Guild Wars 2: A Beginner's Guide To The Classes

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Guild Wars 2 is a unique game in more ways than one. While it does follow the "magic users, warriors, rogues" setup of other fantasy games, the individual classes are often unfamiliar to new players. The Guardian class is akin to a Paladin, for example, but Guild Wars hasn't used a more universally known term to describe them. Thankfully, you have this guide to explain the details of every class so that you'll know what you're getting yourself into.

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Mesmers are magic users. They use their magic to create "illusions" (usually duplicate copies of themselves) to confuse their opponents. Within the lore of the game, Mesmers are a secretive group of casters because their school of magic is out of fashion.

Mesmers are arguably the hardest class to learn and play well. It involves creating multiple illusions, keeping track of them, and breaking them all at the same time to cause a chain effect - all this on top of regular attacks. In addition, a lot is expected of mesmers when playing end-game content. They can stack "quickness," a buff that means that the people around you will take a shorter time to attack, significantly increasing how much damage a DPS player like a ranger can put out. Unfortunately, many a new Guild Wars 2 player has chosen the Mesmer class and become frustrated. Don't make their mistake - if you are a first-time Guild Wars 2 player, consider trying another class.

The Chronomancer specialization was added in Guild Wars 2's first expansion. The Chronomancer is still being used in the