is there any good con defense builds
Ranger condi removal is one of the worst in the game atm compared to what other classes can get. You can try either traited Healing Spring with Emphatic Bond, or a bunch of Survival utilities with Wilderness Knowledge. I would also recommend cleansing sigils.
Signet of Renewal kind of sucks sadly.
I use a build in PvP that is a condi build with evasive purity and the middle wilderness grandmaster trait (the one that cures 2 condis on survival skill usage). This allows me to shed certain condi by dodging and therefore avoiding further damage ( timing your dodges is still important you can take a couple of ticks and evade a bigger damage spell and be fine) as well as running Troll Ungulant (now a survival skill) lightning reflexes (survival) and Entangle (survival). For PvP I run spike trap for the knockdown but would probably switch to muddy terrain in WvW. I run Rabid gear with undead runes with shortbow and axe/torch. In WvW I run sinister trinkets as the build relies on crits to apply bleeds. I cant post the traits atm but I will in a few hours
I dont think that our condition remove is too bad. There are classes like ele or warrior, who got some easier access to condion remove, but also classes, who have to struggle more with conditions like for example mesmer or engis.
If you want condition remove, than you have to choose between the passiv emphatic bond or the more active wildernessknowledge. I would recommend wilderness knowledge over emphatic bond. It gives you a better control while your fighting against condispecs.Why wilderness knowledge? Emphatic bond got two problems. First is that your condiremove triggers only by chance every 10 seconds, not when you really need it. It cannot set apart, when conditions are problematic for you in the first situation, for example from an opponent with condi spec, and when you can let them stay on you because the conditiondamge of an berserker is very low in the second situation.
Second is the fact, that your pet dies too fast, because it has to take your conditions. And you need your pet alive for your cc`s. Wolf with his fear for example. And for now with beastly warden, you got even more cc`s with every other pet. A dead pet means that you loose some important cc.
Some things are also important, if you want to survive in pvp. As an longbow ranger it makes a differents, if you know how to choose the right position( high ground etc.)
As an conditions ranger in melee range is it important to use dodges to prevent incoming damage, both direct damage aswell as condition damage. And rangers have a very good access to dodges.
I enjoy condispecs, so here is my build, that works good in middle tier matches. I dont want to claim, that it works without problems in high tier matches, but thats not only a problem of the rangerclass, but rather a problem of conditionspecs per se.
You can swap “we heal as one” together with the trait “resounding timbre” for “troll unguent” with the trait “go for the eyes”. First is my try to add some more mobility and at least a bit more group support. Second is more focused on 1v1s`s.
Also you can swap the rune of balthasar to krait. Krait offers some conditions, to cover the immobilize of entangle, while balthasar increases the burning dmg significant. Its up to your decision.
Sorry for my expandable knowledge of english. I´m not a native Speaker, but i hope, that you can understand it more or less.
(edited by worminator.5174)
I like to use a mix of active and passive condi cleanses
So most of my builds will have sigils of purity or generosity (even both some times) and signet of renewal then i will use the Wilderness Knowledge trait with Trolls, LR and entangle. Often I will use evasive purity unless i cant fit that trait
and if you really hate condis you could do this
one thing you have to remember if you get hit by 2 or 3 condi bombs at the same time you are going to die just like if you get hit by 2 or 3 zerker bursts at the same time.
i have not much problems with players that put con damage on me
i can stay alive very very long even a mighty mesmer cant bring me down
the only down side is you cant do much damage back because am full tank build
but it keep me alive
am full clerc aced gear with runes that lower the duration of any con on me by 15 %
forgot the runes name :p
also with the traits in beast master survival and nature i can remove any con to also my pet take con from me
its a nice build to help other get on there feet
i wanna try later leftpaw aced gear with more toughness healing power and con
damage more a test because con damage is now buffed