Guild Wars 2

Mesmers who are using a condition spec. can be very hard to beat not matter how much condition removal you have.

In 1vs1 I would say that it’s all about the player. This game is more about your own skill level and your understanding of your own profession and your opponents. That’s at least my opinion

The correct answer is “all of them” because the game is perfectly balanced.

1v1 as in anything goes?
Warrior, closely followed by Thief, since these two can reset vs any other class if things go bad, and that hammer and/or mace Warrior builds are extremely effective against Thieves in 1v1.

1v1 as in a proper duel?

Perplexity Condi PU Mesmers, Perplexity Condi Bomb/Nade Engy, Perplexity Condi Dhuumfire Necro, Perplexity Condi Hambow Warriors, Perplexity Condi Trap Rangers, Perplexity Condi Trickery Thieves, etc.

So glad this crap is getting nerfed.

Classes I like to play (They may not work for everyone, but they’re the best for me):

For 1v1 fights, I love my spirits + shortbow+ sword/dagger ranger. She’s durable, she deals great pressure damage and she has a lot of useful tools. It feels like I have a chance to win every fight.

But for small-scale WvW tasks, like scouting, yak-hunting, and camp flipping, (things that lead to a lot of 1v1 fights) I think I prefer my shortbow + sword/dagger thief. His tool-kit is a little smaller than the ranger’s but he has the same great pressure damage and survivability. Plus stealth makes it a lot easier to avoid zergs, which means there are a lot more opportunities for 1v1 fighting.

Classes I don’t like to play against (They work really well for other people):

When they’re played well, engineers give me fits. They have a scary mix of survivability and damage. It seems like they have a steep learning curve, though, and most of the engineers I meet in 1v1 fights aren’t very formidable.

I hate fighting any class that’s built to burst, run away and reset. If I ignore them, their burst damage can kill me. If I stand and fight, the stalemate can go on forever. It’s irritating for me, but some people really seem to like it.

I would say:
1 – Mesmers
2- Warrior
3- Engi

Skroo.1560:

The correct answer is “all of them” because the game is perfectly balanced.

Anet when balancing: “A level 80 staff ele should be able to beat a level 20 warrior… Ok, job well done, that seems balanced”

sword+focus/GS meditation guardian is deadly in 1vs1

I’m a regen healing power shouts heal hammer warrior and necro’s mesmers and perma stealth thief destroy me. but i can on guards other warrior rangers so on pretty easy and win 1v1

I find my thieves to be fairly easy to faceroll all other classes with.

Hmm, dunno about classes, but there are a lot of builds I find really annoying:

-Stunlock warriors
-Rabid condi warriors
-Nade/tool kit/perplexity engis
-HGH engis (both power and condi)
-Spirit rangers
-S/D evasion thieves
-D/P permastealth thieves (in theory, should never be able to kill one of these)
-P/D condi thieves
-Prismatic mesmers (both power and condi)
-Phantasm mesmers (both power and condi)
-Almost all necros (spite, terrormancer, MM, certain power necros)

jalmari.3906:

Warriors and guardians are just ridiculously strong even 1v1. Definetly even more so with OP stacks.

Mesmer has always been also strong. Clones/shatter AI trashing with imbacc is just lawd???

Condinecro is just op because conditions in 1v1. Staff/scepter is so OP it should be removed until fixed. (yeah i mostly play necro atm)

And yeah those rangers.. if you have found some other buttons on your keyboard than barrage button you’re so strong it’s not even funny.

Thieves not generally that great not sure if with OP stacks. s/d thieves are pretty good though, but really needs experienced guy playing it.

Good eles are also strong 1v1, near impossible to take them down while they still do enough dmg.

If something is really OP it’s burning condition followed By needlessly added torment with ridiculous stun/daze/immo/fear stacking. (omg pls kitten nerf thief steal fear to 50% duration)

All this is irrelevant though because WvW isn’t even close to any kind of balance atm.

^This is correct.

Upscaled bear Rangers.

Nick.6972:

Upscaled bear Rangers.

the correct designation is: bearbow – i would love to fire bears with my bow :d

Nick.6972:

Upscaled bear Rangers.

