Gondie.5201 Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 I prefer to play a support role in MMOs usually but really enjoy damage over time and healing over time effects. Is there any specific profession in Guild Wars 2 that has both of these? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jukhy.2431 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Hybrid healer/dps builds work well as secondary healers and I'd say the best ones for this purpose are necromancer (scourge) and thief (specter). In raids and other endgame activities primary healer's main role is to keep buffs up and secondary role is to heal. Guardian, elementalist and also ranger (druid) work well as more pure healer/support role. Personally I love the scourge since it can do decent damage while giving lots of barrier, some regen, very fast ressing and might to your group. Thief's specter healer support spec is also easy to work with switching between more healing or dps depending on the need, especially when using celestial (all stats) gear. You can find common builds for different roles at the MetaBattle wiki page: https://metabattle.com/wiki/MetaBattle_Wiki 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gondie.5201 Posted September 12, 2022 Author Share Posted September 12, 2022 Ill have to try Necro or Thief then, both sound great really! I appreciate the information and link! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuks.8241 Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 Most if not all classes can build for dots. See condi (condition) builds. Healing is generally always a combination of small sustain healing (hots) and big burst skills or preventive abilities. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gondie.5201 Posted September 13, 2022 Author Share Posted September 13, 2022 That is nice that all classes have a bit of each, I was mainly looking if any class/profession specializes into dots or hots specifically. I did take a look at druid and it looks pretty neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaltyn of Torbins Deep.294 Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 11 hours ago, Gondie.5201 said: That is nice that all classes have a bit of each, I was mainly looking if any class/profession specializes into dots or hots specifically. I did take a look at druid and it looks pretty neat. That's one of the features with GW2, you can successfully run a condi DPS or power DPS build on just about every profession and elite spec. I would say that Scourge is probably the one that is the most biased towards one over the other, but there are power builds for it too. And it is the same for healing builds, there is one out there for just about everyone. There is even a heal build for warrior. Clearly, most classes are better at healing than heal shout warrior, but it does exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warscythes.9307 Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Any condition damage can specialize in dot so I am not going to talk about. In terms of hot I would say heal alacrity tempest due to soothing mist. Every healer applies regen but soothing mist if heal ele specific and you can trait to boost it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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