Guild Wars 2

So I am re-installing gw2 after being gone for 8 months and have no clue what big or subtle changes happened during that time. Could someone point me in the right direction when it comes to ranger builds that are viable right now? Mainly for WvW or PVE. Thanks in advance.

Currently, rangers have the BEST builds in WvW and PvP and PvE.

The build is:
-reroll a warrior

Lilius.9850:

Currently, rangers have the BEST builds in WvW and PvP and PvE.

The build is:
-reroll a warrior

It’s more like reroll to any other class and be of more use to the team than your ranger could ever hope to be.

actually we have two cool builds….

reroll a warrior as Lilius said, and

Reroll a Guardian – also a very good option

I get it rangers suck but this whining is getting old. Just re roll, no need to come on these forums and keep crying about it. I am still interested in a build preferably with GS/Shortbow combination. Thanks.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/ranger/Ranger-Dazer-Hybrid-Build-2-0-Movie/first
here try it with this guide

nEmM.3076:

So I am re-installing gw2 after being gone for 8 months and have no clue what big or subtle changes happened during that time. Could someone point me in the right direction when it comes to ranger builds that are viable right now? Mainly for WvW or PVE. Thanks in advance.

Pet damage got nerfed, pet HP got buffed, Spirit HP got massively buffed, odds of a spirit’s ability kicking in got doubled, Healing Spring got lowered to 10 seconds but pulses every 2 now, Greatsword got buffed with Maul, Longbow #3 now gives stealth, Longbow #2 now gives a stack of Vulnerability with each hit (up to 10), Axes got buffed, Shortbow got a range nerf down to 900 but #2-5 buffed in damage, Sic ‘Em can now give people 4 sec Reveal (must not be in stealth, doesn’t stack), the quickness trait from Beastmaster traitline got moved to a minor Grandmaster skill, Quickness as a whole got nerfed, etc.

As for builds, Trap (as always), Regen, and Chill are the current high rankings for PvE and WvW. Beastmaster got hit pretty hard by the pet damage nerf.

Bad time to ask, the ranger community is in low spirits of late… lol

I wont give you an exact spec but I can vouch for 30/30/10/0/0 for a power build, Longbow + sword/horn.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQNBMhNakoKwOyyqi1OQsUsn9zZcoE5ZgqSlxSnMTC-jQyAYLBRCDAJCkKAl8KiGbxtIasqFMVJRUt3oIa1A-e

My PvE build when running dungeon. It’s actually based on Brazil.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQNBHhF6EoiALjswKIWLDIdGai59PkeuHiyoEiZs0JzkA-jQyAoLBR6DIVAiMAk9KiGbZsIas6FMdJRUtHvIa1A-e

This is my WvW build. Slightly defensive.

Thanks for the serious responses guys. I appreciate the help.

Jacks.5367:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQNBMhNakoKwOyyqi1OQsUsn9zZcoE5ZgqSlxSnMTC-jQyAYLBRCDAJCkKAl8KiGbxtIasqFMVJRUt3oIa1A-e

My PvE build when running dungeon. It’s actually based on Brazil.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQNBHhF6EoiALjswKIWLDIdGai59PkeuHiyoEiZs0JzkA-jQyAoLBR6DIVAiMAk9KiGbZsIas6FMdJRUtHvIa1A-e

This is my WvW build. Slightly defensive.

I like both builds, do you find you are lacking enough dps to take people down with the WvW build?

My condition remover 2.0 if at least slash could remove bleed it should be a great/good build for roaming…

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQNAT8YnAVUFclFCWwaZgo9ITcCTPFzi9OF+vTnchE0C-jEDBIMJDnJyUgKa0HwZQCh5RSrVTFRjVJLyaZI6ZoqbY6YACBMZCA-w

nEmM.3076:

Jacks.5367:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQNBMhNakoKwOyyqi1OQsUsn9zZcoE5ZgqSlxSnMTC-jQyAYLBRCDAJCkKAl8KiGbxtIasqFMVJRUt3oIa1A-e

My PvE build when running dungeon. It’s actually based on Brazil.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQNBHhF6EoiALjswKIWLDIdGai59PkeuHiyoEiZs0JzkA-jQyAoLBR6DIVAiMAk9KiGbZsIas6FMdJRUtHvIa1A-e

This is my WvW build. Slightly defensive.

I like both builds, do you find you are lacking enough dps to take people down with the WvW build?

I don’t WvW a lot. So I won’t say that I am very good at it. I also don’t roam alone. I usually follow the commander when invading.

This is what I normally do, wh 5 to start with, then target the enemy that is left behind with axe 3 Then follow by gs 3 then gs 5. This normally will ensure a stun. The rest of the skills are pretty self explanatory. You can actually replace sic em with guard since that was my orignal build but I kind of like how sic em now since it apply a 4s revealed debuff.

But to answer your question, if you are not fighting them in swarm, I don’t normally be able to take down quick enough since this is more of a bunker build. But I have lost very little since I used this set of gear. Most of my lost are to warrior hammer (their stun lock was OP). But so far I have encountered any warrior hammer yet. Hopefully the stun lock is much controllable since sigil of paralyzation has been fixed.