tanky melee ranger with pet as dps source, viable?
Axe is not melee. Axe is a thrown weapon, it hits at range. I suppose you could use it for melee since its at least not penalized for close-range (like the Longbow is) but its not actually a melee weapon.
I like Sword + Torch for melee quite a lot, its my favorite melee config for Ranger. Though if you’re looking to be tanky, you probably want to run Greatsword, since Sword has very little defense, while Greatsword has a counter special and built-in evasion for 1 of the attacks in your basic string.
Can’t really speak for the overall effectiveness of a tank / pet DPS build. My build thus far is sort of shaping up that way (I have Survival for Toughness and Beastmaster) but I’m only at level 34 so I can’t really know if it’ll be effective at higher levels. It works well enough for me so far, though only in PvE and haven’t done any dungeons yet, but I’m not really tanking, I’m still letting my pets tank for the most part. Though I don’t just run tank pets like bears, I run any pet
for pve, anything is viable. for organized pvp, what youre talking about is not viable.
for pve, anything is viable. for organized pvp, what youre talking about is not viable.
dps pets are not viable in pve if they die all the time :P thats kinda what im asking.
and when i said axe as melee i meant using “2” attack mainly, which puts 5 bleed if your in melee range, and less from further away (i said its for a condition build)
axe is clearly meant to be played in close range
dps pets are viable in pve, but not against world bosses or in dungeons. you can steamroll the open world content with anything.