Guild Wars 2

I need help. This is my first Ranger build ever. I have searched for days and can’t find a build to fit my needs. I am having trouble with damage and survivability with my lvl 80 ranger. My current build is:

20(I,VIII)
30(I,V,VII)
5
0
15(VI)

My pets are Brown Bear/ Polar Bear. I use a Longbow/Shortbow or Shortbow/Sword,Warhorn depending how far I have to travel. I want to primarily focus on doing 100% Map Clear, Major Events, and Farming high end mats.

OK, low level areas are the same for all lvl 80. I can just run through enemies. My pet does an awsome job as a meat shild/damage dealer. However, when I start getting into the mid range maps, the pet starts becoming less effective. By the time I am in Frostgorge Sound, I get wiped almost instantly.

I do not plan on using the ranger in Dungeons, Fractionals, PVP, or WvW. I have other alts I use in these areas. My gear is currently lvl 80 rare centered around Power, Precision, and Critical. I can afford to make or buy Exotic, but don’t want to make the purchase until I am sure I have the right build.

Any help is appreciated, I need a full workover.

Here’s my build (mostly): Build

It’s only slightly different to what you already have.

I run through Frostgorge with it with very little difficulty (you, of course, need to try to avoid too much agro).

I have a Cave Spider and a Snow Owl for my pets, using the chill from the snow owl and the snare of the spider to keep enemies away from me (and them) as best as I can.

I currently have two sets of armour, one is a MF set with Power and Precision, that I use for soloing. The other is HotW set with Vitality, Precision and Healing power for when I’m doing dungeons (I don’t have my accessories yet, so I mostly use the mf set that I made).

I’m extremely squishy, so I try to avoid getting too much agro. But, I can usually kill a melee enemy before it gets to me, or shortly after with the snares I have on-hand. Also, utilizing the 3-skill on the shortbow for an extra dodge when needed is super helpful. I also swap my pets like it’s my job, to keep Quickening Zephyr up as much as possible (except when I need to heal, of course).

However, there are a couple places that I tend to avoid, the dredge caves in the SW corner of Frostgorge, and the trolls just south of where the claw spawns (Unless there are other people farming here as well). It’s just too difficult to keep the agro down to a manageable level there. The rest of the map is a cake-walk, though.

That all being said, I use frostgorge to do my dailies, and have for over a month. So I’m extremely familiar with the enemies there and how to deal with them. When I was mapping, I remember having troubles with this build as well.

For solo, I would probably recommend a trap build. This gives you a ranged snare for kiting and will deal damage with fast acting conditions (bleeding/burning) for when you are killing low health mobs.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQNBlODbEoKuOyyui1SA0UwpmsHH64jvCx6Kg6JzIaMA;TYAqZMzImxOjbG5MA

If you plan on doing event farming where you need to make sure you tag mobs quickly before they die (such as in Orr), drop 10 points from WS and NM to invest into Marks so you can get Piercing Arrows. Piercing normally doesn’t really shine in solo play, but it along with traps will give you all the tools to need to tag every mob in your general area before they die.

One thing to note is that I made this build with Centaur runes since this gives 100% swiftness (optimal for solo travelling), but if you want to avoid this and still want more mobility, you could always drop the traps and pick up Sig of the Wild (getting buffed to 25% run speed) and Muddy Terrain.