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Open World

Open World builds for Guild Wars 2. A wide variety of GW2 builds and guides for all classes.

Section builds are up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

General Builds

Builds meant for general open world play. Useful for general open world and story-mode play, such as events, zerging, map completion, and random shenanigans. These builds typically suggest similar gear to their instanced PvE counterparts (Raids/Fractals/Strikes) for ease of gearing but if you are not worried about this or don't mind investing in a separate gear set for open world then feel free to alter your equipment.

Elementalist
Engineer
Guardian
Mesmer
Necromancer
Ranger
Revenant
Thief
Warrior
Test

There are currently no test Open World General builds

Draft


Tagging Builds

Tagging builds are niche builds that specialize in dealing ranged, area damage in order to maximize the number of enemies they can hit. They typically deal low damage and are only used in open world farm squads such as LS4 Trains.


Specialist Builds

Specialist builds are niche builds only useful in very specific use-cases. Pay attention to their overview for detailed information.


Core Builds

Core builds are builds that do not feature an elite specialization and have gear variants which are accessible to Free To Play players.

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