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[Video] Going Wild - Power Melee SoulBeast #2

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Hey ppl!

i got some leftovers from POF Demo and wanted to share it with you.
Enjoy !

Going Wild – Power Melee SoulBeast #1 [GW2 PoF Demo Montage]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xmw4vghPGZQ

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Going Wild – Power Melee SoulBeast #2 [GW2 PoF Demo Montage]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF424V-_AWs

Going Wild - Power Melee Soulbeast

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Hey Guys!

This is a montage i made about my soulbeast in the Demo.

My Definition of Montage : a collection of good moments you wise to share with others, no skill is shown and there is no sense of competition, it is purely for entertainment and motivation only.

Please share your feedback about what do you think about the video and about the play style i chose to go with the SoulBeast!

Going Wild – Power Melee Soulbeast : https://youtu.be/Xmw4vghPGZQ

Slash The Wind - Ranged Druid [Video]

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hey guys,
was working for few days about a LB build, this build is more aggressive than my melee and it has a high condi removal because i just hate condi overall… so hope you will enjoy this video.

i welcome any feedback!

[Video] Roaming Melee Ranger Montage

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hey there ppl,
so i kind of came back 2 weeks ago to GW2.
missed my roaming days,
anywho i made a montage of my latest roaming.

have fun, enjoy and have a great weekend!

Build used – Nature’s BattleCry : http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vNAQNAR8XnUqAVsi1CC+CCctgl/A7JN8DOawn136dd51lBCAlsoHA-TFDEABbpEcR1KoUVlmUGYlSPDuAAPcQAuf/Bz1EQwDAAgjAg76EIFwo6sA-w

(i always switch between Fern Hound / Smokescale / Wolf because i like all of them, but my loyal Siamoth i will never change!)

P.S
i stopped using food, real men do not use food while roaming :P

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A Promise To Fulfill - Melee Ranger Montage

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Hey ppl!
i dont know if anyone remembers me but im still alive…. somehow…
anywho, i hope you will enjoy the video!

Build : http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vNAQNAR8XnUqAVsi1CC+CCctgl/A7JN8DOawn136dd51lBCAlsoHA-TFDEABbpEcR1KoUVlmUGYlSPDuAAPcQAuf/Bz1EQwDAAgjAg76EIFwo6sA-w

this is my latest build from 1year and 3months ago called Nature’s BattleCry. (video of it still exists in my channel) with a minor change.

dont forget to leave feedback! :P

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[Vid] Druid - Nature's BattleCry (wvw)

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Hi man, great vid. How is it you and fox always coming out with great melee ranger roaming videos on the same week. ^^

Two things I wanted to ask, why Fren hound(your regen uptime is 100% without it), does its direct heal scale with your healingpower? Wouldnt it better if you drop one of your shouts for another glyph, considered how how much synergie your build has with glypghs?

well im with this build for 2 weeks, wanted to get used to it abit more to see how close i can get into using its full potential, but well the world is full with alot of good ppl, some are better than the others, some are equal, so are slightly different.

Fern Hound was taken from few reasons :
1) Its a Hound, has a strong leap, and a great cirpple, both useful vs squishy targets or CCing.
2) the regen and heal it gives are made mainly for itself since not always its being attacked and i need my pets alive to get the shouts work as they should, also spreading regen between allies if im not near them that way i can charge my astral force faster.

Glyph of Empowerment was taken from few reasons :
1) when in CA i am able to get 25% outgoing healing increase which is great alongside my healing power which brings my normal heal to 7.8k, i can tick it to even 10k but thats with its full potential and not that easy to reach it.
2) rune of the druid allows me to get another 500 healing power, which is nice when CA is not ready and i need to heal a good amount ASAP, therefore using this glyph and healing grants me good amount of heal from my healing skill, the bonus is its low cd.

