Weekly /r/GuildWars2 Question Thread - October 27, 2018

All classes are generally played glass cannon style because of the way combat works in Guild Wars 2. There is so much active mitigation (every class essentially has 1 second invulnerability on their dodge) that gearing defensive stats is a net loss, since you can just dodge damage and kill the enemy faster.

However, there are still classes which can take more or fewer hits based on their class design. Thief, Elementalist and Guardian have the lowest health pools, but Thieves have lots of evasion (especially with their Elite Specialisation Daredevil) and Guardians have lots of active mitigation. Elementalists don't have any of that, and fall over if you look at them the wrong way, but have some of the highest damage potential.

So I'd try those three, go into the PvP lobby and take a look at all the skills and traits, see what you like the most.

Thief perhaps?

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