Guild Wars 2

Im looking for the Most Competitive Condi Build Possible.

I know Ranger Condi builds aren’t Meta.
I don’t need a build that will carry me to Plat, I don’t care that much.
I know it won’t be ideal.

I just want something different, looking to mix it up.

HOT pets a must?
Is Druid mandatory?

Theory craft your own build?
http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/

i could do that, I thought some of you had something of interest, something of curiosity that I might want to try.

I’ll throw my hat in the ring here. YMMV.
Sw/T – SB Core Ranger

I don’t think this will be winning anything higher than mid-gold but I had fun/success with this build in S5.

I’m not a fan of druid so I personally try to avoid it. Luckily (?) you only really need skirmishing to get a condi ranger going. Beastmastery is nice but I found the extra survivability from Nature Magic and Wilderness Survival served me better. That’s also why I went with Deadshot amulet over Viper’s and dropped in Rune of Melandru. You could rejigger to maybe use Rune of Hoelbrak but my version doesn’t get too much might.

Mobility is decent with turn-around SB 3 and Sw2-2.

Lynx is your main dmg pet in this build, the secondary is flexible. Wolf and Black Moa are both good for CC, Bristleback is Bristleback and works well with all the bleeding. Carrion Devourer and a couple spiders work decently well for ranged condi. I liked having a range pet on this build for those times that Lynx overextends.

Despite the AoE of the traps and Bonfire, I generally spent a lot of time on SB waiting for the right time to jump in and burst. Holding points solo is tricky but can be done. Just lots of evades.

That’s just my version. Lots of things you could switch up to fit your style.

Thanks Chrury, Ill try it out. Im just getting a bit bored at the moment. Nothing like a new build to mix it up or make you appreciate your old build :P

Any other condi build people are running is probably a slight variation on Chrury’s build. I’ve run something extremely similar but with druid instead of NM.

The one major alternative I’ve screwed around with is a condi-slanted celestial staff+sb in WvW, and it’s definitely solid enough to hold a point in PvP if you could somehow recreate that (probably sage + dolyak or etc). Obviously cele s/t+staff was meta for a while. At some point if you’re using staff you just start to wonder why you aren’t using mender’s though.

Thanks Fluff, Ill check that out.

I just remembered why I don’t like condi builds on Ranger.

Condi rangers without traps don’t have any burst potential.

Condi rangers WITH traps lack all the utility they need to survive.
Even if a Ranger had full traps and 3 extra utility slots, it would not be OP. Amazing!

Too many classes just shrug off the condis, Warrior, Guard and Ele.

To be fair, power druids don’t have much burst either unless you go marauder. The best you can get out of a condi druid is some survivability plus enough pressure to not be totally useless. That’s doable. Something like flame or spike trap, torch, some source of poison, and then utility and survival for the rest.