Guild Wars 2

I can’t say which one is best for you but after 7/26 patch here is what happen

Ele got nerfed badly, you can visit ele subforum to see how desperate ele users are right now.

Rev as mush as i love my rev the more im dissapointed in this patch, nothing really changes, buggy very unstable class atm if anet fix those bug i probably recommend you to play rev.

Thief is a decent class now, fun and challenging gameplay but rely alot on dodges, if you make one mistake it may cost your life, hard to play if you still learning or try to get back in game after a break.

Guard is what i highly recommend now cuz they got buffed quite a lot after patch, guard alway a good choice since the beginning, good team support, personal dps, survival, a bit slow with no passive 25% speed but you can have perma swiftness, low HP pool can be solved with marauder stats and this stat quite cheap to craft ( just need HoT expansion )

So yeah – Guard it is !!

First Welcome to Guild Wars 2

This is my view for you

Dungeons – they are pretty easy as long as you know what to do, they offer you tokens as a reward each time you finished a dungeon run to buy exotic rarity gear but each dungeon has it own stats on gear you will get. For example Citadel of Flame will grant you access to Berserker stats gear Power/Precision/Ferocity, dungeons gears are purely cosmetic in end game and just do dun for fun.

Fractal – End game chain dungeons with a chance to drop Ascended gear for more detail just read https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Fractals_of_the_Mists

Raid – Much easier than WoW but doesnt mean you can beat it with pug grp, need organized group and TS but you can join raid training guild to learn, alot of guild willing to teach out there.

Gear rarity
Fine (Blue) > Masterwork (Green) > Rare (Yellow) > Exotic (Orange) > Ascended (Pink) > Legendary (Purple)

Between Exotic and Ascended – Asc give 10% stats boost ( not much )
Between Ascended and Legendary – Stats are the same but Legendary stuff has glowing, shinies vfx purely cosmetic

So you can consider Ascended is endgame gear, you can get them by doing fractals, raid and crafting, World Boss.

Ascended need 500 crafting lv to make and will take about 2 months+ to craft full armor set because some ingredients are time gated (daily), or you just buy everything and craft ( cost around 700g – 800g depends ), Fractal has a chance to drop asc box and you raid to get currency then buy box from vendors. Ascended Gear can not be traded but its Account Bound not Soulbound so you can use it on every character as long as they can wear it

Heavy Armor – Warrior/Guardian/Revenant
Medium Armor – Engineer/Thief/Ranger
Light Armor – Ele/Mesmer/Necro

Exotic you can get fairly easy, dungeons, crafting ( much cheaper but still costly for new comer ), doing WvW to get Badges of Honor and buy from WvW vendor with cheap prices, buy from trading post but exotic are Soulbound so be careful once you put it on you can’t use it on other character anymore.

Legendary – Ultimate goal, massive gold sink ( 2000g ~ 3000g depends ), purely cosmetic ( very nice looking stuff ), has same stats quality as Ascended, you don’t need it just stick with Exotic/Asc.

Thief is fun, deal more dps and run faster than rev but heavily rely on dodge, squishy, one mistake can be fatal required skill to play, low hp pool, medium armor but you will have fun if you prefer more challenging gameplay.

Rev is buggy atm but playable and strong, deal less dps than thief but have a lot of survivability, good hp pool, heavy armor, elite specs glint give many useful buff included perma swiftness, easy mode gameplay.

Ascended medium armor cost more gold to make than heavy armor.

So generally : Rev.

If it comes to ranged dps no class can beat ele but thing dont work that way staff ele has major weakness – if target move outside of aoe ring = massive dps drop but in that case ele will have to use dagger/x still have very close dps compare to staff but melee.

So ranger and shatter mes might good in this as well.

Read this

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/4sduhr/which_class_should_i_play_2016/

All based on HoT cuz Druid is an elite specs give 33% passive movespeed from trait same for mes/chrono 25% passive from trait.

Ele, War, Thief are the same as b4 but Thief is the fastest from the beginning but with HoT even faster due to x3 dodge + traveling dodge.

If based on core game alone then Thief > War > the rest !!!

