The Classes EVERYONE Plays In Guild Wars 2! 

As a guardian main i can totally confirm for the fact that Dragonhunter it's cool because: bow is fun with cool glowy arrows xD

Going out and finding all of my ranger pets is actually in my top 3 experiences in mmos. Going out, exploring the world and find all of them really was beyond fun. I love how they did it.

Totally agree with your list: 3 - bear-bow and pet swap for extra pet intervention 2 - second health bar and lots of pets 1 - heavy armored but not a "bland" warrior, also auto-aegis I'd probably add the rise of engineer exploded when the mechanist's pet landed.

I’m a mesmer main myself! And not even one of the popular specs that are Chronomancer and Virtuoso. Mirage all the way, baby! I just love how fast paced and movement oriented the Mirage feels! It may not be a very popular choice, but I love it :) “Maybe I was the illusion all along!”

I would love to see a 3 least popular class video so that they can get some more love!

As a pathologic loner, nothing tops mechanist. Big robot is my guild.

Guardian was always ArenaNet's favorite. It's because part of their vision of GW2 was dissolving the "holy trinity" and the Guardian, who's core spec is not dedicated healer, took that spot that would be Monk (dedicated healer) in GW1. They even carried over a good number of Monk skills from GW1 and gave them to Guardian, albeit with different play mechanics to match GW2. They viewed Guardian as the archtype for jack-of-all-trades game play that delivered the spirit of what they were trying to do with GW2. You can heal and boon, but also you're in heavy armor and can go mele. I think it's always be the class they put the most effort into balancing. You rarely see Guardian updates in patches... With all the elite specs now, I feel many classes are just as good jack-of-all-trades, but of course there's still that special place for Guardian.

Surprisingly I have a blast with holosmith 😂 I was afraid a bit at first but the power holo doesn't have a horror rotation and it hits decently. Sure the grenade kit is a bit of a pain which I was unable to get used to but the rest of the skills are fairly intuitive. Only issue is to make sure you don't overheat.

Necro is hilarious in PvE. Hit the underwater combat with Flesh Golem and it's all, "I have a zombie shark. Do you have a zombie shark?" And now I'm a Reaper it's "Zombie Shark! Attack!" while Shouting insults. And who doesn't hit Greatsword 5 and not wish they could have a sample of Scorpion from Mortal Kombat yelling "GET OVER HERE!!"?

Condi Renegade (short bow/staff) for life here. I did used to main an Ele, but now I'm all in on my Rev.

my favorites when I actually got around to trying all the classes and most of the elite specs surprised me. The core classes I hated leveling (revenant. thief) ended up having my all time favorite elite specs

4:01 cracked me so bad! Me with my Weaver XD

When I started I was really put off with Ele but after a while I can't imagine maining anything else anymore. Tempest is my absolute baby

Another fun video. Crazy that the Engi and Rev are the least played; I love them both.

My main for many years now is a female charr warrior/berserker, wielding two axes. That whirl attack on Axe 5 with the effects of both Frostfang AND Astralaria is just awesome xD My second main is a standard thief with 2x HOPE. And the third is a norn ranger/druid with Nevermore, who kinda only exists for raids. Pure cliche I know, but I love her ^^

Necromancer being second is surprising since the only reason I made one was cause I wanted a character with a witch aesthetic. Reaper being a popular elite spec is not surprising though cause the moment I touched it, I immediately felt how fun it was to swing a greatsword and scythe.

Tempest elemental for life...with almost a decade invested into my ele...i can persevere through anything.....salute to my fellow ele mains..

Being able to be a real necromancer, that can summon minions and have death like abilities (and not just the skills, but things that make the whole death aspect more unique like being able to help the downed, increasing the regeneration or steal the life force) is one of the best feelings i ever had with a RPG game, even more unique in the MMO theme

For me it is Mesmer, Thief and Engineer. But dang i miss the Paragon and the derwish from Guild Wars 1.

