Every Core Class in Guild Wars 2 EXPLAINED in Under 90 Seconds! 

Do note that "easy to play" does not translate into "low skill cap" in Guild Wars 2. Classes like warrior, ranger and guardian are easy to pick up, but seasoned players can 'cheat' fight mechanics with timing and correct skill chains, without sacrificing damage. Overall, they're more timing-focused than the caster classes, who emphasize skill order. If we're talking maximum efficiency and ability, there are NO easy classes in Guild Wars 2.

Appreciate all this and everything you've shared, I look forward to taking this information and adapting it to my game play. Thank you

For those whos afraid of picking elementalist, there is several builds right there that makes the class really esasy to pick up. Like fresh air, basically you wont be touching the other attunements because your critical hits make your lighting element reset, so you can keep spamming lighting all the way :)

started playing a long time ago after playing GW1, but didn't actively play until 2 weeks ago. Bounced around a lot, but currently leveling a necro, mid 60's currently. Other love is the Mesmer, necro is just so much more forgiving. Ty for the videos, they help a ton

I've been playing for about three weeks now and your videos have been a huge help to me thank you my man.

Playing for about 3 days. Your vids are amazing and have been super helpful!!!!

Thank you for the video! I just have been returning to gw2 and have been figuring out what classes i like. I created my first character 9 years ago now, but i dropped the game shortly after the fall of Lions Arch. At the time I played a Norn Ranger, which was a great intro to the game and allowed me to play solo even though i had no idea what i was doing. Then i returned after 2-3 years and created my Sylvari Mesmer.. this is when i got OBSESSED with gw2. I played through all the expansions, cried during the story, and got really into chronomancer builds and group map and world boss events. I sadly dropped it again because my computer broke and I was starting a new job in a new city... but my icon in some social media is still of my mesmer. And now im back with a human revenant and sylvari necromancer (though i return to my mesmer often). I cant leave this game forever, and so happy that it still has such an active community. Ive gotten my FFXIV friends to try it out and get into it. They introduced me into high tier play there, and now we are learning together in GW2. Ill send this vid their way when they start asking about classes.

Been playing on and off since release, every time I feel like coming back I watch videos like this one to see what's doing well and refresh my memory.

I disagree with Mesmer as "medium" difficulty -- it's a challenging difficulty since it's a class unique to Guild Wars, not a lot of players will be familiar how to play that profession. As for Ele-MENTAL-ist -- you have to be mental to play this profession -- it's in the name. Tagging it as "challenging" is putting it lightly. Great video as usual.

Good music choice during necro ! thanks useful information !

Love the video! Very concise yet sufficient introduction to the feels and style of each class. Personally, I love the elementalist, it is one of the most fun and rewarding mage gameplays ever. However, if it were up to me I’d have to put the difficulty as a bit easier than the Mesmer. The clone mechanics of sticking only to one enemy makes clones die out too quickly to protect you, whereas for the Elementalist you have more adaptability and AoE damage to survive any situation. Maybe I just haven’t played Mesmer long enough to be skilled, but I like the Elementalist a lot more.

Great vid! You just convinced me to give GW2 another go. Oh by the way, when you mention Mesmer in the video you said 'Medium Armor'.

Thanks this was useful. I played on release for a month or two, and maybe 3/4 years ago played for another week or so, but not since. Played GW1 a lot back in the day, played a lot of WoW from vanilla to cata, recently picked that back up and having a blast in dragonflight. BUT, have an itch in the back of my mind to give GW2 another go for a while, so this video was useful as i literally remember nothing!

was searching for an advice like this. ty

I've been playing since the 2nd to last Betas. Love the game. I remember seeing the showcasing for the Guardian, and I was like "that's it, that's my profession", and It's still my main xD

Another great video! I have a few 80s but I think I want to start fresh after my 6 year break.

never played it but highly interested to play it!!! ur video sure help encouraging me to try the game

thank you for this video! i honestly have had this game and all expansions but rarely play. been trying out all the classes except guardian (need to try that) and find i love thief, mesmer, and necro the most but still unsure of if i want to stick with any of them as a main class yet. i never really stay on this game for very long as i dont really know what the story is but the class mechanics and combat and other things keep me coming back wanting to give it another shot.

