Guild Wars 2

Hey,

My two friends just recently convinced me to return to GW2 and start over on their server with them so we could do some trio roaming in WvW. I’ll be starting fresh on their server, and seeing as how I have very little experience with PvP (in GW2) or synergy between classes, I need the help of more experienced players.

So right now they’re duo roaming with a Ranger and Guardian. I really have no preference one way or another for the type of class I play, or all that much for PvE. I’m pretty much just looking for the best class to synergize with the two that they’re playing.

Any and all opinions on the matter would be much appreciated.

Thank you.

Hello, I trio in WvW all the time and have for a long time and I very strongly suggest you go with Mesmer.

Mass invis, blink, portals… strong damage and survivability.. guard/ranger/mesmer is a great combo.

Main thing though you need to look at is mass invisibility, with the way out of combat speed works and how everyone in a zerg will get 60 wxp off you each so they will often chase you, your Guardian or Ranger will be getting chased by the many teleporter/warpers in WvW to be put in combat and caught.. nothing a Guardian/Ranger combo needs more than the odd mass invisibility IMHO. (and if they feel mass invis is not a huge deal i’d point out that a 3man draws more aggro from enemies than a 2 man.)

I’ll link my vid I just made which contains alot of Guard/mes/mes and some Guard/war/mes which are the trio combos I play the most, perhaps it will give you some ideas or help you with your decision, it doesn’t really show the true impact of mass invisibility properly since we don’t do a ton of retreating in the clips.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdPs52iTeA8

it depends on what you want to do.
just generalizing here because not everyone uses the same builds but:

-a mesmer would help you greatly with escapes and dodging much bigger groups. it does lack speed and condi removal.
-a thief would provide you with much needed burst, but will be near useless against more organized groups.
-a warrior would provide you with perma swiftness, heavy cc and blasts for the ranger water field. there’s hardly any downside. it might get tough when facing alot of melee pressure against bigger groups.
-an engie is great for target calling (pulling a target and giving it confusion and poison), secondary healing, fields and blasts, stomps and condition pressure.
-a necro is hard to make work in a small group like that because it lacks escape tools and gets tough for a necro under pressure to get stuff done. epidemic is devastating against less organized groups though.
-an ele (d/d or s/d) works great, can also blast that water field, has decent burst, cc, condi cleanse, boons.

some 3 vs many from me (engie) as well so you understand what you’ll generally face.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncVqJbfDTn8
or an ele friend vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie_vXKI0XeQ

cheers and good luck!

UnknownSoldier.2890:

Hey,

My two friends just recently convinced me to return to GW2 and start over on their server with them so we could do some trio roaming in WvW. I’ll be starting fresh on their server, and seeing as how I have very little experience with PvP (in GW2) or synergy between classes, I need the help of more experienced players.

So right now they’re duo roaming with a Ranger and Guardian. I really have no preference one way or another for the type of class I play, or all that much for PvE. I’m pretty much just looking for the best class to synergize with the two that they’re playing.

Any and all opinions on the matter would be much appreciated.

Thank you.

I suggest….

• Necromancer: amazing crowd control/condi and still good for tanking
• Thief: stealth for small groups, huge movement, decent burst
• Engineer: healing/conditions/crowd control/movement

Combining a tanky character like a Guardian, Engineer or Elementalist with a glassy Thief is extremely potent because it’s hard for the enemies to track the Thief during team-fights and most end up focusing on the tank.

Not sure what 3rd character you’d want in there since it would need to be firly mobile and tanky as well.

I’d suggest a Guardian or Elementalist + Thief + Warrior.

I have to agree with an earlier poster. From a “What I don’t like to encounter” perspective, Guardian + Mesmer tops my list. Tanky/supportive, even if built for more dps (Guardian) with a clone spamming Mesmer is just nuts to deal with.

Dee Jay.2460:

Combining a tanky character like a Guardian, Engineer or Elementalist with a glassy Thief is extremely potent because it’s hard for the enemies to track the Thief during team-fights and most end up focusing on the tank.

Not sure what 3rd character you’d want in there since it would need to be firly mobile and tanky as well.

I’d suggest a Guardian or Elementalist + Thief + Warrior.

I agree. I prefer 3 thieves but if it is not the case, a thief has strong sinergies with both other classes.

Best,

Haltair, one of the Twelve Shadows

DPS guard, Engi, D/D ele has worked really well for me in the past.

To add to the thread. I’ve really enjoyed running myself as a meditation guardian (greatsword & mace/shield) together with a condition warrior (sword/sword&greatsword) and a burst warrior (greatsword&sword/warhorn).
Greatsword was used for mobility.