Guild Wars 2

Hey rangers! I was recently thinking about crafting some ascended armor for my ranger and was hoping you guys could help me. I try to make my own sets but feel I dont know enough about stats for it. I would like to look into a set for the best dps, currently I have a crit based ranger that does ok but I feel could be better. I would also like to look into druid healing as well for zergs and maybe raids. Any help is appreciated!

http://metabattle.com/wiki/Ranger

Might as well jump on the main train for inspiration.

for the armor on a power druid you can make,

berserkers
marauders
celestial
zealots

Those 4 stat sets can be used in any power build with the weapons and trinkets defining the build overall.

Justine.6351:

for the armor on a power druid you can make,

berserkers
marauders
celestial
zealots

Those 4 stat sets can be used in any power build with the weapons and trinkets defining the build overall.

Soldier’s is good as well for roaming in WvW. Like a double melee bruiser build.

Fluffball.8307:

Justine.6351:

for the armor on a power druid you can make,

berserkers
marauders
celestial
zealots

Those 4 stat sets can be used in any power build with the weapons and trinkets defining the build overall.

Soldier’s is good as well for roaming in WvW. Like a double melee bruiser build.

maraurders are actually the way to go for power build. cheap to make also. Ranger need crit to make some damage otherwise the dps is too low.

There is no one way to go. Soldier’s is a solid option.

Fluffball.8307:

There is no one way to go. Soldier’s is a solid option.

yeah assasin is also an option. Soldier is for the cheese build we all know about and every single enemy player hates, good for learning like the third wheel in a bicycle, easy to get you stuck there.

i don’t have the patiente to be in combat for more than 3 minutes.

It just depends on what you’re doing. If you’re constantly fighting like 2 v 7 or something, playing in marauder’s is probably going to cost you the fight, but soldier’s will make it a winnable fight.

Or for zerging, obviously you’d want soldier’s. Basically the more damage you think will be unavoidable, the tankier your gear (obviously).

anduriell.6280:

Fluffball.8307:

There is no one way to go. Soldier’s is a solid option.

yeah assasin is also an option. Soldier is for the cheese build we all know about and every single enemy player hates, good for learning like the third wheel in a bicycle, easy to get you stuck there.

i don’t have the patiente to be in combat for more than 3 minutes.

Assassins is garbage, don’t give up your power in a power build.

Ya a soldier set of armor would be fine.
+315 vita/toughness is a solid base for any build in wvw. I just don’t like how it doesn’t translate well to other parts of the game.
And fluffball wasn’t saying go full pvt. This thread is about the armor stats.

I reread the op.
Zerging/healing/crit/raids
Pvt is not a good armor set as you wouldn’t run that in pve and it lacks any crit chance or healing.

Justine.6351:

I reread the op.
Zerging/healing/crit/raids
Pvt is not a good armor set as you wouldn’t run that in pve and it lacks any crit chance or healing.

My bad, I read raids and thought WvW. Forgot PvE. Soldier’s is unacceptable for PvE.

Fluffball.8307:

Justine.6351:

for the armor on a power druid you can make,

berserkers
marauders
celestial
zealots

Those 4 stat sets can be used in any power build with the weapons and trinkets defining the build overall.

Soldier’s is good as well for roaming in WvW. Like a double melee bruiser build.

How would you build a double melee bruiser these days?

I haven’t really touched my Ranger since HoT, but I used to play a GS + A/A build (mostly zerk/cav) with WS/NM/SK and TU/SotH/SotW/LR/SotP in WvW back then. It worked pretty well for solo and small scale roaming (we never really hard zergs on BLs in T8). Haven’t unlocked Druid yet since I blew a lot of Proofs oh Heroics on unlocking two other elites plus two sets of Durability runes. I really liked the playstyle, but I’m having a hard time replicating due to trait changes since I last played it.

Sagramor.7395:

How would you build a double melee bruiser these days?

Standard specs really. Druid is a must, I think NM outweighs quick draw in this case, and BM is pretty much a must. Could easily go with WK in place of NM. Utilities depend on that trait decision.

Edit: Actually signets are a third possibility, with MM.