I just started the unranked PvP with my first character, the Weaver and have played like 20 games total, but it is already getting more fun the more I play! This video gave some really good tips, so thank you!
@4:24 yes this is seriously true, i had a game that was 150 us and 340 enemy team, my team of course immediately starts the "gg we lost, crap team" after that the enemy team started losing fights, we started taking points and won the game 500 to 430... you can always turn it around and i just wish people would relax instead of giving up immediately
Gw2 has the best combat in any mmo I've played. I hope the new players enjoy it and that the vets don't get too impatient with newer players on their team. We need the new blood.
I hope yall do have patients because I'm about to start playing and it's gonna be a real shit show, lol! Kinda unsure how I'm gonna go about playing cause I'm literally 10 years behind everyone else at this point...
@@johnedwardpalencia2330 100%. The latest expansion for the game came out February of this year, and with that came about double the active players. Like I said, I just started, but everywhere that I've been has people throughout PvE, and PvP is definitely still poppin'! This game's community is so awesome too, so you'll find countless people that are willing to help you out and team with.
I'd also point point out about map mechanics... Many ppl still don't know that creatures on forest also gives a buff to everyone on the team, just as well as the artifacts on coliseum
I think more people need to hear this, but... If you want to win more often than you lose, without being a 1v5 god, *ONLY* play in premades, the bigger - the better. With average luck, entering solo queue more often than not will mean that you have 2 AFK farmers sitting at spawn, 1 newbie who just pressed PvP for the first time, and one wild card player in your team, against a team made of one or two coordinated premades. Trust me, you *WANT* to be on the other side of this situation.
I miss Guild Wars 1, man... I miss TA and GvG while it was vibrant. What an experience I got to have in that whole mix. I'll never forget it. Gw2 PvP is alright. I hate that most of the game is spent at max level.
I wanted to understand the progression. I still don't know the difference between shards of glory and their ascended versions. And how to get the latter. What to aim for? Ascended weapons, armor, trinkets? What's the best method for farming these? Any difference between ranked and unranked regarding the rewards? Which reward track to choose first? What about the map mechanics? I'm frequently lost and tilted when the trebuchet starts insta killing me
Abandoning a clearly losing battle is something I just learned to do. It's even easier to do since my main a soulbeast, so it has lots of mobility, complementing it's bust.
I just cant get my head around the number of deflects, blocks etc which are not visible or done in a way its frustrating ... like some elementalists running around or engies with some block stuff while I keep dying and I cant even land a hit xD ... Its frustrating and chaotic. :(
Ty so much:) just what I was looking for, having 20K+ in 4story PvP. I have heard GW2 pvp system is addicting and amazing. Starting tomorrow with this guide, thx mannnn
I just can't stop play it. Please send help. Best tip I can give is set combat mode on mouse click, so you can quickly switch to combat mode, dash away instead of focusing the nearest target, then re-enable normal cam.
Sounds interesting... i returned to GW2 lately, on a bit of a pause from Elden Ring ( where i PVP extensively ), and would wnat to finally try PVP in this game. Thanks for the tips, will try it out... i never checked out PVP in GW2 but it seems fun. Just i am not sure how my character will fair in it ( Revanant ), i generally like to have condition damage build but i assume i will have to make another whole build for PVP ( and on first glance it does not seem like condition damage is usefull in PVP, unlike Elden Ring :P ... ). Will check your other videos for sure when i try it a bit and i get the feeling of what i need and what i want. XD
Hey Vallun. Great video as always. I was getting back to the game, and yesterday I noticed, on my Rev (power herald), that legend swapping wasn't proc'ing my sigils. I researched for a bit and saw that anet fixed it due to it being considered a "bug". The thing is, I have not seen anyone addressing it in videos. I was wondering if you thought about giving your 2 cents on it. Thank you very much for you amazing work
@@Vallun I salute your state of mind, haha! I was devastated when i read those patch notes. At least i can have fun theory crafting something new Cheers and thank you!
