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Raid Builds

Raid and Strike Mission builds for GW2. A wide variety of recommended/meta, great and viable builds and guides for all classes in Guild Wars 2.

Section builds are up to date for the August 20, 2024 patch.
Strength
Discipline
Berserker
4.7
Dueling
Domination
Chronomancer
4.4
Zeal
Dragonhunter
Virtues
4.8
Spite
Soul Reaping
Reaper
4.8
Air
Fire
Tempest
4.5
Skirmishing
Untamed
Marksmanship
4.6
Domination
Dueling
Virtuoso
4.7
Radiance
Virtues
Willbender
4.8
Great
Deadly Arts
Trickery
Daredevil
4.8
Virtues
Radiance
Firebrand
4.6
Curses
Soul Reaping
Harbinger
4.5
Firearms
Explosives
Holosmith
4.8
Explosives
Firearms
Mechanist
4.5
Curses
Soul Reaping
Scourge
4.8
Strength
Defense
Spellbreaker
4.5
Viable
Devastation
Invocation
Herald
3.8
Explosives
Firearms
Mechanist
4.5
Dueling
Chaos
Mirage
4.3
Curses
Soul Reaping
Reaper
3.3
Skirmishing
Soulbeast
Wilderness Survival
4.5
Deadly Arts
Trickery
Specter
4.3
Fire
Earth
Tempest
3.5
Test
Draft
Curses
Soul Reaping
Harbinger
N/A


Basic Builds

With so many elite specialisations there are some builds that, while still viable, are sufficiently outclassed by other options that they are given the Basic rating. Builds here will be kept updated for fans of said builds, but they are not recommended.

Basic
Featured Raid Guides
Raid Portal.webp
Introduction to Raiding
Raid fundamentals, roles, group requirements, and team composition
Settings.webp
Tips for Settings
Essential and optional game settings to make your gameplay more fluent in PvE, PvP and WvW
Gold.webp
Ways to Earn Gold
Overview of some of the best and most common ways to earn gold
Locked Profession.webp
What Profession Should I Play?
Help figuring out which Guild Wars 2 profession to try
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