Medium armor Mesmer you say? 😏 Great work as always thou!

Finally someone who says like and subscribe mid video. You make some good content dude, ill gladly follow now that you convinced me to play with the last video about this game changing the game when it comes to mmorpg. 🎉

I'm new to Guild Wars 2. Or well new to MMO's in general, Guild Wars is my very first mmo and I just started today

Great details about the classes. I just my friends into guild wars and sent them this, to help them pick what one they would like to play. PS what is the song playing when you are explaining the Revenant?

nice video! perfect for starters :)

I have played the game since around launch, however it's never been my main game. One of the things that impacts my ability to play is anxiety (Thanks wow) and the game's over reliance on rigid rotations to do good damage, due to past trauma my memory is very bad so I am unable to remember a complex rotation and I struggle to keybind due to the memory issues (and this also impacts my class choices too). My order of favourites below. 1) Revenant - This is probably one of the more flexible rotation wise and has been one of my favourites since I picked it up a few years ago. The Renegade spec is a master stroke in my opinion and I perform the best with this elite spec over everything else, it's also got that edgy feel that I so love. 2) Warrior - They pick things up and hit things... I love hitting things. I love spellbreaker as a theme, I love berserker as a theme and I WOULD love Bladesworn except that there is no way to change the appearance of the gunsaber, they really need to add this functionality. I love everything about the warrior and it's close to Revenant for me. 3) Engineer - I dislike base engineer and I hate kits because you can't change the skin of the weapons, but I LOVE scrapper and I LOVE Holosmith. I also think that the sheer amount of Mechanists in raids on launch and how it was a meme shows how good Mechanist is. It's a great class because of it's elite specs, but as a technologist myself I appreciate this class a lot. 4) Mesmer - I'm very bad at Mesmer because they usually have a complex rotation, but I LOVE the theme and I LOVE making gold with tips from ports. The time mage theme of chrono I like, the condi Mirage is fun and relatively easy to play, it's an all around fun class to play. I just wish I wasn't so bad at it :( 5) Guardian - I want to love Guardian as I love the "Paladin" archetype, but they're really hard to play for me for some reason and I always perform worse than most professions. I'm also still salty that the longbow sucks on Dragonhunter which is my favourite theme in this entire game. Just buff longbow ANet please. 6) Necromancer - In some ways I feel like Necromancer should be higher on my list, but every man and his dog plays one. What can I say, the theme is A++ and the execution for them is A++. I didn't think i'd like Harbinger when they announced it but it's some of the most fun I have had in this game, ever. Whoever designed the elite spec, hats off to you. 7) Thief - Again I suck at Thief, but I like it's playstyle and if I wasn't such a scrub i'd really enjoy it. As a person i'm not much of a 'stealthy' guy and I almost never play assassin classes, but Daredevil and Deadeye are exquisitely designed. I'd love rifle to be better for deadeye, but both elite specs are amazing. I haven't tried spectre as it's isn't my jam tho. 8) Ranger - In WoW I love the hunter, in FFXIV I hate the bard (because it's not a real archer) but in GW2 I find the ranger to be one massive missed opportunity. I wanted them to lean in to the bow style and have a good DPS spec that uses the bow but it's always rated so middling. I don't like Druid at all and I don't feel it fits the theme that much, I don't really like the weird glow that untamed has for their pets and I really like soulbeast as you can not have a pet (although you feel forced not to have a pet with that spec). I just wish it was better than it is, and it always feels like the bridesmaid to all the other professions. 9) Elementalist - I hate dying, and I spend more time dead than alive with elementalist. The rotation and elite specs are far too complicated for me and so I just can't get into it. I wish I could, but I legit suck the worst at this class than anything else. :( Thankyou for coming to my ted talk.

