Guild Wars 2

I have looked over a few sites, watched videos on YouTube, and tried asking in-game for some advice, but it seems I am getting anywhere fast.

I love the combo, I have been rolling a 10/0/30/30/0 build for a few days since I hit level 80, and been using full Sentinel’s gear, including accessories.

Been playing around with pets but it seems that since I have no points in BM that I am pretty much stuck with using the tankier pets like the bears/drakes ect.

I really want to dive into WvW as well as be able to run in dungeons successfully but, with the limited money I have and research getting me no where, I’m becoming frustrated with it.

So please, if anyone has any useful advice/builds or videos I could watch of the build in action, that would be great, I plan to zerg it up in WvW or atleast run in smaller strike forces but, don’t want to relie on being in a group/zerg to get my badges.

Thanks for your time!

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/ranger/?6.0|1.1k.a8|5.1k.a8|1k.71d.1k.71d.1k.71d.1k.71d.1k.71d.1k.71d|1k.68.31l.d1b.1k.68.31l.d1b.1k.68.1d.68|0.0.u4ac.a3.u54c|0.0|4i.4y.4n.4p.55|e

100% up time on regen. Despite the small health pool, I hardly ever go down. Take jaguar and raven/bear depending on the situation. This is a PvE build. I run traps in WvW.

SB/GS is my main build and is

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/ranger/?6.0|5.1g.h17|1.1g.h1l|1n.7j.1n.7j.1n.7j.1n.7j.1g.7j.1n.7j|1g.67.1n.64.1n.64.1g.67.1g.67.co.67|a1.u4ac.u69b.0.0|39.1|4i.4q.4y.4w.54|e

Its a pretty standard knight-berserker build.

Its for WvW, I couldnt tell you how well it works elsewhere. The reason it is the way it is is to make it useful in any situations, because I like to solo roam, duo roam, going in small groups and yes sometimes I like to zerg around. This build lets me take part effectively in any of these situations even if its isnt inbeatable in any particular one.

Generally though, with this build I will win most 1v1s (mesmers being the hardest to beat). Its biggest failing is its not a 1vX build. As soon as you find yourself outnumbered its going to be rough.

I use:

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/ranger/?6.1|5.1g.h17|1.1g.h1|1c.7l.1g.7l.1c.7l.1g.7l.1c.7l.1g.7l|1p.67.1p.61.1p.61.1g.67.1g.67.1g.67|k18.k1a.u6ac.0.0|0.0|4j.51.4x.4p.54|e

It fits my playstyle pretty flawlessly, though I have no doubt there are things that could be improved and are not currently “optimal.”

I change utilities A LOT though, so take those with a grain of salt. I also like to use superior sigil of perception on my weapons until I have full stacks, then I switch to the weapons in the build link.

I think its going to be neat to see all the different ways people build off of GS/SB in this thread. Love it when others see something I dont, and I can learn from it.

Gs actually works very well in all venues. try giving this a shot?

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/ranger/?6.0|1.1c.h2|0.0.0.0.0.0|1c.7r.1c.7r.1c.7r.1c.7r.1c.7r.1c.7r|2u.0.2u.0.3u.0.2u.0.3u.0.2u.0|a1.0.u4ac.u569.0|15.1|0.0.0.0.0|e

•Power is 2181 without Oil, 2388 with.
•Toughness equates to 42.14% damage mitigation.
•Max HP is 26,062 •You take 25% less damage w/ Barkskin when you have 6,515 hp or less.

•+10% damage when endurance is full
•+5% greatsword damage
•+5% damage when you have a boon
•-65% condition duration on you thanks to runes and food
•-25% stun duration on you

Conditions are going to slide off you. You’re very tanky. You’re very mobile. And you hit reliably hard without depending on the RNG garbage that is crit chance. Couple this with the innate evasion the greatsword auto-attack chain has and you have one serious beast of a Ranger … and he has a pet.

I ran this for awhile and had really great success, I used Gs and Sw/Dagger or Sw/wh

Could literally stand in necro wells, eat thief burst, parlay with trap rangers, and take 1v2’s and up to 3 no problem, you dont have much in the way of regen, you aren’t exactly bunker and you have next to no crit/crit damage but kitten you hit hard and you can take a serious beating.

I also put the 10 points in marksmanship and put it into BM

Furajir.3815:

Gs actually works very well in all venues. try giving this a shot?

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/ranger/?6.0|1.1c.h2|0.0.0.0.0.0|1c.7r.1c.7r.1c.7r.1c.7r.1c.7r.1c.7r|2u.0.2u.0.3u.0.2u.0.3u.0.2u.0|a1.0.u4ac.u569.0|15.1|0.0.0.0.0|e

•Power is 2181 without Oil, 2388 with.
•Toughness equates to 42.14% damage mitigation.
•Max HP is 26,062 •You take 25% less damage w/ Barkskin when you have 6,515 hp or less.

•+10% damage when endurance is full
•+5% greatsword damage
•+5% damage when you have a boon
•-65% condition duration on you thanks to runes and food
•-25% stun duration on you

Conditions are going to slide off you. You’re very tanky. You’re very mobile. And you hit reliably hard without depending on the RNG garbage that is crit chance. Couple this with the innate evasion the greatsword auto-attack chain has and you have one serious beast of a Ranger … and he has a pet.

I ran this for awhile and had really great success, I used Gs and Sw/Dagger or Sw/wh

Could literally stand in necro wells, eat thief burst, parlay with trap rangers, and take 1v2’s and up to 3 no problem, you dont have much in the way of regen, you aren’t exactly bunker and you have next to no crit/crit damage but kitten you hit hard and you can take a serious beating.

I also put the 10 points in marksmanship and put it into BM

This looks good, I really like the survivability while having reliable damage.
I was wondering if Sentinel’s gear would work just as good, I would have slightly higher hp, less power, but with that 10 into BM that should make up for it, alright?

Thanks again!

Thats a very good alternative, and it’s easier/cheaper to get.