Your favorite profession combo? - Guild Wars Forums

mappam · Jan 14, 2011, 04:17 PM // 16:17

I am (as some of you have already read

) and have a couple of "old" characters that I would like to Make-Over.

Example I have an assasin/monk - I don't like the monk as a 2nd. But what would be a good 2nd to switch to? She is a Faction Character so I don't think I can do Paragon (example) as this is Nightfall??? Right?

Same example - A/M - I am a SOLO player and always take a healer hench with me and find I am a Terrible Terrible Healer! So I do Not need the skills of a healer.

I have other "old" characters that need a revamp and thought I would ask here What Is Your Favorite Combo and WHY?

Thanks! This will be a Big Help to me.

djemonk · Jan 14, 2011, 04:26 PM // 16:26

I find the opposite. Monk is my most successful second class. I tend to play a lot of tanks, so I find myself in the middle of "the crazy" pretty frequently and it helps to have a protection or healing spell in my back pocket.

drunknzelda · Jan 14, 2011, 04:27 PM // 16:27

I like E/Me, my first character created back in 2005 was an E/Me and I still use it very often.
Having the power of elementalist skills combined with utility from mesmer skills is awesome.

Verene · Jan 14, 2011, 04:47 PM // 16:47

Ranger/Mesmer is pretty fun. Rangers have a lot of attacks that cause conditions, and Epidemic spreads them to other enemies that are near your original target. Since I generally use Barrage with Poison Tip Signet, or Burning Arrow with Apply Poison, and have a Jagged Bones minion bomber hero, that's mass poison, burning, and bleeding spread all over. Massive degen FTW.

gremlin · Jan 14, 2011, 04:52 PM // 16:52

I found the secret was to create one character of every class and over time you mix and match secondaries till your happy.

Not that there is a perfect secondary My assassin has been /Monk /Mesmer /Ranger /Warrior /Dervish and /ritualist

All of those classes worked in pve some better than others but they all worked.

Forgot to mention my favourite combo doh
Mesmer is my favourite class and the secondary doesn't matter much to me but I am trying to get a mesmer necro build working atm.

Other than that I like Necro/Mesmer and Ritualist/Necro

I find in many cases you don't need a secondary for skills as you have so many title skills that fill in nicely.

Bright Star Shine · Jan 14, 2011, 04:54 PM // 16:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by mappam

I am (as some of you have already read

) and have a couple of "old" characters that I would like to Make-Over.

Example I have an assasin/monk - I don't like the monk as a 2nd. But what would be a good 2nd to switch to? She is a Faction Character so I don't think I can do Paragon (example) as this is Nightfall??? Right?

Same example - A/M - I am a SOLO player and always take a healer hench with me and find I am a Terrible Terrible Healer! So I do Not need the skills of a healer.

I have other "old" characters that need a revamp and thought I would ask here What Is Your Favorite Combo and WHY?

Thanks! This will be a Big Help to me.

Are you saying you're running an A/Mo healer? Because if you do, you're doing it wrong..

And, of course you can run A/P or A/D, you just have to unlock nightfall and go to a profession changer..

Favorite Combo's:

A/D: Critscythe rapes, seriously
E/A: gogo AP nuker
Mo/x: hate monk :P
N/Me: SS gogo
Me/A: gogo AP domination spike
R/x: don't play my ranger..

Spazzer · Jan 14, 2011, 04:55 PM // 16:55

As I am a PvE player now:

Elementalist secondary provides access to an energy management skill that returns 5 to 15 energy every 31 seconds without any attribute commitment. (Glyph of Lesser Energy)

Dervish secondary provides access to an outstanding defensive stance that can be maintained constantly for 6 Earth Prayers points. (Conviction)

Shayne Hawke · Jan 14, 2011, 05:02 PM // 17:02

Rt/W, Rt/A, Rt/D, and Rt/P were all fun until they became too much glass and not enough cannon.