2 Shouts were taken from few reasons :
Protect Me
1) a breakstun, low cd, gives protection, a shout so basically swiftness and regen uptime, TUANT for 2sec.
2) this shout is the only breakstun that stability cant ruin because you gain protection so you atleast take reduced dmg instead of for example dazing your foe which will do nothing to a foe with stability.
3) great for revealing thieves/mesmers/engis, why? a single dmg on you, even 1damage will count as attacking you, not sure about skills that doesnt have dmg like pulls but still, it will force the enemy to swap target to your pet and REVEAL them when they are about to stealth such as D/P thieves and maybe also wasting important skills on it because the enemy didnt swap back to you.

Guard :
1) making your pet take 50% of the dmg you take, this is a Backstab, DD #5 staff, Shatter, Gunflame, eviscerate, rapidfire and more skills that do insane dmg, therefore you can make yourself take less dmg.
2) getting might for everytime its being underattack (the pet), notice in the video i have high might almost all the time, which gives you chances to burst stuff out.

Nice!

Did you pick glyph of empowerment mainly for it’s short cd or the small damage boost?
I’m in love with glyph of equality myself for obvious reasons (even though you get 8 seconds longer cd), it’s superb imho – damage, daze, blind, stunbreaker, healing, condiclear. I would consider that glyph our best utility skill of all.

that small damage boost is not in my eyes even counts as small, imagine you are hitting a 9k crit on a foe, that 10% will turn it into something around 9.9k, you cant really reach that high without sacrificing some of your stats for reaching that.
therefore doing around 4k on good heavy armored that 10% wont give you much, it will disable some of the classes traits that make them take -10% less damage and such but still i dont even look at that boost as a boost.
mainly i took it for the rune trigger, condi removal and helping my healing.

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[Vid] Druid - Nature's BattleCry (wvw)

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Hey ppl,
For those of you who know me, I have implemented my BattleCry build into druid and I enjoyed the results!

Hope you will enjoy it as much as I am!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxdfw8K_1f8

[Vid] Scrapper Outnumbered Montage (WvW)

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Hey guys,
Been playing for some time with the scrapper, I main a druid and I enjoyed it, wanted to share with you ppl some of my fun moments that I had with friends in WvW while roaming.

Hope you will enjoy!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GkAR1vCR1mk

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Hey.

well i have heard that the 64bit cilent is made to minimize crashing and even not causing crashs.
since i cant run almost in wvw near zergs with the 32bit client which ALWAYS crashs when being near zergs i am forced to use the 64bit client…

my issue is :
doesnt matter what, when i try to login with the 64bit client sometimes it cant saying “firewall issues” and all those weird stuff (when my firewall or anything is NOT trying to block gw2 from running) and if i ever manage to connect i have having issues with watching my guild mates / friends list / trading post searchs or buying/selling
it loads it for some time then says that firewall issue….

this is getting ridiculous since i have been asking my friends and im the only one having those issues eversince the 64bit has been released…

need some help please :/

[Vid] Berserker - Last Resort Montage

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great vid!

overall I feel like you could of did the samething but better with axe, but at the sametime sword worked wonderful. gj

Thanks, I am aware that an axe can do higher pressure and DPS overall but I prefer to have that tiny mobility to remove immo, the immo from f1 for sneaky foes and Final Strike for squishy foes without wasting my adrenaline

Keep in mind, your arc diviner has a MUCH bigger range than you think. So don’t feel you have to close the gap right into melee range to land it. You can really catch people out with it.

I know its range and limits, just that normal when you are with GS you are close to the target and mostly 180range – 130range from it (normal melee range) without hugging, so ofc you won’t wait for the foe to get out of that range to use it right?
Also your berserker mode is limited to 15sec, so you better do the most out of it by using your primal burst skills as much as possible

[Vid] Berserker - Last Resort Montage

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Hey guys,

Been trying Berserker for the first time (total around 5 days played with it)

Made some build that has stats combo I made for myself and my needs in roaming,

Hope you guys will enjoy and don’t be afraid to leave feedback, it will be much appriciated !

P.S
No I don’t want to use rifle, not fun pressing 1button instakill….

