Guild Wars 2

I was a longtime ranger player in GW1 and have been playing GW2 for quite a while now, but I’m only just getting around to really learning the ranger. I’m looking for some info on how to select which pets make sense for a build. In PvE I can simply google and find out which ones do the most damage (seems to be cats?), but for PvP and WvW the choice seems a little more complicated. It makes sense that almost every build uses a wolf, but what are you guys’ thoughts on the second pet? How do you decide what to run?

Depends on your build mostly, in spvp I run beastly warden with 2 birds, since they have the perfect range on their f2 to proc taunt and high burst damage. If you do not run taunt for whatever reason, I usually go with wolf and spider sometimes even a second hound if I do not need the poison pressure but more CC instead. Also in WvW the Siamoth can be a good idea for the stealth and ectoplasm.