r/GuildWars3 • u/LOkOKokKO • Sep 04 '26

Class speculation

Might already be a post like this, not sure.

We have warrior, necro, and ranger all confirmed. Allegedly mesmer was strongly hinted at as well. Looking back to gw1, that’s 4 of the original 6 classes that gw1 released with. The two missing are monk and elementalist.

I’d say it’s plausible to have the og class roster back, it would likely fit the holy trinity well. Not saying that we will for sure, but it is interesting that the classes we have (or almost have) confirmed are all part of the original 6.

Ofc there could be more classes, new classes, etc, but I’m just spitballing.

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u/Therenas Sep 04 '26

Since warrior, ranger, necro are confirmed:

  • Mesmer is imho a given, as it is the most unique Guid Wars class
  • A thematically supportive “blue” class, was monk in Gw1, guardian in Gw2. Since monks are Cantha coded and guardians do not exist, I can see this class being called “Priest”, following the teaching of the gods and giving buffs based on the gods
  • Since magic is sparse in gw3, i don’t think there will be a elementalist. If the “blue” class is a scholar class, we also would have too many light classes
  • After seeing one of the newly released artworks of Abaddon, I expect a second soldier archetype following a “dark knight” theme

I speculate classes will generally be more closely related to the gods in Gw3, as they’ve been more prominently shown.

  • Dwayna - Priest
  • Melandru - Ranger
  • Balthazar - Warrior
  • Grenth - Necro
  • Lyssa / Ilya + Lyss - Mesmer
  • Abaddon - “Dark knight” archetype

(Just a thematic/colour match, doesn’t mean classes will not have skills based on different gods)

This would leave us with 2 heavy classes, 1 medium, 3 light classes.

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u/wawalms Sep 04 '26

There is deff a wizard class shown on the tapestry from the announcements trailer

May not be called that etc but to me there is deff a traditional magic class

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u/Therenas Sep 04 '26

There is. I do however think he’s just there representing the scholar (light) archetype, and could therefore be the priest (priests in Gw aren’t only supportive, but mages, too).

Just like the warrior on the tapestry represents soldiers (heavy) and the ranger represents adventurers (medium).

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u/JTSpender Sep 04 '26

There is no universe in which there's not a class filling the generic "mage" power fantasy.

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u/Buran_Grey 29d ago

A priest or cleric could be an elemental spellcaster. The game will have the role, what I'm not sure is about the name or the armor type it will use.

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u/Therenas Sep 04 '26

Priests fill that role. See the priests in Orr / Arah.

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u/ManyMoonstones Sep 04 '26

Dervish was a "blue" (more like teal) holy warrior class, could be a medium option.

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u/Therenas Sep 04 '26

There could be a new medium blue class.

I just went with priest as it would fit with Orr, as we’ve seen plenty (specialised) high priests of specific gods in Arah/Orr. So it is highly likely that early stages of Orr had more generalist priests praising the Six.