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nu0cmIHvLo

[Vid] Druid - Get Rekt Vol.1

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Great video, as always you dont go mainstream, segregating yourself with some signiture picks like the wyvern , natural stride and primal echos.

feedback is appreciated mate, well i dont enjoy the mainstream which ppl play vs “themselves” just in different skill lvl, i enjoy playing fun things doesnt matter if they are weird or stupid.

i always felt like “that guy” which was never part of a group orso, and i like it that way… to be different than everything els, giving a special feeling :P

[Vid] Druid - Get Rekt Vol.1

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hey ppl!

just a video i made to reveal more on how the gear combo that i chose and all of my stats can work out without going too berserk or too vulnerable.

be aware that this build is made for cases of outnumbered more than dueling, its made for a moment where a 2nd or 3rd player enters the fight and from there you need to decide if to fight or bail, the stats combo will allow you to survive longer incase you wish to test the option to fight and see how it will go… and escape zergs, especially zergs

hope you guys will enjoy it!

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[Vid] Druid - The Guardian Of Nature

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Yo dark! I miss your pig CC streams:)
And yet you still use REKT overlay xD

Nice video mate, good to see you around

Yes I am aware of REKT overlay because I am still part of it, need to work on one.

And I miss my CC piggy too but HOT has brought a lot of stability with it so the CC pig will get countered and not much of a use without quickness on swap trait, electric wyvern gives you more chances to knockdown your foe few times and make you daze it at least 2 times, bristleback is ranged indeed but can do serious amount of damage and pressure with spike barrage if the enemy is rooted nearby or just fighting near it.

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[Vid] Druid - The Guardian Of Nature

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Great video, really awesome stuff. What kind of success have you found with this build? Is the armor and stat combination you’ve chosen versatile enough to use in WvW and well as open world PvE and/or fractals? Have you considered working any healing power into this build or have you at one point attempted to?

Heya!
Well I’m waiting for builder sites to be updated with the latest changes so I will be able to explore that, so far they are out of date for some time that you don’t have the new stats that came with HOT and some traits still have their old effects and uses instead of the rework so you can’t explore yet.

The build has great
I am running this everywhere, just that in Marksmanship I go Steady Focus and Predator’s Onslaught instead of Moment of Clarity and Remorseless to have perma 20% more damage since foes gonna be crippled all the time and most likely I won’t need to dodge due to my evades

In this build I have great amount of armor, power is OK without sigil but can be high when its full, crit chance is fine at 31% since I’m able to almost have perma fury and mostly critting cause of remorseless, crit damage is insanely high to be able to break tanks while being almost one and shatter squishy targets when hitting at the right time, all of my burst is situational and I enjoy it that way, when it comes to PVE and Fotm I’m dealing great DPS while still supporting allies when needed, be aware that armor will be -100 crit damage will be around -18% and crit chance around -5% because I don’t use food in pve at all especially those because one is craftable only and the other is expensive + they last only for 30min

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[Vid] Druid - The Guardian Of Nature

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Hey guys,
after running around checking possibilities and changing a few stuff i made another playstyle that i hope you guys will enjoy!

Featuring high armor, great power and insane amount of critical damage, the one that is known to be as a “supportive healer” is getting his title changed!

Enjoy!!

[Video] Furious Pack - Melee Ranger Montage

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Nice build btw, that intro where you slowly walk would have looked cooler if you have had done it with the gs unsheathed (charr walking (non running) animation with gs is cool)

Thanks, well I liked the walking on this one cause it fits the start of the song :P

I mean, when you toggle walking with a gs unsheathed on a charr, they walk with style holding the gs behind their backs with a single hand Xd

Anyway i started crafting for a ascended sword and I was going for the usual zerker stats, this video makes me want to try it instead xD, nice ascended gear stats are.particulary easy to change

That does look awesome, if you fit good music to it then it will become epic :P

[Video] Furious Pack - Melee Ranger Montage

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Can’t like a vid with 1min intro with 2.5 min of fighting.

