Guild Wars 2

I am leveling my first ranger and will likely hit 80 today, I have tried different weapons/builds and find shortbow and traps to be the most fun to play, so that’s what I’m going with. There are a ton of different variations of this build and I’ve tried to mix and match to get something that seems good.

This is what I got so far.

Some key notes:
• I’m mixing carrion and rabid to focus on cond while balancing pow/pre and tou/vit, is this a good idea?
• I choose 20 in marksmanship rather than maxing wilderness survival since the latter has (seemingly) worse trait bonuses, but I’ve been back and forth on this one.

I’m mostly interested to hear opinions on armor/weapon stats and runes/sigils as those are the most expensive to replace if you get it wrong. Comments on the traits would also be nice since those were the most difficult to decide on.

I would suggest switching your runes to 4 runes of the nightmare and 2 runes of lyssa . I preffer full rabid for my build , only i use celestial ascended trinkets . But as long as your condition damage is high enough its fine .

Oh , try rearranging your traits to 10 30 30 0 0 .

Which trait bonuses would you suggest for Wilderness Survival? That is my biggest problem with 10/30/30/0/0.

the one that takes stuns from you and transfers to the pet

off hand training or hide in plain sight

bark skin or condition transfer , depending on what you are lacking