Guild Wars 2

Are there any standard Ranger (preferably beastmaster-style) builds that are meant for surviving in the HoT wilderness? I’m specifically wondering what utility skills and traitlines are best for wandering solo and killing stuff. For the record, I already have an established weapon combo (greatsword/longbow) so if the traits could suit those as much as possible, that would be great.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vNAQJATRjUqQFL2zCOsAXLGIEqt0Dgq+/iaI39XPav9Sm2ZA-TZBFABA8IAKZ/BEOCAiXGogLAAA - give this a shot, basically a tweak off the old-school LB/GS ranger build prior to HoT/druid release. With the changes this last patch has been what I’ve been running. Decent for side point 1v1’ing and rotating/etc. Good support as well (I put out around 1500-2000 boons a match) & the new pet revive on a 36 second CD has made for many clutch rezzes in matches (you can essentially port players to you and rez them off the side safely/etc). You can also easily maintain 25 might with this - smokescale does amazing single target DPS and bristle back’s F2 is really strong.

** oops and I should say this is obviously primarily pvp ** - but you can tweak the traits fairly easily to have an easy open world PvE build as well with good survivability/dps (just sub out mara for zerker) and you can also sub out pet rez for frost spirit (more dps), etc.

docMed.7692:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vNAQJATRjUqQFL2zCOsAXLGIEqt0Dgq+/iaI39XPav9Sm2ZA-TZBFABA8IAKZ/BEOCAiXGogLAAA – give this a shot, basically a tweak off the old-school LB/GS ranger build prior to HoT/druid release. With the changes this last patch has been what I’ve been running. Decent for side point 1v1’ing and rotating/etc. Good support as well (I put out around 1500-2000 boons a match) & the new pet revive on a 36 second CD has made for many clutch rezzes in matches (you can essentially port players to you and rez them off the side safely/etc). You can also easily maintain 25 might with this – smokescale does amazing single target DPS and bristle back’s F2 is really strong.

• oops and I should say this is obviously primarily pvp ** – but you can tweak the traits fairly easily to have an easy open world PvE build as well with good survivability/dps (just sub out mara for zerker) and you can also sub out pet rez for frost spirit (more dps), etc.

I did make the tweaks. Should help a ton. Thanks!

I prefer a shout build on the non druid ranger., for both WvW and PvE:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vNAQJATRjUqQFL2zCOsAXLG2Dq92DgEgH4AeE+44Ie6SceaA-TZBFABiXGogLAACHBAAeEAls/AA

this gives you a stun breaker, perma speed, close to perma protection/regen and huge burst, stability, etc. Its short on condi cleanse, but with all the protection and regen, I still do quite well in WvW and in pve its not that big of a deal at all with the regen on you. You could swap out Windorne Notes in the Nature tree for evasive purity, but condis don’t bother me much (in wvw i make sure to target/kill necros first will the constant boons on me). I use smokescale and bristle. Smokey is good for stealth leaps if i get into trouble. The quickness on pet swap is epic when played right.

I usually tack on bloodlust, force on each weapon and air sigils (all zerk with pack runes). My mauls get ridiculous, and with swapping pets constantly , my GS just destroys and mob (i manually use GS, only us lb for long champ fights while i have to kite more). I have soloed most HoT mobs, including champ bosses aside from the canopy bosses, the Balz boss and the frog boss in Verdant. There was one champ in tangled I had help with too, cannot recall what it was though.

I might be wrong but the only PvE build that makes sense to bring without druid is Viper Ranger:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vNAQJA3PjUqQ7K2sCUtYoQo+EIaDAeAK9Ho/gh9qLZKnB-TJhAABAcQAyvMAM7PA9DAAA

It’s a trade of AoE support for personal damage. The trade may be worth in some situations, especially if your party isn’t made of Zerkers/Vipers.

Druid is a DPS boost to core ranger thanks to Glyphs and GotL.
But maybe the Remorseless GS build with MM/SK/BM could handle without a druid traitline. I never found it worth, though.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vNAQNAsXRnUqAlsgVsAuCCctgh9giH4AeE+44Ie692DgEoEnHG-TpAVQAg9HqlBAA

The 2nd build is a beast-master. I hope you’ll like it.