Guild Wars 2

Greetings,

I’ve recently leveled my ranger to 80 and acquired the elite Druid specialization. I will mostly be focused on PvP in all of it’s forms since this game offers more than just your typical PvP brawling, that would mean WvW, Conquests and whatever else is there.

I’d like to know if there are any of you other there that would be so kind as to sharing your builds with me and others. I’m not necessarily looking for “META” builds, I’m looking for viable builds that have been tested by you. I am currently testing a few builds as I get familiar with the PvP scene of this game and more specifically I’m testing out the condi builds. For some reason I like the idea of condition builds over power builds but I am open to try whatever you may suggest even if it is a power build.

With that being said, I thank you in advance my fellow rangers/druids and hope to see lots of suggestions.

Cheerio!

For regular PvP (conquest), a power build is preferred over a condi build. I like condi builds to play with on ranger, but they are not viable if you play ranked or if want to become a better ranger. I made one truly effective condi build on ranger for pvp once, focused on burning, but since some nerfs on for example CA it is not viable anymore. I tried a lot of condi builds, but you have too give up too much in exchange for some decent condi pressure. If you want more details, just let me know.

PvP matches you with people around your skill level, so if you play some weird build you’ll just plain lose to the masses running optimal or near optimal builds.

In WvW you can get much more creative in your builds. WvW roaming is a lot like open world PvE in that just about anything will work as long as you have at least put minimal thought into it, like having condi removal and stun break and so on. The build variety and skill level is all over the map but people generally run more creative builds rather than just pure “win win win win win” builds.

Obvious place to find some decent builds for ranger is dare I say, Metabattle.com

I have found interesting builds that work well from streamers and those who come here to put up videos. On this page is a melee wvw ranger named Fox (dudes a beast).
Here’s his build

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vNAQNBhYD7kSFoWQsXQwfFgrFs4JYwp0XaO9ZFEASYO7tO1grkpFG-TlSBQBXR5GXUSAgLAgZUCOxDCQCV/5BPAA8obQDHBg9t/QAAEgbezsZbGcezbezbezzNv5Nv5NvZpAycoF-w

Gladomer is a good WvW streamer on Twitch (condi builds)

Romoncoke is an pvp champ if you want to watch old vids on twitch ( recently quit )

Bootts bad Builds is always entertaining. Ive played this build recently
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wv2XDGA-fw&t=329s

Mostly it’s just preference.
Hope you find your style.

Thanks for your insight guys.
I have taken a look at Metabattle.com but I was wondering if anyone tested out anything else. I like to play and try out other builds than the ones that are mostly being pointed at. Also, thanks for the references to the streamers and pro players. I will be looking them over and maybe tweak the builds to my style.

Furthermore, if anyone else feels like suggesting a build please do so with a link as I will still be checking back on this post just in case.

Toodles!