Well if you want tryhards and big ego look for esports, i have said that more than the times Mystic Forge gave a none-precursor after putting 4 exotics, my montages are to show examples and gameplay footage of the builds I’m introducing.
I’m not gonna invest in an 8min video and put random weird music in a video where ppl gonna watch only 33% of it and stop (be surprised there are statistics to check that)

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[Video] Furious Pack - Melee Ranger Montage

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Nice build btw, that intro where you slowly walk would have looked cooler if you have had done it with the gs unsheathed (charr walking (non running) animation with gs is cool)

Thanks, well I liked the walking on this one cause it fits the start of the song :P

[Video] Furious Pack - Melee Ranger Montage

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Hi Flopy, cool new build. Always knew you’ll play with boar one day.
But why rune of the thief?

Well siamoth is a self support pet and a boar is a CC which is better in this build cause it has a lot of access to quickness
And runes of the thief for precision and 10% more damage when hitting from the side or back which works nice when your pets knock him down or you hilt bash him

[Video] Furious Pack - Melee Ranger Montage

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heya ppl, so i have been thinking about changing my playstyle to a fast dps using shouts and survival utilities and came out with Furious Pack.
hope you guys will enjoy it!

Feedback is always welcome guys!
if you need an explanation about the build let me know ingame!

[Video] Small Spvp Melee Ranger Montage

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So I had few ppl recently asking me how my BattleCry reacts in Spvp,
So I decided to post it here so anyone can find it and see it

Enjoy!
(Longer duration montages will be made in the future)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmrkw69hBrQ

First time I watched this I said to myself, self – that is one angry Char. Maybe it was the music, maybe the dark sword texture, maybe all the flailing around with swords. Don’t know, don’t care – I just saw the anger

Second time I just watched to see how you played and enjoyed it. Not sure I would have ran into the Guardian like you did with his focus 5 active but it didn’t seem to phase you much – guessing he blocked it rather than it triggering by his poor timing. You destroyed that poor thief – I’m pretty sure he or she didn’t know what hit them. You stayed on top of people for control, nice.

Good job and thanks for sharing. I enjoyed it.

Nice video mate!

I like your style of telling a bit of a story with them too, nice flavour.

Thanks, well we managed to destroy guardian #5 focus and yeah the thief got demolished and even without the necro there is no way the ele could have ressed him

[Video] Small Spvp Melee Ranger Montage

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I really enjoyed your video, trully awesome..
I have some questions tho if i may.

Firstly is the condi clearing from shouts enough? I have really hard time facing those crazy burning Guardians and Eles with those enormous stacks of burning on me.. How do you deal with them?

Also the regen from the shouts dont you think it goes kinda wasted without any healing power or Oakheart salve? I really hate the low ticking on the regen.

Also in the build description you have picked Striders Defense tho in the video i cleary see the Spotter buff icon.

About striders defense and Spotter its a matter of your choice, Spotter to aid allies who perhaps lack crit chance or striders defense for self care, both work well and depends on your choice and the team you have in that match.

About the condi removal you need to decide when to remove the condi and not instantly when you see a condi press your shouts, because for example burn guards has only burn which means when you see a burn reaching at least 3 stacks use Guard first because its lower CD.

About the regen part… Well I don’t care about the regen to be honest, I took it for my pet and protection to my pet and my swiftness, the 130 per sec is nice to absorbe bleeding in low stacks, can keep your pet alive longer and supports allies if they have traits that trigger when they gain regen or swiftness like ranger with remorseless (fury).

