Guild Wars 2

i play a good 8 hours in pvp everyday yes i have no life lol. testing new builds all day long. i cant use a bow cant kite to save my life . this one is the one that works best at lest for me http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vNAQRAsY3fn0rClrgdrAWsCUtgFMBrZZNACAOJuFwjDum+TLqloywA-TZhAwAFeAATODAAOIAL3fgcZAA . i know some people might ask why i dont have Skirmishing has part of this build. well i prefer a little extra Survivability over a little more power.this build is very effective on holding points and capping. i hardly ever have any big problems. there is only one map i have problems with and that is sky hammer. i have only played a ranger for about a year and a half. so what do my fellow rangers think. would love to know your thoughts on this build.

I usually shun 2 or more offensive traps in a build. They might work, so I won’t get skeptical around them… But I’ll just list what the build lacks:

-Reliable counter to CCs. You have neither Stability nor enough stun-breakers.
-Reliable counter to Conditions (you can count lack of vitality in that, too). There’s a lot of them flying around. You have no way to defend apart from CAF on a decent cooldown. If you press it at a wrong time – it’s game over.

Apart from that, just a few ideas:
-have you tried the set with different stats? You are currently wasting 900 stats of precision (without Skirmishing). I think Carrion might be a viable substitution (axe is hybrid and sword might be played as hybrid after all).
-Why would you prefer untraited Glyph of Rejuvenation over Troll Unguent (or WHaO)? It has a long CD, and Troll Unguent not only heals for more but it has a bit better synergy with Bark Skin and has a massive synergy with Druid (every tick procs all minors – which means every tick procs that extra little healing as well as healing boost) – and it fills 50% of your CAF alone.

Tragic Positive.9356:

I usually shun 2 or more offensive traps in a build. They might work, so I won’t get skeptical around them… But I’ll just list what the build lacks:

-Reliable counter to CCs. You have neither Stability nor enough stun-breakers.
-Reliable counter to Conditions (you can count lack of vitality in that, too). There’s a lot of them flying around. You have no way to defend apart from CAF on a decent cooldown. If you press it at a wrong time – it’s game over.

Apart from that, just a few ideas:
-have you tried the set with different stats? You are currently wasting 900 stats of precision (without Skirmishing). I think Carrion might be a viable substitution (axe is hybrid and sword might be played as hybrid after all).
-Why would you prefer untraited Glyph of Rejuvenation over Troll Unguent (or WHaO)? It has a long CD, and Troll Unguent not only heals for more but it has a bit better synergy with Bark Skin and has a massive synergy with Druid (every tick procs all minors – which means every tick procs that extra little healing as well as healing boost) – and it fills 50% of your CAF alone.

well tested out troll and carrion troll is a no go in vs more then one person would work a lot better if settlers amulet was still around or if i was a long range fighter. when it comes to carrion ammy it makes my plus 20% crit chance from tiger useless and it seems toughness out performs vit in melee combat

trunks.5249:

well tested out troll and carrion troll is a no go in vs more then one person would work a lot better if settlers amulet was still around or if i was a long range fighter. when it comes to carrion ammy it makes my plus 20% crit chance from tiger useless and it seems toughness out performs vit in melee combat

Yea, toughness is definitely better for melee small-scale skirmishes. Since it’s not my play-style I don’t know which works best, neither which you’d prefer.
… Well, I still think that with base power only, any crit you have is useless. I mean, having 900 of the stat just to proc a sigil is a mathematical waste. Whether you crit for 200 or 300 damage, in PvP nobody cares.

Have you tried going with SotP? It might boost you up with that easy might and stability, that could scale with your precision and hybrid weapons.
Since you are going for 2 traps, your fights are more or less about pressure.

Now that I think about it, I liked Wanderer a bit more – have you tried that one out? Also, why not WHaO instead of the glyph if TU doesn’t work? It heals for more, offers better utility … It’s true it doesn’t heal in AoE (6% less CAF bar) but if you are not going for Verdant Etching trait – Glyph looks like a very poor choice.

trunks.5249:

i have only played a ranger for about a year and a half. so what do my fellow rangers think. would love to know your thoughts on this build.

Hey trunks, you seem like a dedicated Ranger, I like that! :-)

Thanks for posting. I run Sw-T/Axe-D and use Mercenary amulet with geomancy sigils instead of earth. I think you should try it this way. By switching Torch and Dagger you will have a weapon evade on each weapon set. It is especially important to have evade when you pull axe out, as it has poor utility and good players will hit you hard when the axe comes out.

In addition, I think you should swap Shared Anguish with Ambidexterity. You are using dagger and torch so will really benefit from the reduced cooldows. The cooldown on SA is 60s which makes the skill rather insignificant.

I also run A/D+Sw/T mercenary which is basically a version of my WvW trapper build modified for PvP. This is my current build – http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vNAQRAsf3YjMqQ3KWuCusAVLWYEsmxVtKEA3UvqdVmCwlLAUyKSD-TJhGABSv/AAnEACeCA4XGAA – I’m still not sure about the runes yet tho. I like trapper runes for the utility they give (stealth+super-speed is great for setting up, re-positioning and breaking focus) but other options might be better in PvP.

Since you have nothing that triggers on crits the lack of precision is fine and the power makes your axe/sword autos hit harder. Condition duration is not really needed either as all your conditions already have decent duration. For me sigil of frailty is one of the most underrated sigils – you do not have any vuln application otherwise so it acts as a nice constantly annoying cover condition as well as increasing your damage, although you may prefer other options.

The skirmishing minor traits are not that great but you get trapper’s expertise, hidden barbs and quick-draw. combined with ambidexterity you get lots of evades or extra damage depending on the situation. You can probably take a different stun-break but LR is just a personal preference for me.

Overall i find its a very fun and mobile semi-melee build with plenty of condition pressure plus the healing/control support of the druid spec and is forgiving enough for me to be able to play PvP with my ping/latency issues.