Guild Wars 2

hey guys, I made an evade ranger for solo/duo roaming :

Since the build editor are not fully updated with the new class balance ill post 2 different liks.

1 ) This one shows wapons + skills + Traits:

http://www.guildhead.com/skill-calc#mcoVMm9cmaogMmaogM0axaGmmaqMVa8khf7khV7khf

2) This other one shows armor + runes + trikets + food + pets :

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQNAsYFgCmUB-jUBBZRFRjtMsIasqHY6UER1OFFRrWGAztA-w

How to play it :

This build is ment to counter all the burst build warriors and thief came up with, it’s not very efective against necros and mesmers ( any suggestions here ? ), and it’s preatty mobile.

The most important thing is to keep switching pets and weapons to gain Vigor, and of course try to keep you distances while the pets do the rest.

I usually use SB2, Sword3 and Dagger4 when the enemy is left with 30/40% HP.

I tend to use pet F2 only in critical moment, usually Raven F2 when I know I will get bursted or to burst down, Wolf F2 is for stomping/ressing or to throw Thiefs out of shadow refuge, or even for capping a sentry/temple when there are other contendents.

Pro’s :

-Good mobility¨
-Good survival
-Nice damage

Con’s :

-No so good against conditions
-No so good against ranged class ( LB / Rifle / Staff )

Any tip’s on how to max it’s potential ?

Just realized I din’t show the weapons stats :P, they are cleric’s.

Looks like you got most of it. Im a big evader myself, though I dont go quite to the extreme you have, mostly because I never thought of it that way.

Anyway, I’d suspect the offhand training rather that sword mastery might give you better evade uptime, since that dagger #4 is a wicked long evade time and the animation doesnt even tie you up. Although I’ve never really used dagger except for testing so somewhat speculating, it is strong though.

Problem with stressing vigor toooo much is that you already have 50% better regen just by having survival 5 so there is some overlap, and I understand they dont stack.

Kilger.5490:

Looks like you got most of it. Im a big evader myself, though I dont go quite to the extreme you have, mostly because I never thought of it that way.

Anyway, I’d suspect the offhand training rather that sword mastery might give you better evade uptime, since that dagger #4 is a wicked long evade time and the animation doesnt even tie you up. Although I’ve never really used dagger except for testing so somewhat speculating, it is strong though.

Problem with stressing vigor toooo much is that you already have 50% better regen just by having survival 5 so there is some overlap, and I understand they dont stack.

Thx for the reply,

I chose martial mastery so I can run away from zergs/gankers more easly.

What do you mean with stressing vigor too much ? Natural vigor and vigor do not stacks ?

sminkiottone.6972:

What do you mean with stressing vigor too much ? Natural vigor and vigor do not stacks ?

Natural Vigor is 50% faster endurance regen, Vigor buff is 100%, which replaces the 50% from Natural Vigor. You don’t get 150%.

RWinter.1680:

Natural Vigor is 50% faster endurance regen, Vigor buff is 100%, which overwrites the 50% from Natural Vigor. You don’t get 150%.

Oh man, this is bad… Why anet did put vigorous renewal in Wilderness survival ? like you said it looses in efficiency!

sminkiottone.6972:

I chose martial mastery so I can run away from zergs/gankers more easly.

Makes sense

Made few changes since vigor is cappet at 100% :
http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/ranger/?6.0|c.1k.h1l.8.1k.h1j.0.0.0|5.1k.h1j.0.0.0|1k.71m.1k.71m.1k.71m.1k.71m.1k.71m.1k.71m|1k.68.1k.68.1k.68.1k.68.1k.68.8c.68|0.k6a.u67b.0.k56|1b.2|4i.4w.4o.4r.0|e

+ Vigor now is at +90% in passive.
+ More toughness
+ More weapon dodges
+ Crit dmg and chance
+ Dmg

- Less HP
- Less regen
- Less boon duration