Guild Wars 2

^on that note for those who don’t know, the taunt will be cast around the pet, regardless of you having a target or the pet making contact with it. when im tryin to get away, i’ll quickly swap to bring the new pet out and taunt whoever is chasing.

im gonna try sentinel, that’s interesting.

blitzkrieg.2451:

Another thing to point out, use taunt for thieves in stealth if you’re going into beastmastery, it makes them attack the pet and puts them out of stealth and it’s good against many classes for diverting burst from you. I can’t stress how well it works. Taunt is a very useful thing to have, and is very good for active play.

My current setup is

Marks / BM / Wilderness Survival… amulets I’ve been trying: Marauder, Sentinel’s, Valkyrie. All pretty good amulets with some tradeoffs between dmg and health. Sentinel’s is actually really good with remorseless because of the toughness and health it offers.

I use raven / white raven as bird pets.

This is obviously for PVP … In WvW you’ll have alot more options in terms of gear and more dmg overall because of that and food.

Could u tell me why u use raven over krytan drakehound which also offers knockdown? can the birds easier make it around obstacles, or they more bursty?

nacario.9417:

Could u tell me why u use raven over krytan drakehound which also offers knockdown? can the birds easier make it around obstacles, or they more bursty?

GftEs and Wilting Strike most likely. They don’t have CDs, sort of like the old Intimidation Training.

ravens have a slightly lower f2 CD than the snow owl, but I find the chill invaluable. I wouldn’t get too used to hawk/eagle because GTFE and WS will/should get ICD’s. we’ll see I guess, enjoy it while u can.

also, the other reason to not use two ravens is that the f2’s share a CD. this is from the days of the cleric bunker when a single raven could spike someone for 6k with the f2, and the cd’s were separate. now ure much better off either going raven/snow owl, or some other combination.

the other thing to notice about birds is just how much damage they do on single targets over the course of a fight. they’ll cut through thieves, eles, engies, and especially mesmers. we’re not as reliant on dogs now because BW gives us the hard CC.

thanks for the input. i just wished we had more skin options on pets

Marsmanship, Wilderness Survival & Beastmastery for me (Phoenix Rank Ranger).

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