Guild Wars 2

hey folks, after playing ranger, thief, warrior and guardian to lvl80. im still enjoying melee ranger, spent days and golds on respec trying builds. Now tho i want to hear about you folks who play melee ranger in dungeons. What traits did you synergize the weapons with. ive been seeing good result with the sword with regular melee hit around 800-900 and crit up to 1,6k using auto attack chain ( 1 ). also some build trait to go either with longbow and 2h sword. Any thought on the melee ranger are welcome.

pls we dont need to have folks listing their wishes for changes or pvp thought. as this is mostly theoricraft.

il post the build i had the most succes in dungeons in a few hours when i get home.

first build 25,25,20,0,0
also 20, 30,20,0,0

but i find those a little lacking on the combo side

Honestly, I’ve talked quite a bit about liking the ranger melee and it is fantastic. Though i enjoy the concept of the sword, keeping me mobile while dealing decent damage, through playing with it for a little did prove to bind me up when dealing with multiple enemies.

The sword is nice but I’m sure i am not the only one who as been trapped in the main attack combo or had pounce launch you over the enemy, and yess i did have melee assist on, so for me my favorite ranger melee is the great sword mainly because of its ease of use.

using the axe is still ranger, as a matter of fact you can do everything you need with the axe at a nice distance so the ranger only has 2 real melee weapons for the main hand (Greatsword and Sword) so with that said i would suggest another melee weapon that doesn’t bind you up on one side of the enemy without you having to stop attacking, cause we all like to deal that damage. My suggestion is dagger on main hand (yes dagger/dagger is bound to happen) but it would add 5 different skills that may do less damage but be fun to use.

So as for my build, I’m not currently lvl80 but i use the great sword, trait
with the faster cool downs and also have the vigor on heal thing with the healing spring, this will let you dodge quite a bit and with the evade every 3rd attack, and the stun/daze if your fast enough should help you avoid enough damage from the vet monsters. Other than GS ill use LB (of course) to try to get those 20 stacks of vul on the mobs (opening strike me+ opening strike pet+ Hunter’s Shot) and switch into the GS (gives swiftness if traited) close distance (Swoop) have pet cast confusion (Reef Drake F2) pop heal when needed ( gives vigor) wild signet (You+Pet get bigger if traited and do more damage) dodge stun hit and if need pop elite (rampage) and there you’ll be doing a decent amount of damage but vul would have worn out by this time.
It isnt 100% success but i like it in PVE just cause it looks cool =D

Rangers can’t use a dagger in their main hand