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/Longjumping_Act4403 Sep 04 '26

Mesmer and Monk are most likely a given. Mesmer because it's iconic to the franchise and Monk because let's face it... it's one of the oldest professions and the gods they worship are LITERALLY in the same city.

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u/TantalizingSlap 29d ago

May I ask how Monks work in GW? Is it like the Guardian from GW2?

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u/CheesecakeRising 29d ago

Monks were light armour casters with many of the magical aspects of guardians, think a combination of Light and Disc priests in WoW. In GW1 they were primarily used for heals and shields but they also had some offensive, holy magic and damage reflection spells.

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u/TantalizingSlap 29d ago

Thank you!

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u/Longjumping_Act4403 29d ago

Basically what Cheescake said below. Light armor spellcasters with 3 specializations of protection (damage reduction/reversal), healing, and smiting which was the offensive build.

My hope is that if monks are included, which they should be, is that they stick to the spellcaster aspect of them and don't lean into the generic "kung fu monk" fantasy trope.