Guild Wars 2

Greetings all. I’ve been working on Frostfang for some time now, and the only thing I’m missing is the Gift of Fortune, and my Icy Runestones. That said, I was initially making it for my Necromancer, which I struggle to keep myself playing these days. I don’t want to sell my first Legendary, but I really don’t want to throw it on my Necro. I have a Ranger that’s 80, and no more character slots (so I have yet to be able to try Warrior). Are there any Ranger builds that utilize Axe commonly, or should I just stick with my Necro (or worst case buy a character slot and chance a warrior)?

If you do have suggestions for builds, I’d love to see them.

Axe is a viable weapon for a Ranger and certainly for a Warrior. Check some of the many GW2 build websites out there for specifics (or ask / look in the Ranger forum).

Character slots are 20% off right now so the Warrior option has a bit of an economic upside.

I’ve never had positive experiences with build websites. It literally just gives the build 99% of the time. And we all know it’s more than that. And when it’s with a profession like Ranger I don’t fully understand, it takes so long just to get the concept

After the 15th it will stay account bound after use, so you will be able to switch it between chars when you use them and when/if you make a warr they can use it too

That being said I love axe on my necro and wish i had the patience to try crafting a legendary (esp Frostfang one of the best imo) and from my limited exp with ranger I really like the offhand skills on it.

Check the Ranger axe build in my sig for a good use of an axe. You will benefit more with the axe being on the ranger also as (imo) you want two or more axes with different stats (I have apothecary for wvw and zerker) whereas with the other classes, you will probably be sticking to one stat set. I have Frostfang on my warrior, I just wish I had put it on my ranger for this reason, although their themes would be totally different (Ranger is flame, war is ice).

Yeah, with the incoming wardrobe system, you can use it on all your axe wielding chars!

I made Frostfang about 6 months ago and it is a really nice weapon. Gave it to my Warrior. Warrior main hand axe is part of the meta and an important part of their highest DPS builds. Just give it to your Necro or Ranger now, and after April 15th you are able to give it to any other character since Legendaries become account bound.

For dungeons and high end pve – Offhand for a ranger and Mainhand for a warrior.