Guild Wars 2

The 6. effect of the Superior Rune of the Soldier, the condition removal, does not work on others by using the ranger shouts. It does not matter, which of the four I use, only I get my conditions removed. People around me still get the boons from “Nature’s Voice”, but don’t have their conditions cleansed.

this is because the #6 of the rune ONLY effects those affected by shouts. Ranger shouts, unfortunately, only ‘effect’ themselves and their pets so only they will get the condition removal. these runes are barely mediocre if you’re running a full shout ranger but tbh healing spring removes more conditions and heals so unless you just really want to use shouts rather than something more effective, i’d say scrap these runes and get your condi remove from traits or HS. this’ll leave you open for a lot of more effective utility and rune combinations. Rune of the Ogre can be good for an extra ‘pet’ to draw aggro and do some passive damage as well as the +% damage it gives. Scholar is also a very good choice for Ranger as they generally have no problem maintaining >90% hp. Soldier runes are great for shout guards and warriors but not so much for ranger unless you just need the extra condi clears in your build for whatever reason.

Tman.6349:

this is because the #6 of the rune ONLY effects those affected by shouts.

That’s not completly true. Using "Fear Me!" and "On My Mark!" removes conditions from allies, too.
But if so, they should change it. Why would I want to remove conditions from my pet only? And I’m sure, not even this works while using the rune.

technically “Fear Me!” and “On My Mark!” are treated by the game as AoE shouts and, therefore affect allies within their AoE range. However, Ranger shouts are ALL targeted at the pet and are treated by the game as targeted effects causing the Rune of the Soldier to only apply it’s effects to the ranger and his pet. You don’t remove conditions from your pet only, it also procs on the ranger himself which is still useless but can be good I guess if you insist on using shouts for your ranger which i think is completely silly in the first place but that’s just my opinion. Furthermore, I am at a loss as to why they would create a rune that is only usable for 3 of the professions in the first place but that’s a differant can of wurms.