Guild Wars 2

Hey guys. Currently I use a short bow/axe+war horn. Its ok but its starting to get really boring. I was wondering how well do you think great sword/axe+torch with using traps for CD’s work? Im thinking with a slowing trap and spikes, then bonfire, then the bouncing axe would face roll in CQ AOE. What do you guys think? Im basically trying to make my ranger fun again and maintain high damage output.

I use a greatsword as my main weapon, and an axe as my secondary weapon for a ranged/aoe option. I use a fire trap to create a fire combo with the greatsword leap attack (Swoop), which creates a fire shield boon, pretty neat. You run to the monster, drop the fire trap, and Swoop. I guess it would be effective for runners to use the freezing trap instead of the fire trap to keep stuck to them easier.

I don’t like one handed sword, because it roots you during the auto attack, but I enjoy the greatsword skills more than anything else in the entire game. The greatsword for ranger isn’t very powerful, but incredibly fun to use. With the fire trap/Swoop combo it does have adequate dps for solo pve. I do like 30% of the damage a greatsword warrior does, but warriors are unbalanced, so I try not to compare too much with them, it is too disheartening to see a warrior kill something 4x faster than I can.

Thank you buddy, that’s what I’m trying to find is the fun factor of my ranger. I do like major damage with bleeds with my short bow and axe+horn combo but its not fun anymore.

As far as your secondary weapon set, you have axe and what?

Now I’m kinda thinking http://www.guildhead.com/skill-calc#MVom0zc0MmMRMMmGxMpG0afcRMRoo

This way I can toss traps, set more stuff on fire for combo fields, and bleed something very hard. This would be with my current weapon set

Hmm…some good inspiration here. I’m thinking Greatsword +Sword/Horn. Use the Fire Trap + Swoop combo.
Or…birds, drop traps, CotW, swap (quickness), Greatsword Swoop, then just pummel.

I recommend using a pet from the porcine family with a full melee build. The Foraged item can be really clutch (knockdown, combo fields, heals, etc) and since you and your pet will be next to each other, picking up the item will be easy.

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Thank you buddy, that’s what I’m trying to find is the fun factor of my ranger. I do like major damage with bleeds with my short bow and axe+horn combo but its not fun anymore.

As far as your secondary weapon set, you have axe and what?

I haven’t decided yet on my axe offhand.. I guess I use the horn normally for the swiftness buff to move around faster and to buff allies, but I still have to play around with dual axes, the torch and the dagger.

I will probably go with the horn full-time, I don’t care much about killing people, so I focus on support, and the horn grants a nice buff.