and scrapper is a very strong frontliner with TONS of stab and invulns. In addition, you also have TONS of hard CC, CCed opponents can’t do anything to you. There are many viable builds, one thing I shoudl point out about scrapper is that even when you do not use a heavy stab build, you just don’t need it, you have to time your invulns, evades, reflects, etc. in the place where you would normally use stab. I think you are just running a very wrong build or have not gotten the hang of the spec. You need to explore its strong points.
Below I linked 2 variants, both have done very well in group play and are exotic, very cheap builds so you can try them out at low cost / low effort and then upgrade to some ascended pieces if you like or discard if not:
another variant
The 2nd variant is also potent against condi, and relatively high mobility and is more of an “all-around” build. It has some counters but performs good in most situations except pirate shipping.
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Condi thief is a solid pick or possibly a stealth based chronomancer. Anything else is going to get constantly caught.
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Thanks for the responses!
Soldiers would deal very little damage wouldn’kitten I do like to be a bit tanky but I think that’s a bit too much for me.
Is celestial good on a scrapper? I know it was used a while ago.
Celestial would be a no go. I believe it was used early on in PvP though.
Currently using a mix of Berserker/Soldier/Knight gear myself.
Celestial would be a no go. I believe it was used early on in PvP though.
Currently using a mix of Berserker/Soldier/Knight gear myself.
Isn’t it decent with bombs? Hammer will give your power damage, and bombs for condi damage.
Celestial would be a no go. I believe it was used early on in PvP though.
Currently using a mix of Berserker/Soldier/Knight gear myself.
Isn’t it decent with bombs? Hammer will give your power damage, and bombs for condi damage.
Yes, I believe Bomb Kit and Celestial were used, but with P/S pre-HoT as a zerg build. That’s pairing a hybrid kit with a condi weapon.
I’m not sure it would make as much sense pairing a hybrid kit with a power weapon using that same gear. And come to think of it I haven’t seen all that much Bomb kit usage in WvW since HoT.
This is where I found someone using it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxoUl7cbPpo
He applies condis with elixir gun and bombs and uses power with the hammer
This is where I found someone using it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxoUl7cbPpo
He applies condis with elixir gun and bombs and uses power with the hammer
If you’re into a triple-kit setup go for it. Can’t forget Toolkit, a pretty integral part of his build. Also he doesn’t quite use full celestial based on his build links.
I can’t remember all the changes, but the video was from January. Not sure if any changes since then would’ve affected this build.