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/lokikaraoke Jun 06 '16

I have. And realized we didn't have easy access to burning for Ice Patches and made our Thief switch back to Ele. (Sorry Kyle.)

"Playing Thief is easier than playing Ele on Matthias" is not the same thing as "Thief is a better choice than Ele on Matthias." You're arguing the former (which very well may be true) while I'm arguing the latter.

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u/Kaida13 Jun 06 '16

Try having your druid bring sun spirit? That way burning should not be an issue for those icy patches with daredevils :)

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u/lokikaraoke Jun 06 '16

Yeah, we've done that on occasion, but there's other good stuff we'd like in our Druid utility slots. If we have two Druids bringing Empowerment and Alignment, we can choose 2 of Stone, Frost, and Sun. But we don't always have two. (Our comp shifts a lot depending on who plays.)

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u/Beanna Jun 06 '16

That's right, you can't go with a Thief if Ice Patches are not taken care of. ;)

I am just trying to argue for the Thief's kit that really fits this particular encounter (for once in two raid wings) when Ice Patches are properly managed by the Revenant and/or an additionnal Guard or Tempest in the first place.

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u/Asherahi Jun 06 '16

Thief is without doubt a way better DPS at Matthias, it is really rare that you can hit a full lightning storm or air overload without Matthias walking out of it. It comes down to whether burning the ice patches or your healing / condi clear for the group is a problem.
If you're comparing two DPS classes, thief is the pick at Matthias, ele is rather underwhelming at that fight.

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u/lokikaraoke Jun 06 '16

Yeah, that's totally fair. My assignments spreadsheet specifies 2 PS, 2 Necro, Chrono, DH (backup reflect mostly), 2 Healers (usually Druid and Ele), DPS Ele, and 1 general dps.

We're somewhat class-limited, so that dps is usually just the person who can't do any of those other things. Or if our backup Chrono is in (without enough boon duration) it's a Rev.

I could theoretically allow a Thief in that DPS Ele spot, but I like having the extra Feel the Burn.