You mean this?
http://i.imgur.com/fydTXML.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/RByhx2D.jpg (after he chased me for 30 seconds, but I didn’t stomp)

He was even using Magic Find food.

Yeah, they’re pretty OP. Nerf please.

I think the more annoying class is P/D thief.
Anyway i’ll be really grateful if somebody can post where can i search good for solo roaming specs, especially guardian, all i dive into ase useless and i wanna have a point of reference.
Ty all.

Barrigon.8965:

I think the more annoying class is P/D thief.
Anyway i’ll be really grateful if somebody can post where can i search good for solo roaming specs, especially guardian, all i dive into ase useless and i wanna have a point of reference.
Ty all.

P/D thief is hardcountered by D/P and by any kind of elementalist. Also, depending on their utilities, Hambow can easily dispatch a P/D.

hihey.1075:

Barrigon.8965:

I think the more annoying class is P/D thief.
Anyway i’ll be really grateful if somebody can post where can i search good for solo roaming specs, especially guardian, all i dive into ase useless and i wanna have a point of reference.
Ty all.

P/D thief is hardcountered by D/P and by any kind of elementalist. Also, depending on their utilities, Hambow can easily dispatch a P/D.

In a duel, maybe. But in an open world 1v1, if there are neutral mobs (moas, warthogs, gryphons, etc.) around, then P/D isn’t really countered by D/P since they can keep C&D’ing off neutral mobs and use P/D 3 on neutral mobs for mobility.

Xillllix.3485:

Skroo.1560:

The correct answer is “all of them” because the game is perfectly balanced.

Anet when balancing: “A level 80 staff ele should be able to beat a level 20 warrior… Ok, job well done, that seems balanced”

I’m not entirely sure a staff ele in full ascended could beat a lvl 20 warrior……or a lvl 20 anything else for that matter.

What makes the best 1-1 build might well be crap for anything else. This discussion is very niche since most people don’t build strictly for 1-1 as its a small part of the game.

Stx.4857:

jalmari.3906:

Warriors and guardians are just ridiculously strong even 1v1. Definetly even more so with OP stacks.

Mesmer has always been also strong. Clones/shatter AI trashing with imbacc is just lawd???

Condinecro is just op because conditions in 1v1. Staff/scepter is so OP it should be removed until fixed. (yeah i mostly play necro atm)

And yeah those rangers.. if you have found some other buttons on your keyboard than barrage button you’re so strong it’s not even funny.

Thieves not generally that great not sure if with OP stacks. s/d thieves are pretty good though, but really needs experienced guy playing it.

Good eles are also strong 1v1, near impossible to take them down while they still do enough dmg.

If something is really OP it’s burning condition followed By needlessly added torment with ridiculous stun/daze/immo/fear stacking. (omg pls kitten nerf thief steal fear to 50% duration)

All this is irrelevant though because WvW isn’t even close to any kind of balance atm.

^This is correct.

What Guardian build is ridiculously strong? As in, give me a guardian build that an average dueling Guardian could use to beat, say, an average dueling Mesmer. I beat almost every Guardian I’ve ever fought, and I get absolutely destroyed by almost any Mesmer.

guardian is just bad at dueling, gimicky full zerk burst or fail build or tanky healing power never kill anything build

I’ve seen a lot of claims that condi mesmer and necro are best, and yes, they are incredibly difficult to kill, HOWEVER, I find my thief to be ultimate destroyer of all. It’s very difficult to hit what you can see. Then just out of no where, BOOM, 5-7k backstab, with the lowest hit on a full bunker guardian being 4,723. Then a jump skill that’s spammable and does 5-6k per hit.

I’m pretty sure a skilled tanky condi damage P/D+D/P 0/0/30/20/20 Thief with incredibly high Vigor and Regen Uptime with Perplexity Runes, has virtually no hard (and maybe even soft) counters at all. They can dispatch a PU Mesmer in a f2f fight.
Only well timed long duration stuns can put them down once Shadowstep is on CD, but good luck on that with ridiculous dodge uptime, extreme Kite potential on P/D and high uptime on blind on D/P.