@@Vallun Just watched the VOD from the balance patch and they are re-introducing the sigil activation on weapon swap!!!! This coupled with the Vindicator changes could make for some pretty mean builds! Yayyyy
can u make a short tutorial for "quick turn" like what u did in this video sometimes, making a 180° turn while running straight ... i know its an option but when i set a key bind to it and use it my camera moves so weird that its even more distracting than benefitting - this was not the case in your situation, why? :o
There are some guides out there that explain it much better than I can in a comment, MightyTeapot combat mechanics video has it I recall? Otherwise the tldr is to hold your left mouse button while hitting about face key so the camera is fixed (holding left mouse allows you to move the camera). Then pressing right mouse will allow you to point your character back in the camera direction.
Great video Vallun, perfect timing with Steam release! I'm coming back to the game after a LONG hiatus, and I like to focus on a single character for everything. I love to play a roaming class for PvP and WvW, but also a class that can hold its own in 1v1/1vX and beat most classes with outplay potential. I'm leaning towards thief since it was my main in the past, but I know it's never truly been the best 1v1 class and can struggle 1vX. Obviously it has a lot of tools to outplay opponents, but curious on your thoughts about it and if you think I'll be underwhelmed with this kind of playstyle in mind. Thanks!
@@Vallun I would say the OG Roamer would be Ranger and soul beast is really fun just forcing a dodge out from 1200 is funny af also ranger is viable in all game modes and druid is really fun in Raids really chill vibe and lets be honest ranger is really easy to get into where thief is not an easy class yes its fun to one shot some one from stealth but a good ranger will always beat a good thief because ranger is a hard counter to thief and thief has always struggled with group play like wat is more valuable in a zerg a ranger or a thief if its the same guy playing both classes at the same level
The thing I will struggle with is the amount of different abilities. I feel overwhelmed at the idea of learning what each profession and socialisation does. A lot of the skills look the same to me so I can't even tell what circle on the floor belongs to who and what it does. Short of playing all professions extensively myself how will I learn how to identify and strategies against each foe?
Just time bro. Don't expect to get it fast. Just enjoy playing and learning something new each match. Over time you will start to recognize more and more stuff.
@Vallun can you please make a guide on how to completely dominate in pvp and crush these noobs? ty. These "new player" guides are cute but i want something to stomp on my opponents.
"one of the most addicting things once you get into it" IDK, the community is about on par with League of Legends most of the time. I played GW2 since beta but rarely ever touch PvP. So much anger and overall shitty people in that game mode. Super hard to "get into it" in that sort of setting.
Is unranked concidered "noob land" and is safe for noobs? Im so scared of being yelled at for not being good...In world of warcraft they littelary threw me out over and over again because they were veterans and I was a noob so I never got a chanche to learn dungeons etc...
one thing that bothers me is that visibility is absolutely disaster, so many flashes, lights numbers on the scree, game already have bad graphycs and it makes game even more unplayable
it depends on your build really, you could get away with it on a flamethrower scrapper, longbow ranger, but preferably you should learn to use your mouse with free camera.
Only way to enjoy gw2 pvp as a new player is to build a timemachine and go back 10 years to get experience, old players are always begging new ones to play pvp just so they can obliterate them and easyfarm them. Dont play pvp as a new player simple as.
PvP matchmaking needs work, WvW will give you a better experience in fighting other players. You want to start on ascended asap, but you can still be competitive with exotics and ascended jewels. Follow around zergs. then roam in small groups. Before you know it you will be confident in running around solo.
Yeah starting as a new player doing pvp is awful.. I literally just instant die. I guess I just don't get how they expect new players to be able to do anything going up against people with ten year titles. Until that's fixed you're not going to see new players even bother.
MMO pvp is visually messy but this game takes the cake, it may be fantastic gameplay but what an ugly mess to look at. Couldn't get into it cause of it.
What is the pvp mm like? I have been a massive fan of wow but the community is the worst of any game and the mm is so bad. Blizzard can't help but screw with the game and it really seems like they change things just because they know we don't want it. I think I may have to give it a go. Can I literally download and just play pvp?
What every new player needs to know is that this company has abandoned its pvp for over half a decade, so know what you're getting into... an irrelevant dead ghost town.
