Guild Wars 2

Hey guys, just wanted to post my new ranger build that I have been having a lot of fun with. It is designed for use in dungeons, where you melee almost everything. It is not designed for fotm. Here is the link to the general build: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQJBMhNSUVV3V5UxaHQYFOk3jYh9ER3jShUOlMW6kZSA-jAQQAlD-e

Now, the armor is left blank because I carry two armor sets with me for the build. I have a berserker’s set and a knight set, and I mix and match pieces depending on how tanky I need to be. You can use standard dps runes or ruby orbs on the berserkers set, and sapphire orbs or tankier runes (I like using 5 earth) on the knights set. The sigils are also up to you, I like using sigil of the night since I mostly do dungeons at night, and I have bloodlust on the warhorn. Like I said, the link is just a general guide for the build. I’ll make another post in a second to talk a bit about the build.

Like I said before, this build is made to be used in dungeons. Here, I will outline the strengths of the build. First of all, it has strong damage output in melee range. You won’t do as much damage as a berserker warrior, obviously, but you hit rather hard, have lots of quickness, and your pet hits hard as well. The main thing this build brings to the table is support, though. Frost spirit increases the DPS of all party members by 7%, storm spirit adds massive swiftness for moving between fights easily and also does damage with the active, and stone spirit gives copious amounts of protection to the party. For some fights, you can switch your elite to nature spirit as well. You also give fury, might, and swiftness with your warhorn, and your jungle cat gives 5 stacks of might for 19 1/2 seconds. Having protection, as well as a decent amount of armor and hp, plus having hp on crit from omnomberry pie and lots of dodges makes this build very survivable as well. If you want to optimize, go for more berserker armor pieces and do everything expertly, but if you want to give yourself more room for mistake put on some knights pieces. It also depends on your team comp, so just mix and match as the situation requires. Anyways, just thought I would share this build with you guys, since I have been having a lot of fun with it and it is a nice change of pace from my full glass cannon ranged ranger. I would recommend keeping a ranged weapon on you, for fights where it is absolutely necessary to range, but those times are rare.

Let me know what you guys think, and if you have any ideas for possible improvements to the build. So far every dungeon I have done with it has been quick and smooth, and for those worried about spirits and your pet dying too often, it really is not nearly a big of a problem as you would think. My pet rarely dies, and my spirits are usually up for the duration of any fight, and since the cd on them is now 20s, it doesn’t take long before they are back up anyways.

You’re missing out on Spotter, which one of two reasons to bring a Ranger to a dungeon group (the other reason being traited Frost Spirit).

I understand that spotter is nice, and I am sure I could work it into the build. But as it is, I like being thirty points into BM, as pets are the reason I play the class and I like them to be a strong part of my build. If you want to go for optimized speed runs, though, you are probably right that you should include spotter (20 points into marks for anyone who doesn’t know). However, the build as is works very well and I’ve had no complaints or issues with run times while using it.

This build is pretty pug friendly as well, if you are into that kind of thing.