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[Video] Small Spvp Melee Ranger Montage

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So I had few ppl recently asking me how my BattleCry reacts in Spvp,
So I decided to post it here so anyone can find it and see it

Enjoy!
(Longer duration montages will be made in the future)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmrkw69hBrQ

Rate my pvp build

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Everyone’s using signets but stone is quite bad imo, it’s not a stunbreaker, it last only 6 seconds, the cooldown is just ridiculous and the passive negligible, can’t compare to endure pain.
I took beastmastery over skirmishing because it is pretty useless as I don’t plan to weapon swap very often.
The F2 applies blind, weakness and taunt… every 5 sec except for the taunt, hawk/eagle are awesome.
And wolf is still overpowered especially at 36sec cooldown so nobrainer.
Plenty of condi removal and epic burst, path of scar ~8k + cc

http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-Jo-F7;1FFx-r2NEF-0;9V-E;1Y_b;0248147036;4INl6W;1G3G3G3G35R

i like the way you are thinking RavenCorana,
tho you are being abit too dependent on being on 90% hp and above, which in spvp its kinda hard to accomplish especially when the enemy notices you are a ranger.
but overall i like the idea that you are digging for, an executioner style.
i rate 8/10.
anyone thinks im wrong? good for you, when you get murdered by someone using that, dont be shocked, be ashamed

The golden age of roaming melee rangers

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Thanks Heimskarl Ashfiend.9582, im waiting for expansion to see if there is any worthy 1h sword skin that i should go for, if not i will check the new legendary, if wont find any… bolt will be my new 1h sword :P

and FrownyClown.8402 if you are so concerned about the condi removal i am working on a video (some kind of a montage just with lyrics running in the background saying important stuff) that shows how to deal with this build against the condition meta of today, its gonna take some time because you have to find a condition user first and ofc not to get outnumbered by 3 to 1 ratio :P

The golden age of roaming melee rangers

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I really like potatoveg;s build but the lack of condi removal is concerning.

well by having Guard every 12sec CD and WHAO every 16sec CD, im able to remove 2 conditions on my demand and second needed, Sic Em is made for mesmers thieves and so on which also nice as condi removal cause if not fighting stealthy profession you can use it to remove condi since 40% damage isnt that much especially when pet is kited, SOTP is not always being used, its being used when being pressured by CC or condition to avoid being CCed when healing and so on (ofc for damage and such)

what im using and fighting with is ALL fun and my preference, also be awared that in that last few matchups you cant go around and NOT get ganked by groups or zergs, its really hard to find ppl to fight without them panicking and “summoning” 3 more allys.

So the “golden age” is bunkering up? I know the power meta is insane now, but still, I wouldn’t even bother fightng bunker/regen type builds, you can’t tell in wvw though.

well no not really, at least i am bunkering up because i mostly encounter outnumbered and if its only 2 ppl i have a chance to kill 1 of them and bail or both or at least just bail, im able to kill professions pretty fast aswell but like i said im built for outnumbered and not the meta today which mostly is zerk.

Golden age lol … These builds are good against wvw bads who have little to no experience fighting actually good players, but you will not come close to a top tier player in tPvP with any of these builds.

They’re good though for low to mid tier play in WvW , nice videos!

Title says “roaming”, you come in & start talking about tPvP. Must take real skill to run cele engi, cele d/d ele or mantra shatter because everyone knows how hard meta builds are to run.

Cool to see some variety & just in melee ranger alone. It’s a shame that no video really tackles the issue of condi removal though. All builds seem to have some, but no dedicated footage of build v condi player. Flopy’s vid is meh, mostly random 1v1 engagements & some didn’t even have food/guard buffs when he did though the fight with [Scnd] mesmer was nice, didn’t expect him to melt so quick. Fox’s was impressive though again, would like to see more play v condi. Josh sounds high af though he explains & demonstrates the build well and wtf at that 9.4k pet crit at 4:33 lolwut, will likely give his build a go. Finally Wizzo, happy to see a melee build demonstrated in a group post-patch & some other cooky ideas from him, keep on theorycrafting!

my food is giving 100toughness + 70precision and oil is precision, without it i will just have like 14% less critchance and that will bring me to like 18%, even with that im able to fight cause opening strike is 100% crit chance and i get alot of fury from swapping weapon (grabbing my siamoth item or SOTP).
so i dont see how “food” is deciding if the player can fight good or not, there are ppl that are demolishing other ppl without using food, food is NOT the source of defining if its a good player or not, in spvp you dont have food and you are limited in stats that you can choose.