Picked up gw2 when it first came out. And played it for a few years. And I recently stated playing it again to play the expansions. My very first class was an Elementalist

Warrior is the "weapons master" archetype rather than the "melee fighter." Don't forget longbows and rifles, lol.

Excited to start this! Always have wanted to play it, and have just noticed it was finally on Steam and F2P, and so have downloaded it onto my Steam Deck.

I just started playing for the very first time 2 days ago and I chose Engineer as my first class in this game... I am loving every second of it until I saw this video and now I am scared to continue the class XD

I appreciate the video! Just about to return but logged into my lv40 elementalist and don't even know how to begin 😂

downloading the game right now, just played wow till level 15 on the massive free trial they give lol, saw a video of hunter on it thought it looked cool then watched one of your videos where you show the top 3 played classes and saw the ranger so I'll start with that. subbed btw

just picking up the game today, most recent mmos i messed with was a touch of lost ark, new world and wow but i just wanna play something new so gonna try this 2023 is kind of a miss for me for mmos with the new ones I've seen so hopefully it keeps me for at least a year or so 🙂 thanks for the content my dude

11:49 yeah I want to call " The Avatar ” LOL

I just got into guild wars 2 and man everything overwhelms me but I’m leaning towards Mesmer thanks for this video!

Guardian is my main. I love my virtues, they are my blessing which helping me on my way. Firebrand is the strongest support, i prefered this one untill willbender appeared but now i have a great variation of roles... Direct DPS, condi DPS, quick , heal, alacrity and everything can be combined by changing the proportions and builds.

Nice vid!

New player, awesome video thank you!

Misspoke* Mesmer is a LIGHT ARMOR Class!* Need a more in depth look at professions? Check out this video here! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hpVW-VVMKcU.html

For those that want to try elementalist but are thrown off because of the difficulty. As a newer player who's starting endgame content and going throw the expansions right now, here's my take. I've always been a fan of Magical dps classes in MMOs and I love games to be somewhat challenging. The ele caught my eye because it seemed to fit the criterias. I found that it's difficulty depends entirely of yourself. I had a lot of success early in the game using the staff and just maneging distances (also using ele summons) and It honestly wasn't even hard. As I got to understand the basics of the class I swapped to mid-short range weapons and a faster paced gameplay (and I continue to do that since I'm loving sword/dagger Weaver spec). Yes, it's hard, but I chose it. So the moral of the story would be: don't fear the ele, just make it easy at first and go as far as you are confortable. The ele is a dope class, best magic type class i've seen in any mmo

I have been playing since release and I am a mesmer main. Currently playing a personal build of virtual so and being able to stack boons on myself with 70-100% uptime of most of the bones and vulnerability depending on how long the fight is 🤤 I feel like a bard with a knife. Or maybe a jester with flying daggers? It's so cool!

you know guild has always been about going down there own path and making a unique MMO that is very successful. I played guild since its early release back in the day, so yeah been playing since the start and its always been fun and so enjoyable

I just started playing last week! Very new to everything and I was wondering if there was a way to increase damage font size? Its a bit too small and yours looks like its a nice increased size. What expansion is revenant? It looks awesome.

I have been playing this game on and off sinds day one 10 years ago and its may most played and loved game of all time. So no this vid is not for me and yes I know every bit of information in this vid but I just like your voice and the way you make your vid’s, I would watch your content even if it was not GW2 content:-). Keep up the great work.

I am a caffeinated Dad as well, and I approve of this video with a like a subscribe.

I picked it back up today. I started it many many many years ago (2015ish?) but didnt jump in heavily.

Been playing since 2015ish. Haven’t played in about 3 years. Getting the itch to come back

Watching this before trying GW2 for the first time.^

Great video. I have been playing since day two of release. Ele is my favorite always. Ranger a close second.