I beg to differ. There are new special Elite Specs, traits and skills every expansion that was clearly designed for sPvP and WvW. There are continuous balance patches directly focused on sPvP and WvW. For WvW there is the alliance project ongoing, which seems to be a project with mind-boggling magnitude; after it's done a lot of developer capacity will be freed up. What do you mean 'abandoned'? Would you like new maps? Or a gear threadmill to be added? New kind of rewards (it's still quite profitable to play ranked, right?)? I think the core concept of gw2 pvp is to get competitive even at lvl 2, and get better based on player-skill. This concept is really hard to build more things/systems/progressions upon... My guess is Anet is hesitant to drastically build things on top of it, because it might break the current concept. New elite specs and a fair (and quick) balancing is what I need and demand. For sure, Anet could do more in this regard, but no way would I describe it as 'abandoned'. It's like saying League of Legends is 'adandoned'... There's 1 new hero every few months that always falls into the existing category (jungle, mid, top... Etc). They tried new maps, but wasn't quite successful. There was one "big" update over the years regarding the main map's visuals and mechanics... What does Riot exactly do differently than Anet? Better marketing, for sure, but that's true for Gw2's all game mode, right? Or It's like saying Counter Strike is abandoned, because it's still a pew-pew FPS rifle-pistol-knife game... Always with the same indistinguishably monotone weapons and maps...
And they should know that wvw is fun until you realize 90% of players are boomer zerglings that get their kicks off spamming 1 and chasing one person around. The other 9% will waypoint away as soon as they see an enemy. And only 1% care about improving their skill and enjoying fair fights or playing in small groups.
@@feet42 lol that copium. Fighting fair in wvw? Where Equipment is actually a contributing factor? Dont kid urself. Wvw is inherently unfair and if u get stealth Killed while trying to cap a camp thats just as much part of the expirience as zergs are. IF u actually want a fair fight play spvp. Thats as close as it gets to a fair fight in gw2.
Vallun is the real PvP God. If you are new to GW2 this is the right channel to learn and GET GOOD.
I need duel vallun 🙈🤪 huhu
Vallun IS the best teacher video maker for PVP
Even a lot of builds you can't find on metabattle that are more fun than them and still pretty good
Biased.....
everyone knows the real PvP God... Boyce it is
I just started the unranked PvP with my first character, the Weaver and have played like 20 games total, but it is already getting more fun the more I play! This video gave some really good tips, so thank you!
This channel is a gold mine of knowledge!
I wanna do the same but I'm afraid I'll just get deleted by many year vets. 😕
@4:24 yes this is seriously true, i had a game that was 150 us and 340 enemy team, my team of course immediately starts the "gg we lost, crap team" after that the enemy team started losing fights, we started taking points and won the game 500 to 430... you can always turn it around and i just wish people would relax instead of giving up immediately
yeah, the worst is when people start going afk - then we lose for sure >_>
Gw2 has the best combat in any mmo I've played. I hope the new players enjoy it and that the vets don't get too impatient with newer players on their team. We need the new blood.
I hope yall do have patients because I'm about to start playing and it's gonna be a real shit show, lol! Kinda unsure how I'm gonna go about playing cause I'm literally 10 years behind everyone else at this point...
Is it much better than bdo?
@@rext3404 I'm just starting now too, so don't worry bro. We got this, let's pwn these vets.
is it still worth playing today? im looking for mmo with exciting pvp
@@johnedwardpalencia2330 100%. The latest expansion for the game came out February of this year, and with that came about double the active players. Like I said, I just started, but everywhere that I've been has people throughout PvE, and PvP is definitely still poppin'!
This game's community is so awesome too, so you'll find countless people that are willing to help you out and team with.
Best pvp youtube chanel
I'd also point point out about map mechanics...
Many ppl still don't know that creatures on forest also gives a buff to everyone on the team, just as well as the artifacts on coliseum
it's so frustrating trying to get into pvp, cuz every time i get into combat with someone i get destroyed within 5 seconds lmao
First step is understanding why, what killed you
I had 8 characters on level 80, about 250 hours playtime and 60 pvp matches in pvp before I found the pvp-gear window...
I think more people need to hear this, but...