Hero to zero sound like war, after HoT released they just not as good as they used to anymore, lack of build versatiles, def trait is mandatory without it you lose access to Adrenal Health the one thing keeping war alive in many way, dont get me wrong war is still a very good class in PvP/WvW and PvE just need some love from dev.

If you like ele just try it worth class to play, guard and ele is a save choice to avoid too much nerf from anet. And for necro its a selfish class not many team support abilities except for Blood Magic trait but can’t ignore the fact that necr/reaper is the best when it comes to solo stuff.

you have 5 char slots just try them all, like me i dont have a main character whenever i feel bored of this tool i jump to others, don’t think too much dude !!

Assuming you have HoT purchased

True ele/temp deal the most dps in this game both aoe and single but require some skills to stay alive and very useful with many boons/heal in group. Tempest is a great specs in game.

As for mesmer – yes mes/chrono dps is not high but very fun to play and helpful in many way, can easily solo champ or any 1v1 situations due to clones, also chrono have a very good tanking build right now.

War/Berserker – gameplay are pretty much the same as b4 just more burst. For PvE anything should do but the only build can be useful in grp us PS build, for PvP/WvW there are only 1 and 1 only build keep war alive – Def trait is a must, easy class tho.

Guard/DH – can now use longbow good burst, most balance class after so many patches, remain helpful and fun in many way, good tanker in raid, good for PvE wise but no passive movespeed is still an issue.

Rev/Herald – very strong, known as “boonbot” you can have perma swiftness, fury, might, regen and protection like a mix between guard and war, fun to play but still need serious revamp and bug fix – deal more dps than war even guard,

Necro/Reaper – a monster in solo play, condi reaper is one of the best condi class in game, can solo almost anything without a sweat, very easy mode class, both power and condi build are good but ppl prefer condi due to raid also can play as tanker in raid.

Ranger/Druid – a support/healer class, not much of a monster like necro but with pet and new heal trait ( druid ) can give tons of survival, a fun class, also has 33% passive movespeed, condi druid is very strong, ranger/druid will be a good choice to get used to the game.

Thief/DD – a strong dps class with staff, tons of dodge but require skill to stay alive in PvE wise. As for PvP/WvW – one of the most annoying class in game.

Engi/Scrapper – sorry i dont have much experience with this class can’t say much except its a great class for PvP/WvW and have a strong condi build.

Welcome Back !

Good news first, there are NO major change to the game at all except classes balance which you can find out what changed yourself since you already have all class. I started about 1 year ago and til now dungeons still work the same ( but no good for gold anymore ), fractal til work the same legendaries blah blah..

Bad news, well 1.5 year is not short so if youre a fashion scrub then you probably miss a lot of nice skins and HoT might change all your knowledge about classes you have back there but no worries you will catch up.

Newest “end game” content is raid will require you to have atleast 1 class with full asc gear.

So first thing you need to do is start research and learn to play all class again ( visit classes sub forum for more detail or just ask here im sure me or someother will answer )

Then get some gold and start working on asc, try to gear up as many class as possible for multi purposes included raid and to get gold google Silverwastes, Auric Basin multi map ( this one required HoT ) – no more detail on how to farm gold

If you ever want to make legendaries consider it worth or not cuz leg stat are the same as asc, purely cosmetic for end game.

Because i dont have to sit like 10 hrs+ a day doing sw non stop to get enough loot, for AB i just wait for meta pop – kill octo and loot then i have like 1hr down time doing whatever i want or relax a bit.

Sure thing is sw are much better than AB if you have ton of time or long term farming but i still prefer AB due to my lack of playtime, beside like @Cyninja said combie both farming map will get you more loot.

“Facesmashing” – Necro/Reaper

Power build

1/ Full Valkyrie mix with some zerker Spite/SoulReaping/Reaper – Shroud FTW
2/ Full Zerker mix with some valkyrie Death/Blood or SoulReaping/Reaper + “Rise” – Mini Army FTW

Condition build

• Full Viper or Rabid/Carrion for cheaper version Death/Curses or SoulReaping/Reaper – Enjoy your god mode

I don’t PvP tho but i use marauder in Open World/ WvW/Dun/Frac except for raid cuz ppl prefer “absolute” dps stat like viper, zerker.

