Heavy Armor Gw2 (2024)

FAQs

What classes wear heavy armor in GW2? ›

Armor is divided into three armor classes, which correspond to the three profession types; scholars wear light armor, adventurers wear medium armor, and soldiers wear heavy armor.

Armor is the most obvious way to ensure that players can reduce the damage they take from the blows of their enemies, with heavy armor being one of the best ways players can mitigate the damage they take.

The guardian is a soldier profession and thus wears heavy armor.

Cleric, Fighter, & Paladin classes all receive Heavy Armor Proficiency as a Class Feat at level 1.

most complicated and difficult to perform is elementalist, but you can pick up tempest or catalyst with LI builds.

Vanilla light armor is superior to heavy armor. Light armor is slower to level up, weight less so you carry more sprint for longer durations early on, is more stealth friendly (but you can always muffle enchantment so it doesn't really matter), increase stamina regen and negate 10% of incoming damage.

To level up the Heavy Armor skill most efficiently, wear a full set of Heavy Armor (head, hands, feet, chest). The rate of skill gain is based on the total amount of damage incoming before armor is applied.

As a scholar profession, mesmers wear light armor.

The engineer is an adventurer profession and wears medium armor.

PvE armor setsEdit

The Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure expansion features a legendary set that doesn't require heavy investment into raids or competitive experiences—instead, the various crafting components come from open-world gameplay in the expansion.

How do you get the seven reapers armor in gw2? ›

Seven Reapers armor is an armor set of skins that can be purchased with Black Lion Statuettes.

yeah, barbarians cant rage in heavy armour, but i dont think they tell you that ingame. I thought they might be able to, cause they changed a few things with classes and spent a feat for karlach to be prof. in itjust to see...it doesnt work :( Its the same reason pure magic classes, dont like to use armor.

The Soldier and Krogan Battlemaster classes are the only ones who can gain access to Heavy Armor, but only after acquiring 7 points in Combat Armor. Heavy armor usually offers best damage protection and shields, but the most basic models offer very low protection against tech and biotic talents.

Medium armor can be used by the Engineer, Ranger and Thief professions.