Guild Wars 2

Inexperienced Ranger here, back with another build I put together and trialed in ranked pvp.

The idea was to be able to stand on a point and beat on the other team without dying to a swift breeze like Rangers can be apt to do. It turned out pretty successful in the end. I wanted to make the ranger built to last, utilizing CC effects and hard hitting attacks on weapon swaps to make offenders lives troublesome (albeit ending). I played around with a few different traits and pets etc, ankitten ot claiming optimized, but it was surprisingly decent.

Build (one setup. Also used Zephyr’s speed, wolf, and pink moa. Beastly warden us just so powerful for an on demand CC)
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vNAQNAnXRjMqQDLWuC2rAXLGYEKP0HhT/fiSI15C4bDgBUA-TJBHABH8EAA4UAwy+DKXGAA

Match Vid
https://youtu.be/x2FHCmg5HkM

Thoughts? Ideas?

To reiterate: I rarely play Ranger, so ignore any kittenty gameplay.

Looks extremely similar to something I used when I first started learning ranger. Fun idea, but stun break and condi removal are going to limit you pretty hard, plus a few other things.

Edit: Here I am as a baby ranger back in 2012! I think I was using 64400? not sure what the heck the amulet was… that’s a lot of health. Greatsword was on swap. Not recommending any of this at all, it’s just for nostalgia. Also that coffee and cigarettes guild used to be a pretty big deal in PvP. I have no idea why I took that screenshot where absolutely nothing is happening. Maybe we were playing a guild team or something.

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Looks extremely similar to something I used when I first started learning ranger. Fun idea, but stun break and condi removal are going to limit you pretty hard, plus a few other things.

Edit: Here I am as a baby ranger back in 2012! I think I was using 64400? not sure what the heck the amulet was… that’s a lot of health. Greatsword was on swap.

When I found sig of stone wasnt being used, I went to lightning reflexes. I was afraid of coming up against something like a lockdown Mesmer, but silly me for expecting to run into a hardcore spec like that. In all the matches I played I was pretty fortunate not to run into anyone using hard cc spam. Except an ele who dove into tornado after I’d used Strength of the Pack, that was annoying -_-u

You really are required to have a stun break at a certain point though. Even if you are made for 1v1s, you’re going to get some random CC like a overcharged shot that has no tell, and then you’re just instantly dead from the stealthed thief or the guardian on the other side of the wall or any other player that’s playing smart by being in the right place.

Condi removal speaks for itself, that’s just not enough IMO. The same thing could happen with a muddy terrain or net turret and then you just sit there watching the other team descend on you while you wait for your death.