There is no way a Firebrand can survive the damage of 2 decent players for long, sooner or later he runs out of defense skills and healing. Scrapper andTempest are much more flexible, but share the weakness of all Minstrel builds, they can't fight back. If you want a good tank build for solo roaming, then Celestial is much better than Minstrel. This, basically. As others have said, GW2 isn't balanced around 1v1's. It doesn't really matter what build/profession you choose there will always be other builds/professions that give you a very hard time. Over all, I'd say Mesmers, Thieves, Necromancers and Rangers are best suited for 1v1's but that doesn't mean the remaining professions are PVP Guild Wars 2 Class Recommendation. When you enter a battle, you have two options beforehand, whether to choose a build with high damage or a build that can withstand heavy damage. Thief with a gun or dagger only counts as pure damage. This is a mandatory meta to be successful in PvP. Revenant for the legend Shiro and the spell breaker from Its DPS output makes it clearly weaker than axes (to which you still can swap to anyway), but its mobility and AoE abilities make it an amazing weapon for fast-paced content, such as the ones you mentioned. 1. AsimovLiu. • 1 yr. ago. Best greatsword spec is the one with the skills you like the most. PvP Builds. PvP builds for Guild Wars 2. A wide variety of meta, great and good GW2 builds and guides for all classes. Meta = most common and highest performing builds especially in tournament play. Great = top tier builds you'll often encounter in ranked, these builds have a good chance of becoming meta in the future. The Rifle Deadeye is a Roamer thief PvP build that puts out tons of burst damage to single targets with the rifle and cantrips to gain stealth for the Death’s Judgment. While it is very mobile, it is mostly projectiles which can be countered by line-of-sight and reflects. Use Kneeling Rifle 4 to create a Sniper’s Cover, walking into this Warrior is a dead class in PVP. Hello, Just a little bit about myself. I have been playing GW2 since launch (PVP exclusively) and main Warrior and Necro. I would call myself a top-tier player back then because I studied the other classes and what their strengths and weaknesses were. Also, while fighting them in PVP I was trying to predict their Members. 129. Posted November 10, 2021. Elementalist gets several benefits from condition damage and a lot of the skills are balanced around their condition damage output, especially for sword weaver. With that said, you usually want to roll with something hybrid. Personally, I like the hardstuck pvp build, it has a few tips as well. Targeted Port – Avoid stomping thieves because their downed state port can move them out of a stomp easily. Only a port can secure the stomp. However, their downed bodies are very easy to cleave because they are low health and armor. Stealth – After 8 seconds a thief can stealth. RANDOMLY! And picking a class that can kill no matter what you face is impossible. You may play a Mesmer that can get past a Warrior's armor and dish out damage a Monk can't heal. However, if you face an Assassin that reaches you before you can cast and uses SPELLS instead of melee to kill you. 0UE4.