Guild Wars 2

I’m interested to here what people consider a power ranger’s best burst.

For example Maul with SotH active, Moment of Clarity on Axe#4, Rapid Fire with QZ, etc.

Or if people think that rangers have no effective burst I would like to hear that as well, as I don’t really play other classes and I wouldn’t know if I am wasting my time or not trying to make a power ranger work.

I’ve tried signet builds with GS and offhand Axe but I find they are both hard to connect with.

I’ve tried MoC but I find it is really difficult to actually interrupt people.

What other good options are there?

Mighty Roar → Rampage As One → Signet of the Wild → Signet of the Hunt → Maul → Swoop → Path of Scars → Quickening Zephyr → Sword auto

1 trick pony….

Maul is the only ‘reliable’ form of burst available to this class, but without a Fast Hands style trait, it’s mostly ineffective.

Our other high damage attacks would be Path of Scars and Counterattack, but both are much more unreliable and ineffective imo.

Now that all said… a Greatsword with an intelligence sigil which you can then use to crit on Swoop+Hilt+Maul does do a reasonable amount of damage. But the problem with greatsword has always been, if you don’t kill the opponent, you’re stuck with a mediocre weapon for the remaining 6 seconds while you wait for Maul to come off cooldown or swap weapons.

Atherakhia.4086:

Maul is the only ‘reliable’ form of burst available to this class, but without a Fast Hands style trait, it’s mostly ineffective.

Our other high damage attacks would be Path of Scars and Counterattack, but both are much more unreliable and ineffective imo.

Now that all said… a Greatsword with an intelligence sigil which you can then use to crit on Swoop+Hilt+Maul does do a reasonable amount of damage. But the problem with greatsword has always been, if you don’t kill the opponent, you’re stuck with a mediocre weapon for the remaining 6 seconds while you wait for Maul to come off cooldown or swap weapons.

Completely nailed it. What a culture shock to go from my Warrior to my Ranger. The ability to switch weapons quicker is a massive advantage.

Kibazuka.1390:

Mighty Roar -> Rampage As One -> Signet of the Wild -> Signet of the Hunt -> Maul -> Swoop -> Path of Scars -> Quickening Zephyr -> Sword auto

My problem with that combo is doing it defensively, when you are already on the back foot. i mean thats a 5.75 cast time just to get to maul, that is a long time if you are already being attacked.

I personally don’t find path of scars that bad. combo I can land with it does upwards of 8k maxing at around 15K including my pet.

Sube Dai.8496:

Kibazuka.1390:

Mighty Roar -> Rampage As One -> Signet of the Wild -> Signet of the Hunt -> Maul -> Swoop -> Path of Scars -> Quickening Zephyr -> Sword auto

My problem with that combo is doing it defensively, when you are already on the back foot. i mean thats a 5.75 cast time just to get to maul, that is a long time if you are already being attacked.

It is a 2.75 cast time to get to maul. And there is no problem with starting RaO a little earlier as it lasts a while, then its only 1.75 seconds.
But this is not a pvp combo anyway

if you are asking for a burst combo like wut hambowers do or DD eles, we don’t have anything close to that effectiveness unfortunetly….

Not only that, but those other classes can also stack might MUCH easier… rangers have to sacrifice a ton to stack might…

Ranger is and will not be a burst classs (unless you really think QZ + rapid fire or swop+maul with MoC is an actual effective burst rotation)

well, u can rapid fire for 15 stacks of vulnerability, (have remorseless in marks), stealth, swap to gs (with sigil of intelligence), and maul…

that’s 25 stacks of vulnerability, crit, and kind of a free hit cuz u were in stealth when u cast maul

pretty nice combo imo

shadowpass.4236:

well, u can rapid fire for 15 stacks of vulnerability, (have remorseless in marks), stealth, swap to gs (with sigil of intelligence), and maul…

that’s 25 stacks of vulnerability, crit, and kind of a free hit cuz u were in stealth when u cast maul

pretty nice combo imo

that combo only works on players who are AFK

you arent gonna land most of the rapid fire shots…that skills is very easy to evade/block. One evade and you will miss like 4-5 shots lol. some1 can easily just chain evade 2 in a row and you will avoid pretty much all damage…. rapid fire is awful when the person you are trying to hit actual has you targeted and knows what your doing lol.

lol. they won’t dodge rapid fire if u cast barrage on them :] 2 dodges to get out and u can pew pew away :P

and rapid fire is a great skill in 1v1, lb aa attacks so slow, most classes can either block/reflect/or dodge them

also, the dmg is constant at all ranges, unlike the aa, so its a pretty constant source of dmg (and the vulnerability helps too, lol)

SkiTz.4590:

if you are asking for a burst combo like wut hambowers do or DD eles, we don’t have anything close to that effectiveness unfortunetly….

Not only that, but those other classes can also stack might MUCH easier… rangers have to sacrifice a ton to stack might…

Ranger is and will not be a burst classs (unless you really think QZ + rapid fire or swop+maul with MoC is an actual effective burst rotation)

That is what I am thinking.

So if you want a power ranger should you try and build for sustained damage, not worrying about traiting for things like SotBM or MoC?

Or is Power without burst pointless?

Power without burst OR survivability is pointless yea
Unfortunately , in order to get high sustained damage rangers need to go full glass (it still wont be that bursty outside of maul.
Balanced power builds lack both damage and survivability, so not worth it.

i find survivability isnt an issue when i use sword dagger and i have to choose when to use my burst skills with my axe.