Guild Wars 2

I remember condition trapper rangers and how fun they used to be…. Now I see more ppl playing it again. So I wonder if there’s some new build ppl started using again? Or might be it’s some spirit/trapper-hybrid build, I’m not sure..

Trapper was never bad its just that some classes were buffed and became better at spamming AOE conditions while keeping enough of sustain to be better then rangers.
Necromancers and engis come to mind.

the Trapper was always a good build which Needs a bit skill, the Problem is that he has Problems with conditions.
In PvP is rabid the Standard for Trapper, but we have no hp increase, even with a good amount of toughness we melt under conditions.
So this build can only Play good rangers who know how to move and act.

Personally ist fun to Shooting at skyhammer and place all my traps at Portal – no way to evade

I <3 trapper in both PvP and WvW. Carrion amulet, 2/6/6/0/0, Elementalist runes, Muddy Terrain, Spike Trap (immob traited) and spider F2 immob I can pin people down and nuke them to death, frigging hilarious.

The thing about trapper is that alone against an experienced player or two, they will die. A trapper is best used to protect home point with the aid of 1 home roamer, its amazingly effective when combined with a regen build, but you will need that extra roamer for the ‘uh oh’ situations. I recommend anything from a staff mesmer (for extra conditions just by pressing 1) or anyone with big damage for the pesky tanks.

Hey!

This is the build that I’ve always used as trapper (since beta) and still works. For me, it’s the variety which has the most burst ability while having a great survival/kiting. You can really quickly get 25 stacks of bleeding.
Warhorn provides you a nice mobility. You can play it as a roamer or point keeper.

@awge,
Anyone in a 1vs2 situation will die (assuming they have same skill).
Any experienced player will easily kill a trapper, is that you are saying?
From my experience, I’d say : any experienced trapper will win his 1vs1.

Asato.5479:

Hey!

This is the build that I’ve always used as trapper (since beta) and still works. For me, it’s the variety which has the most burst ability while having a great survival/kiting. You can really quickly get 25 stacks of bleeding.
Warhorn provides you a nice mobility. You can play it as a roamer or point keeper.

@awge,
Anyone in a 1vs2 situation will die (assuming they have same skill).
Any experienced player will easily kill a trapper, is that you are saying?
From my experience, I’d say : any experienced trapper will win his 1vs1.

I’ve just seen trapper work best when teamed with someone else, speaking from personal experience (and because I play ranger) I know how to kill trappers in 1 vs 1, but they are way more difficult to deal with when they have support, so I recommend all trappers to team up with 1 home roamer in pvp. You’re right about the skill level being a deciding factor, but it also matters how the fight progresses, it’s quite easy to pull the flow of battle your way when you are outnumbered, so you can force multiple enemies to make mistakes. However it’s needless to say that it’s a task not suited for the unskilled.

Trapper 0/30/30/10/0 build is sooo fun to play….plus its pretty tough (bar conditions) with all the rabid gear and you can take a lot of punishment while going in and out of skirmishes. IMO its far more fun than running a glass cannon zerker or bunker. But like mentioned trap build has weakness VS heavy conditions (ironically) due to low hp pool, amongst other things.