Guild Wars 2

Hey there rangers, So I’ve decided to roll a ranger with a possible change to main. Ive been playing since release (with a few months break a while back) as a thief, recently I rolled a Mesmer and since getting it to 80 and trying out several builds in several game types I just cant get into it. Not quite sure what it is but its just not my playstyle.

Ive always been interested in the ranger (almost picking it on release) and im looking for a decent levelling build and also which pets are best to seek out to use before and at end game.

Don’t worry im fully aware of the “situation” you guys have been in since release, the up’s and downs, the dungeon kicking or free loot bag abuse and the dodgy mechanics but im not bothered about these things to much. I just want to find a class that I really enjoy let alone stomach for more than a daily login.

I’ve fought a couple of good rangers in WvW who were very skilled using the sword and regardless of win/loss I felt they had out played me so I love the fact that there is a skill gap. Obv “bearbow” in open world pve/levelling is a go to face roll but im looking to get used to melee before the end game dungeon kicking begins (lol :P).

I’ve read a lot of posts in here over the past hour and however bad it may be it does sound like a class I could enjoy like I did the thief before my break. So, if anyone could point out a levelling build, any tips, any good end game builds or just anything lol I would really appreciate it.

Thanks in advance and keep your chins up

Neoheart.2750:

Hey there rangers, So I’ve decided to roll a ranger with a possible change to main. Ive been playing since release (with a few months break a while back) as a thief, recently I rolled a Mesmer and since getting it to 80 and trying out several builds in several game types I just cant get into it. Not quite sure what it is but its just not my playstyle.

Ive always been interested in the ranger (almost picking it on release) and im looking for a decent levelling build and also which pets are best to seek out to use before and at end game.

Don’t worry im fully aware of the “situation” you guys have been in since release, the up’s and downs, the dungeon kicking or free loot bag abuse and the dodgy mechanics but im not bothered about these things to much. I just want to find a class that I really enjoy let alone stomach for more than a daily login.

I’ve fought a couple of good rangers in WvW who were very skilled using the sword and regardless of win/loss I felt they had out played me so I love the fact that there is a skill gap. Obv “bearbow” in open world pve/levelling is a go to face roll but im looking to get used to melee before the end game dungeon kicking begins (lol :P).

I’ve read a lot of posts in here over the past hour and however bad it may be it does sound like a class I could enjoy like I did the thief before my break. So, if anyone could point out a levelling build, any tips, any good end game builds or just anything lol I would really appreciate it.

Thanks in advance and keep your chins up

Get full power, or full condi damage gear for leveling.

If you go the condi route use traps axe/torch, sword/dagger.

If you go the power route you could try out longbow/greatsword, its pretty good with full berserker at lvl80 as well. I still couldn’t get my head around sword, its just… you can leap through mobs if you lose target with just auto, and then ther is the root. Greatsword works fine. You could master the art of axe offhand as well, not my cup of tea to be honest.

For pets, play around with them, there are a lot of options. You can get stealth with a siamoth, you can get knockdowns with canines, for damage go with a bird or a feline pet. Drakes have a blast finisher if you want to play around with combo fields.

For low level traits, you could go 10 into skirmishing for better pet crit, beastmastery for 3 stacks of might on petswap, or just 10 into marksmanship for 10% damage increase when endurance is full.

Neoheart.2750:

Obv “bearbow” in open world pve/levelling is a go to face roll …

Open world PvE has a trivial amount of gameplay anyway.

Thanks for the reply. I was playing around with the weapons last night and i actually like the sword with auto attack disabled. Not a big fan of the axe main hand but i can see its uses in condi builds.

I also like the bird pets, from what i gather they are some of the better dps ones…also harder for click targeting in pvp lol

Whats the current dungeon running “meta” build? I’ve read that HS, spotter and frost spirit are excellent but not sure of traits and offhand weapon(s).

Neoheart.2750:

Thanks for the reply. I was playing around with the weapons last night and i actually like the sword with auto attack disabled. Not a big fan of the axe main hand but i can see its uses in condi builds.

I also like the bird pets, from what i gather they are some of the better dps ones…also harder for click targeting in pvp lol

Whats the current dungeon running “meta” build? I’ve read that HS, spotter and frost spirit are excellent but not sure of traits and offhand weapon(s).

We have some nice utility, contrary to what others claim. With jungle stalker you can give 5 stacks of might to your party, and brown bear you have a party condi cleanse. Than you can have healing spring which is another party condi cleanse. With greatsword (which I prefer over sword) you can do a healing combo with swoop. If you run sword/warhorn you can do 2, monarch’s leap is a leap finisher, warhorn 5 is a blast finisher. Than you can have signet of renewal, which is another party condi cleanse, and a stun breaker. You still have 2 slots free which you can use for stone and/or frost spirit, protect me (invuln+stunbreak), or anything you like. Rampage as one is too good to pass down with 20s of stability. I also run longbow with piercing arrows.

I watching one of “brazil’s” videos earlier and he went through his build. From what i understand he is quite a well known and good ranger, i noticed that aswell as frost spirit he was running sic’em. I’ve been hit with it a few times on my thief but didnt realise it had much use outside of PvP. Working atm so cant see the skill tooltip but do any of you guys run that?

He ran jaguar and sic’em which is more damage that is coming from the pet. Its +40% damage for 10 seconds from the pet. It is cancelled when pet F2 is activated however. Or so I’ve heard.

Yeah you maybe right there as he did point out that he popped F2 first and then sic em’. Thanks for clearing that up, sounds like it would be almost a must have in most PvE situations.