Guild Wars 2

I’m currently a level 56 Charr ranger, and I really enjoy playing him.

However, I hear and read some very disheartening things, saying that we are simply not viable in end game dungeons/fractal runs, and that other classes completely outclass us.

I’m not the kind of person who wants 100% efficiency, but I also don’t want to be completely useless?

Basically what i’m asking is; Can I play a ranger and still be useful to my party in dungeons, or would I be better off going back to my warrior?

Thanks for any suggestions.

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and your welcome

You can be useful but prepare to work twice as hard to be that.

Brazil’s ranger guide is pretty much the best ranger dungeon build atm.

http://youtu.be/3oGtY69tcek

Thanks guys!

That build looks fun, but it’s 100% glass cannon :o

At the moment i’ve been playing carrion/trapper condition ranger— Is that a viable option at all or no?

Conditions are bad in dungeons, you won’t get much use out of them since they will be always capped. That’s why power builds are superior in PvE.

If you want a bit more room for error you can get Knights arole instead of the berserker/assassins set. That way you’ll get some toughness without sacrificing too mychief personal DPS.

Ignore the people crying that rangers are useless, they’re usually just bad players that can’t play without being told which corner to stand in and spam 1. Rangers can bring a huge amount to a team, it’s true we have some problems that need to be fixed, but skilful play as a ranger will be incredible. I agree with what the others have said about Brazil’s build that kind of thing is really amazing, it not only does incredible damage itself, but with frost spirits, war horn Jungle stalkers mighty roar, Spotter, vulnerability, it’s really brings incredible amount of extra damage for your whole party, you’ll really notice it. But it also has decent enough healing, bring healing spring and you can blast finish it with your war horn and leap finish it with your #2 on your sword, also; if you want a bit more healing if you’re worried about squishyness, which you shouldn’t be, you can take a Fern hound, the F2 skill is a pretty modest heal and regen, but if you switch to it while your inside your healing spring the Dog’s leap attack will also trigger your healing spring so even more AoE heals. I also find that sometimes while the damage isn’t as great in PvE from a great sword as it is with a 1hand sword, for certain more heavy damage dealing bosses etc, you might want to take it as your second weapon set, because you will evade every third attack which is HUGE, and you also have more dodges on the 1h sword. The real danger you have to watch out for is auto attack with a 1 hand sword can be pretty dangerous if you’re not used to it. it has a habit of getting stuck and making you leap back when you want to dodge, you should always turn off auto attack on the sword, you don’t want any embarrassing…. Leap off the cliff auto attack moments… I can promise you, they take forever to live down….

Leap finishers are personal heals so having your dog jumping in the spring only heals itself. Blasts and whirls can give party healing.

Luxie.3617:

Ignore the people crying that rangers are useless, they’re usually just bad players that can’t play without being told which corner to stand in and spam 1.

LuLz

People who are good on the ranger will be twice as good on a guard, warrior, or mes. Good player is good regardless of class. The problem is they have to try twice as hard to be good on the ranger than the guardian, warrior, or mes. How do I know? Personal experience.

Once they nerf-deathed Search and Rescue to res only downed and not defeated I stopped bringing in my Ranger… I stopped using it all once they killed the benefit of using Alts in dungeons at all with the token nerf. Now I only bring my Guardian, Warrior, or Mes depending on party composition and what dungeon…. or Thief if we are running Arah because shadow refuge