Your Favorite Partner?
I would say my favorite partner is the s/d thief in my guild. We have some pretty awesome synergy and we 2v4 other gank squads in wvw quite constantly. We are both pretty hard to kill as well so that works out
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d/p thief + staff/gs mesmer , rly gotta love coordinated bursts
I’ve always found that it tends to be the give/take that makes a team really work.
With your ranger at my back, I can leap into the middle of a fight with CI Staff Mesmer as if I’m some deranged warrior and go absolutely ham. I can do my thing and anytime I’m caught offguard or flanked/outnumbered you simple thin the swarm with a barrage of arrows. That Melee/ranged dynamic duo (er.. Trio if we include the pet. Sextet if we include the clones. Giggity) we have is fantastic.
I also love staff ele/ lockdown Mesmer. I swear I will guard the hell out of a staff ele and immobilizing enemies in their AoEs? Plus all the combo fields!? Sign me up.
Someone be my staff ele. =[
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Another DPS class. I love thief a lot (dp pref. sd is great but dp has better synergy with us) as well as DPS medi guard.
Anyone who doesnt die on inc.
Honestly, player skill I love, don’t care of the class.
So rare, so precious
For me my partner is a d/d thief. He doesn’t use that much stealth so the focus isn’t always on me.
That and we both have multiples of our favourite classes so we often play two zones either both human or both asura.
Oh and engi I love engi’s though my friend has a habit of laughing at my lack of speed when we are just running around the map.
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Warrior, Guardian, or Necro. I find having something with good sustain compliments my torment bombing numerous enemies.
In order..
Thief (a smart and decent one)
Second Mesmer (non-PU)
Guardian ( a smart one, not these Medi soft spikes)
Engineer (lots of CC or maybe even a turret troll)
Elementalists – (D/D seems to be the only type these days but at least it offers some Heals and condition help)
After that we’re into much less preferred and yet still in order
Warriors – out for themselves and dont offer much in the way of help beyond meat sponge / hope i dont get spotted
Rangers – Another selfish class, maybe ok for back up DPS to my own Bursts but they aren’t going to hold any ones attention away from me
Necros – Just a wobbling damage sponge or a wobbling DPS/half glass damage sponge. They’re usually ignored until the more dangerous professions are removed (IE Mesmers) which means I often just get focused more.. not a good buddy to have.
“Gw2, It’s still on the Table!” – Anet
I can work biz with anyone, but I’ve always preferred a good Thief. Just something brutally awesome about the two “misdirection/sneaky” classes teaming up to smack hell out of folks.
Other 80s: Any but Warrior
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In order..
Thief (a smart and decent one)
Second Mesmer (non-PU)
Guardian ( a smart one, not these Medi soft spikes)
Engineer (lots of CC or maybe even a turret troll)
Elementalists – (D/D seems to be the only type these days but at least it offers some Heals and condition help)After that we’re into much less preferred and yet still in order
Warriors – out for themselves and dont offer much in the way of help beyond meat sponge / hope i dont get spotted
Rangers – Another selfish class, maybe ok for back up DPS to my own Bursts but they aren’t going to hold any ones attention away from me
Necros – Just a wobbling damage sponge or a wobbling DPS/half glass damage sponge. They’re usually ignored until the more dangerous professions are removed (IE Mesmers) which means I often just get focused more.. not a good buddy to have.
What do you mean by selfish class?
wvw: Thief hands down.
pvp: Celes Guardian
offers little to no Boon support or healing, limited to 0 CC.
Yes a Ranger can run a full spirit build as a support but i wouldn’t want to be partnered up with one of those on my Mesmer either.
“Gw2, It’s still on the Table!” – Anet
Rangers have a ton of CC! Mine runs with a 20-second cool down immobilize, Entangle every 48 seconds, a knock back on a really short cool down, spider immobilizes randomly AND when I want it too, wolf has a random knockdown and on-demand fear.
I think the amount of long-lasting immobilizes a Ranger can bring is a perfect counter to Classes with stability that give Mesmers trouble. That includes other rangers. I feel like if I know a ranger is going to peel for me, I feel way safer than I would with a thief.
It depends on the spec I’m running.
CI Lockdown
Best partner is a thief or a ranger with immobs. Anytime you’re running dps, Thief is going to be a devastating combo. People tend to really panic when they see mesmer/thief combo and for good reason… Rangers help to further lock down enemies. The fight quickly becomes too overwhelming for them if they continue to be interrupted.
Condition Specs
Engineer is always fun teaming with due to their high amount of CC, which allows the conditions to quickly eat away at enemies. Also, with so much AI in the way of turrets and clones, it becomes a congested on-point battle for the enemy.
“The jealous are troublesome to others, but certainly a torment to themselves.”
My favorite 2 man Wvw roaming duo has always been mesmer/thief. Preferably a Tanky PU mesmer with a close to glass cannon backstab thief. I tank, he spanks. -Priest of Lyssa
Interesting, Being a Mesmer i’d have to say overall some good Mesmers then Thieves by my side if were in a group roaming. But PvP style, i’d probably prefer a cele dd ele, ive had some really good eles pick right up on my shatters. Then i get their nice healing to keep me goin ^^ ty eles. But if I’m ele i prefer to play S/F, what goes better with an ele than another ele as your working in fire they blasting with earth skills and rotation between you two harmonizes its incredible. hopefully haha
a year ago i would’ve said gaurdian either way, but why fight along someone who is just supporting, when you could have your partner doing both high DPS and supporting all in one.
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