Guild Wars 2

Hi again rangers, I’ve only really dabbled with this cool class in spvp, but since I’ve gotten an ascended apothecary and settler’s chest in the past week, I feel like Anet is calling me to run a condi regen tank ranger for WvW roaming eventually, and tpvp in the short term while I increase my rank and whatnot.

So what sort of things would you guys suggest to a settler’s stat combo Ranger? I’ve been using axe/dagger sword/torch with 0/2/6/6/0 in solo queue for like 3 matches and it seems pretty legit and holding points and being difficult to kill with tons of regen protection and evades and nice condi bombs! I know most of you guys are enamored with the celestial amulet, but I feel like I’d get more mileage out of min-maxing my sustainability. Anyway I’ve been using traited for regen guard and sun/stone spirits and the nature spirit elite but I’m not sure if entangle would be better. As for runes I’ve been using dwayna runes for extra regen uptime and healing but I might swithc to undead runes simply to make my conditions stronger. I’ve been running doom/energy sigils but renewal or geomancy might be more useful I guess.

So what advice would you guys give for this playstyle and build in pvp and wvw? As for specific enemys I’ve noticed I’ve had trouble with, how do you guys deal with faceroll AI builds? Mainly turret engi that drops supply crate, and MM necro to a lesser extent, especially where holding points or the skyhammer cannon is concerned. My other issues are burstier classes, but since using healing spring over troll unuegent, I seemed to have less trouble with them, but in particular thieves are an issue because they pressure me greatly when I move from point to point and can significantly CC and delay me from getting on a capture point or to a teamfight. During the teamfights themselves, the theives are fine as they’re kind of weak to condi bombs, as are mesmers, but if a glass thief and shatter mesmer focuses me then I won’t be able to disengage or regen through all the burst I’ve noticed. I play mesmer, so actually killing them is fine when they’re not good enough to actually kite. So.. tips, and advice?