If anyone ever done raiding with marauder i also wanna know how good it is in there. !!

Learn to use search tool on TP, some item might have unique name but the stat is alway the same.

In your case Zhed and Exalted the different here is Zhed already have runes but Exalted is not.

There are many other style of stats but some of them have the same stat here is why.
Power/Precision/Ferocity ( Power highest ) = Berserker Stat ( Zerker )
Power/Precision/Ferocity ( Precision highest ) = Assassin Stat
Use search tool on TP just choose the stat you want and search.

As for ele since youre fresh 80 i suggest go with some deffensive stat like Knight stat ( Power/Precision/Toughness ) your probably lose a lot of dps but will keep you alive, if you are good at your skill, control then go with zerker stat which is ele main build ( meta )

Also visit some sites for more infomation about builds etc…
http://metabattle.com/wiki/MetaBattle_Wiki
http://gw2crafts.net/
http://dulfy.net/

For how to get gear just go as @Teaniel said or do some wvw get badges of honor and buy exotic gear via wvw vendor or just go with any gear cheap on TP and dont touch craft until you have more gold,

I’ll try to give you short answer

War – No more high damg, the only build viable in group play is might stack, can tank if needed in raid but Chrono, Guard can do better, outside of group, war existence hang on Def trait with AH ( the only thing keep war alive ) without Def other class just better….

Rev – Deal more dps than war, survive way more better than war but right now they are boonbot and have many bug need to be fixed, good at solo contents.

Mes – Chrono are very good at tanking with proper build, good survivability due to clones, bring many support, utility to team, mes/chrono damg is not high but able to solo very good.

For solo PvE i suggest Marauder and Zerk for team play.

The one thing i like about Marauder is this stat can use in WvW too and its a very good stat, one set for 2 game mode.

Zerker meta wall is too big its kinda hard for other stat to come in.

Based on your playstyle the 1st class come to the list is

1st – Necro/Reaper since your major attention is soloing stuff nec/reaper can give you alot of sustain damg, ton of survival and an army follow to protect you whenever you want, note that this class do not have much party support but its a monster in solo contents.

2nd – Ranger/Druid unlike necro this class can have a lot party support and druid are one of the main heal class in game, with pet take hard hit for you while you can focus on doing other stuff, this class kinda Jack of All Trades.

3rd – Mesmer/Chrono this one has very different and unique gameplay among the game, mes damg is not high, hard to play but in exchange for alot of fun, with proper setup you can take on anything in 1v1 situation, clones/phantasm can help keep aggro pretty good, a lot of party support – an utility class.

Run full Marauder = problem solved.

To be honest force yourself using the meta while you found it hard for you is really stupid ( no offense ), marauder is a perfect stat with little dps loss in exchange for ton of hp.

If you dont have HoT then repare some pcs of armor/trinkets with vital/toughness stat then switching between full zerk and vital/tough.

You playing the game not the other way !!

Hi,

You can find up to date build of all classes here http://metabattle.com/wiki/MetaBattle_Wiki

For warrior now im pretty sure “anything will work” is not an option here anymore
In fact Def/Disc/Ber all the way ( except in group play ) war kinda having hard time without def trait and with that set up you can not go wrong in solo contents, and dont think you will lose dps with that build cuz dead player do no damg.

*psh that build can also run with condi setup too……..oh and can use that in wvw too and…nvm just go for it !!

If you want guide how to play mes you better visit mesmer subforum you will find better answer there.

Out of ele and mes i will suggest

Ranger/Druid it fit everything you want above Jack of All Trades, with Druid as a healer role along with many offensive boons to team, pet, have both condi/power build, 33% PASSIVE movespeed from Druid… etc…you will have an easy time when playing this class.

Guard/DH this is a heavy class mixed between magic and physic ( oh well mostly physic ) very good team support, can tank and with DH you gain access to Longbow which can become a Ranger but without “pet”, good trap, survival but seriously lack of mobility ( not actually but it force you to trade off utilities slot or weap set for mobility ) if movespeed is not your problem then go for it.