If you want to win more often than you lose, without being a 1v5 god, *ONLY* play in premades, the bigger - the better. With average luck, entering solo queue more often than not will mean that you have 2 AFK farmers sitting at spawn, 1 newbie who just pressed PvP for the first time, and one wild card player in your team, against a team made of one or two coordinated premades. Trust me, you *WANT* to be on the other side of this situation.
The PvE of gw2 is what brought me into the game the PvP made me love it.
Lets gooooo was looking for up to date PvP guide vids & Vallun always delivers!
The first phrase, yes it's the most addicting thing. I just got the game like a week ago. Look at me now, watching all your pvp videos xD
Nice video! thanks im just getting into gw2.
Awesome starter pvp guide. Exactly what I was looking for a a noob.
I miss Guild Wars 1, man... I miss TA and GvG while it was vibrant. What an experience I got to have in that whole mix. I'll never forget it. Gw2 PvP is alright. I hate that most of the game is spent at max level.
I miss RA, and HA the most in GW1
I wanted to understand the progression. I still don't know the difference between shards of glory and their ascended versions. And how to get the latter. What to aim for? Ascended weapons, armor, trinkets? What's the best method for farming these? Any difference between ranked and unranked regarding the rewards? Which reward track to choose first? What about the map mechanics? I'm frequently lost and tilted when the trebuchet starts insta killing me
check out the full PvP guide in the description for more details on those questions
you can also turn off the postprocessing for more visual clarity
Abandoning a clearly losing battle is something I just learned to do. It's even easier to do since my main a soulbeast, so it has lots of mobility, complementing it's bust.
Thanks!
Found this video today it's helpful for person long time not playing like me (last time i played is Hearth of Thorn
I just cant get my head around the number of deflects, blocks etc which are not visible or done in a way its frustrating ... like some elementalists running around or engies with some block stuff while I keep dying and I cant even land a hit xD ... Its frustrating and chaotic. :(
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Ty so much:) just what I was looking for, having 20K+ in 4story PvP. I have heard GW2 pvp system is addicting and amazing. Starting tomorrow with this guide, thx mannnn
Good idea to put this for newcomers. Newcomers: best place to learn about PvP. Also a lot of PvE builds and content.
Oh and WvW
I just can't stop play it. Please send help. Best tip I can give is set combat mode on mouse click, so you can quickly switch to combat mode, dash away instead of focusing the nearest target, then re-enable normal cam.
Vallun is pretty solid i rate him top tier in wvw roaming because his his pvp knowledge
Meditating under waterfall was a nice touch :D
Sounds interesting... i returned to GW2 lately, on a bit of a pause from Elden Ring ( where i PVP extensively ), and would wnat to finally try PVP in this game.
Thanks for the tips, will try it out... i never checked out PVP in GW2 but it seems fun.
Just i am not sure how my character will fair in it ( Revanant ), i generally like to have condition damage build but i assume i will have to make another whole build for PVP ( and on first glance it does not seem like condition damage is usefull in PVP, unlike Elden Ring :P ... ).
Will check your other videos for sure when i try it a bit and i get the feeling of what i need and what i want. XD
check out my condi herald build (guildjen.com pvp builds page) its a condition revenant
Wow the pvp is so different from the first guild wars.
Hey Vallun. Great video as always.
I was getting back to the game, and yesterday I noticed, on my Rev (power herald), that legend swapping wasn't proc'ing my sigils. I researched for a bit and saw that anet fixed it due to it being considered a "bug".
The thing is, I have not seen anyone addressing it in videos. I was wondering if you thought about giving your 2 cents on it.
Thank you very much for you amazing work
its just a nerf, you play the same way just with less benefits, and of course not stacking sigils in ways that you expect to proc four of them at once
@@Vallun I salute your state of mind, haha!
I was devastated when i read those patch notes. At least i can have fun theory crafting something new
Cheers and thank you!
@@Vallun Just watched the VOD from the balance patch and they are re-introducing the sigil activation on weapon swap!!!! This coupled with the Vindicator changes could make for some pretty mean builds! Yayyyy
well done
can u make a short tutorial for "quick turn" like what u did in this video sometimes, making a 180° turn while running straight ... i know its an option but when i set a key bind to it and use it my camera moves so weird that its even more distracting than benefitting - this was not the case in your situation, why? :o
There are some guides out there that explain it much better than I can in a comment, MightyTeapot combat mechanics video has it I recall?
