Guild Wars 2

Hello, I’ve been levelling a ranger recently with a shortbow condition build, using traps to compliment my other dot abilities.

Just hit 80 with 5/30/25/5, still deciding where to put the last 5 points (either 10 in Marksman or 30 in Wilderness).

I’m not too sure about gear. What stats should I be aiming towards?

I was thinking Rampager’s set, although I’m not sure which runes to use. I’m hoping to be mainly doing WvW, although I’ve only really used my ranger in sPvP so far (the build was great in that, but I know it’s different).

I’ve also been considering trying out a crit-shortbow build instead, but I don’t want to waste money on gear I can’t use for my build. Does anyone have any tips or advice?

Thanks.

Straegen.2938:

5 more in marksman gets sharpening stone at 75% health or one of my favorite for fun traits cripple at 25%.

5 more in wilderness gets additional condition removal (always a good thing) or protection at 25% health which is kind of like adding 2k-3k to your HP pool.

I was thinking of the +10% damage at full endurance, but I do dodge a lot so not sure if it’s worth it. Auto-sharpening stone could be useful since I don’t use it (as I use traps) but the defensive options may be best.

It depends on gear, though. That’s what I’m really stuck on at the moment and I don’t seem to be able to find any advice on it. :\

I currently run a full berserker Ranger and I’d be lying to you if I said they survived a lot, BUT they do deal a lot of damage. I run LB/GS tho and spent 30 into Beastmastery so my Bears can tank for me while I run around

And yes, Stick with Rampager’s. For runes I’m not sure either. But if u go Crits, you can use Runes of the Ranger (Since you ALWAYS have a companion lol)

If you like bleeds grab 2 of each of the 3 rune sets that add +15% bleed duration, throw on some veggie pizzas and put the % chance to cause bleeding in your short bow. Sharpening stones is worth an easy 5k damage (9 ticks) with that set up

If I use the sharpened edges trait, does the sharpening stone skill override that?
Also, I find that using 2 runes of the krait + 2 runes of the centaur + 2 runes of the afflicted one my armor gives me + 45% bleed duration. Very nice indeed.