1.9k. Posted September 9, 2023 (edited) Thief imo is the best class for open world exploration and achievement farm due to Stealth, Portals, Teleports, Dash and the ability to Vault across ledges. If you want to sacrifice some of that but have easymode for combat encounters you'd go Engineer. So you want a PvE class with good sustain, ranged damage from a single weapon and easy to control. Ok, some examples: Long bow Ranger based on physical damage (condition can work with short bow but you'll have less range). Condition Mesmer with staff (is more complex to handle). Condition (or power) Renegade with shortbow. January 26, 2023 In our great class guide for Guild Wars 2 we present you the best classes for PvE and PvP for the year 2023. Which class is best for beginners? Which one do raids and fractals go with? And what classes are the current meta for the arena in Guild Wars 2? Preferred Healer in Raids. Tempest (Elementalist ESpec) - Best sustained healing (highest HPS), versatile boon support with mix of offense and defense, access to Elemental Auras for the team. Currently sees more use as a Kiter for certain Raid Bosses, works perfectly fine but isn't really preferred in many cases. 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. Cons: Slow, no access to boons. 2. Thief (Daredevil or Deadeye, depends on situation). Pros: The best passive heal in game. Free to Play / Core builds for Guild Wars 2. MetaBattle is recruiting! We are looking for experienced build admins and guide writers for Throne and Liberty.Get in touch with Galaxian#1640 on Discord if you're a good fit for the role or know someone else who is. 1. WvW roaming. Around 7-8 again. So as a measure of whether it’s diverse, the answer to me is no…and this amount is somewhat universal across all the classes not just thief. Most builds that you can make in this game are not useful, and or are so similar to one another that the diversity is considered low. Condi Herald and condi Renegade work well, but in a different way: Renegade has higher dps and specially single target damage, plus can be used both at mele and range, and has a strong bar breaking game; Herald has better sustain and mobility while in combat, but is not as great at breaking defiance bars. ItlWwu.