Guild Wars 2

Greetings all. I came here to share a build that I really tried to fit into the viable state for a really long time. Yes, it includes Warhorn. I wanted to make use of one. While not offering as much of the damage, this build offers a really vast store of useful support.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vNAQNBMhNakRFqYxeVwVF4axweQt3eAM68FEwjgH8H/UkxPnM7B-TZBEwAGOEAM3fAwJAIbZACPBAA
Possible variations: You can change Signet of the Wild for Quickening Zephyr for higher DPS but less utility (stability, super speed, regen). You can also change a Sigil on Warhorn for any other. Fire sigil is a good choice. Every proc goes on cooldown thanks to Hunter’s Call.

Purpose:
high damage
permanent Swiftness and Fury
3 blast finishers (2 in combat)
7-8 might
66% protection uptime
in addition to Frost Spirit and Spotter

Cons:
Pet swapping temporarily hurts pet DPS
Lack of Quickness
Lower Burst than standard S/A build
Lack of off-hand Axe benefits (pull, reflect)

This build is solely made for 2 environments. Non-meta dungeon runs and High-lvl fractals; and is extremely effective in longer fights where kiting is needed.

It’s rotation is similar to LB>S/A, but instead of PoS you’ll be using Hunter’s Call. Since you’ll be having around 90% crit if banner is brought, you’ll benefit from Sharpened Edges for around 3K more damage than you’re offered in description. 32 hits that proc the trait is just enough.

I hope this build will help those who prefer the supportive play-style. Cheers!

Not to be a downer, but any staff elementalist will outperform this with the arcana tree and the permanent fire field from lava font + provide 300% the damage.

I do appreciate the effort but I don’t think that ranger support is something that can be fixed by players. It requires a developer overhaul.

The spirits are just bad now that they can’t move. You end up leaving them behind, unlike banners that are a.) unkillable, b.) can be moved. The banner effects are also better by far.

Ranger is much better off running sinister trapper, or S/A + LB. At least in S/A LB with double drakes you have dependable damage, blast finishers, and a reflect. Path of scars is also a good pull skill.

Even BM with guard and protect me is decent because you can perma swiftness the group to run through the entire dungeon and auto rez people with search and rescue, which is now a pretty decent skill.

For pure support, it’s just not there. I would wait until next week until Druid and pray its not pure healing trash like ventari.

I would also suggest a Sword + Warhorn/Axe variant. Though, I would drop Windborne Notes for Vigorous Training since Quick Draw will handle cooldowns swapping between the two.

Flame Trap & Trapper’s Expertise in place for Stone Spirit & Sharpened Edges for parties with no/a bad Elementalist so Warhorn blasts can shine a bit more. Protective Ward over Nature’s Vengeance if a PS Warrior just so happens to be in the run.

Kinda like pre-predator’s onslaught days but with some new tricks.

Well, the problem of this build is that there are classes that already provide Swiftness and Fury uptimes. That’s why I stated that this build is for non-meta runs

This build goes well with damage mitigation as well as those buffs that usually are donated by others.

We already know the 2 meta DPS builds. There’s no point posting them over and over again. I’m posting builds that have at least some place in some environments and people might like them while being viable.