Guild Wars 2

Before we got into the booze, played a few ranger games today. random observations (not super high, not super low skill level)

1) the real key is knowing your disengagement skills, this is life and death to a RF ranger. Always be ready to run.
2) This means you’re TERRIBLE at holding points. If somebody’s coming in on you and gets the drop, you’re probably boned.
3) The ways to tell relative skill: Melee and disengagement. If s/he keeps trying to bow you when you’re in on them, they’re your meat. If they either try to evade/burn you down (using sw/dagger) or run like hell (using sword/wh) you might have a problem. I saw a few of the rangers how actually fought using OH axe, I don’t buy it. I’m a fan of hornet sting> call of the wild>run. Even if they chase you (and often 2 or more will chase you in pickup), that’s essentially a win.
4) Did some 1/1’s with an ele of what appeared to be approximately even skill. Fights were slightly in his favor unless I had the drop (no surprise) or had a pathing advantage (even less a surprise).

Awesome advices. Thank you. I will make a ranger today.

OH Axe is by far better than warhorn. You can use the dagger instead for extra survivability + poison + cripple, although you’re missing the Axe’s burst and CC.
Also the axe helps countering engi, zerk necro, any warr with LB, and other LB rangers.

There’s a nice combo a friend of mine invented: Hornet Sting → Path of Scars → Monarch Leap. This way The Axe will 100% hit the target on its way back (since you’re on your target) unless he dodges.

I run warhorn essentially for OOC uses, I read it as a tradeoff where you lose h2h usefulness to be able to ambush better. the 15 second swiftness is just so useful in the disengage.

Axe/horn. I guess you’d rather not stack 12 might then immob and RF basically destroying your target. Too many noob rangers doing the typical build and they’re easy to kill. They opt for Read The Wind over a 10% dmg increase to immob, chilled enemies.

I can’t be killed 1v1 by any class, period. Axe 1 spam to stack might, 3 for a chill then horn 4. Switch to LB and RF then stealth you and your jag and sic em. GG