Guild Wars 2

Have tried this for a pretty while, and it works as good as BS thief combo. And most importantly, it applies to any build. If you havn’t tried yet, give a try , you may have a surprise.
Combo is very simple: GS3 + GS5 , change to sword 1 and at same time switch any kind of canine pet.
GS3 = steal (and even 200 range longer)
GS5 = close to CnD (stun 2 sec instead of stealth)
Sword 1 = heart seeker, it basicly perma cripple your target since its fast atk pace, also give ur pet might stacks, the more you hit the harder it hits. (kinda same as HS)
Canine pet will always do knockdown after swip.
After 2sec QZ of swip pet, then feel free to QZ if it’s in your skill bar, with 6 sec QZ you will melt down anything without invincibility skills.
This combo works great for me.

except that swoop does less damage than maul despite having a higher listed damage, hitting for ~2k’s while steal hits for well over 5k on non-glass cannon targets.

while i agree it is a kitten good combo you have found (maybe get in the first pets F2 before swap), the realistic usability of double melee weapon sets in wvw might not be high.

…i tend to just do gs3->gs5->gs2->~->SB3->SB4->SB1/5…

i tend not to use gs 1 unless if i’m forced to. going to any fight as a pure melee ranger seems to be a bad idea in general, because unless you’re able to tank out the damage you’re probably not going to be able to burst as hard as a a thief and still get away