Best CC for group play?

[Banjax.6573]

What class has the best CC spam out there? Asking for a friend🙂

[Kate.3679]

immob

[ASP.8093]

In zergs, it's definitely Chrono, but it has near-zero DPS so you may be able to contribute more to the team by bringing Herald or Scourge instead.

In roaming, Harbinger has some of the best ability to both deliver CC and capitalize on it (and some potential to counterplay Stability using boon corruption). If you just want to be a CC spammer in a small group and rely on your teammates to help you finish kills quickly, consider Druid or Spellbreaker perhaps.

[Svarty.8019]

20 minutes ago, Ruru.1302 said:

immob

Moa

[Banjax.6573]

what is "Moa"? sorry, newly returned to the game

[Custodio.6134]

30 minutes ago, ASP.8093 said:

In zergs, it's definitely Chrono, but it has near-zero DPS so you may be able to contribute more to the team by bringing Herald or Scourge instead.

In roaming, Harbinger has some of the best ability to both deliver CC and capitalize on it (and some potential to counterplay Stability using boon corruption). If you just want to be a CC spammer in a small group and rely on your teammates to help you finish kills quickly, consider Druid or Spellbreaker perhaps.

i think you severely underestimate zerg-support-chrono. yes, it has near zero DPS, but that´s not the task a chrono has in a zerg setup. 

aside from the insanely good CC (focus-pull, Double Gravity-Well) Chrono does MASSIVE Boonstrip. A well played Chrono will completely out-strip any scourge. you don´t need any DPS on chrono, since it´s the utility chrono provides is what counts (boonstrip, Pulls, Gravity Well, veil, Portal, Illusion of Life). Especially the boonstrip is way more valuable than any kind of DPS. The damage increase your allies will get (because the enemy will get stripped of stability, protection and aegis) outweighs that loss of DPS on a single mesmer (and to be fair, the DPS a Mesmer theoretically could do in a zerg is not that high to begin with)

 

4 minutes ago, Banjax.6573 said:

what is "Moa"? sorry, newly returned to the game

Signet of Humility (Elite signet for mesmer), which turns the target into a Moa for 6 seconds. Nice for trolling enemy commanders, but that´s it. Gravity Well is 1000x better

Edited June 7, 2022 by Custodio.6134

[ASP.8093]

6 minutes ago, Custodio.6134 said:

i think you severely underestimate zerg-support-chrono. yes, it has near zero DPS, but that´s not the task a chrono has in a zerg setup. 

aside from the insanely good CC (focus-pull, Double Gravity-Well) Chrono does MASSIVE Boonstrip. A well played Chrono will completely out-strip any scourge. you don´t need any DPS on chrono, since it´s the utility chrono provides is what counts (boonstrip, Pulls, Gravity Well, veil, Portal, Illusion of Life). Especially the boonstrip is way more valuable than any kind of DPS. The damage increase your allies will get (because the enemy will get stripped of stability, protection and aegis) outweighs that loss of DPS on a single mesmer (and to be fair, the DPS a Mesmer theoretically could do in a zerg is not that high to begin with)

That stuff is really valuable but it's a niche role for 1-3 people in a large group. One of whom is usually the driver.

Also, Veil and Illusion of Life are both pretty spotty.

[Dahkeus.8243]

8 minutes ago, Custodio.6134 said:

i think you severely underestimate zerg-support-chrono. yes, it has near zero DPS, but that´s not the task a chrono has in a zerg setup. 

aside from the insanely good CC (focus-pull, Double Gravity-Well) Chrono does MASSIVE Boonstrip. A well played Chrono will completely out-strip any scourge. you don´t need any DPS on chrono, since it´s the utility chrono provides is what counts (boonstrip, Pulls, Gravity Well, veil, Portal, Illusion of Life). Especially the boonstrip is way more valuable than any kind of DPS. The damage increase your allies will get (because the enemy will get stripped of stability, protection and aegis) outweighs that loss of DPS on a single mesmer (and to be fair, the DPS a Mesmer theoretically could do in a zerg is not that high to begin with)

 

Signet of Humility (Elite signet for mesmer), which turns the target into a Moa for 6 seconds. Nice for trolling enemy commanders, but that´s it. Gravity Well is 1000x better

Best answer right here.  A good chrono that can boon strip and gravity well in the right spot can make a huge difference in large scale fights.  Focus pulls to yank enemies off walls can also be amazing.