Are Ranger Spirits viable in PvE
Not really, no. But you do you, anything will work in pve. Frost spirit is nice, but you don’t need it to move with you, so 10 pts in nature magics for the 70% chance is all you need. I guess stone spirit would be ok as well, but meh.
(You’ll want to place them out of the stack so they don’t get 1 shotted by AoE.)
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In this current “zomg more deeps!” state of the game the spirit build(s) are outside of the meta. Frost spirit is a great and i always taken it but like mentioned above, with no more than 15 points into the nature magic line. A couple of times i’ve ran two (usually protection) but most of the times it feels meh joining the mob ganking when it’s 50% hp due to double cast etc.
I run something like this in fractal PUGs:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQNBMhNakoqquryzC0OQsUsn9zZcoE5ZUqTdxdnMB-jwBBYfERjkfAUBLaMzsIasFXFRjVXDT5iIqGA-e
Frost Spirit is always on my bar.
Stone spirit is alright, but it won’t proc when you need it.
Water spirit i only take if i’m bored.
Nature spirit’s heal is actually a pretty potent cooldown. Like the devs said, it’s like giving a warrior’s healing signet to everyone in your party for a minute. Sadly, it’s getting nerfed on tuesday.
The other 2 spirits are not worth taking unless you want to complete your petting zoo.
Only problem with this build is that it doesn’t have Remorseless. Which some people value a lot more than I do.
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The 20/25/0/25 is just as good as 30/25/0/15/0 in organized groups. The effect of remorseless is pretty minimal and only works for trashmobs. The 5% dmg boost from bountiful hunter is a pretty good damage modifier.
But for pugs I usually use 25/25/5/15/0 for the Natural Vigor so I can dodge a bit more often and I can have Steady Focus dmg boost up more often.
(You’ll want to place them out of the stack so they don’t get 1 shotted by AoE.)
It really depends on the fight. For Subject Alpha you want to place the frost spirit on stack. Since Alpha does mostly AoEs the players will cap it out, and placing the spirit away might create problems with circles. And for trash mobs it doesn’t really matter, the buff should linger long enough even if the spirit dies.
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70% frost spirit is something you should have if you’re going into dungeons. In boss fights, you can add roughly +7% of the entire group’s DPS to your own.
The other spirits are fairly useless in PvE.
Fortunately the trait line to give frost spirit the extra percentage boost also gives you a straight DPS boost if you take it to 25.
20/25/0/25/0
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70% frost spirit is something you should have if you’re going into dungeons. In boss fights, you can add roughly +7% of the entire group’s DPS to your own.
The other spirits are fairly useless in PvE.
Fortunately the trait line to give frost spirit the extra percentage boost also gives you a straight DPS boost if you take it to 25.
20/25/0/25/0
It doesn’t give any boost. The 5% extra damage while under a boon and the meagre (with full zerker as per meta) 7% vit to power outputs the same DPS as going full 30 in power.
The power build will clear through trash quicker what with the opening strike’s reset. Anyway the math has been done and they equate to the same DPS. No boost.