Any criticism on this burst build?
I run something very similar for roaming on my ranger. Though with less toughness, more vit, and rampage rather than a racial.
The burst is quite strong if you can land it. I’ve landed a fair number of 7-9k mauls on squishier targets, even 80s. Easy enough if you can pull into the hilt bash, but otherwise you have to make sure they’re slowed. Even if they’re running away and you swoop up behind them, the stun often won’t land. I recommend running with the jungle spider for the 4s immob.
Sword/axe is absolutely incredible if someone decides they just want to run. Once you’ve got them crippled they’re not likely to get away (stealth aside). I also run sigil of rage oddly enough, and find it helps quite a bit when it procs for sword auto attack or axe 5. The reflect, by the way, is actually pretty strong once you learn when to time it. Very satisfying to send a warrior’s pin down back at them.
Against a single opponent, I feel like the mix of blocks, dodges, and leaps make it easy enough to kite for CDs if you need too. And in larger fights, I really do enjoy being able to pop absolutely everything and just juggernaut through.
Khyla Shadowsong ~ Charr Ele, Engi, Mes, Ranger, Guard, Thief, War, Necro
Northern Shiverpeaks ~ [dO] Drop Otter
Northern Shiverpeaks ~ [dO] Drop Otter
Yes I know the pain of missing hilt bash, I have tried QZ/Entangle to improve but still have hard time especially when you face some good players. Also tried Spider, but it won’t work for me, it missed a lot so seldom can land an immo when needed. You can’t rely on your pet — this is a common sense to me.
So I am thinking about the human racial. It may perma chilled target for 15 sec which is more than enough for a burst.
I run something very similar for roaming on my ranger. Though with less toughness, more vit, and rampage rather than a racial.
The burst is quite strong if you can land it. I’ve landed a fair number of 7-9k mauls on squishier targets, even 80s. Easy enough if you can pull into the hilt bash, but otherwise you have to make sure they’re slowed. Even if they’re running away and you swoop up behind them, the stun often won’t land. I recommend running with the jungle spider for the 4s immob.
Sword/axe is absolutely incredible if someone decides they just want to run. Once you’ve got them crippled they’re not likely to get away (stealth aside). I also run sigil of rage oddly enough, and find it helps quite a bit when it procs for sword auto attack or axe 5. The reflect, by the way, is actually pretty strong once you learn when to time it. Very satisfying to send a warrior’s pin down back at them.
Against a single opponent, I feel like the mix of blocks, dodges, and leaps make it easy enough to kite for CDs if you need too. And in larger fights, I really do enjoy being able to pop absolutely everything and just juggernaut through.
I have never used the human racial. Liking it so far?
When someone uses the word ‘Meta’, a kitten dies. Don’t do it.
Not tried yet, just an idea now. Since I have tried many other ways to improve the success rate of GS burst landing but none of them seemed to work well. So I think about this skill, used to use it long time ago when I level my ranger, it can do its job, but well, in PVE.
I have never used the human racial. Liking it so far?
I don’t think you’ll live long in this condition meta with no EB and no vitality. You’ve got a little bit of toughness but that wont go far with only 15k HP.
Don’t think you’ll live long enough to do any damage, particularly when you’re full melee!
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Space Marine Z [GLTY]
Space Marine Z [GLTY]
Never even think about going to zerg (if there is any, I will just stay away and watch + wait to pick some lonely target) basically just for roaming fun, hopefully 1v1. That’s all.
I don’t want to make a serious WvW build, come on, it’s a ranger, just wanna some fun.
I don’t think you’ll live long in this condition meta with no EB and no vitality. You’ve got a little bit of toughness but that wont go far with only 15k HP.
Don’t think you’ll live long enough to do any damage, particularly when you’re full melee!
Sharpened edges seems like abit of a waste here, companions might or agility training seems a better choice to me, or pet’s prowess if you have a bird or cat on swap for even more burst.
Yes I used to traited for pet speed+crit, but based on my old experience, opponent’s conditional cleansing sometime is the key factor to counter my GS burst, so I use bleed just to provide 1 more condition and hopefully opponent’s cleansing work on the bleed but not the chill or immobilization.
It’s an Apple vs Orange choice. Really hard to decide.
Sharpened edges seems like abit of a waste here, companions might or agility training seems a better choice to me, or pet’s prowess if you have a bird or cat on swap for even more burst.
looks like the highest damage potential active defense MACH 4 build just about(Due to your gear survivability balancing). Wouldn’t sub out Rao (stability a must IMHO) poison from sword 3, chill from snow leopard.
make sure to use preload function of SoH before heading anywhere.
Have all weapons off autoattack. Use a Jungle stalker for additional advance might generation. Change your GS sigil to crit after swap IMHO.
Pull it off perfect 8 MOC’s between you and pet 2 guaranteed to crit- thats potentially two glass coffins in @ 15-20 seconds.
Goes horribly wrong(Fat finger kittenup operator error) clear target, swoop away reengage another day.
On guardians let your pet pop their initial aegis before your first MACH.
It’s active, It takes skill, I’ts not too glass as you built it, it can blow things up wouldn’t want to do it without a gaming mouse and my thumb to spam attacks when needed due to keeping all weapons off autoattack for MoC control.
And if you aren’t using the porker any takes away player control of actions f2 pet is probably preferable if you don’t like the 2 cat option. Remember swoop can be used to get in range fast (Without hitting someone and triggering your MOC for the first MOC which is a guaranteed crit but also your lowest might stack point in fight.) Wolf fear to split enemies, immobilizes etc…
15 seconds to Mach 4, as low as five seconds to Mach 3 in your build.
depending on pets, pet condition duration preferable imho to getting my signets back faster because it is better control within combat not between combat. If they aren’t dead and you are waiting for signets to cycle your sustain for A long time is a general MOC cycle. Lets face it they are face mashers or you are dead.
Instead of bleeding I’ld take pet damage on crit – Mach 4 for them as well.
Healing spring right choice in your build, HaO in a LB version. This version has an interesting damage to toughness profile. Not max damage but you build to 25 stacks fast might be in the right balance sweet spot of durability to damage potential to deliver your mach 4 payload reliably. And I like the multi opponent options much better than a LB option. Like your thinking on gear.
I’m not anti porker, I’ve had thieves get so mad at mine due to their KD use it’s not funny. But the pick up command resource allocation priority is I think set to low. Sometimes smooth as silk other times delayed delayed….that unpredictability sucks they all have nice tactical uses other than that.
Don’t fixate on Maul as you clearly aren’t. Path of scars, Monarchs leap, Maul create a great scenario of rotation swaps and flexibility with big MACH’s and as I’m sure you realized drawing it up creates your great MACH 3 time by not relying on the same CD.
determine signet might pop level on single targets by class and icons showing on target select. Glass builds need less.
I played a LB version decently but I know the better twitch skill PvP’rs could be really scary in these builds.
Arrys Shaikin
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A whittling ranger becomes viable by forcing his opponent to whittle
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A whittling ranger becomes viable by forcing his opponent to whittle
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With MoC always take Boar pet its awesome.
Ida
Tried a few days and had some fun with this build.
It’s fairly strong when 1v1, but it becomes sucks when 2v2, when turns into 3v3 or more it becomes extremely useless.
Just a fun build, can’t really take serious on this class. Sad but truth.