Guild Wars 2

Ive been running AC to get gear for mutliple chars but when on my ranger and mesmer I have issues contributing to the damage of burrows in paths 1 and 3.

My ranger uses Longbows and shortbows and the longbow skill barrage being the only skill hitting the burrow

My mesmer Staff and scepter/pistol staff chaos storm works well on the burrow but also hits the skelks and the pistol phantasm works good to but these seem to be my only really good skills on the burrows

My question is what for those 2 classes are good weapons to use against those dam burrows

All I know is that Mesmers, aren’t really great against burrows…Better than Necromancers, but that’s not hard. If you have an elementalist on your team, ask him to give you an ice bow.

For rangers I would carry a greatsword, then switch back to whatever you had before

lol yeah i know the ele route… but there isnt always an ele I asked what wep is best for these classes on burrows

ok before my next run of AC on my ranger ill pick up a gs and give that a try.

Rangers should use GS and/or Sword/x on the burrows. You can switch back afterward. Sword/x does more damage, GS is safer.

Mesmers should also use GS and/or Sword/x on the burrows. Sword/x does more damage, GS is safer.

Have you tried a sword with Mesmer? Greatsword with ranger works well.

Ranged classes in general have a hard time hitting these kitten things. I would, as many others in this thread, suggest a Greatsword due to its large cleave radius.

Bring an ele with icebow with you. Make sure someone in the group calls targets on the burrows and use T to make sure you’re hitting the burrow and not the gravelings.
Or you could go more supportish and help kite hodgins and the collectors.

Ranger:
Greatsword, Longbow, Drakes

Mesmer:
I heard something about using feedback on top of burrows. That was either to dmg burrows or the breeders when adds are spawned. Not sure. Dont forget to use time warp if your party needs a dps boost. I know these are utilities and not weapons. But sword and gs have already been mentioned.

I have the same problem with my Necro. I usually take Sceptre + Focus / Staff, and am heavily spec’d and geared for condition damage. When it comes to burrows, I’m more than a little useless. I’m not even sure what other options there are – Axe is poor damage, often fails to hit, heavy relies upon inflicting Vuln, and doesn’t do good damage anyway. MH dagger has problems hitting burrows.
Wells help, but have a crazy-long CD.
After a few attempts, my solution is not to take that char into AC. Yeah …

For my mesmer I use sword/focus and greatsword. Reason being iberserker is still good and targetable on burrows, and swapping to sword will allow me to do more dps than near range greatsword.

1 word: clusterbomb

DanH.5879:

1 word: clusterbomb

2 words: thief skill

^^

All the advice i have is don’t waste your time using conditions, power based skills will get you much further since conditions do not hurt burrows.

You can also bring consumables with you. Buy a bunch of Charrzookas from the merchant after the Shatterer fight, and those will do quite nicely.

azureai.9764:

You can also bring consumables with you. Buy a bunch of Charrzookas from the merchant after the Shatterer fight, and those will do quite nicely.

Yep and the golem in a box, those work ok too. Pretty much any consumable with direct and/or splash damage works. Its awkward to use sometimes but it does work.

you can focus o breeder if he comes out of burrow. he can be a problem.