Guild Wars 2

Are there any melee ranger builds that work well with small roaming groups in WvW? I am new to ranger so I don’t know how they fare in the thick of things. I normally play warrior in my group with a front line sustain/CC build. I was wondering for a change if I could swap to melee ranger. We usually run 1 guard, 1 warrior, 2 necros and a bursty (mes, theif). We aren’t going up against the zerg but looking for fights with other small groups and taking towers, camps, etc to provoke fights. Or am i better of stick with a LB/GS build, which I am fine with as well?

Take a look at the build thread in my sig mate, a lot of melee ideas there. Welcome to Ranger, GLHF!

If you’re swapping your frontline sustain/CC warrior for ranger, you can still use that play style. It’s what I run in WvW in skill groups. I run GS and axe/horn and I love the feel of it. You could build somewhat tanky and take plenty of CC, maybe Healing Spring for your group if needed.

@felixdacat, do you mind linking your build?

Maybe too tanky for some people but here is what I run. Tweak it as you see fit.