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personally, i found the alchemist engineer as one of the best, with runes of altruism and the water.
The utility skills are exactly the same as by Rozbuska.5263’s build, but the basic weapons and the traits are other.
Basic weapons: Pistol and shield. Nothing fancy, nothing left standing.
Elite Skill: Elixir X (used for aggresive negotiation, or to finish it)
Runes:4 Superior altruism and 2 water(pirmary objective: boon duration)
Traits:
30 -Alcehmy – Fast acting elxir, cleaning formula and HGH
30 – Tools: speedy kits(endless swiftness even with 1 kit), -33% crippled/immob/chilled, and adrenal implant (50% faster endurance regen)
and the last 10 points are Optional:
10 Explosives with acidic elixirs – so the thrown elixirs will cleanse and buff allies AND damage foes as well removing a boon from them
or
10 Inventions with stabilized armor (less dmg taken while stunned/kd)
or -10 on inventions and 20 on firearms so you can take a flamethrower INTSEAD of the elixir gun…. but basicly the EG is the best and 30 tools
Gear: Personally, i use the givers gear and accesorries, proritizing boon duration. Secondary: Toughness, healing power and vitality.
It is obvious that the point of the build is first of all the endurance and support.
-elixirs removes conditions, some of the transform them into boons
-boons last longer and you will always have one or more
-elixirs buffs allies…..of course, thats the heart of support. Mainly this means might. But with the transforming condition you can practically give any boon to your allies (and yourself
-Control. Thats why the elixir gun is the best: slows the enemy, weakins it, bleeds, poisons, makes vulnerable.
-Disadvantage: Tossing skils are ground targeted skills…..else lack of spike dmg
-Elixir X as its an elixir, it also gives 2 stacks of might. (and removes a condition if teher is one)Drinking Elixir H, B ,C, X grants a total of 11 (3 from healing becasue altruism runes)stack of might plus those which you received from the tossed elixirs. At this point, things will going nasty. Regardless of which form you will get, you’ll hit hard, while got stability and most of the buffs…..(retallation+protection…….+stability), means if you dont get debuffed…well…u gonna cause a pretty mayhem
Counters:
Mesmers and necromancers and bonn thieves.
Mesmers with the Nullifiaction field will remove all boons, you better get off that field fast and rebuff urself.
Necromancer with well of corruption.
Simply jump out fast of the field (acid bomb is the best, also spares endurance)
Corrupt boons shouldnt disturb you, as elixir c will convert all conditions into boons(so use it wisely).
As the traits will ultimately help by survival (endurance regen is insane if you get vigor and kepp using toolbelt skills), with the stacks of might and control of conditions you will also be able to deal some damage but remember that the primary role is support.
My first lvl 80 was Engineer. As with him, so with the thief: rely on control: Blind, Cripple, and Weakness OR kill faster. Problem is, ofc ourse, that especially later, long condition durations keeps you in combat so u cannot regenerate. Mostly depends on playstyle but shortbow is strongly recommended for…ehhem…“crowd control” (AoE dmg + condition) or against single targets: dual pistols. Melee weapon well…I prefer sword+pistol (Infiltrators Strike + Pistol Whip, the firt one is also handy because breaks stun and cures condition upon reactivation, plus shadowstepand immob.), but also seen p/d combined with d/p build put on condition damage(bleed). I played Warrior in GW1….but here I dont like it (along with the Paladin.oo sry Guardian). Simply. Too. Easy. Tons of armor and passive regens/blocks….I’m not judgemental there is no challange playing those chars…(played both warrior and guardian until ~lvl40, built offtank spec…) Thats my point of view, I dont want to hold back any1 from playing as a Warrior or Guardian.
But what I really like to play as an….well we can say off-support is the Blood Magic (or also called Vampire) Necro. d/d and staff, draining health from enemies to restore mine and/or for my allies. (also funny for the primary downed skill of the necro)
I’ve never played a thief but my friend got one to Lv.30+ and he told me it was hard to level since you take a lot more damage than say warrior/guardian. So it’s also the class has medium armor and depending on your build will be trickier to play. Heck, I find it hard to solo group events on my 3k+ armor guardian. So if you pull that off with thief that’s even more of an accomplishment
Good luck!
Thief was mY first I leveled to 80, It’s fast to level but did die more than the other classes I’ve leveled.
Guardian rarely died and good skills especially greatsword.
Mesmer, slow to level but was using the staff, glad I did as now at 80 with loads of condition damage it’s great.
Leveling a warrior atm, feels like you’re playing a godess although it struggles sometimes on the tougher mobs due to the cd lengths (using hammer). Which is only lvl 25 atm.