Inkcharm.2541 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 It has been ages since I've placed GW2... roughly two years, I believe, since I logged on, and factually it's been even longer since I actively played.I have the core game from way back when, no expansions. I levelled an elementalist and a guardian to 80, and a necromancer to 50. Toyed around with several other classes, too.Now a friend wants to try out the game, never having played it before. She's looking into potentially playing a guardian, and I'm thinking of what to play with her. Another elementalist could be fun and comfortable to get back into the game with.What are other good two player combos? How viable are necromancers, engineers, rangers and mesmers these days?Mainly looking for PvE content here. Something viable throughout the levels, perhaps even endgame content - no idea how long we'll play, but it's good to have that option open, I believe. Who knows, if we have all the fun, we might even buy the expansions. Any recommendations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goettel.4389 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 TBH I don't really have a specific recommendation and I doubt there's a combo that would really suck. So my advice would be: make sure your friend picks a class she'll probably like and don't worry too much about class synergy, it'll be there, and if it isn't, you'll have plenty of build options to rectify. Have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quam.7218 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 ^ This.Play the classes You want and if You find them fun You will find out different skill combos like fields and finishers etc.Also every profession is viable if You are not doing raid/fractal speedruns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dezember.1295 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 This is one of the great parts about GW2, in my opinion. All professions have synergy with each other. There are not really any "bad" duos, especially in (non hardcore) PvE content. All I can recommend is that both you and her pick a profession each that you enjoy! As for your other question regarding engineers, rangers, mesmers and necromancers - to my knowledge all of them are in fairly good positions. In fractals all professions have at least one build that is considered viable - some more than others obviously, but all professions have their pros and cons.As far as I am concerned, rangers, necromancers and engineers have loads of viable builds with both elite specializations and even some core builds being viable - so you can pick and choose rather freely. As for mesmer, I cant really tell you much since I dont know much about them (anymore) in PvE. Have not played one since launch :) Happy hunting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartyr.6795 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 I main ranger, and I’ve found that thieves, and other rangers feel like good duos.The only profession I feel like isn’t a great duo is Mesmer. I love it, but with the stealth’s and teleports and general trickery it uses to survive, it feels like a solo class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sokeenoppa.5384 Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 If you like wvw roaming, reaper/auramancer Compo is STILL very good for roaming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezrael.6859 Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Scourge and Mirage both condi spec, tank and damage, low risk high reward, both very forgiving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixxit.9185 Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 The worst interaction that happens is if one of you plays a character that relies on condition fields, and the other one plays a character that likes to knock enemies around (out of the conditions (F***ing Rangers)). If you avoid this one SNAFU, you should be good with anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerJoker.9081 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I really like the necromancer elementalist combo... Lots of aoe and necromancer slows down the mobs, so they won't run out of your aoes. Also works with a niche ranger build and ele. Ranger with an immob and cripple focused build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urud.4925 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I didn't play all the classes, and I'm not a veteran, so I can't really suggest anything in particular. Combo fields are not exclusive of few classes, so you should be able to find some sinergy with all of them (if in doubt, you can check some build editor. But that's some plus that comes after, for the core game it's not that important imho.The only thing that I find annoying is when I play a melee class and some mesmer (with greatsword 5) or ranger (bow 4) move my target away. While I find very useful to have a melee class when I play the elementalist, so that I don't waste my fire field/AoE. But again, it's just a plus, not a requirement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vagrant.7206 Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 A few classes I've noticed synergize well:Engineer + ThiefNecro + GuardianMesmer + Ele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sokeenoppa.5384 Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 @Vagrant.7206 said:A few classes I've noticed synergize well:Engineer + ThiefNecro + GuardianMesmer + EleI think ele (tempest) goes better with necro (reaper) coz of chill bleeds, and ele gives necro lots of more chill. Tough with scourge fb is better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abelsgmx.7530 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 @Inkcharm.2541 said:It has been ages since I've placed GW2... roughly two years, I believe, since I logged on, and factually it's been even longer since I actively played.I have the core game from way back when, no expansions. I levelled an elementalist and a guardian to 80, and a necromancer to 50. Toyed around with several other classes, too.Now a friend wants to try out the game, never having played it before. She's looking into potentially playing a guardian, and I'm thinking of what to play with her. Another elementalist could be fun and comfortable to get back into the game with.What are other good two player combos? How viable are necromancers, engineers, rangers and mesmers these days?Mainly looking for PvE content here. Something viable throughout the levels, perhaps even endgame content - no idea how long we'll play, but it's good to have that option open, I believe. Who knows, if we have all the fun, we might even buy the expansions. Any recommendations?You can solo combo, with Guardian (no elite specilization) can have acces to Light combos and finishers but just for cleanese.Edit: Thieves can trigger poison combos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sokeenoppa.5384 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 @abelsgmx.7530 said:@Inkcharm.2541 said:It has been ages since I've placed GW2... roughly two years, I believe, since I logged on, and factually it's been even longer since I actively played.I have the core game from way back when, no expansions. I levelled an elementalist and a guardian to 80, and a necromancer to 50. Toyed around with several other classes, too.Now a friend wants to try out the game, never having played it before. She's looking into potentially playing a guardian, and I'm thinking of what to play with her. Another elementalist could be fun and comfortable to get back into the game with.What are other good two player combos? How viable are necromancers, engineers, rangers and mesmers these days?Mainly looking for PvE content here. Something viable throughout the levels, perhaps even endgame content - no idea how long we'll play, but it's good to have that option open, I believe. Who knows, if we have all the fun, we might even buy the expansions. Any recommendations?You can solo combo, with Guardian (no elite specilization) can have acces to Light combos and finishers but just for cleanese.Edit: Thieves can trigger poison combosYou are two years late mate :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zawn.9647 Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 any OP class in duo will be good...Condi Thief / Holo / Tactics Warrior / Condi Mirageyou can mix and match 2 of any of these and it will most likely win you games :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westenev.5289 Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Firebrand and Renegade - both are booning elite specs that provide what the other lacks (mainly Quickness and Alacrity, respectively). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sobx.1758 Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Great necroing, guys. Now go 2 years into the past and maybe OP will still read what you wrote. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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