Condi druid/ranger for pve
if you are going for cheap gear, probably a mix of Rabid and Carrion. Both are accessible without doing any end game content. Probably want axe torch for your other weapon set. Skirmishing and wilderness survival trait lines are the main ones for this build. Lynx is gonna be your go to pet. Entangle for your elite, some traps, sharpening stone.
Well, the primo stat combination for condi PvE is Viper’s (Yassith’s for ascended), because it’s the only one with the wonderful Expertise, which increases condition duration, without any wasted garbage stats like Toughness.
Not gonna lie, it can be challenging to get; the only vendor trinkets outside raids are the ascended ones in Living World Season 3. You pretty much have to craft it. The special ingredient for all the exotic stuff is Black Diamond – not as bad as Freshwater Pearl (making exotic Minstrel’s gear actually MORE expensive than ascended, depending on the piece) but still painful.
If you just want to jump into something casual, cheap, and low-commitment, you’re honestly better off with a power build.
BUT if you want to try condi bad enough to hustle for Viper’s gear – and it IS fun, I made the switch and don’t regret it – then the typical advice is to pair SB with axe/torch, and use 4 Superior Runes of the Nightmare (5 Twilight Arbor runs) and 2 Superior Runes of the Trapper for extra condition duration. You’ve got lots of options for Sigils – I like Earth (moar bleeding!), and Accuracy because I’m not in a raid and so am nowhere near the crit chance cap.
I was running this before going with full ascended viper gear and i loved it.
http://intothemists.com/guides/6166-pyromaniac_forest_ranger
Why simplify things when its so easy to complicate them ?
This is just for casual PvE, open world. But I’d take suggestion as for what gear/stats I should use, nothing too expensive/hard to get.
This is why I didn’t even bring up Viper or Ascended gear. facepalm