Guild Wars 2

Ok, ive read a bit on the forums (i should of done so sooner) ive realized that my, now deleted, post was mostly a whine post about me failing as a bow.
In the light of that i now know that i need more than just pew pew pew all day long and have decided to change my thread from the top.
So now ill keep it simple.
Now… i would, if possible, like to avoid searching entire forum sections and would like if someone can give me some general building/playing tips for a ranger.
Not the builds, ill figure that part out myself, just general tips that i can use for future reference.

I haven’t tested much sPvP out myself but I can tell you that as you’ve stated realizing pew pew builds don’t float well in Tyria is a slap to the face. Try focusing more on being tanky with some dmg, this often comes down to playing tanky/condition dmg builds. I’m currently theorycrafting a tanky/BM build (which is quite standard BM i guess). It’s based on Power + Regen from shouts.

Unlike other classes we can’t really go full zerker and survive well enough.

Idk what you’re talking about with pew pew builds not working well, my current tPvP build is a roaming pew pew build that utilizes CC and evasiveness as its defenses instead of tankyness…

General tips are relative to builds. But here’s a few that go across all builds.

1. Pet Swap

• Wait a few seconds after swapping to use the F2. If you pop it right after swap, it will bug out and go on cooldown.
• You can pet swap and use F2 while downed. So if you have a Wolf as your secondary pet, you can switch it out, then activate the F2 for an additional stomp interrupt. (Takes a bit of time though)

2. Pet Pathing

• It sucks. I like to take pets that have leaps. So when they stand still to attack, instead of missing, sometimes they will leap at the target and still hit them.
• Bring CC to help pets hit. Most weapons will have some sort of CC, unfortunately most of it is soft. And some hard CC isn’t conducive for pets. (like the longbow knockback)

3. Ranger Damage

• Direct Damage is a bit kitten, which the pet is supposed to make up for. But at the same time, conditions are a LOT less reliable since people can cleanse them and void all of the potential damage of that 15 stack of bleeds. So, either works….. pretty much.

Durzlla.6295:

Idk what you’re talking about with pew pew builds not working well, my current tPvP build is a roaming pew pew build that utilizes CC and evasiveness as its defenses instead of tankyness…

Well, in my oppinion, a longbow ranger works well if you have a team that can keep an eye on you so you dont go splat. At least thats how it goes with me. Iv’e tried several Lbow builds and each and every time i ran into a problem that if a opponent is actively trying to kill me i cant deal enough damage to take them down. And i can deal enough damage with condi sbow for the life of me (condi/tanky build).
Now im not THAT new to pvp in gw2 but when i actively cant kill anyone unless they dont try to kill me it tells me that i doing something wrong.

I try to make my own builds cause i think that copy/paste of someone elses trait build means diddly squat.

Sherpa.7901:

Durzlla.6295:

Idk what you’re talking about with pew pew builds not working well, my current tPvP build is a roaming pew pew build that utilizes CC and evasiveness as its defenses instead of tankyness…

Well, in my oppinion, a longbow ranger works well if you have a team that can keep an eye on you so you dont go splat. At least thats how it goes with me. Iv’e tried several Lbow builds and each and every time i ran into a problem that if a opponent is actively trying to kill me i cant deal enough damage to take them down. And i can deal enough damage with condi sbow for the life of me (condi/tanky build).
Now im not THAT new to pvp in gw2 but when i actively cant kill anyone unless they dont try to kill me it tells me that i doing something wrong.

I try to make my own builds cause i think that copy/paste of someone elses trait build means diddly squat.

You gotta use your stealth, knockback, and cripples/immobilizes well to stay up, when I run really glassy I tend to stick to my ranged option about 95% of the time and only go into Melee when I absolutely have to (normally for the evades) or if I know I can get the kill.

Then again my glassy build is 30 marks, 20 WS, 20 BM, I’ve got a TON of vigor, and then I also run a fernhound and vampire runes with bloodlust sigils so I’ve got a pretty good amount of healing going from outside sources.

I’ve had several thieves get really mad because they could kill me lol, always makes me smile when silly little glass cannon thieves can’t kill the glassy LB ranger xD.

PS: meditation guardians sorta hard counter me because every 3 seconds they can teleport onto my face, but other than that I’ve yet to have a problem,

Durzlla.6295:

Idk what you’re talking about with pew pew builds not working well, my current tPvP build is a roaming pew pew build that utilizes CC and evasiveness as its defenses instead of tankyness…

Well, to be honest that part was more from a WvW standpoint since I don’t sPvP much. As far as I hear or know, in sPvP, bunker/condi builds are king.