Guild Wars 2

Hello,
I’m currently looking at different builds for PvE and occasional WvW, and was trying to come up with a build that can do decent DPS, while still being able to survive. So when it comes to PvE (Killing mobs, dungeons and fractals) and occasional WvW, what would be the best choice? I am currently using SB + S/WH (Although I am starting to look at A/WH, not sure if that’s good).

It depends on the amount of conditions you inflict really. If you find yourself constantly landing crossfire’s bleed, condition damage is probably the right choice. This is especially true if condition damage is your only offensive stat.

If like me you’d rather have a build that doesn’t have to worry about conditions not stacking resulting in contributing very little to a fight, just stick with power. Power is also the only thing affecting your damage to structures and it’s multiplicative with precision and critical damage.

Axe & Warhorn is my go to set for taking on multiple enemies at range. For melee rangers, the axe is fantastic as it requires no traits investment to be good and leaves you open for utilities like Path of Scar’s pull or Crippling Talon’s slow. On a Shortbow focused set, you’re likely better off with one of the swords, for the extra mobility, ability to fight ranged hate and threaten an opponent in melee yourself.

I run power for pve and rabid for wvw. Its annoying having to switch but works out a lot better.