Otherwise the tldr is to hold your left mouse button while hitting about face key so the camera is fixed (holding left mouse allows you to move the camera). Then pressing right mouse will allow you to point your character back in the camera direction.
It’s called about face. All you need to do is key bind it
watch my video titled "how to about face"
I did my placement after a long hiatus from the game and it put me in Gold, now I get reckt in most fights lols
Nice bait to have new players as fresh meat in pvp! xD
Great video Vallun, perfect timing with Steam release! I'm coming back to the game after a LONG hiatus, and I like to focus on a single character for everything. I love to play a roaming class for PvP and WvW, but also a class that can hold its own in 1v1/1vX and beat most classes with outplay potential. I'm leaning towards thief since it was my main in the past, but I know it's never truly been the best 1v1 class and can struggle 1vX. Obviously it has a lot of tools to outplay opponents, but curious on your thoughts about it and if you think I'll be underwhelmed with this kind of playstyle in mind. Thanks!
condition specter is pretty good duelist now, which is what does 1v1 1vx. build on guildjen.com
@@Vallun I would say the OG Roamer would be Ranger and soul beast is really fun just forcing a dodge out from 1200 is funny af also ranger is viable in all game modes and druid is really fun in Raids really chill vibe and lets be honest ranger is really easy to get into where thief is not an easy class yes its fun to one shot some one from stealth but a good ranger will always beat a good thief because ranger is a hard counter to thief and thief has always struggled with group play like wat is more valuable in a zerg a ranger or a thief if its the same guy playing both classes at the same level
what build is that at 3:23 ? sword+dagger and bow thief? and is it still viable?
The thing I will struggle with is the amount of different abilities. I feel overwhelmed at the idea of learning what each profession and socialisation does. A lot of the skills look the same to me so I can't even tell what circle on the floor belongs to who and what it does. Short of playing all professions extensively myself how will I learn how to identify and strategies against each foe?
Just time bro. Don't expect to get it fast. Just enjoy playing and learning something new each match. Over time you will start to recognize more and more stuff.
@Vallun can you please make a guide on how to completely dominate in pvp and crush these noobs? ty. These "new player" guides are cute but i want something to stomp on my opponents.
have you watched the rotation series or the intermediate mechanics vid?
Would you say you can PVP effectively with action cam? I've played with it for 4 years and it feels weird not using it.
What's the song in the outro?
0:33 as someone level 30 with no gear it doesn't feel like that. I die so fast but everyone els takes so many hits.
Can you solely play arena pvp and open world PVP all day and get good gear for it? or do u need to do pve raids?
you dont need gear in pvp at all, you select your stats not grind them
Not really into pvp but now might be a good time to play a few games ;]
People that aren't into it is usually because they aren't very good at it
@@jd2161 might be but i dont like it because of the restrictions on gear, runes, sigils and sometimes even nerfed abilities
"one of the most addicting things once you get into it"
IDK, the community is about on par with League of Legends most of the time. I played GW2 since beta but rarely ever touch PvP. So much anger and overall shitty people in that game mode.
Super hard to "get into it" in that sort of setting.
Is there any class that can perform well in PvP without any expansion?
yup, check out the pvp builds at guildjen.com and you'll see some for ranger, warrior, thief, guardian, necro
Is unranked concidered "noob land" and is safe for noobs? Im so scared of being yelled at for not being good...In world of warcraft they littelary threw me out over and over again because they were veterans and I was a noob so I never got a chanche to learn dungeons etc...
i meaan unranked is solo q they cant kick you out just turn off chat
Is ranking account or character based? Just wondering since I like to play lots of alts.
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@@Vallun Nice should have a lot of variety with all the professions.
love your voice :D
one thing that bothers me is that visibility is absolutely disaster, so many flashes, lights numbers on the scree, game already have bad graphycs and it makes game even more unplayable
hello i used to play lot on action cam how bad is it in pvp ?
it depends on your build really, you could get away with it on a flamethrower scrapper, longbow ranger, but preferably you should learn to use your mouse with free camera.
no game in the world compares to Lineage 2 when it comes to pvp/pk, gvg, siege and olympiad. too bad they ruined it with updates
But how do I develop understanding of the gamae? Is it just grinding hours?
watch my videos linked in the description
Is pvp still active? Or is it next to dead?
