GW2. WvW Builds. Roaming Builds. Builds for Guild Wars 2 World vs World.
📣 For Zerg builds check here: The Best WvW Zerg Builds
📣 Recommendations for New Players:
- Beginner’s Guide to Guild Wars 2 World vs World
- Guide to Objectives, Upgrades, Improvements and Tactics in World vs World
- Guild Wars 2 Build Templates Guide
📣 Tier Legend:
- Best – ⭐
- Great – 💗
- Good – 💎
- Under Revision – 🔨
Under Revision – Patch Notes Here!
This is a list with a good variety of viable roaming builds for WvW. While roaming you may experience a variety of situations all within a short span of time because of how diverse WvW can be.
- Roaming Builds = Small Scale 1 to 10
- For Large Scale builds check here: The Best WvW Zerg Builds
So there are three main things you want on a roaming build:
- Self Sustain
- Mobility
- Burst Damage
When roaming you can’t rely on your team to cleanse conditions and heal you with dedicated support players. Even though you can roam with a support it is slow and generally only good in situations where the fights are even or favored for you. If the situation doesn’t favor you, a support build can often get run over or can be rendered useless when their teammates scatter.
If you are in a vastly outnumbered situation the only option may be to retreat. Mobility can allow you to survive until you can reach the safety of your territory or allies. Also having the ability to chase down an enemy who is running away is important to having kill potential. You gain a lot more control over situations the more mobility you have.
Due to this opportunistic nature of WvW roaming it is only natural that roamers want to get in when situations favor them and get out quickly before they become too dangerous. Burst damage is useful for getting the kill unnoticed and then retreating back to safe positioning before the enemy can punish you for it.
Power builds often have better burst damage but lack sustain, while Condition builds have more sustained damage over time but lack instant impact. Celestial or hybrid builds will not specialize in anything but be decent at everything while gaining extra utility from boons.
Remember! There’s no “meta” for roaming, use these builds as a starting point and adapt to your playstyle!
📣 All classes are viable, the builds are rated between other builds of the same class. The rating criteria is based on versatility for solo and group situations. Roaming builds aren’t meant for duels only.
📣 Builds marked with the green icon 
are recommend for beginners or high ping.
Thief
Power D/P Daredevil – ⭐- Power S/D Daredevil – 💗
Power Rifle Deadeye – 💗- Celestial Spear Daredevil – 💗
- Condition Axe/D Daredevil – 💗
- Power Axe/P Daredevil – 💗
Condition Specter – 💗- Power Specter – 💎
Power S/D Core – 💎- Celestial P/P Daredevil – 💎
Ranger
Power “Sic ‘Em!” Soulbeast – ⭐
Power Spear/Maces Druid – 💗- Condition Druid – 💗
Power Untamed – 💗- Celestial Untamed – 💎
Engineer
Power Grenade Scrapper – ⭐
Celestial Spear Holosmith – 💗- Power Grenade Holosmith – 💗
- Power Tools Holosmith – 💗
- Celestial Scrapper – 💗
Celestial Mechanist – 💗
Celestial Grenade Core – 💎- Power Mortar Scrapper – 💎
- Power Rifle Mechanist – 💎
Mesmer
Power Spear Virtuoso – ⭐
Power Mirage – 💗- Condition Ambush Mirage – 💗
- Celestial Virtuoso – 💗
Power Shatter Chronomancer – 💗- Condition Chronomancer – 💎
Power PU Shatter Core – 💎
Elementalist
Celestial Daggers Catalyst – ⭐- Power Daggers Catalyst – 💗
- Power Fresh Air Catalyst – 💗
Celestial Fire Weaver – 💗
Condition Tempest – 💗- Power Fresh Air Weaver – 💗
- Power Air Spear Tempest – 💎
- Condition Scepter Catalyst – 💎
- Celestial Hammer Catalyst – 💎
Necromancer
Condition Harbinger – ⭐🔨- Celestial Spear Harbinger – 💗
Power Reaper – 💗- Celestial Reaper – 💗🔨
- Power Harbinger – 💗
Condition Core Terrormancer – 💗
Celestial Scourge – 💎🔨
Warrior
Power Hammer/Spear Spellbreaker – ⭐
Celestial Hambow Berserker – 💗- Condition Burst Berserker – 💗
Power Berserker – 💗- Celestial Spellbreaker – 💗🔨
Power Axe/Hammer Core – 💎
Power Bladesworn – 💎🔨
Guardian
Power Spear Willbender – ⭐
Celestial Willbender – 💗🔨
Power Trapper Dragonhunter – 💗- Condition Dragonhunter – 💗
Celestial Firebrand – 💎🔨
Power Radiance Core Guardian – 💎
Revenant
Power Vindicator – ⭐- Celestial Vindicator – 💗🔨
Celestial Shortbow/Spear Renegade – 💗
Power Herald – 💗- Power Renegade – 💎
- Celestial Spear Herald – 💎
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