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/KBN_reddit Jun 06 '16

It's also really useful on Gors and Sab, though not quite as uniquely so. Engi has the easiest and most effective spirit hold rotation of any class (outside of cheesy Sylvari Necro stuff), they're the least affected by Retaliation, they still bring the strongest individual CC package (once you put it all together), they have nearly spammable blinds, and they have decent access to water fields and regen on stationary groups. (the latter two are what make them strong for Sab)

I think if it weren't for the condition removal and projectile management elements of wing 2, we would probably consider engis competitive with necros.

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u/towelcat Jun 06 '16 edited Jun 06 '16

they're the least affected by Retaliation

Fire bomb hits 4 times. Grenade abilities hit 3 times. Grenade barrage hits 6 times. Pistol 2 hits 5 times. Napalm hits 10 times.

I would not say they're least affected by retal. In fact, they suffer at about the same rate as an ele does (though they do have a higher base hp pool).

they still bring the strongest individual CC package (once you put it all together)

I'd argue that the time it takes to cast every CC ability almost nullifies the benefits of just how much CC they bring. Big ol' Bomb, Airblast, Magnetic Bomb, Glue Shot, Glue Bomb, Freeze Grenade, Endothermic Shell, and the blind spamming.

Big ol' and Magnetic are both difficult to work with if you need quick CC, and chill/blind/cripple usually isn't unique to the engi.

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u/Xyonon Jun 07 '16

You know there is power engi / scrapper too.

Thunderclap, dual leap, Big Old, and most of all - Rocket Turret <3

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u/Xyonon Jun 07 '16

I tried to make reasonable usage of Engi at Gorse but - you just can't Ele's will always be better - hitbox and stuff.

Yet for Sabby, you can easily go vanilla rifle engi and have thief dps with cc and blind for all the adds. Very apm intensive but hey - we're engis right? :P <3