Guardians have long been the most popular class. They rarely if ever suffer major nerfs. I would argue that even the nerf to the pages in their tomes was barely felt by most firebrand's playstyles. Heal Firebrand is the de facto healer in fractals to the point that druids aren't even truly considered for the role. Not only does the guardian have great damage mitigation, it also has passive damage mitigation, which helps new players a ton, since they don't need to focus so hard on defenses when they get a free aegis up every 40 seconds at base and have another on demand from their virtues. I do see a lot of warriors in the game, but I chalk that up to warriors being the default choice for heavy armor class and some players not knowing what a Revenant is (also a new player wouldn't have access to Revenants unless they bought an expansion) or what the difference between a Warrior and a Guardian is. People have a tendency to fall back on what sounds familiar and Warrior is a very comfortable class to slot into. I agree with your assessment on elementalists being rare. I'm not great at elementalist. The class is fairly complex, but it feels incredibly rewarding when you play it well. Mesmers also are pretty rare outside of the daily jumping puzzles and I would bet that some of those who teleport others to the end of the dailies, probably only run mesmer to have access to portal.

3:59 gg wp, that made me laugh 😂

I like Revenant most. I also really like Weaver, but it's a hard class to get back into after taking a break.

As a new player to GW2 (1st toon is only level 20), I picked Guardian because there didn’t seem to be a dedicated support/healer and so that was the closest thing in my eyes. So yeah, maybe another reason why it’s popular.

Been necro since DAoC and Diablo 2. Eso main.

I think the least popular is the revenant given that the class is not only locked behind an expansion. It also is a class that has a high ceiling than the other classes in its group. But man, mastering it makes you the most needed person in Raids and Fractals because of the Alac you provide. But in terms of popularity because the class sucks. Then it's the elementalist. Imagine playing the piano in an MMO game while also having a downstate rotation. 😂😂😂

Been playing since release off and on. My most played and favourite os revenant. Its just never let me down. I miss playing herald and exploring heart of thorns for the first time.

Guardian is the very epitome of "HOLY FIRE CLEANSES THE EVIL WITHIN"

I feel like the least popular is Revenant or Mesmer. All the other professions have similarities to other MMO classes that people have already loved and enjoyed so they usually are drawn to those immediately.

most underplayed classes in game: 1) elementalist: hardest to play, lots of skills to manage, combo requires lots of button mashing to get dps, dps is solid once mastered, master ele players make one of the best duelists in game as well as large aoe potential for wvw, higher learning curve required due to difficulty. elite specs are fun to play but still somewhat difficult 2) engineer: hard to play due to kits and skill comboing, limited and boring weapon styles at base, early game is boring, dps is solid once mastered, elite specs are fun to play specially holo and mechanist. the reason why the 3 classes mentioned in the video are most commonly picked is because, outside from fantasy style esk; easier to play, easier to survive, play style in early game is not plain and boring, elite specs are fun to use, and easy to play, their animations and hit boxes are wider and provide decent-good dmg. Necro specially in open world performs really well because of their innate sustainability.

In order of straight exploration ease for us: Necromancer, Engineer, Elementalist, Ranger, Warrior. The Elementalist comes into it's own when it's in a party and not the direct target of mob agro. Honorable mention Mesmer.

Great video as always. On the topic in my exp, Warrior is also very popular. And for a good reason, my personal favorite is the Spellbreaker.

Your content has always been good but lately its been great!!

Nothing is better than when a shiny Char Guardian rolls up to save the day. 😂

Sword n Torch Will Bender. Makes me feel like a firebender n I love it

I'm playing in 85% of time Mesmer - main reason why I started and I'm still playing the game, rest 15% is Necro Reaper, because I always loved the concept of shroud, and in my opinion he is best example how should looks like non-cond build, oriented on huge numbers. ... Mostly of time I'm in open world, and least played classes, based on my observation are thiefs and revenants, followed by engeneers and mesmers. You can see, the times from early EoD, when you could see everywhere army of Jade mechs, are gone, same works for Virtuoso.

Hitting stuff with a greatsword since beta with my warrior. Never got bored of him..

I agree with this list up until the time where the Mechanist was introduced. For me it's akin to playing Ursan or Spirit Spammer in GW1 before they got broken. It's just a mindless build that you can play while 1/2 asleep, drunk or stoned or whatever and kick ass just about anywhere, anytime when you're running solo! 😃

My first character is a Sylvari ranger - I wanted to go all out tree hugger XD. I'm doing the story with that character and made her a Soulbeast. I do get, why rangers are so popular - it's fun to play and you get fluffy animals on top. I do love my second main, an Asura mechanist, too. I use her for group content mostly. Necromancer is nice too and I am very fond of the Harbinger condi build. Guardian is not my cup of tea, mainly because I don't like paladin types.