I was one of the lucky people to access the early closed alpha tests and betas, all the way up to launch. Mesmer main since day 1. I played up till and a few months after launch and tend to play for a couple months at a time, have a year or so break then come back for another couple months. For some reason I find it a little hard to stick to, it could be the fact I get distracted with new shiny things, but no matter what I end up back on board, the game is good enough to keep pulling me back in.

been thinking to give this game a try. I love polearms especially spears! So I wonder what would be a good class with a spear I wonder?

Hi there! Please, what is that sword ranger is using? it looks like a zweihander. Thank you!

General tip. Use the structured pvp lobby to try out your class. Everything is unlocked there

I've been enjoying engineer recently, I decided to pick Holosmith cuz I convinced myself by just saying "Green Lantern Jedi", once I collect another 250 hero points, I'll probably give Mechanist a shot, I've heard it's the simplest spec because a great deal of what you do is delegated to the robot while you do your own thing.

I was downloading the game and I came across your video thinking it would help me choose a class... man I'm even more confused now, all the classes have a little something I like about them...

iv now been playing 2 minutes and cant wait to play

core engineer may be difficult, but mechanist is one of the easiest elite professions. just equip rifle :) spam few keys and let your jade mech do the rest.

Been playing since guild wars 1, mes/sin. Guild wars 2 came out and Mesmer to like level max and I feel like that was 13 years ago lol. Haven’t played it since. I miss this game though. Totally didn’t even know there was heroic specialties now.

Somewhere around here I have a physical copy of vanilla GW2. Despite that, I don't think I've ever gotten past level 30 or so - hoping to change that now lol.

I have found some builds that can be a lot more forgiving if you are playing PvE. I would say every class has something like that. Although others could be more powerful you will still get the job done.

I play Weaver and condi renegade... Both are very difficult but also very rewarding. Renegade is very hard bebause you henge to swap legends at below threshold of energy.

Honestly, I’ve played this game on and off since release, many even a few betas. Played GW1, or rather tried it, never really liked it. But I have yet to finish a story, for a single character, do end game or fractals, which is the part that I am really looking forward to. I love the game play, and the system, had some issues getting used to not having the trinity, but it makes it a whole lot more interesting. I love exploring the game, do jump puzzles and platforming. I really enjoyed the first dungeons, the story part, never got past that. There is such high variety in this game. What I loved about wow was the dungeon aspect of it, 5 man, not raid, did the raid, it was just never really any fun. And everything is in this game, great story, easy to have fun solo, exploration that is rewarding and fun classes. Love my engi, difficult to play, so I take it slowly, I don’t mind that much, not as mind nummingly slow as my holy priest. But his dammit, I can never pull my self together and really play this game, I have no idea why or for what reason. I love this game, and I really do want to play it. Might just be patient friends I lack, to tip me over 😂

A quick question. Do I need to buy all expansions to see or play with other people who have those expansions?

Damn this game looks good

Can you have all 3 specializations unlocked or do you need to have 3 different characters for all the types? Since I couldnt really decide which on to pick it would be really nice if you could swap the specializations or unlock all of them

Note to self. Mesmer is light Armor Class/Profession. Someone most likely already mentioned this? You said Medium. But corrected that by putting Light in the text about the Class/Profession on the screen.

So is the elementalist the only healing class, if you choose to build as a healer? Or is most of the healing in Guild Wars 2 a self heal done by the tanks, since you mention they have some healing abilities?

You can play whatever you want.. it doesn't matter. OR you can play guardian, which is anets favorite class.. and always be sure that your class will be META and fun in every single content with multiple specs. The 2nd choice is the correct choice.