Casshern · Jan 14, 2011, 05:44 PM // 17:44

A/W, W/P, W/E, R/Mo, R/Me, N/A, Mo/W

mappam · Jan 14, 2011, 05:47 PM // 17:47

Thanks for the info - I only play PvE so the combo would be for that and that only.

There is soo much to re-learn and learn when you have taken a break from a game that has been updated - with time and expansion packs etc.

NerfHerder · Jan 14, 2011, 06:04 PM // 18:04

@OP

A/W- My most used secondary for my Assassin. "Save Yourselves!" in PvE. And for a few builds in PvP.

A/Mo- Veattir Farm with smite skills. Can also be used for other types of Shadow Form farms as well. A/P and A/Me are also popular secondaries for Shadow Form and SCs.

A/E- Also for some SF builds and SCs. Or, AP Nuker.

A/D- Use a Scythe better than a Dervish.

A/R- Use Barrage better than a Ranger. Or be a Runner.

A/Rt- Norn Tourny Farm, or use SoS in general PvE and make people laugh at you.

I dont really have a favorite combo. Exploiting secondary skills with primary attributes provides too many OP builds to choose just one. But if I had to choose I would say E/Mo, because I like to contribute to my team in HM.

Bandwagon · Jan 14, 2011, 06:09 PM // 18:09

When I first got Nightfall and rolled a dervish, I thought /W was, how shall we say it? Just what the doctor ordered

in my mind of a good complimentary secondary (access to stance removal and utility on an otherwise utility-less class).

Of course, when I discovered Zealous Vow spam, SY! and Protector's Strike I never could find a reason to switch to any other secondary

.

Age · Jan 14, 2011, 06:09 PM // 18:09

I would have to say Monk and sec. is originally Warrior as for the defenses it provides.I would of chose Mesmer for e-management as well as interrupts and ele provides good e-man.

Spiritz · Jan 14, 2011, 06:50 PM // 18:50

Out of several diff sin builds ive tried over the few yrs i ended up liking crit scythe sin ( a/d ) - compared to other sin builds with daggers which i really dislike due to skill chains ( why the hell is sin the only skill chained profession i dont know ) which soon as blocked your chains dead. Crit scythe is gd because theres no chain and you do a gd amount of dmg without having to spread attributes to much - i did nf/factions and eotn as crit scythe sin and its never really failed me yet.
What you have to remember is - at lvl 20 you can switch 2ndry prof as many times as you like so in a way your only expanding yourself rather than a "makeover" - if you had a fav a/mo build saved then you can always switch back with no problems.
You have to ensure tho that you have nightfall for eg to unlock the derv and para ( easy to get to from kaineng ) .
Btw please please never use the words SOLO and heros or hench together as a lot of us players regard solo as just being you in party alone ( eg solo farmers ) and anything else just use h/h - a lot of arguements arise from solo players claiming to be solo but using h/h ( seen a few 55 monks trying to use h/h and wondering why it fails ).

**cosyfiep** · Jan 14, 2011, 07:27 PM // 19:27

I like /rt for 2ndary professions.....I use it for most of my heroes.
My monk did all that elite skill capping so he has tried all the 2ndaries...think he has /p right now (some signet).....
my first character is a e/mo and still is (she did get a few /me skills but never used them)....
my mesmer likes ranger as 2ndary since she is an interupter (and uses a bow, yes flame me all you wish)....lots of good interrupts that way (hubby has the opposite r/me for the same reason).
I guess I like having a pet since my 2nd monk uses /r

so /rt or /r are my 2ndary favorites....

Lasai · Jan 14, 2011, 07:27 PM // 19:27

I will always be partial to R/Me because I finished proph with it (prot of Tyria) ..back when that was all I had.. hench, no PVE skills, no heros.

For PvE as you progress through EotN and pick up the PvE skills I found that I use those far more than secondary skills.. choice of secondary became less important most of the time.

You will always end up tweaking Secondaries for certain missions. Rt secondary is great always to put Magni in his place. I always use Ranger secondary for Glacial Griff and Augery Z mish. I switch to cap elites for my heroes a lot as well.