Nice points. At some point, the least played (actual real data) class/race/gender combination was Female Charr Mesmer and I still think this is true. Mesmers are not that beginner friendly (unless we get to the Virtuoso department when its just Daggers go BRRR ), Charr fashion is hard because tail clips in most skins and female because they - like Asura - have few anatomic differences between males and females.

I know you were looking at classes rather than espec popularity, but you maybe should have had an 'honorable mention' for the mechanist. I see so many mechs, although that is mainly in overworld pve/roaming.

Necromancer, specifically Reaper, is my favorite profession. I like being a spooky specter of death that sounds like a basic white guy trying to inquire about your car's extended warranty. Also 2:43

The closest thing I have to a main is a rifle Scrapper, so I never have to stop shooting with my gyros (the skills, not the Greek food). I feel like Elementalist would currently be one of the least played classes. Could still be Engi, but the arrival of Mechanist made that class a whole lot more popular.

Nothing bests being a scrapper , rocket jumping arround with perma superspeed and quickness 😂😂 joinking trough

I honestly think engineer and elementalist are the least played for the same reasons. They are great, but need to keep track of way more cooldowns and abilities. Yes, this increased amount of abilities makes them both more flexible than other professions, but having a more laid back profession that has less actions per minute is way more enjoyable to play for longer amounts of time. I think elementalist is played less, but that is only because mechanist exists, i think i see the other engineer specialisations about the same amount as elementalists, i mean come on when was the last time you saw a scrapper in your party?

The SW ele meme crossover i never knew i needed

My top 3 are Necro, Revenant and Ranger! Love the fantasy of the dragon knight you get with Herald and pet builds are always my fav in any game!

i feel called out here XD the first class i played to get into gw2 was a guardian into a dragonhunter. the second favourite class was a condi soulbeast. the third was a reaper XD after a prolonged pause irl, i recently started playing gw2 again and i have been really enjoying both the guardian as well as the scrapper. i was at first really put off by the many additional skills the engineer has (small hands, thus limited reach on keyboard, and generally loads of fatfingering) but after getting a proper mouse a couple years ago, i managed to get it to work (still fatfingering tho)

Started as Ranger ended up a Necromancer became a staff Reaper

7 minutes... SEVEN MINUTES FOR ENTIRE ELE BULLY

as a necromancer, when im around lvl 50-80, i got under levelled gear and under level, but still managed to pull 7-10 mobs with 5-7 level gaps with ease

When I was deciding what classes should fill my 5 basic Character Slots (as it will take a while until I start paying for new slots), I decided I wanted two Heavies, two Mediums and one Light Armor, as I wasn't really a fan of the mage classes but I was curious to see what they could become like. I was feeling confident in Elementalist, Engineer, Thief, Revenant and Warrior. Ele was just out of curiosity, Engi is my favorite, Thief is super fun to play, and although I find Rev kinda clunky I paid those DLCs for a reason and wanted to experience everything they had, so that's the only reason I got into it. Warrior though... I just wasn't feeling it. I chose it because I felt out of options, as until then I had barely tested Guardian but judged it as my absolute least favorite class in the game. It seemed so freaking slow and clunky. Mace and hammer felt like playing in slow motion, staff and scepter looked counterintuitive to the Paladin vibe, their greatsword was the worst outta all classes that could wield it, and while the sword was fast and dynamic, that made it seem like I was playing a completely different class. Finally, I never liked the "Paladin" aesthetic, I kinda enjoy Clerics in a way, but Paladins just feel one-dimensional in their archetype. I hated it. So then I tried Warrior for a while, but really, it didn't vibe with me. It was mobile, agile, it made me feel like a cool fighter and testing the Berserker in the PvP lobby felt satisfying and empowering. I just had a looming dread hanging over my head, the strong feeling that I was going to get bored of that super simple and easy gameplay really quickly. I knew that wasn't the class for me, so... what were my options? I didn't wanna make a second mage, as Mesmer wasn't really my thing and Necromancer seemed to suffer from the same problem: easy and boring. A Ranger? No, not three of the same armor class, I wanna experiment new aesthetics. So... Guardian? Wait, why was I considering Guardian? I dunno, remembered... the blue special effects looking pretty..? "Ok, let me check out the Elite Specs". "Dragonhunter? Kinda meh, I like the bow but the traps are insufferable." Willbender? "I don't have EoD, so can't test it." Firebrand? "Oh goodness, why do I love it so much?" I loved the Axe, I loved the fire magic, I loved the versatility of being a healer and a DPS at the same time, I loved the blue motiff and the blue-flame holy knight aesthetic, I loved how it reminded me of a Light Domain Cleric from D&d. "Yes, I'm gonna play this class I don't like 'till the end 'cause I wanna become a Firebrand" I told myself, but without realizing, I fell in love with the core class too, with the aesthetic as a whole, with the cool skills like the spiritual weapons, hell, even the very weapons I criticized showed their appeal to me, like how I started to notice how satisfying the explosive third strike of the Mace was, or how badass the character looks when blitzing through the battlefield with the sword and bashing everyone with the shield, how visually awesome the ray of blue light that falls outta the sky with the staff skill is, everything not only looked amazing, it had the best sound design of all classes I've seen. Besides, how could a class so abundant with my favorite color be my least favorite class? Yeah, that was the story of how I lost my hatred for Guardian and became one more person in its massive fanbase.

