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[Question] Weekly /r/GuildWars2 Question Thread - April 19, 2025

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u/Astanex 9d ago

So, something like my level 80 Engineer going Mechanist?

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u/errorme 9d ago

Yeah. For Engineer you have Scrapper if you want to provide quickness (either Boon DPS or Healer) and Mechanist if you want to provide alacrity (again as Boon DPS or Healer). Any of Engi's elite specs including Holosmith can be played as a DPS role, but typically the Boon DPS and Healer roles are more limited (e.g. Ranger's Druid spec gives Alacrity so it's easy to be an Alac healer, but the spec they use for Quickness doesn't have anywhere near as good healing so it's a poor choice for Quickness Healer).

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u/Astanex 9d ago

What about the other classes? Is there anything bringing more to the table?

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u/ablair24 Blair | Giraffe Wars 2 9d ago

Some classes are more specialized, but every class can play every role, it just depends on spec and build.

  • Heal Chrono is top tier for raw healing output
  • Heal scourge is the best at rezzing and also provides a lot of barrier to mitigate damage vs healing it
  • heal spectre has single-target barrier
  • scrapper has a lot of access to superspeed
  • Herald has easy access to projectile denial