Guild Wars 2

Topic is in the title.

Going by a lot of forum posts, I am running Raven/Polar Bear at the moment.

Raven for great damage, Bear for AoE chill and decent damage+long life.

Been running a BM/Healing build in WvW. I like the cats for damage, but even with tons of self heals they are still too squishy for big fights, so I mostly run Fren Hound and either Wolf or Drake hound. Right now I’m playing GW/Sword+Horn, so my pet needs to be tough enough to take constant damage . Part of the reason I like drake hound is I find the solid brown body easier to see amongst the chaos of battle.

I’ve tried the Eagle some, but don’t like the long pauses between attacks.

Canines. Only Canines in PVP/WV3 – Specifically, the Eternal Battlegrounds wolf (with fear) and the Fernhound (with AOE regen)

*Do you want free knockdowns on a 12 second timer, plus 2 seconds of quickness and a pet that never dies ? Yes please.

*Do you like timing a pet swap for a knock down and quickness when the enemy is about to heal? Yes please.

As a bonus, they do good damage…but mostly they are knockdown machines

vitigis.4160:

Canines.

…As a bonus, they do good damage…but mostly they are knockdown machines

+1 for Canines!

I run double wolves (Arctic and Timber [Eternal Battleground]) for the AoE chill and fear, but especially for the knockdowns!

They’re also tough and do damage sufficient for my needs. Their leap/knockdown also hits like a truck. Watch for the pounce and hit your Signet of the Hunt for a nice, big hit!

…what? No one uses Signet of the Hunt for the activate ability? O.o

deepwinter.9015:

vitigis.4160:

Canines.

…As a bonus, they do good damage…but mostly they are knockdown machines

+1 for Canines!

I run double wolves (Arctic and Timber [Eternal Battleground]) for the AoE chill and fear, but especially for the knockdowns!

They’re also tough and do damage sufficient for my needs. Their leap/knockdown also hits like a truck. Watch for the pounce and hit your Signet of the Hunt for a nice, big hit!

…what? No one uses Signet of the Hunt for the activate ability? O.o

I like to pretend it hasn’t. Somehow it makes the skill appear better.

Agadar.4931:

I like to pretend it hasn’t. Somehow it makes the skill appear better.

I felt the same way until the other night when I decided to pop it for the hell of it. The 12k damage from the wolf’s pounce made me baulk a little.

As a shortbow/sword condition/toughness Ranger, I don’t rely too heavily on movement speed, especially since most classes can close the gap from kiting. I still do enjoy the movement speed, especially when crossing the map, but I think I’m going to start using the Signet of the Hunt more for my wolves’ pounces.

I use cat/spider combo.

Spider for immobilize and/or poison and cats for knockdowns or chills.

Fern Hound or Jungle Stalker on Standby for f2 ( sometimes moas on days I’m particulraly not feeling like sending my pet anywhere near enemies) and spider for immobilize.

well I totally suck bad in pvp on my ranger, but when I do attempt it I use warthog/ cat, I love the KD from the hog and his little sniff around skill nets me all kinds of goodies. Occasionally, not too often though, I’ll get a skull for some nasty aoe fear and it’s all over then. I’ll swap to the cat, chill, then bust my cd’s and waste face. In wvw though I haven’t found a good pet combo I like yet they all jsut get swamped by zergs in a matter of seconds so I pretend I don’t have a pet anymore.

The Polar Bear for me, mainly because when I pop the skill where the bear takes all damage it has enough life to get me through most of my AoE, when up on a wall defending a keep. Must be frustrating for folks to shoot at me, hit me and not see my Health Bar move.