Also your own playstyle matters a lot. I tend to go slow and methodical, pulling and controlling. My best friend.. omg.. she runs para second mainly for fallback
and runs everything..zooom past everything to the goal. No matter how good a skillset is for others.. anything you do has to work for you and has to be fun.

Right now I have a N/R that is a ranger for the sole reason that I happen to think a Black Raven pet named Cassandra is cool. It is a dumb reason, having a pet in a lot of places is dumb.. but I have fun with her and her good heroes pull the slack.

Haggis of Doom · Jan 14, 2011, 07:47 PM // 19:47

Just wanted to point out that after a certain point in the storyline, you can change your secondary profession at will.

Seems obvious to most of us, but I'm not sure OP knows this due to the wording in the first post

LifeInfusion · Jan 14, 2011, 09:16 PM // 21:16

N/Me or Me/N. Having hex spam is hilariously imbalanced when the only counter is Deny hexes, convert hexes and Divert hexes . Expel hexes only removes two hexes, so 2 cover hexes is all you need.

E/Mo comes a close second. Old school Ether Prodigy, new Ether Renewal.

A/D for sin scythe.

A/W and D/W for Wild Blow and Save Yourselves! + Whirlwind attack. Shove on A/W also.

Bad Company Sin · Jan 14, 2011, 09:52 PM // 21:52

Really liking A/P for Critical Spear builds..

other than that, W/Any

Roen · Jan 14, 2011, 09:59 PM // 21:59

As a primary R/ I've been playing R/Rt a lot lately. (SoS if I'm lazy, SW/Barrage, Spirit Siphon is great e-mgmt, etc.)

R/D pet scythe is fun too, imho.

Jan 14, 2011, 04:17 PM // 16:17	#1
mappam Academy Page Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Central Florida USA	Your favorite profession combo? I am (as some of you have already read ) and have a couple of "old" characters that I would like to Make-Over. Example I have an assasin/monk - I don't like the monk as a 2nd. But what would be a good 2nd to switch to? She is a Faction Character so I don't think I can do Paragon (example) as this is Nightfall??? Right? Same example - A/M - I am a SOLO player and always take a healer hench with me and find I am a Terrible Terrible Healer! So I do Not need the skills of a healer. I have other "old" characters that need a revamp and thought I would ask here What Is Your Favorite Combo and WHY? Thanks! This will be a Big Help to me.

Jan 14, 2011, 04:52 PM // 16:52	#5
gremlin Furnace Stoker Join Date: Oct 2006 Guild: GWAR Profession: Me/Mo	I found the secret was to create one character of every class and over time you mix and match secondaries till your happy. Not that there is a perfect secondary My assassin has been /Monk /Mesmer /Ranger /Warrior /Dervish and /ritualist All of those classes worked in pve some better than others but they all worked. Forgot to mention my favourite combo doh Mesmer is my favourite class and the secondary doesn't matter much to me but I am trying to get a mesmer necro build working atm. Other than that I like Necro/Mesmer and Ritualist/Necro I find in many cases you don't need a secondary for skills as you have so many title skills that fill in nicely. Last edited by gremlin; Jan 14, 2011 at 05:20 PM // 17:20..

Jan 14, 2011, 06:09 PM // 18:09	#12
Bandwagon Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Jan 2010 Profession: D/	When I first got Nightfall and rolled a dervish, I thought /W was, how shall we say it? Just what the doctor ordered in my mind of a good complimentary secondary (access to stance removal and utility on an otherwise utility-less class). Of course, when I discovered Zealous Vow spam, SY! and Protector's Strike I never could find a reason to switch to any other secondary.

