Guild Wars 2

Hello

I just made a ranger and ive read around about optimal builds for pve, but the only solid information I could find was centered on dungeon running. Im looking for an open world pve build setup that would satisfy leveling and then later on silverwastes. Not really concerned with group based builds as there is plenty of information out there about that. Any advice is appreciated.

LB/GS rules open world. But, if you are interested in sPvP and WvW later on, you need to learn melee ranger so run with S/?-GS.

Since you are levelling, you can’t really make a build for it, just go into Marksmanship until its full, then Skirmishing.

At 80, something like this is cheap to make and does good damage.

Syfin.6875:

Hello

I just made a ranger and ive read around about optimal builds for pve, but the only solid information I could find was centered on dungeon running. Im looking for an open world pve build setup that would satisfy leveling and then later on silverwastes. Not really concerned with group based builds as there is plenty of information out there about that. Any advice is appreciated.

I’d suggest something like this .
In the open, spirits are a bother to reactivate all the time, and you don’t feel like being useful anyways. It just doesn’t feel that way.

This is the most mobile, most reactive (you can tag more mobs on melee since GS, you also apply vulnerability and so on).
Remorseless was the best trait for leveling up for me, and I found it more useful for open world events than Predator’s Onslaught, taking into account that you’ll be using GS (without cripple).

It’s also a nice addition to make up for lack of Frost Spirit in open world (that is a must-have for dungeons).

Hmmmh… The abilities are simple.
Panic button “Signet of the stone”
Burst Button “Signet of the Wild” (also passive regen that you’ll often want)
Standard mobility “SotH”.

Heal is optional. So are the 2 points in Wilderness Survival. You can put them into Nature Magic for Vita>Power convert (like 2,5% more damage that I can’t even notice). But for example, I never got feared at Tequatl ONCE thanks to shared anguish.
The comfort it provides is well worth the non-observable damage boost.

tl;dr > this build is pretty much the most comfortable solo build to play for enjoyment. You won’t stick to LB only (it made me wanna kill myself), and you’ll feel satisfied (It’s much more satisfying to see the Boss CC negated then to deal 4050 damage instead of 4000).

Syfin.6875:

Hello

I just made a ranger and ive read around about optimal builds for pve, but the only solid information I could find was centered on dungeon running. Im looking for an open world pve build setup that would satisfy leveling and then later on silverwastes. Not really concerned with group based builds as there is plenty of information out there about that. Any advice is appreciated.

You can literally just run whatever. It honestly and truthfully does not matter in open world PVE what you run on any profession. You will be able to complete all open world content in any build variation. Literally. Any. Build. Combination.

2/3/3/3/3 Dire gear with axe/dagger is gonna be pretty slow though.

Fair bit more fun with 6/6/2 Zerker, LB/GS.

Yup… I can agree with that… but fun is subjective. OP might not find LB/GS as fun as Sword+Dagger/Axe+Axe though… Wouldn’t hurt the OP just to experiment around with different builds to find what OP thinks will give them the greastest return on whatever reason it is OP plays.

Thanks for the great information! I will definitely get to level8ng and testing out what you guys said. Probably go with gs/lb and if i find it bland ill try the sword dagger/ axe axe. And tragic that is exactly what i hoped someone would suggest a selfish solo build. Ill follow that build and see how i goes

Honestly, you should play with all weapon sets to try them out. S/WH-GS is pretty amazing for mobility and getting around the world.

Syfin.6875:

Thanks for the great information! I will definitely get to level8ng and testing out what you guys said. Probably go with gs/lb and if i find it bland ill try the sword dagger/ axe axe. And tragic that is exactly what i hoped someone would suggest a selfish solo build. Ill follow that build and see how i goes

Just don’t use Axe+Axe… That’s a set of condition weapon with pure Power weapon. That’s a no-no.

Sword+Dagger is perfectly fine, applies lots of poison, gives a chunk of evades.
Sword+Axe is amazing too. Deals high burst and pulls enemies to you.

You don’t want Shortbow. Boring and flank restricted.

During the course of leveling I used mostly longbow. My 2nd was sometimes greatsword, and sometimes sword+torch. I found GS somewhat boring, I actually enjoyed the play of sword+torch a lot more. When I could, I put 4 points into Nature Magic so I could get the trait that lets spirits follow you around, and would run Sun Spirit plus usually one other (either Frost or Stone, depending upon whether I wanted more DPS or more defense). Then focused the rest of my trait points in Marksmanship and Skirmishing, all in traits that buff my longbow in some way. Worked for me.

the dulfy guide as a good start for any class
http://dulfy.net/2014/07/05/gw2-ranger-pve-class-guide-by-lorek-and-cell/

but i believe that leveling is the time for experimentation, what i do when i make a new class is change weapon sets about every 5 levels so i get a feel for all the different combinations and don’t get to caught up in builds until am about 70ish, just through all your points in to the first 2 trait lines.

i would actually go 3 in to natures magic before any thing else.

Eggyokeo.9705:

the dulfy guide as a good start for any class
http://dulfy.net/2014/07/05/gw2-ranger-pve-class-guide-by-lorek-and-cell/

but i believe that leveling is the time for experimentation, what i do when i make a new class is change weapon sets about every 5 levels so i get a feel for all the different combinations and don’t get to caught up in builds until am about 70ish, just through all your points in to the first 2 trait lines.

i would actually go 3 in to natures magic before any thing else.

What for… ?
… The only boon you can get by yourself is Might from axe at early levels… And I found leveling with Axe … Slow and boring. There’s just no point in taking it early on.

The boons shared come mostly from the party that you stick with while doing PvE.

Why not play around with traits like with weapons … it’s not like it was at release … changing traits is free these days and only requires being out-of-combat.

I think you’ll enjoy the class more and get better at it if you experiment with it yourself. If you have a thought “what if” … test it yourself rather than asking. It’d likely be faster that way anyways.

Now, if there is something you don’t understand or don’t know how to test … ask away. We’re here to help.

greatsword is your friend in open world.

I’ll second FantasticGman with the “whatever the hell you want” mantra, but if you want to actually learn ranger you’ll want to open world with a 1 handed sword. The more time you spend on that thing the better ranger you will be. The more time you spend in LB in open world the worse ranger you will be. Actually camping LB in open world transcends professions and just makes you a lazy player regardless. LB ranger makes you a bad mesmer.