Guild Wars 2

20/15/10/10/15

Hi,

Looking for help as I got my Ranger to 80 and have just enough Gold to buy one set -casual player. I came up with a build idea/design:

Ranged (SB) power build that has at least 15 in BM with strong (near perma) CC via Cripple+Immobilize chaining from pets+abilities to keep melee just out of melee range and enough power + CC to allow pet to eat away with me at ranged.

So I started out with the above idea to fit how I have fun playing MMO’s:

Ranged Control

I picked Ranger because it has a massive arsenal of ‘ranged control’ when factoring in pets (Wolf+Dog for example give 10 sec Cripple+4 sec KD+2sec Immob + 2sec Fear) rotate that with Muddy Terrian which lasts for 20sec on a 24sec CD and it looks like enough mitigation.

As for Conditions using -20% rune + -40% food so -60% conditions applied to me should be just about enough.

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/ranger/?6.0|5.1g.h2|0.0.0.0.0.0|1c.79.1c.79.1c.79.1c.79.1c.79.1c.79|1g.9c.1g.9c.1g.9c.1g.9c.1g.9c.1g.9c|k28.f1.a6.a5.f5|15.7|4j.4w.4x.4q.55|e

Effective Power 3243.59
Effective Health (EHP) 25834
Damage Reduction 23.12%

Gear thus far is pure Soldier and I am not sure if that is the right choice?

Go full knights route using divinity runes(major not superior since im guessing uyour not rich) with the other 2 runes being anything you want….and put tht 20 in marksman in either wilderness or skirmishing. marksman is our worst trait line imo. It doesn’t signifacntly raise your attack. Having 20% more crit dmg in skirmishing or condi removal every 10 sec with added toughness in wilderness is way better. Also that 10 in healing magic…eh i’d just put somewhere else.

For wvw use shortbow and greatsword..keeep a longbow for zergs.

BlackhawkSOM.6401:

Go full knights route using divinity runes(major not superior since im guessing uyour not rich) with the other 2 runes being anything you want….and put tht 20 in marksman in either wilderness or skirmishing. marksman is our worst trait line imo. It doesn’t signifacntly raise your attack. Having 20% more crit dmg in skirmishing or condi removal every 10 sec with added toughness in wilderness is way better. Also that 10 in healing magic…eh i’d just put somewhere else.

For wvw use shortbow and greatsword..keeep a longbow for zergs.

Is there any quick way to change from greatsword for longbow? and what would I use greatsword for

Greatsword has great defense and mobility, #3 is great for keeping with your zerg, catching up to enemies, or escaping enemies, along with #4 which blocks attacks and a #5 stun. I use duel dogs in wvw, they are great (when they work)

I thought for best effective HP Knight is really bad -some one posted some math about how bad Knight is. Thats why I opted for Soldier and Berserk mixed in.

I left the 2nd weapon slot open because I carry all other weapons and will try them out, though GS drop target+swoop away is amazing.

I thought piercing arrow is a must for a ranged ranger in WvW?