Jan 14, 2011, 07:27 PM // 19:27	#15
cosyfiep are we there yet? Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: in a land far far away Guild: guild? I am supposed to have a guild? Profession: Rt/	I like /rt for 2ndary professions.....I use it for most of my heroes. My monk did all that elite skill capping so he has tried all the 2ndaries...think he has /p right now (some signet)..... my first character is a e/mo and still is (she did get a few /me skills but never used them).... my mesmer likes ranger as 2ndary since she is an interupter (and uses a bow, yes flame me all you wish)....lots of good interrupts that way (hubby has the opposite r/me for the same reason). I guess I like having a pet since my 2nd monk uses /r so /rt or /r are my 2ndary favorites.... __________________ where is the 'all you can eat' cookie bar?

Jan 14, 2011, 07:27 PM // 19:27	#16
Lasai Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Apr 2009 Profession: R/	I will always be partial to R/Me because I finished proph with it (prot of Tyria) ..back when that was all I had.. hench, no PVE skills, no heros. For PvE as you progress through EotN and pick up the PvE skills I found that I use those far more than secondary skills.. choice of secondary became less important most of the time. You will always end up tweaking Secondaries for certain missions. Rt secondary is great always to put Magni in his place. I always use Ranger secondary for Glacial Griff and Augery Z mish. I switch to cap elites for my heroes a lot as well. Also your own playstyle matters a lot. I tend to go slow and methodical, pulling and controlling. My best friend.. omg.. she runs para second mainly for fallback and runs everything..zooom past everything to the goal. No matter how good a skillset is for others.. anything you do has to work for you and has to be fun. Right now I have a N/R that is a ranger for the sole reason that I happen to think a Black Raven pet named Cassandra is cool. It is a dumb reason, having a pet in a lot of places is dumb.. but I have fun with her and her good heroes pull the slack. Last edited by Lasai; Jan 14, 2011 at 07:43 PM // 19:43..

Jan 14, 2011, 04:26 PM // 16:26	#2
djemonk Guest Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: New York City Guild: Guildasaurus Rex Profession: W/N	I find the opposite. Monk is my most successful second class. I tend to play a lot of tanks, so I find myself in the middle of "the crazy" pretty frequently and it helps to have a protection or healing spell in my back pocket.

Jan 14, 2011, 04:27 PM // 16:27	#3
drunknzelda Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jan 2006 Guild: Time For Plan B [RUN] Profession: E/Me	I like E/Me, my first character created back in 2005 was an E/Me and I still use it very often. Having the power of elementalist skills combined with utility from mesmer skills is awesome.

Jan 14, 2011, 04:47 PM // 16:47	#4
Verene Furnace Stoker Join Date: Jan 2009 Guild: [SOTA] Profession: D/	Ranger/Mesmer is pretty fun. Rangers have a lot of attacks that cause conditions, and Epidemic spreads them to other enemies that are near your original target. Since I generally use Barrage with Poison Tip Signet, or Burning Arrow with Apply Poison, and have a Jagged Bones minion bomber hero, that's mass poison, burning, and bleeding spread all over. Massive degen FTW.

Jan 14, 2011, 04:55 PM // 16:55	#7
Spazzer Jungle Guide Join Date: May 2006 Location: USA Guild: Team Asshat [Hat] Profession: Mo/E	As I am a PvE player now: Elementalist secondary provides access to an energy management skill that returns 5 to 15 energy every 31 seconds without any attribute commitment. (Glyph of Lesser Energy) Dervish secondary provides access to an outstanding defensive stance that can be maintained constantly for 6 Earth Prayers points. (Conviction)

Jan 14, 2011, 05:02 PM // 17:02	#8
Shayne Hawke Departed from Tyria Join Date: May 2007 Guild: Clan Dethryche [dth] Profession: R/	Rt/W, Rt/A, Rt/D, and Rt/P were all fun until they became too much glass and not enough cannon.

Jan 14, 2011, 05:44 PM // 17:44	#9
Casshern Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Aug 2008 Guild: [Roll] Profession: Rt/A	A/W, W/P, W/E, R/Mo, R/Me, N/A, Mo/W

Jan 14, 2011, 05:47 PM // 17:47	#10
mappam Academy Page Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Central Florida USA	Thanks for the info - I only play PvE so the combo would be for that and that only. There is soo much to re-learn and learn when you have taken a break from a game that has been updated - with time and expansion packs etc.