First give us some info about your playstyle, what game mode do you prefer ? And what role you want to be ?

If we dont know these everyone will recommend their own fav classes to you which mean it might not fit you like your Engineer and will end up confusing you.

I have both and here is what i think ( PvE )

Rev can have abit more dps than us but mostly just sword all the way which is pretty boring and they got nerfed a lot recently.

About Rev healing in PvE i have to say they are much better than us.
Assuming Jalis/Glint – they have 2 emergency heal and one of it can heal up to 100% with good timing.
Jalis – Vengenful Hammers if they take Assassin’s Annihilation ( Devastation ) and Invigorating Flow ( Invocation ) just pop it and run around target my gosh the heal is insane and funny thing is the more target they hit the more heal they get, no cd, energy based ( regen pretty fast ), instant use.

Us war in other hand have AH but required us to use burst, good sustains if use with signet but outside of that we only have 1 emergency heal, right now almost all war just stick with AH and seriously i dont see why we shouldnt use AH atleast in solo play.

If we take def trait we either give up our personal dps or weapon swap cd along with passive movespeed and without AH thing might just bad for us sometime…

No barely cosmetic. !!

Hi Jonah !

Here is what i thought

Mes/Chro their damg is not high but chrono can make very good tank while provide quickness/alac to team very useful and mes able to do wvw/pvp very well, but you’re not gonna be in ranged option when you play in grp you will be forced to play melee most of the time while in team.

Ele/Temp a versatile class have highest dps in game in both Ranged ( staff ) and Melee ( dagger ), and the great thing is with proper gear tempest can heal while give ton of boons to the team, you can have 2 set for dps and support/healing purpose and few skilled ele/temp can even tank, able to play wvw/pvp very well with celes gear, ele may be costly to play but worth the effort.

I really love Mace and condi build work well in WvW and i really love mace animation but torment sucked in PvE since most mobs just standing around…

We have Lion’s Arch but there is no actual Lion in game, i think gw2 need more wild life species.

Druid damg sucked in power build but you should do fine in open world, if you want more dps then condition druid is the only way.

Rev/Herald is like a mixed version of Guard and War, medium HP pool, double healing skills and with that ventari’s tablet you have like 80% projectiles block uptime, perma swiftness, fury, protection etc feel kinda like cheating class. But rev/herald still have many many problems need to be fixed and sadly no GS.

For armor stats if you SOLO alot during your playtime i suggest go with Marauder Power/Pre/Vit/Fero this stat is very useful for many classes in game included PvE and WvW contents and beside for future reference in case you make ele/mes then marauder work like a charm on those 2 especially when it come to solo.

So you want GS ? let see.

I’m about to say War but then i saw you dislike Berserker well ok i’ll Pass ( u can alway okay vanilla war )

Then come Reaper but hey you loving it, good for you…

Then Ranger/Druid mmmhm it has 33% passive from trait, can use GS and combo GS/Staff give you great mobility, good Heal but Druid was designed for Condition/Support build, with Power build you can still deal damg but not great but you mostly play open world PvE so i think it should be fine.

Guard….nah forget it wont fit you cuz camping for perma swift is annoying but what could i say ? Guard is fantastic.

Rev/Herald….sorry this guy can’t use GS but i have everything you want included perma swiftness ( BOONBOT ). great dps with good survivability.

Yes it is possible to change stats for specialization weapons.

Im sorry to say you will be shocked cuz ele is top tier dps class in this game and engi mostly focus on condition damg, power build might equal compare to condi but ppl still prefer condi cuz of raid.

Check out this link https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/4ft01q/qt_dps_benchmarkstests_for_all_classes/

If u like engi that much it doesnt matter atleast engi still deal more damg than some other classes but require skill to play it right.

I tried Rabid and it work great, may be a bit lack of condi duration but its ok will slowly work on trailblazer.

Thanks for great build.

Are there any stat can be a good alternative instead traiblazer ? that set is really painful to craft.

That would be too COOL to be true !!!

Is it ?

Cmon Anet !!