I'm so bad at pvp and I feel like I don't know what I'm doing lol cause I literally don't lol I try to get some nodes stay with the group and fightt
Is there a way to block rage whispers?
right click their name, block
Only way to enjoy gw2 pvp as a new player is to build a timemachine and go back 10 years to get experience, old players are always begging new ones to play pvp just so they can obliterate them and easyfarm them.
Dont play pvp as a new player simple as.
This is why I stopped playing. For me this is just one of those games i would play more if the community wasn't so toxic.
PvP matchmaking needs work, WvW will give you a better experience in fighting other players. You want to start on ascended asap, but you can still be competitive with exotics and ascended jewels. Follow around zergs. then roam in small groups. Before you know it you will be confident in running around solo.
The poor design of equipment and build templates for PvE/WvW will trun players experience into frustration.
This man got tired of his teammates throwing.
Yeah starting as a new player doing pvp is awful.. I literally just instant die. I guess I just don't get how they expect new players to be able to do anything going up against people with ten year titles. Until that's fixed you're not going to see new players even bother.
MMO pvp is visually messy but this game takes the cake, it may be fantastic gameplay but what an ugly mess to look at. Couldn't get into it cause of it.
So basically you can play GW2 like an online competitive multiplayer and not play the MMO side? Nice.
What is the pvp mm like? I have been a massive fan of wow but the community is the worst of any game and the mm is so bad. Blizzard can't help but screw with the game and it really seems like they change things just because they know we don't want it. I think I may have to give it a go. Can I literally download and just play pvp?
yup you can, the only issues are low population at some points which can skew the matchmaking, it prefers faster queues than fair matches
Its too league of legends type of combat don't think ill be giving this game a try..
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What every new player needs to know is that this company has abandoned its pvp for over half a decade, so know what you're getting into... an irrelevant dead ghost town.
I beg to differ.
There are new special Elite Specs, traits and skills every expansion that was clearly designed for sPvP and WvW. There are continuous balance patches directly focused on sPvP and WvW.
For WvW there is the alliance project ongoing, which seems to be a project with mind-boggling magnitude; after it's done a lot of developer capacity will be freed up.
What do you mean 'abandoned'? Would you like new maps? Or a gear threadmill to be added? New kind of rewards (it's still quite profitable to play ranked, right?)?
I think the core concept of gw2 pvp is to get competitive even at lvl 2, and get better based on player-skill. This concept is really hard to build more things/systems/progressions upon... My guess is Anet is hesitant to drastically build things on top of it, because it might break the current concept.
New elite specs and a fair (and quick) balancing is what I need and demand. For sure, Anet could do more in this regard, but no way would I describe it as 'abandoned'.
It's like saying League of Legends is 'adandoned'... There's 1 new hero every few months that always falls into the existing category (jungle, mid, top... Etc). They tried new maps, but wasn't quite successful. There was one "big" update over the years regarding the main map's visuals and mechanics... What does Riot exactly do differently than Anet? Better marketing, for sure, but that's true for Gw2's all game mode, right?
Or It's like saying Counter Strike is abandoned, because it's still a pew-pew FPS rifle-pistol-knife game... Always with the same indistinguishably monotone weapons and maps...
Just because pvp isnt an esport anymore doesnt mean its abandoned. It received the most amount of balancing out of all gamemodes in the last 2 years.
True. The devs hates the player base.
And they should know that wvw is fun until you realize 90% of players are boomer zerglings that get their kicks off spamming 1 and chasing one person around. The other 9% will waypoint away as soon as they see an enemy. And only 1% care about improving their skill and enjoying fair fights or playing in small groups.
@@feet42 lol that copium. Fighting fair in wvw? Where Equipment is actually a contributing factor? Dont kid urself. Wvw is inherently unfair and if u get stealth Killed while trying to cap a camp thats just as much part of the expirience as zergs are.
IF u actually want a fair fight play spvp. Thats as close as it gets to a fair fight in gw2.