Jan 14, 2011, 06:04 PM // 18:04	#11
NerfHerder Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Apr 2010	@OP A/W- My most used secondary for my Assassin. "Save Yourselves!" in PvE. And for a few builds in PvP. A/Mo- Veattir Farm with smite skills. Can also be used for other types of Shadow Form farms as well. A/P and A/Me are also popular secondaries for Shadow Form and SCs. A/E- Also for some SF builds and SCs. Or, AP Nuker. A/D- Use a Scythe better than a Dervish. A/R- Use Barrage better than a Ranger. Or be a Runner. A/Rt- Norn Tourny Farm, or use SoS in general PvE and make people laugh at you. I dont really have a favorite combo. Exploiting secondary skills with primary attributes provides too many OP builds to choose just one. But if I had to choose I would say E/Mo, because I like to contribute to my team in HM.

Jan 14, 2011, 06:09 PM // 18:09	#13
Age Hall Hero Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: California Canada/BC Guild: STG Administrator Profession: Mo/	I would have to say Monk and sec. is originally Warrior as for the defenses it provides.I would of chose Mesmer for e-management as well as interrupts and ele provides good e-man.

Jan 14, 2011, 06:50 PM // 18:50	#14
Spiritz Forge Runner Join Date: Apr 2007 Guild: DMFC	Out of several diff sin builds ive tried over the few yrs i ended up liking crit scythe sin ( a/d ) - compared to other sin builds with daggers which i really dislike due to skill chains ( why the hell is sin the only skill chained profession i dont know ) which soon as blocked your chains dead. Crit scythe is gd because theres no chain and you do a gd amount of dmg without having to spread attributes to much - i did nf/factions and eotn as crit scythe sin and its never really failed me yet. What you have to remember is - at lvl 20 you can switch 2ndry prof as many times as you like so in a way your only expanding yourself rather than a "makeover" - if you had a fav a/mo build saved then you can always switch back with no problems. You have to ensure tho that you have nightfall for eg to unlock the derv and para ( easy to get to from kaineng ) . Btw please please never use the words SOLO and heros or hench together as a lot of us players regard solo as just being you in party alone ( eg solo farmers ) and anything else just use h/h - a lot of arguements arise from solo players claiming to be solo but using h/h ( seen a few 55 monks trying to use h/h and wondering why it fails ).

Jan 14, 2011, 07:47 PM // 19:47	#17
Haggis of Doom Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: May 2009 Guild: TGB Profession: W/	Just wanted to point out that after a certain point in the storyline, you can change your secondary profession at will. Seems obvious to most of us, but I'm not sure OP knows this due to the wording in the first post

Jan 14, 2011, 09:16 PM // 21:16	#18
LifeInfusion Grotto Attendant Join Date: May 2005 Location: in the midline Profession: E/Mo	N/Me or Me/N. Having hex spam is hilariously imbalanced when the only counter is Deny hexes, convert hexes and Divert hexes . Expel hexes only removes two hexes, so 2 cover hexes is all you need. E/Mo comes a close second. Old school Ether Prodigy, new Ether Renewal. A/D for sin scythe. A/W and D/W for Wild Blow and Save Yourselves! + Whirlwind attack. Shove on A/W also.

Jan 14, 2011, 09:52 PM // 21:52	#19
Bad Company Sin Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Texas Guild: Embrace Annihilation [?????????] Profession: A/	Really liking A/P for Critical Spear builds.. other than that, W/Any

Jan 14, 2011, 09:59 PM // 21:59	#20
Roen Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: GMT-5 Guild: [Nite] Profession: R/	As a primary R/ I've been playing R/Rt a lot lately. (SoS if I'm lazy, SW/Barrage, Spirit Siphon is great e-mgmt, etc.) R/D pet scythe is fun too, imho.