1. Yes very worth using 4 stat armor, Marauder is one of the best stat out there you can mix with zerk gear, same for commander can turn chrono into a good tank in raid, and Viper is the best condi/power hybrid build for all class ( PvE mode ).

2. Necro, War for me but ill leave this to someone esle more experience than me with hybrid build.

3. I say Ranger/Druid very good with condi build with a lot of heal as a Druid.

Mesmer – Painful to lv and painful in HoT too, you will have to fight a lot of trash mobs at once and clones/phantasm gone after one trash mob die make use suffer a lot of pain, but very good in solo champ at HPs, very useful to help other get around.

Thief – A fun class for open world roaming but you will have to melee most of the time and that is what im not recommend in HoT, P/P has strong single target damg but mostly just spam #3, SB is very good to move around and avoid danger, a lot of dodge, squishy class., take time to master.

Ele – Has best ranged dps above all with massive AoE, squishy but unlike thief we do not have many dodge instead we have big and heavy damg AoE help us rally alot, can take down a lot of trash mob at once, will have hard time to solo champs but if there is someone else take aggro for us then you can watch champ melt, versatile build with a lot of healing, boons support for team.

Necro – A monster in PvE mode with minions, HP steal, massive HP pool ( 2 pools ) with good damg output make this class perfect for solo pve contents, you can faceroll almost anything throw at you but necro is a melee fighter with little ranged option except condi build, Axe make a fine single target ranged dps, and staff is very good for tagging stuff from distance.

If you are not certain of where Pollen Cloud is, there is one right next to the exit under Indigo tunnel during breach.

For PvE Reaper stay on top, easy gameplay, 2 HP pools mechanic with an army follow and protect you anywhere, spammable GS #2 with low HP target.

If you solo alot a strongly recommend using Marauder gear with Power/Pre/Vital/Fero, Marauder are pretty good on both Guard and Necro.

Warrior also good with GS but you will find yourself boring really fast due to lame animation compare to guard.

Mes/Chrono is somewhat weak against trash mobs but strong in 1v1 since all of our clones/phan shatter upon 1 trash mob die, well wont help much, and please dont dislike the greatsword its a great weapon for mes.

Same for DD you either kill quick or you might get killed

Don’t force yourself to play melee especialy HoT areas this only bring you more struggle in fights.

All heavy class is good for surviving at end game just pick one but i recommend either Guard or Rev.

About your playstyle i think Necro/Reaper will fit you the most, Reaper is one of the best melee fighter in this game so far.

Here is the thing since you had HoT purchased you can get easily get asc weapons through Achievements but you need to spend time and train your masteries.

For Druid you get https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Yggdrasil
For DH you get https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Ydalir
For Chrono you get https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Horologicus
For Tempest you get https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/The_North_Wind

As you can see according to this you can have staff, LB through achieve so there are no point for taking wupwup Staff or Bow.

For Ele warhorn and Mes shield they both are great and you might want to go with either Dagger for Fresh Air ele or Sword for Chrono.

And Scepter is not a great weapon anymore except for mesmer.

Its ok. thank you everyone for great answer

I think ill mix both.

Hello Friends

I just made an ele recently and now im a Tempest still pretty new to this class but i love it so far

What i want to know is are there anygood in Marauder Stats in PvE/Dun/Frac or PvE – wide ? I know Zerker is still a thing but i want to try something new.

What are you guys opinions ?

Why bother ? Troll thread.

For solo PvE i will say Ranger.

But i personaly vote for Mesmer cuz more challenging and the unlimited amount of clone/phantasm we can make help us alot more than ranger’s pet

Big question : Do you have HoT ?

If YES :

1/ Revenant/Herald ( prefer Charr if you want to look tough/scary ) fit everything you mentioned above, good in melee fight, hammer at range can be deadly, have a lot of survive skill as well as heal due to Vengenful Hammers, Herald elite specs provide you perma swiftness, fury, regen this class is perfect if you want to roaming around the world and do story line.

2/ Necromancer/Reaper by far the best melee fighter in game i’ve ever seen, have massive amount of HP ( highest in game cuz of shroud ), the blood magic offer you a lot of lifesteal for both you and your minions make you sometime like a god in battlefield, or soulreaping keep you stay in shroud for a very long time. This class also give you second choice of dps ( condition damg ) very tough in pvp and useful in raid, Necro do have range option but not as good as other but still one of the best class for roaming the world.

