Leveling my ranger!

Leveling my ranger!

in Ranger

Posted by: bokac.3015

bokac.3015

Hello there lads! Currently, my ranger is 40ish/50ish right now, but mostly I did my leveling of him with those books that give you one level on use.

So, I understand that for leveling you can use “anything”, but I was curious to find out something more about my class. Any suggestions? Looking forward to your answers!

Sir Bolexs Of Night – lvl 80 Human Warrior
Bstjorn – lvl 80 Charr Ranger
Infuser Bluewave – lvl 80 Sylvari Elementalist

Leveling my ranger!

in Ranger

Posted by: xarallei.4279

xarallei.4279

I’d say don’t just stick with bow. Start getting a good feel for your melee weapons. Try out sword/axe and your greatsword. Also, I didn’t use a bear leveling up I chose a cat because things die more quickly. I didn’t find the kitty too squishy so you should be fine. Just make sure to swap out your pets when their health is running low.

Leveling my ranger!

in Ranger

Posted by: blitzkrieg.2451

blitzkrieg.2451

Sword/axe and greatsword i think are the best pve weapons

Tanbin – Ranger / Thief / Ele
Maguuma

Leveling my ranger!

in Ranger

Posted by: Shena Fu.5792

Shena Fu.5792

I’m only level 33. I find Axe/Axe + Warhorn the best DPS. Other weapons don’t offer as much damage.

Axe main hits multiple targets, so I don’t have to switch between single-target and multi-target weapons. Great thing axe is 900 range, so don’t have to switch between ranged and melee weapons. Basically Axe main is best of all worlds.

Axe off-hand grants more multi-target attacks and huge burst #5 to enemies around you. Warhorn #4 is also huge burst to a single target. Both are paired with the same main-hand Axe. Just swap off-hand weapons and wait for cooldowns to expire.

Leveling my ranger!

in Ranger

Posted by: Kaiyanwan.8521

Kaiyanwan.8521

Equip a GS, pick gear with power and precision, trait for greatsword in beastmastery. Go for remorseless in marksmanship.

Should make it super easy to get through the last few levels.

Leveling my ranger!

in Ranger

Posted by: bokac.3015

bokac.3015

Awesome info, I’ll def. try GS and sword/axe

Sir Bolexs Of Night – lvl 80 Human Warrior
Bstjorn – lvl 80 Charr Ranger
Infuser Bluewave – lvl 80 Sylvari Elementalist

Leveling my ranger!

in Ranger

Posted by: Heimskarl Ashfiend.9582

Heimskarl Ashfiend.9582

I’m only level 33. I find Axe/Axe + Warhorn the best DPS. Other weapons don’t offer as much damage.

Axe main hits multiple targets, so I don’t have to switch between single-target and multi-target weapons. Great thing axe is 900 range, so don’t have to switch between ranged and melee weapons. Basically Axe main is best of all worlds.

Axe off-hand grants more multi-target attacks and huge burst #5 to enemies around you. Warhorn #4 is also huge burst to a single target. Both are paired with the same main-hand Axe. Just swap off-hand weapons and wait for cooldowns to expire.

Honestly, mate, S/A or S/WH and GS offer far better DPS and mobility. MH axe is pretty terrible for PvE.

Leveling my ranger!

in Ranger

Posted by: Sube Dai.8496

Sube Dai.8496

I’m only level 33. I find Axe/Axe + Warhorn the best DPS. Other weapons don’t offer as much damage.

Axe main hits multiple targets, so I don’t have to switch between single-target and multi-target weapons. Great thing axe is 900 range, so don’t have to switch between ranged and melee weapons. Basically Axe main is best of all worlds.

Axe off-hand grants more multi-target attacks and huge burst #5 to enemies around you. Warhorn #4 is also huge burst to a single target. Both are paired with the same main-hand Axe. Just swap off-hand weapons and wait for cooldowns to expire.

Honestly, mate, S/A or S/WH and GS offer far better DPS and mobility. MH axe is pretty terrible for PvE.

Good for trash mobs

John Snowman [GLTY]
Space Marine Z [GLTY]

Leveling my ranger!

in Ranger

Posted by: Heimskarl Ashfiend.9582

Heimskarl Ashfiend.9582

Yes, well, I do use MH axe, when I want to do the ambient slayer daily real quick…

Leveling my ranger!

in Ranger

Posted by: Shena Fu.5792

Shena Fu.5792

i tested with dummies and real mobs. GS, sword, and axe all kill about the same speed (GS sometimes faster if crits land.) advantage for greatsword is less reliant on cooldowns, relying on mainly autoattack and maul, aka easymode. sword’s the worst choice. doesn’t cleave like GS or axe. serpent’s strike is annoying due to repositioning and not as good as axe’s splitblade (former has less damage and longer cooldown).

axe let’s you stay afar and hits multiple enemies even if they’re apart. splitblade’s bleeding is just as strong as GS crits—latter is less reliable/more variance even when traited for Remorseless – 2-handed training – Precise Strike. furthermore you need to max out two spec lines just to achieve. you need to be 45 to get second spec line. pre-45, better off with axe/axe + warhorn.

moreover axe provides conditions that help your group. axe also has advantage of range. against champions, you can kite while pet tanks with no loss of damage. most importantly is you feel in total control of the fight.

