Guild Wars 2

Hey all,

I used to play GW2 previously (thieves/necros/guards mostly) and stopped just after fractals became a thing, mostly due to real life issues (but also due to the rather toxic pugs and “viable speed run builds/classes”… not into that nonsense). Anyway, new expansion so I bought a new account, fresh start!

I never leveled a ranger before, I know very little of the class at the moment, so I was looking for some end game builds and some general tips on what abilities to try/combo as I grind to 80! I’ll be almost exclusively doing PvE stuff (eventually work my way into dungeons and fractals), maybe dabble into WvW just for fun every now and again.

Thanks all in advance.

There is a sticky thread at the top of the ranger forums, called New Build List or something like that. You’ll probably want to check that out. It has a few dungeon builds.

The first thing you’ll probably want to figure out the weapons you want to use.
Do you want to melee or ranged … or both?
That decision will better help you find a ranger build that is a good fit.

For example, I like the Longbow along with the axe and war horn. So, I’ve been able to find/craft/modify a build that works with this setup. I can have my bow while also providing group utility. If you do decide to go Longbow, keep in mind that the auto attack damage isn’t that great. So, you’ll probably want to swap to another weapon while waiting on cooldowns.

Ah are those builds up to date? I must have missed them I was actually looking for a thread like that… let me go back and look closer. I remember when I was playing playing a condition character was “bad” for dungeons because once you cap out on bleed stacks or whatever, there’s nothing more you can do. So I was wondering how the builds evolved.

Regarding weapons rangers seem to be able to use both, so I figure I’ll stay ranged unless something jumps on top of me and I can swap to melee. I assume that’s how it will work anyway (like I said I have no idea how this class works as a whole).

Tiggers.3890:

Hey all,

I used to play GW2 previously (thieves/necros/guards mostly) and stopped just after fractals became a thing, mostly due to real life issues (but also due to the rather toxic pugs and “viable speed run builds/classes”… not into that nonsense). Anyway, new expansion so I bought a new account, fresh start!

I never leveled a ranger before, I know very little of the class at the moment, so I was looking for some end game builds and some general tips on what abilities to try/combo as I grind to 80! I’ll be almost exclusively doing PvE stuff (eventually work my way into dungeons and fractals), maybe dabble into WvW just for fun every now and again.

Thanks all in advance.

If you fancy a read you can check up on the guide linked below. If your just wanting a general build then you can try this: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vNAQNAsXRjMqQFL2qCeqAXLG+Dq91XgA4rgf4o59Nf3gMW6kZVA-TxRBwAP3f4qyvbq/gSfQ+TBAgnAgZlgAA-e

If you want you can swap in longbow but it will lose you some DPS. In general melee>ranged but being in melee is more dangerous so it does take some time to get used to melee. http://dulfy.net/2014/07/05/gw2-ranger-pve-class-guide-by-lorek-and-cell/

EDIT: if you prefer a video you can check out this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ljux9o5FGM

The New Build List is actually up to date.

I remember reading something somewhere about changes to the condition stacking. But, I can’t remember exactly what changed… or if the change has even happened yet. I’ve been out of the loop for a while too, lol.

JSmooth.7654:

The New Build List is actually up to date.

I remember reading something somewhere about changes to the condition stacking. But, I can’t remember exactly what changed… or if the change has even happened yet. I’ve been out of the loop for a while too, lol.

Yeah, damaging conditions no longer have a cap as to how many you can apply and burn is now a stacking condition.

All condies stack now, and not with a 25 stack cap (it’s 500 now i think? to much for about any zerg to succeed maxing out).

So you can do multiple burn/poison etc stacks now, and all of them will tick per second, rather then prolong in duration. That is the change (and it’s live now for some time).

The ‘build’ list by ‘heimfield’ of wathever his name is, is up to date. He did a very good job compiling that list (found some very very nice builds in it). There’s actually a lot of builds that are ok to very good in dungeons now for ranger imo.

I’m using a celeestial build, that’s quite tanky, doens’t give up much damage, but survives like hell.

Thanks guys I think I’ll try that DPS build Brazil showcased with GS/S/Axe that was linked. Looks interesting. I’ll probably mess around with bows a bit because its fun shooting things from range

http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Ranger_-_S/A_LB_Spotter

http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Ranger_-_A/T_Condition