I love my ranger/soulbeast, because of the mobility. I love rangers in general and I love pets. ❤ I also love exploring the maps so I'm happy with my souldbeast.

Based on player stats, the least amount of playtime is on Revenant at 5.53%, then Engineer at 7.10%, but when it comes to the amount of created characters, Engineer is the least created profession at 9.65% total characters then Revenant at 9.97%.

Feels kinda inaccurate? I can’t go 10 steps without seeing a mechanic

I don't know why Ele is not in that video but seeing how rare we are and how people mention in groups that they don't know Eles roles is not a surprise. Playing my Tempest has been rocking CMs, raids, end game content bringing damage and heal and booms. But definitely a huge challenge to learn rotations. 😅

As a Condi Weaver main, the Ele slander made me laugh because. Yeah. 😭😭

I main a Guardian named Stan Dzinthefyre, and that's EXACTLY what I do!

I'm not normally a necromancer guy in MMOs, but necro is pretty fun in GW2.

I'm heavily biased, as my first, and favorite class, is Elementalist. The constant nerfing and changes made to the class didn't make me stop playing Elementalist; it made me stop playing the game. I still log from time to time, do some content here and there, and then quit for a year. I'll probably come back if the class is ever made viable again, or goes a significant amount of time without seeing a completely unnecessary nerf, but I somehow doubt that happens.

I play guardian, because it has great survivability as a solo and it's really fun to play.

3. Ranger 0:26 2. Necromancer 2:32 1. Guardian 4:40

As a new player and a Guardian thank you for validating my ego ahaha jokes aside great vid!

I started with mesmer and mained it for 90% of the time I played. In fact I literally bought the game because of the mesmer class, it really sold the game for me. I think it's easily the most interesting and unique class you can find in any MMO. Later, after playing a lot of thief and warrior I ended up maining the guardian, mostly due to the dragon hunter subclasse. There's something about the guardian class that makes it so pleasuring to play, and I think it's not really the paladin thing, but definitely the way his skills function. Now, when I rarely play this game, I mostly play with elementarist and I can assure it's far from bad, contrary to what people say.

I started a ranger back when the game launched, because I wanted to play a ranged pet class like the hunter in wow. I returned to the game this year and sadly the elite specs dont help with the same playstyle (druid=heal, soulbeast=no pet, untamed=melee). I leveled up a guardian because dragonhunter looked cool, then I realized that the mechanist is the best pet class so now Im leveling an engineer. Kinda sad that I had to let the ranger go, tho now they announced dps druid.

Im going to take a guess without watching the video Ranger Guardian Necro Watched the video now and oh boy xD

I think guardian is also popular because it is well designed and the abilities feel impactful.

You forgot 2 more possible reasons why everyone plays those classes. 1.Their defaults look the coolest in character creation, while poor mesmers get no love in their garish pinks. If you are trying out GW2 for the first time and have no friend to advise you, it will take you some time to realise that armour can be re-coloured even in character creator, and also that the character creator shows Endgame armour, not the stuff you start out with. 2. I don't think that showing the difficulty level of a class in the character creator was a good idea, because the differences in difficulty aren't as great as some might think. However, all 3 classes featured in this video are rated "easy". My two bonus reasons for loving the ranger: a) You can get really inventive with the names, giving yourself an extra avenue for self-expression; b) Looking up on the wiki where to get the juvenile of the species you want and then going to some remote location to get it is very satisfying! Some species are easier than others, some are PvP exclusive. My favourite is the hawk, only obtainable from a specific location in the Iron Marches...

