they have builds listed and both their benchmarks and difficulty level. the best power dps options currently as the one with the highest damage are catalyst, bladesworn, untamed, (bugged) vindicator, deadeye, weaver and spellbreaker. A little lower but viable are virtuoso, soulbeast (that excels in certain fights) and holosmith. Weapons do matter but for open world it's not as important. As for good beginner classes Warrior, Ranger and Guardian are great picks. Necromancer is an easy class but it teaches bad habits because it's so tanky it tells you AoE isn't as dangerous as it actually is. Necromancer is a safe class to boost once you get the hang of the game though. Revenant would probably be a better third class for that list, thanks to exceptionally high passive healing (mostly from battle scars, but retribution and herald traits contribute as well) and lots of traits that reduce incoming damage and grant defensive boons. 5. QtNFluffyBacon • • 2 yr. ago. Guardians, Necromancers (especially Scourges) make the better WvW group classes. If you're solo you want escapes, damage, and some sustain. Thieves and mesmers make the best roaming classes. But honestly if you have the gear and the build a lot of things are viable. Meanwhile, for Spvp it depends what you want to do. Staff is a weapon focused on condition damage (DOT). It also has use as a hybrid buff build when used with the Mirage spec. Necromancer staff is based entirely on placing AoE traps. It's an oddball weapon that does mediocre support and damage, but has uses in PvP modes where area denial is more important. Such_Ad_8159. What class has the best PvE DPS. in raids: depends on the encounter and on YOU. players do dps in gw2, not classes. if you can't play it, you will be way way way below the benchmark. with way below benchmark i don't mean like only 10% lower, but 35% and more. as an example on myself: i was pretty experienced in raids and took my time off the Ek7y. Staff is a weapon focused on condition damage (DOT). It also has use as a hybrid buff build when used with the Mirage spec. Necromancer staff is based entirely on placing AoE traps. It's an oddball weapon that does mediocre support and damage, but has uses in PvP modes where area denial is more important. Such_Ad_8159. Self root is fine, self root where you spend 2-3 seconds to build a swing and then get 0 damage at all isn'tand that's way too common on a lot of fights. It's a fun class when it works, but more often than not the game's mechanics don't allow it to. Try watching Lord Hizen's videos and choose your class, because all of them can do everything solo, but some classes are very well designed to play solo: 1. Necromancer, mainly Scourge. Pros: The best survivability due to huge amount of barriers. Easy to play, no skill rotation. You can boost your passive healing by using runes of tormenting.

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