Guild Wars 2

The recent skill balance really makes Power LB Ranger has an edge in WvW roaming thanks to various buff such as:

1. Vicious Quarry giving extra 250 ferocity and 10% crit rate
2. Signet of Hunt able to PENETRATES all projectile reflection when activated.
3. Buff in various part of Wilderness Survival line, making Wilderness Knowledge Survival build viable again, with decent cleanse and on demand fury.

So I basically created my build already.
I choose Skirmishing/ Marksmanship / Wilderness Survival for my roaming build.
My weapon choice is LB and GS.
My skill bar is : Troll Unguent/ Signet of Hunt/ Lightning Reflex/ Quickening/ Entangle

I know what trait I prefer already so no need to recommend me that.

Now my real question is which rune is most suited for this build?
I’m currently using Scholar, but I don’t think that’s the most viable rune choice for wvw.
Can someone suggest me a better alternative if there’s any?

PS: I also have problem of pet dying too fast in EB even though I set them at passive already…

Scholar is a pretty good option for LB Ranger TBH. It’s got the stats you want and a nice T6 buff for sniping / initiating.

Eagle / Ranger / (and for me Lyssa) are often used on rangers, but depending on your build you might well have 100% crit chance already meaning a precision rune will be wasted.

Rage is good. Possibly overkill on the fury duration since you’ll have perma fury anyway most likely, but the extra damage is nice.

Pack is also great / Ogre / Hoelbrak are good too.. really just look though the list https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Rune

For you pet, maybe try spiders. They work well with LB builds as they are also ranged, give some immobilizes and tend to stay out of harms way.

With no burst heal option in your build Vampirism might be your best option? Power and life steal in one.

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Scholar is a pretty good option for LB Ranger TBH. It’s got the stats you want and a nice T6 buff for sniping / initiating.

Eagle / Ranger / (and for me Lyssa) are often used on rangers, but depending on your build you might well have 100% crit chance already meaning a precision rune will be wasted.

Rage is good. Possibly overkill on the fury duration since you’ll have perma fury anyway most likely, but the extra damage is nice.

Pack is also great / Ogre / Hoelbrak are good too.. really just look though the list https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Rune

For you pet, maybe try spiders. They work well with LB builds as they are also ranged, give some immobilizes and tend to stay out of harms way.

Thx for the response.

I made some comparison between Scholar from Ogre and Rage

Scholar: 10% bonus damage when sniping, but honestly I find that in a zerg fight, staying at 90% could be proven difficult.

Ogre: 65 less ferocity but with a constant 4% damage boost.
Idk how viable the Rock Dog summoning is though.

Rage: 75 more ferocity, 175 less power, with 5% near constant damage.
How big is the lost of 175 power? If it’s more than 5% damage than probably not worth going for it?

Also I think you’re right, precision from rune may not be needed in my build since I have around 94% crit rate after fury buff and spotter.

Scholar is solid as ur dream scenario is to open at 1500+ range, and u can kite around a bit depending on matchup, also with timed lb #3 #4 and survival utilities, potentially being untouched and killing the opponent. You already go for snipes, the extra 10% will just further ensure that goal.

Scholar is also aa toptier choice for power in pve content so theres that too, not having to nec swap if u only got one set

There’s virtually nothing you can do about the pet when it comes to zerg fights. Unless you hang back at maximum range your pet’s going to get blown up by aoe’s. It’s just an inevitability.

I wouldn’t even recommend hanging back that far anyway as it makes you very obvious thief bait and they will try to gank you if you stray too far from the group. EBG is filled with them.

You’re best bet is to have a dummy pet out normally you don’t mind losing and your proper pet in stow to switch to when needed. Smokescale is usually the optimal choice for this for obvious reasons. Bear is another good choice for quick condition cleanse.

There’s not much else that can be done about it until Soulbeast comes out.