Guild Wars 2

Hey everyone, after an hour of surfing the TP and crafting away, I got 400 leather stuff and was able to craft them trapper runes.
Now i got my dire/rabid gear and triple traps, ready to kill some roamers but was just wondering if there are some pro trapper tips I should know. So, are there any?

I know that you can place spike trap before the trapper runes effect trigger, but anything else?

Thank you for any input and I run sword/torch and axe/dagger

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I use Axe/Torch with LB. Frost, flame, and spike traps. Entangle.

Don’t expect to win everything especially when solo roaming. Be careful of upgraded camps. You will need to find the comfort level for your style of play. Once you get in the comfort zone camps will melt and you will be able to manage fights even if out numbered. Running three traps is a bit risky in my opinion but I do it because I’m, well, stupid or lazy.

I also run with another trapper ranger and he uses LB/GS. Oddly enough I don’t know his trait setup but he does rather well and appears to have more burst than I do. However, the two of us do well. Especially when we get traps in sync – lots of cross realm tells complaining about CC…

The food is the best I can recommend at the moment. Other than that I think the runes are a great addition. I have run them since they patched in.

I tried my hand at running WvW trapper a while back. It can be a tricky build to run as solo roamer. I would definately take frost trap with you for that quick disengage without stealth being immediately broken by accident.

I can’t really give any advice on the weaponry, since I ran shortbow with axe/dagger, instead of sword/torch. I like having a ranged weapon in such an open field mode, since I can keep DPS up when I need to pop a trap and get some space to breathe and heal.

But speaking of open field. Though it’s hard to do in WvW of how the maps are designed, traps can shine in tighter areas, where you know enemies have to pass through, making it easier to know where you should place traps when on the offensive.

Kreed.2768:

I tried my hand at running WvW trapper a while back. It can be a tricky build to run as solo roamer. I would definately take frost trap with you for that quick disengage without stealth being immediately broken by accident.

I can’t really give any advice on the weaponry, since I ran shortbow with axe/dagger, instead of sword/torch. I like having a ranged weapon in such an open field mode, since I can keep DPS up when I need to pop a trap and get some space to breathe and heal.

But speaking of open field. Though it’s hard to do in WvW of how the maps are designed, traps can shine in tighter areas, where you know enemies have to pass through, making it easier to know where you should place traps when on the offensive.

Certain camps you have an amazing denial of area (Pang and Dan) come to mind. Others you just draw in the guards and wear them down. I forgot about that Kreed, good points.

@Crapgame,
Thanks to you I got my trapper built and took her out to EotM for a test drive. yesterday
Those trapper runes were all I needed to keep up with the zerg.

Got a few small skirmishes and ended 5-to-1 (not counting zerg fights, of course). The movement denial and stacked conditions worked well.
I surely need to practice though.

Thinking I should go back to my Logitech G13. Missing that joystick for kiting.

Cuzican.1087:

@Crapgame,
Thanks to you I got my trapper built and took her out to EotM for a test drive. yesterday
Those trapper runes were all I needed to keep up with the zerg.

Got a few small skirmishes and ended 5-to-1 (not counting zerg fights, of course). The movement denial and stacked conditions worked well.
I surely need to practice though.

Thinking I should go back to my Logitech G13. Missing that joystick for kiting.

You are welcome Cuzican. Like I noted in another thread I’m not that good at this class and there are many others with better play. However, the runes for me are fun and seem to work well. You know you did good when after death you get that cross realm invite/chat or a piece of siege dropped on your corpse

Also not a lot of Rangers seem to use them so it is always a way to startle the enemy when the fight starts. Sort of cool if you ask me. And these threads always start the conversation again regarding rangers and these types of builds.

If you are in EoTM – just remember not to trap if you are going to knock the enemy or target off a high ledge. That one took me a while to remember sadly but know when I run out there to farm, I have it down

LOL, shortbow here.
EotM is really only about k-training ,I know,, But it has a higher population so good to practice., imo.