Guild Wars 2

Which do u think is more powerful? Which is more viable? Explain…

Needs context. Are we talking hotjoins/yoloQ, team queue, or high-level competitive tournaments? Also, skill level of opponents is important. Both are viable and strong, however the relative strength depends on where you are using them.

A well played MM is one of the strongest 1v1 builds out there, and I would argue the strongest 2v2 build with a proper partner. It is very self-sufficient, and has a pretty strong mix of everything. This makes them amazing home-point bunkers, and depending on their build and the map, you can often rotate them to bunker mid after that initial big fight has occurred and things start splitting off. However, once they start getting in fights that are 3v3 or larger, they get less and less effective as there is going to be a lot more residual AoE hitting the minions. This basically forces an MM to always fight 2v2, 2v1, or 1v1, or they really aren’t reaching max usefulness. Paired with fairly low mobility, this generally forces them to just sit on one point and hope the enemy doesn’t send more than 2.

On the other hand, condi Necro is the exact opposite. It really isn’t a strong 1v1 build (although it has good 1v1 matchups), and in fact will get absolutely wasted by a lot of builds in the current meta 1v1. However, 3v3 and larger fights are where the build shines, as it is entirely possible for a condi Necro to wipe an entire team-fight solely with their own DPS, if allowed to. The main problem with this build is a massive lack of mobility, and essentially no defense besides conditions and an HP pool. You rely entirely on your team to defend you.

Basically, MMs are great solo builds. SoloQ, hotjoins, and even team queues, just find as many small fights as you can and you will come out on top because you should win every one if you play well. However, there have literally never been MMs in the highest level tournaments for a reason.

Condi builds, on the other hand, are really weak in soloQ and hotjoins because everyone knows to focus the Necro, and your team will not offer you the protection you need. You can make it work, but it will be very hard. However, a condi Necro is still really strong in the highest level tournaments because you will have voice coms with your team, and they will protect you, allowing you to output the highest AoE DPS in tPvP.

In 1 vs 1 MM is very strong with some really good burst damage and a moderately effective syphon if you trait for it. The single target DPS of the MM is great with minions but it, along with all forms of survivability fall off as soon as the minions start going down. Condition necro can melt people who aren’t prepared for anything but raw damage if the necro knows how to time the skills. Cond necros big weakness is only one damage source with more than one hard counters running around and also the long cool downs. A general purpose build meant to shut single targets down I would say MM. If the cond necro knows what he is about to fight, I think has the potential to be more effective, but to an MM it doesn’t matter as much. That’s just my opinion based off of my own experiences.

Can you guys post a basic MM build? Would love to try one! (For sPVP)

20/0/30/20, II+IX/0/III+X+XI/VI+VII/0

Axe/Focus Dagger/Warhorn with Force/Leeching Bloodlust/Leeching

Soldier Amulet/Jewel 6x Lyssa runes

Consume Conditions, Bone Minions, Bone Fiend, Flesh Wurm, Flesh Golem