Best Weapons for Ranger Currently in Game?
It is a matter of personal taste, see what you like to play and is comfortable with and go for it.
For example, many rangers don’t like MH axe, but I like it so I made the Frostfang.
(and the other 8 elite specs maxed too)
PvE? Shortsword.
WvW? Pretty much all viable as far as the Ranger goes.
sPvP? Shortbow+Sword/Dagger
Greatsword/Longbow is pretty much the best IMO for WvW
SIC – Isle of Janthir
Mostly into the PvE side of the game, thanks for the input though. perhaps i’ll work on getting sword and shortbow legendary, though i’ve heard bad things about using the dreamer.
Greatsword/Longbow is pretty much the best IMO for WvW
depends on what you doing..zerging yes
smallscale and solo roaming nope
if Your ranger is you main the I would go with Ascended weapons. The right weapon should be use for the job. For me Bolt and Kudzu are my main weapon and I also have two ascended axes. I have started working on two frostfangs . You cant always use ranged or melee and I find dual axes a nice middle ground
If you have douts about the class hold off on crafting a legendary for your ranger.
everyone should fear becoming mentally clouded and obsessed with one small section of truth.
Greatsword/Longbow is pretty much the best IMO for WvW
depends on what you doing..zerging yes
smallscale and solo roaming nope
For solo roaming i find GS + Sword Dagger to be an effective combo IF you are using power-builds. Sword and dagger got the DPS and evades, GS gives you a on-demand “GTFO” button
Currently @ some T1 server in EU
Greatsword/Longbow is pretty much the best IMO for WvW
depends on what you doing..zerging yes
smallscale and solo roaming nopeFor solo roaming i find GS + Sword Dagger to be an effective combo IF you are using power-builds. Sword and dagger got the DPS and evades, GS gives you a on-demand “GTFO” button
Are you the female norn with the bandana I keep seeing around our ruins? :O
Gunnar’s Hold
Mostly into the PvE side of the game, thanks for the input though. perhaps i’ll work on getting sword and shortbow legendary, though i’ve heard bad things about using the dreamer.
For PvE I find sword/x + longbow to give the most flexibility. Swap in GS if you want mobility or a melee weapon which doesn’t bounce you all over the place. (Easier to swap it in for the bow. If you swap it in for sword/x, your horn, torch, or dagger ends up going to strange places in your inventory where you might accidentally sell/salvage it.)
Shortbow would be a good replacement for longbow if they up its range to 1200 again with the Eagle Eye trait. At 900 range I just don’t find it useful enough except in very specialized cases. I can close 900 range in less than a second with either sword or GS to do melee damage so there’s no real damage advantage. And if I want to keep my distance, the 3 sec cripple on SB4 doesn’t last long enough, whereas the cripple on Barrage is potentially up to 21 sec of cripple giving me plenty of time to kite. You just have to be smart about timing and placement of the barrage to get the mob to stay in it while you reposition.
Greatsword/Longbow is pretty much the best IMO for WvW
depends on what you doing..zerging yes
smallscale and solo roaming nopeFor solo roaming i find GS + Sword Dagger to be an effective combo IF you are using power-builds. Sword and dagger got the DPS and evades, GS gives you a on-demand “GTFO” button
Are you the female norn with the bandana I keep seeing around our ruins? :O
If you refer to a Desolation Ranger that runs with brown bear and spider, possibly… wait… im more or less the only female norn deso ranger with brown bear and spider. so yes, prolly.
Currently @ some T1 server in EU
Interesting :P Was spider/spider when I fought you but hmm.. Could have been FSP I dont pay much attention xD
Gunnar’s Hold
Interesting :P Was spider/spider when I fought you but hmm.. Could have been FSP I dont pay much attention xD
I play female norn with bandana, don’t often use gs though almost always have sword+wh both on my condi build and my powerbuild, but I was running double spiders recently, I’m on FSP.
I swear by my longbow, the rest of the forums don’t share my opinion.
As their mother, I have to grant them their wish. – Forever Fyonna
To every responder except Serraphin Storm, please read the op before you answer. He/she is asking whether ascended/legendary weapons are worth the grind not what weapon sets you think are the best.
And to answer, I only really play wvw anymore and don’t have ascended or legendary weapons. I don’t think they are worth the grind. When you find nothing more to do, then of course work towards them.
If I may direct you to the title of the thread, and the first sentence, it clearly asks peoples opinions on the best weapons to use, not just whether it is worth it to upgrade.
As for weapons, I find Longbow is a lot of fun, especially when traited with piercing arrows and fitted with a superior sigil of fire.
Alternate weapon setup I use is the sword/warhorn for dungeons due to the 5th skill being such a nice blast finisher, combined with a flame trap you get a nice few stacks of might, or if you use the healing spring it adds a little area healing.
For general PVE Axe/axe also has some very nice combinations with the trap fields you can put down.
Only you can decide if the time and effort is worth it to upgrade them to ascended/legendary. If you use the weapons all the time and just want the best stats on offer, its worth it, but if you don’t feel that the slight stat boost brings much to the table, its not a must have. Legendaries are all about personal taste and goals.
Hope that helps!
IN MY OPINION for PVE
Tagging:
Axe+Torch/LB
World Bosses:
SB/LB
Champ Train:
Sword+Warhon/LB
Dungeons:
Warrior/Guardian
Oh, and I made the dreamer for my Ranger but that ’ish got stupid-kittened after the last graphics update for the legendaries so I transmuted it to the Super Shortbow skin… matches my LB now and no more full kitten unicorns.
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I know wich it is, without question rabid build and speargun nothing we have will kill as fast as this.
I have noticed a marginal improvement to those who have used ascended gear on rangers but it is only marginal. However, due to Anet’s issues with not providing a decent offensive base stat to rangers, your time would be better spent giving ascended items to your other toons until Anet ( if ever) sort Ranger out to be damage efficient. By all means create ascended because no matter what, gaining 500 to level up will take time and means you can create ascended for any character class you make. Which it is worth it in itself, but give to rangers?? I would say not yet.
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Everything but axe. Axe is sad sad
Love every other weapon, tho havent really used dagger much, they all seem to have a place.
alts: Fangyre (Necro), Hardrawk (Ele);
Jade Quarry
I’m using LB + Axe/Warhorn at the moment, but I am not 100% happy with it. I might replace my Axe with a sword or maybe run a LB/GS ranger like I was running before. I don’t use my shortbow anymore.
Astrid Strongheart, Norn Ranger.
“I wish juvenile wolves were bigger”
1h sword and warhorn is a must have for dungeons. Actually I use a 1h sword in all 3 formats. Those two weapons were the first to ascend.
I recommend carrying one of everything plus 2 axes though, if you’re obsessed with efficiency like me. I tend to change weapons, traits and utilities before every single fight.