Guild Wars 2

I’ll get right to the point with all of this. We all know by now which skills are good and which one’s aren’t. We also know which traits are good and which ones aren’t.

List of weapon sets that is generally accepted from best to worst (more or less):
-Sword/Pistol
-Shortbow
-Dagger/Dagger
-Pistol/Dagger
-Dagger/Pistol
-Pistol/Pistol
-Sword/Dagger

Here are the generally accepted reasons why each weapon set is good or isn’t good:
Sword/Pistol
Cripple, Weakness, Daze, Blind, Immobilize, Condition Removal, Stun Breaker, Gap Closer, Stun, Channelled Evasion, Burst Damage, AOE, Combo Field Ability. Yep I think that sums it up.

Shortbow
Everyone’s secondary weapon. Unfortunately there isn’t any reason to use a secondary weapon other than the Shortbow. It’s ranged, it is completely AOE, it has a combo field and a combo finisher, it deals conditions, damage and it can kite and control. This is a flawless weapon.

Dagger/Dagger
We start running into problems at this point because you can’t successfully spec. for conditions, power and precision. You will be spread out more than you should be. However, this is still a very good weapon set. It isn’t perfect but it’s at least, currently, a contender. If someone isn’t using Sword/Pistol then they’re probably using Dagger/Dagger.

Pistol/Dagger
This set lacks damage. It’s a very good kiting set in which every skill works very well with each other, but it lacks damage. That’s really it’s only problem.

Dagger/Pistol
Once famed as the best 1v1 set. It isn’t awful but it definitely isn’t the best. The only thing saving you up close is by making yourself stationary with Black Powder. Shadow Shot is only useful for a gap closer because the blind will almost always just make the opponent miss a weak attack rather than a powerful one. It’s also very costly to get into stealth.

Pistol/Pistol
There’s no reason to use this over anything else. Every other weapon set does more than this one is capable of. There is no maneuverability and if the opponent reflects your projectiles, you’re toast. This set is just bad currently.

Sword/Dagger
This is just an awful set-up.