Guild Wars 2

Right, i need to improve my melee as a Ranger and would like some thoughts on reasonable melee builds i can use to familiarise myself with in general pve that’ll be useful going forward in dungeons and anything which has transferable skill into pvp.

Idea’s?

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This will answer all of your questions in detail.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/ranger/Guide-PvE-Meta-Ranger/first

Is the build you posted directly transferable to PvP as well Fluffball? I too am looking for a definitive Sword/X+Greatsword build for a Ranger.

I’d like something that doesn’t get 1 shot by thieves but can still bring the hurt.

Nope, not transferable.

Sword/GS for roaming is usually something like 2 0 6 6 0 with barkskin and survival of the fittest.

Another option would be to take tankier armor and put your points in the typical power and crit damage lines, like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lej85Rb3fMU That’s mostly a zergy build, but there are some good ideas you can steal.

Rangers don’t really have an sPvP power build that is meta at the moment. But you can still try the above ideas and mod to your liking.

One of my roaming builds is s+d/gs.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fNEQNAR8YnEqQvg2yCWsAXLGwSoafABQBwqZdHtPwFfyMaWD-TlSDwAPuAAzU/5wTA4pysEKBxt/QVlGg0Ns4gAAwEEhAKPGA-w

It absolutely works in dungeons, but its not a max dps build. frankly, there is no way you are going to run a max dps glass sword build while roaming.

anyway, the above build was a lot better before they nerfed boon duration runes, but with the upcoming greatsword buffs it should be getting better again. I tend to play it exactly like those old “exploitz” vids… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfEWpvAlu68

the basic idea here, is maximizing procs from food and weapons (our power doesnt scale too well), having a ton of regen from boons, lifesteal, sotw and heal, mobility out the ying yang, and perma poison to keep the enemy from healing up given our mid-level damage. Deals with everyone pretty nicely.

Tougher fights:

Thieves. They’re not going to beat you, but its probable you wont be able to kill them fast enough to prevent their escape. I tend to disengage and swap something for Sic Em. Sword thieves are more of a challenge because they can take away your regen.

Necros. Mostly depends on what they’re running. I try to swap SotW for SoR when I see them and use that on their first condi-bomb. If they have a second bomb (some run corrupt boon AND spite), then use RaO for your next clear. This can go bad if they corrupt your RaO if you have no second clear.

Condi Mesmers. Confusion + sword auto attack hurts. Consider grabbing SoR or swapping to healing spring.