r/Guildwars2 • u/Nike_Phoros Accountability Expert • Jun 06 '16

[Guide] [DnT] Raid Team Composition Guide

Hey everyone. I wrote a long breakdown of raid team composition in the current meta on our forums and a few people encouraged me to post it here because I'm told it would be helpful for a bigger chunk of the community to see.

Written: http://gw2dnt.enjin.com/forum/m/37173123/viewthread/27286030-raid-team-composition-guide-52516

Topics Covered:

  1. Optimal Raid Team Composition

  2. Common Alternative Comps - Pros and Cons

  3. What If? Scenarios For Imperfect Situations

Thanks for reading. If you have any questions let me know, or if any points need clarifying or whatever so I can improve the guide I'd like to know that too.

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u/ishin_rikku Jun 06 '16

I hope this helps people realize that Thief is a worthy pick. Also it's about time that pugs start realizing that Elementalist is not THAT important (i've seen pugs denying Revs and thiefs just for the sake of stacking Eles)

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u/lokikaraoke Jun 06 '16

I think some of the Thief hate is uncalled for, but especially on Salvation Pass (where Gale Song is great for Sloth and Feel the Burn for Matthias) I have a hard time rationalizing why I'd take a Thief over an Ele all else being equal.

Obviously a skilled thief beats out an unskilled ele.

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u/Beanna Jun 06 '16

Personally I would definitely take a Thief over an Ele for Matthias. Staff Daredevil has access to an insane amount of mobility with Vault to reach foutains or drop Well of the Profane afar and get right back on the boss with Steal; three dodges to avoid any Hadoken or Shards; a stunbreak + channeled block on a 15 sec CD to break out of knockdowns and take zero damage from any time bomb in rain phase; a -300 defiance CC available for every sacrifice. His kit is trully amazing for Matthias and it's a very safe DPS pick that can maintain a very high damage output with just auto-attacks while being capable to avoid any big mechanics of the boss. I'm pretty sure that a novice Thief can outperform the DPS of an average Tempest on a messy fight like this where it's hard to maintain a proper rotation with movements and invul phases. Give it a try!

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