Guild Wars 2

I could ask this here, or in every profession forum. I’ve been messing around with Guardian, Warrior, Elementalist and Engineer. I can’t decide who brings more to the table as pure support (maximum boon duration and healing power, spreading the love around, etc.). Surprisingly the Warrior with banner regeneration doesn’t seem too bad to me, but I still can’t decide. I don’t see too many of these types running around out in WvW. Probably because support isn’t rewarded in this game, right?

Ele was good before the heal limit nerfs. now we are just combo and siege protection kittens.

I say the guard is still prob the best

I would say ele or guardian depending on your play style, both are very good at support. Ele has more direct healing and provides a lot of boons and combo fields, guardian has a lot of boons as well, and has a lot of useful utilities.

depends on what kind of support.

Guardians produce crowd control. Split an enemy group in half. Block or stop somebody in its tracks. Bring stability, aegis and protection. And has a blast finisher with a short cooldown on its hammer. But don’t expect any heals.

Ele’s like the post above me says. Combo fields, direct healing, and more on healing boons.

Mesmers = Group mobility. Portals, Veil, Time warp. Group Speed + their AoE pull skill. And Ethereal Combo fields.

Warriors = Boon soldier. Lacks combo fields but can easily field important finishers.

Engineer = don’t know much about them but i notice them supporting with boons for mid to long range classes. I wouldn’t really put them on supporting role if your in a mobile group. But in zone defense im pretty sure they can do well.

In my experience, it will definitely be the Guardian. When traited and used properly, they can be the best support class in the game whether it be PvE or WvW (I don’t do much sPvP, sorry! ><)

A well coordinated team in WvW with an excellent support Guardian can break zergs and demoralize enemies through well placed CC. Their heals are also amazing. Nothing beats seeing your health bar all of a sudden fill up when your self-heal skill is still cooling down.

I setup my warrior with 30 in defense and tactics, in full cleric’s gear (with soldier’s runes). My banners were healing for over 300 a second on everyone, and I used shouts to help out. But . . . bah, it’s not enough. Looks like support roles don’t get kisses, they get kicked.

Mesmer or Guardian.

Mesmer, Guardian, Engineer, Necro.

I think Necro is underrated as a tank support. The amount of condition removal/transfer and the amount of heals that they can spam constantly (need to work the trait line right and you can constantly be healing) make them a really good support.

Guess I need to farm 55+ elaborate totems and ectos, again. This could take a while.