Leveling my ranger!

in Ranger

Posted by: Heimskarl Ashfiend.9582

Heimskarl Ashfiend.9582

…………………………………………………………….

Leveling my ranger!

in Ranger

Posted by: McWolfy.5924

McWolfy.5924

Sword auto attack is the best dps

WSR→Piken→Deso→Piken→FSP→Deso
Just the WvW
R3200+

Leveling my ranger!

in Ranger

Posted by: Kyosji.8961

Kyosji.8961

I recently came back from a 2+ year hiatus. I’ve been playing roughly 2 weeks on my new ranger. When I stated her, I put her on the usual LB/GS power build everyone keeps bringing up.

At level 10 or so, I switched over to a condition damage + precision build. I used that from level 10 to 50. Honestly, it’s nice to have teh ability to run into groups of mobs, or kite mobs into a group, and just throw traps and burning wells on them. They melt, fast. I could also take vets down in just a few seconds.

At level 50 I wanted to try the power build again, cause I felt single mob killing was a bit slow, and everyone kept telling me the LB #5 skill would basically kill everything on the map, etc etc about how great it was…well, I spent 3-4 gold on all the gear and weapons for a power+precision/ferocity build with a GS and a LB again, and I was shocked that at level 50, it was taking me the same amount of time, if not longer, to kill a single target mob then it was for me to kill that same mob with my level 40 condition build gear. Also, that #5 LB skill of raining arrows isn’t as great as everyone claims it to be, as any of my traps or my torch #5 skill did more damage.
Needless to say, after 3 levels into the power build, I started pre-buying my level 60 gear…back to Condition + precision (Which luckily level 60 gear also has a 3rd stat for power)

I’m running something like this. This is just a visual aid, as this site only lists lvl 80.

http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=VK;5Fky-t2cDkv2;9-6M;1_b;1247156;7VNX6V;1jxqQjxqQdWl8TbnP;38999A9B9C9DeGB1YF8J1Bk-2Bkl

tldr ;

Started game with power/precision LB/GS build
Lvl 10 switched to Cond/precision build with A+T/SB and loved it
Lvl 50 tried the power build people kept bringing up
I tried it for 3 levels, didn’t like it cause it felt weaker then what I was wearing 10 levels prior and decided to pre-buy level 60 gear with con/precision again with A+T/SB

stldr;
Condition build is better than a power build for leveling

Leveling my ranger!

in Ranger

Posted by: Prophet.1584

Prophet.1584

power builds are far superior to condition builds when leveling. GS has evades on auto attack to help keep you from being hit, maul and counterattack do great damage and GS#5 sets your pet up for a big hit.

sword AA is our #1 dps no matter what anyone says to the contrary. Math has proven it to be so. sword #2 gets you out of trouble, sword2 and gs3 provide a lot of mobility.

i used WH more often that axe offhand purely because i wanted the swiftness without using up a utility slot for SoTH but that’s a personal choice.

As your leveling it’s a good idea to try out all weapons. LB, GS, S/A are our best power build weapons.

I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.

Leveling my ranger!

in Ranger

Posted by: Kyosji.8961

Kyosji.8961

Not sure Prophet. From personal experience, my cond build killed things far quicker than when I used a power build. I’ve even tried a power build with sword and found it annoying. I also took much more damage with a power build, as I was always in the middle of all the fighting.

Personal experience from the last 2 weeks shows me that A/T + SB in a condition build was killing things much faster and in greater quantities than a sword build with power. I’ve tried a few of the sword builds as well, S+A, S+D, and I think I’ve used S+T. This was under the recommendations of someone in one of my other posts about it. Sword play had decent damage, but it put me into too many unwanted confrontations with some of the skills and how you moved.

Leveling my ranger!

in Ranger

Posted by: Prophet.1584

Prophet.1584

sword takes a whole lot of getting used to plus you have to change some of your settings to get it to work better, i.e turn of auto targeting and something else i don’t recall at the moment, and you will go down faster when fighting multiple enemies since you have no vit or toughness.

condi builds are probably better if your going to fight multiple mobs, you usually get some toughness or vitality in those builds.

edit: also with the new condi changes burn stacks are doing pretty good damage. it just might out dps a pure power build now with the changes.

I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.

Leveling my ranger!

in Ranger

Posted by: Kyosji.8961

Kyosji.8961

Yeah, all I know is that with the build I am running now, I have yet to find another build that out DPS it