Been playing since 2012. I've never referred to a "profession" the entire time, and it has never caused confusion when I refer to a "class"

I need to play this again

Now i can know all classes thx, im new but always love like assassin/ ninja 😂 i see the shadow master specter and now i need to play xd

First time i played i started as a hunter, didnt quite like it. Jump fews months ahead and i started as an elemantalist, hell, it is fun but oh boy! Its as hard as it gets.. Learning rotations and bashing buttons, and when u realize that you gotta attune properly to increase damage is mental! Now im considering boosting an easir character to lvl cap so just i can have a more forgiving class to have fun with. Love my elementalist though, its my main

Pls do one of these for all of the elite specs

Thank you I will download now guildwars 2 thanks for the video guide Sep 6, 2023

I have been playing for a month, mostly open world HP challenges and wvw, I still can't choose what to main, which classes between warrior ele and engi do you recommend?

Guild wars 2 is the first game where i spawned worked my way to level 45 and then got approached by some level 300+ player who wanted to show me some hidden secrets and cool loot spots and he even did some of the jump and run parts with me too.

Thief looks good

Just learning before first ever game play

Been playing since the first beta. Still so much to do!

Started last night, picked warrior because i play warrior for 12 years in wow but i have also created a ranged for druid as my alt is a resto druid.

which sword is the one youre using in the warrior clips?

personally one of the main reasons why gw2 will forever be the best mmo for me is the way they have perfected the mage class; elementalist. its just perfect. everything about it is perfect.

My GW2 experience was some time ago and rather short (I don't think I went beyond what, 20th lvl?), but man oh man, no other game pulls off Necromancer as well. In other mmorpgs (be it eso or wow or the like) necromancer (or DK for wow) is just a food coloring of "skulls appear when you use your skills" or "when you use your skills skeletons appear. Spoooky". Meanwhile GW2 Necro is just a spam of AoE on Aoe with a side of AoE and serving of minions for apetite "Yo dawg, I heard you like AoE circles, so I put AoE circles on my AoE circles", pretty much a (mouse) point&click adventure game

Warrior with Bladesworn Elite Spec, because i like seeing big numbers

11:45 "My pershunal favorite" 🤓👆

Mesmer sounds a lot like Illusion Control from "City of Heroes/Villains", or Controllers in general.

I’ve been playing since the days of gw1 before factions, nightfall and Eye of the north. That was so long ago now lol

I'm late but there's a class called Psionicist in a game called Allods Online(was great but became p2w later) that is very similar to mesmer.

Bought this ages ago just dug up the old email downloading now I'm missing the newest expansion but I'm sure I have hundreds and hundreds of hours ahead of me. Necro, Mesmer, or thief are the 3 I'm torn between

Since day one my friend, since day one. We've seen the end of the world as we know it in 2012, with the coming of Gw2.

Playing this game for 5 years, still watching this hahaha

Hmm. I've been playing off and on since beta. Necro and Ranger are my favourites.

seemS like elementalist is the nearest to my main from WoW ...the Ele-Shaman :) so this will be my pic I guess

i'm on my way downloading the game and found this video.. i was planning to choose melee class with good AOE damage dealing, which better deal AOE damage is the warrior or the guardian? thanks before

The only mmorpg where i can't decide which class to play. Big reason why i never get in to the game properly. Ive played it like 1000-2000 hours something between but that's just dabbling between the classes

I have played my tempest elemental for 7 years now...i still find it fun....

Honestly I consider Warrior and Rogue the hardes classes 😂 I tried all the classes But how it was said, everybody has different understanding of complexity

Ive been playing on and off, since early access. I own every single xpac but ive never gotten past core gw2 because I cant decide what I want to play and burn out (hence im here lol) then when I come back I want to start fresh. 😢

One thing i have problems to overcome is how fiddly everything feels. Specializations, Traits, Gear, Weapons, Utility Skills etc. I'm feeling that i can't dive in without feeling suboptimal geared/specced.

can you recommend me a video to learn how to build diferent classes, (items skills) etc.

Love the engineering. But i completely can't handle the learning curve TmT

Mesmer my favorite medium armor class XD to answer the question About 7 and a half years but I’m very on and off with the game.