Lonely Ele here lol. Wont ever switch though. Love it too much.

Little surprised Mesmer and Engineer didn't make the cut....

I play Guardian because I like the color Blue, literally that was my main reason. 😂😂

Not gonna lie... havent played but about 2 months of launch back in the day.... wanting to come back and have my eye on greatsword herald... looks simple and clean

Guild Wars is what literally introduced me to the concept of a Necromancer😂 i was like 8 or 9 when i started guild wars 1.

Meanwhile warrior especially in pvp is an uphill battle against every single dead brain class

As a new player who picked elementalist as their main and is now already in the bloodstone fen, i can confirm that i barely ever see fellow elementalists 😂

All I see are Mechs, Reapers and Vindicators

Willbender is my boi. Just so much fun to play, even when it got nerfed into the mists…

Haha the adventure time meme was excellent

I see mechs everywhere!! I'm sitting here on my scrapper feeling awkward

Ele main here, feel the power of raw element...power? I was going somewhere with that.

No mention of Mechanist? I swear sometimes there are more mechs around than actual players when I'm queuing up for events.

For Guardian, aside from the versatility, it feels good to like.. wield both "Physical" and "Magical" power.. a whole complete set of class

Based on what I see on my server, this is where I'd place them from most-least played: 1. Necromancer 2. Ranger 3. Mesmer 4. Guardian 5. Mechanist (er...Engineer) 6. Revenant 7. Thief 8. Warrior 9. Elemenatlist I could be way off on some of these, but I see hardly any Warriors, unless they're Spellbreakers. I see them getting leveled, but rarely see them in the exp maps. Mesmer used to be less popular, IIRC, but I see SO MANY Mirages and Virtuosos running around. There's still some Chonos here and there. Maybe they just stick out more because they're pink, lol.

i personally play mesmer but i think one of the least common classes would be either engineer or mesmer

The distinction of "all intents and purposes" is impor Ent to sound articulate :)

It's me, I'm that rare elementalist.

least = ele but hard to tell when half the squad are engis(mostly mechs)

Personally I think it is like water (classes most popular in GW2), many people will choose path of least resistance to content, ie choose something that fullfills a fantasy but above all, be easier to multi role and sustain. Specializations that can have a companion whether a tamed wild animal, a jade bot, a clone/phantasm , turrets or a minion make the game easier in open world for instance but become less popular in PvP enviroments or content where Ai control becomes an issue. Two of the classes you mention have that. For me my path currently of least resistance is greatsword Vindicator (i'll switch to mace/axe condi for harder content) I have gap close, great sustain , easy stun break with stabilty , high damage, I buff others around me with protection, vigor, fury, might, swiftness and do some splash healing and hit like a trruk too. I love a thief but I can do so much more with other classes in PvE as I put in smaller effort and higher rewards not just for me , but everyone. If in a patch suddenly Ele became so much stronger, but say Mech stayed the same benchmark, Mech would still be more popular as like water, it still reaches the sea/ocean but doesn't have to force its way, it'll do it over time (or in GW2 not that much more time).

I don't know man the buff Revenant is pretty OP still to this day. You don't see a lot of them but I'm always taken to content. And solo ability is better than pretty much any class. The only other class that is close with soloability is Reaper necromancer

I play a bladesworn and it was love at first sight....it's crazy fun

where are my mechanists and virtuosos T.T (very good video again caffeinated :DD)

My main is ele and it’s definitely not for the faint of heart. Sometimes you get murdered before even casting a few spells. Fun, fast paced class, but a gust of wind can be the end. 😂

As an Ele main I'll just go do my Water Attunement Staff 5 in the corner. With my eyes.

the best class for complete beginner is still (and probably always will be ) the bow/bear ranger

The least popular? Probably mesmer, with thief being a bit more popular. Mesmer just seems hard to master, and thief also requires a bit more gamesense to play.

As a ele main i totally agree with the memes it hurts tho🥲😭

The sad part is that I can’t drink coffee right now 😭

*Mechanists literally everywhere* *At least four jade mechs around me at all times* *No mentions of Eng.*

I am a brand new player and can't decide between Warrior, Ranger, and Guardian lol. The Ranger and Guardian both appeal to me for the exact reasons you stated.

My first character was a Char engineer and it was so much fun with all the tools i had then the expansions added cools specs. Holosmith was really good. And Mechanist seem very fun also. Having a mech to tank while i dps.

It's harder to find Thief than Ele tbh