Guild Wars 2

So Im looking for a build that can come close to the damage output of a warrior’s axe/mace and greatsword build to run in dungeons only. No fractals, no wvw.

Also Id prefer not to die whenever an enemy sneezes on me. I do know how to dodge but even on paths I know well like COF p1, I still go down at least once per run in my zerker gear on my warrior. Im a big believer in no matter how much damage you do, its all for not if your always lying on your back.

Will the new long bow changes on the 10th allow a ranger to just sit in the back in zerker gear and pew pew. Ive read that when you do that you dont get all the might the group is tossing around and thus your damage is kinda suck. Am I in the right place or should I be looking at Ele’s

Celestial armor w/Ranger or Scholar runes and Zerker/Celestial trinkets w/zerker add-ons. Run sword+warhorn/SB. Jungle stalker for might and red moa for fury. Good survivability and the damage numbers are nice.

I don’t remember what traits I ran. I ran QZ, Frost Spirit, and something else I can’t remember… I think sic’em for the stalker.

And no. Melee will always out damage ranged. Only reason I use SB is to quickly get away to heal up before getting right back in with dat sword.

I can take out the gate controller almost twice as fast on my Ranger than I can on my warrior (which is geared 90% zerker as I run the soldier runes for condition removal).

sounds good for cof, does it work well in arah too. Ive heard people constantly complain about pets in dungeons. Are there any dungeons where they make the dungeon unplayable. For example is running through the trash on TA extra hard with a pet?

I don’t run my Ranger in dungeons anymore because of the pet. I run my Warrior, Guardian, or Mes depending on party composition and what dungeon we are running. Generally for Arah I run my Warrior.

And no, if you keep the pet on passive TA isn’t extra hard. Because it’s on passive when it gets hit you don’t get aggro. I wouldn’t take my Ranger in there anyway because having stability and the #1 on Guardian staff is 10000x more useful to get rid of those kitten ed toxic spewing flowers.

My problem is I dont want to respec my warrior. I want to leave him in WvW mode all the time (which means tanky hammer build). Other problem is everyone is running guard these days and running four guards in one party makes the dungeon go slow. So Im looking for a class that does heavy damage. Having to deal with a crazy pet makes me think I should look at Ele’s

Mesmer. Shatter build. Done. Plus them utilities are awesome.

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Armor/Trinkets/Weps: Full Zerk w/ Scholar Runes
Sword/Warhorn

20/25/0/25 full bersi scholar/ranger runes

s/w heal spring, quickening zephyr, frost spirit, sic ’em and rampage

best pve build

30/25/0/15/0 or 20/25/0/25/0. Both full zerker with scholar runes, sword/warhorn with shortbow/offhand dagger/offhand axe on weapon swap (depending on the situation).
Utilities: healing spring or troll unguent, quickening zephyr, frost spirit, ’sic em, and for 99% of everything rampage as one.
Pets: Jaguar and Jungle Stalker.
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