3/ Guardian/Dragon Hunter a versatile class, it might be slow but you can keep per swiftness up, when turn into Dragon Hunter you can use longbow which is very useful at range option the only thing that matter you would be the run speed cuz Guard has no passive run speed but like i mention above you can keep swiftness up if you know how to.

4/ Ranger/Druid this might be the best class fit you cuz of range option, pet can take aggro for you as well as damg dealing, Ranger is “Jack of All Trades” with HoT you gain access to use a staff which can provide you very good healing skills can keep you and your pets alive during toughnest situations, if you want to look tough…well ranger use medium armor you can imagine an assassin…

5/ Warrior/Berserker ( Read “NO” )

If NO :

1/ Warrior ( prefer a Charr ) core war are very powerful even after HoT released, with HoT Berserker offer you high damg in short duration but if you want full dps you have to give up passive run speed and if you want run speed you suffer dps loss. This is why core war is still good atm, for range option War can use rifle/bow but not so strong.

2/ Ranger like above, this class still a good choice whether you have HoT or not

For the rest like Thief, Mesmer, Engineer i don’t think will fit you.

OPTIONAL : Buy an outfit that looks tough

- Wings of Fire based on the Sun or Phoenix
- Jet Pack based on Asura technology
- Wings that can change it color based on Night and Day cycle
- Cyclone or Wind that cover our character while gliding
- Ley-line glider

Don’t hold back just spend it all you are not going to touch elite specs unless all base profession maxed.

Tbh it a bit time consume to get full elite specs if you are fresh from HoT cuz some HP require Masteries or if you can get someone to guide / help you fight champs ( a mesmer would be recommended ) it going to take you around 2hrs to get full elite specs.

Step Three : Wait for the next 3 months then post this or necro the thread.

Last Step : Stop complaining.

Necro/Reaper is stronger than Guard/DH in open world roaming, you can’t not be killed as long as your minions there, good class in dun/fractal/raid now due to Viper set but its condition build.

Gurad/DH is still better than Necro/Reaper in term of dps and support for dun/fractal but no passive 25% running speed force you to use runes that provide move speed or camp for swiftness buff this might cause frustrating in open world.

Engineer is hard mode condition class but you will be wanted in raid, it has conplicated gameplay but fun when you mastered it, also have high learning curve.

Ranger in other hand is easy mode but can pull out alot of condition too just not good as engi, BUT i prefer ranger because they are superb in open world content if you plan on doing open on your alt, Raner also can play healing role or condi role in raid as well if needed.

The fight is bugged in someway but it not that bad and why the hell you using scepter in that fight ? Seriously i completed that mission with my guardian/DH more easier than any other class in my family.

For the updraft there’s alway an updraft at our allies shielding ( braham’s blue dome ) location, if you don’t know where are those draft at just run to braham, there is alway a draft at him.

I had the same problem in the first time i do that quest too on my rev, the updraft phase caused me a bit trouble but then i found a way to avoid rocks etc everything much easier.

For Guardian – This class now can dish out very large amount of damg and Dragon Hunter is one of the best range specs in game, good at everything except you have to trade some utility skills or stats for 25% movespeed increase or running slow like a turtle, fun gameplay, nice skill animation, low HP pool but alot of healing.

For Warrior – This class once was top in PvE general but not anymore after HoT, Berserker can deal massive damg in short duration, nice CC break, but overall this elite specs is not so amazing, can use various weapon but same as guardian you either trade off some dps for 25% movespeed or running slow with full dps.

For Revenant – This class is new and in a bad state atm but it alway happen to something new they need time to fix. So far Rev is good in general PvE, Raid, Dungeon due to their elite specs Herald consider one of best specs in game, it provide you perma swiftness ( 33% movespeed ), fury ( 40% crit chance on rev only ), ton of support, buff.
Revenant stand between Guardian and Warrior, can dish out massive dps while having nice support to team, but we don’t have many weapons to use like war, fun gameplay, good healing.