Guild Wars 2

Currently I’m stuck between Rune of the Ranger and Rune of the Pack for my ranger’s armor. Does anyone know if the #6 bonus for the companion works even if your pet is dead? Or does you pet need to be alive in order to maintain the 5% damage bonus?

Thanks~

Rinta.4783:

Currently I’m stuck between Rune of the Ranger and Rune of the Pack for my ranger’s armor. Does anyone know if the #6 bonus for the companion works even if your pet is dead? Or does you pet need to be alive in order to maintain the 5% damage bonus?

Thanks~

Well, your pet doesn’t -need- to be alive, because by “pet” it means “summon” so if you have your pet, a spirit, a flesh reaver (from the sigil), or a Hyena Ally (from Hyena pet) still alive and in good condition, and not out of range (idk what the range is, but i know when i got out of range of my spirits in a fight while my pet was dead i lost the 5% boost, the spirits WERE alive though, so it had to be from range).

So if you’re a spirit ranger, or a BM ranger then you’re going to have a really easy time of keeping that 5% active, if you struggle keeping your pet alive for what ever reason, and you don’t use spirits i’d go for the Rune of the Pack instead.

Rune of the Pack is a VERY powerful rune, especially with the 4pt bonus where you essentially cast Call of the Wild when you attack people.

Thanks! I’m a longbow ranger (30/25/10/0/5). I focus on power/precision and crit hits. I was thinking about going for the Rune of the Pack then supplementing that with a sigil of perception on my axe or going with Rune of the Ranger and going with a sigil of bloodlust or perception on my axe. I’m having trouble deciding.

I sometimes will cast Spirit of Frost, but recently I’ve replaced that with Quickening Zephyr. I might take off Signet of the Stone and replace it with my frost spirit since I’m not leveling anymore and don’t rely on my pet as a tank. What do you think?

The issue is that rune 6 does not work in any reliable way.

Go to mists and test it and see.

It has been posted and tested here a bunch.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/ranger/Why-use-rune-of-the-eagle-over-ranger/first#post1165625

I moved to runes of the thief instead. It is really easy to get the +10% damage while flanking/behind.

Rinta.4783:

Thanks! I’m a longbow ranger (30/25/10/0/5). I focus on power/precision and crit hits. I was thinking about going for the Rune of the Pack then supplementing that with a sigil of perception on my axe or going with Rune of the Ranger and going with a sigil of bloodlust or perception on my axe. I’m having trouble deciding.

I sometimes will cast Spirit of Frost, but recently I’ve replaced that with Quickening Zephyr. I might take off Signet of the Stone and replace it with my frost spirit since I’m not leveling anymore and don’t rely on my pet as a tank. What do you think?

Well since you have 30pts in Marksmanship signet of stone can be VERY powerful if you have Signet of the Beast Master trait, and if you do, i wouldn’t drop a signet in favor of anything else. However, if you took Marksmanship to be a true marksman and not use signets (IE you take traits to boost your raw damage/bow skills) then go for it!