and for the rest of the ppl here, i dont think any of us (Glad/Fox) or any other person is planning into becoming the best of the best out there, at least me i just want to help others find their way into the profession therefore i make alot of montages, the main idea of my montages is not showing how good or bad im playing and what kind of ppl, its to show the build that im using and its playstyle and allow ppl to see it in action if case they are interested in it and so on.

everything im doing when it comes to playing alone/streaming/making videos is all FOR FUN and entertaining others, i have no need for anything cause all im doing is having fun, whoever wants to say or feel like we are trying to become the best and snob ppl like most Esports ppl then you should consider taking a 2nd look.

anywho thanks LughLongArm for posting my video, i didnt really want to get exposed like that but thanks for linking it anyway

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[Video] BattleCry - Melee Ranger Montage

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Great video!

Edit: your build link is not working!

try now, it is working for me tho

[Video] BattleCry - Melee Ranger Montage

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Nicely done man
I’m quite surprised to see sick’em but with all the sneaky mesmers and thieves around I guess it’s not a bad tech choice.
What rune are you using btw?
Also nice new sword.

Trooper obviously cause im using shouts, so i get 2 condi clear every 16sec on my command and the rest are useful in both ways.
(they fixed We heal as one and Strength of the pack with trooper)

[Video] BattleCry - Melee Ranger Montage

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was working on a new playstyle that seem like overcame my Bear’s Paw v3.0
my montages are made to show what the build can do and what happens when using it right, examples of the build in action.
hope you guys will enjoy the montage.

feedback is always welcome! o/

P.S
added some revenant footage there i know you guys will say they suck and such i just saw them for the first time cause i didnt really see ppl streaming it or got into the “beta testing” myself so those were my first encounters with them.

Nice video, melee Ranger has always been my favorite for WvW roam. Have you tried this in PvP yet? if so what did you change up? and what stats are you using (in your video)?

I was running Valk (WvWr) pre patch, but would like to go zerk and not rely on sigil/fury for maul.

i do have an spvp version of it and even tho going marauder in spvp the build is around 30-50% weaker than in wvw (even without food, first parts of the video are while not using food)
and its on my twitch channel http://www.twitch.tv/potatoveg

[Video] BattleCry - Melee Ranger Montage

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was working on a new playstyle that seem like overcame my Bear’s Paw v3.0
my montages are made to show what the build can do and what happens when using it right, examples of the build in action.
hope you guys will enjoy the montage.

feedback is always welcome! o/

P.S
added some revenant footage there i know you guys will say they suck and such i just saw them for the first time cause i didnt really see ppl streaming it or got into the “beta testing” myself so those were my first encounters with them.

ranger suck now

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i dont know why, i love those kind of threads, they always make me smile and my day brighter.
ok so to clear some stuff, im a wvw roamer and an spvper.
can you tell me how ranger counts weak? i am playing a full melee POWER ranger with only 3 parts as zerker, now please, tell me how they are weak?
your argument is invalid in so many levels.
i have played LB before rapidfire buff and owned ppl, i played before this patch with my melee build and owned ppl, i am playing now with my melee build and own ppl.
its either you dont know how to use your pets and skills or you are just not fit-table to play a ranger.
i have proved that you can play ranger in many ways and not turning to condi or meta in the past 8 months and im determine to do it in expansion with the druid where everybody else say will suck.

i respect your opinion that you think rangers are weak, but my tip is… keep trying and you will find your way into it, if not, then play some other proffession.

Cheers.
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[Video] Bear's Paw v3.0 - Power Melee Ranger

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I have no idea how you play with sword autoattack on.

Out of curiosity, do you ever notice projectiles being destroyed by strider’s defense? I didn’t realize you had it until after I watched the video.

To be honest no I didn’t notice, I assume that’s because I’m so used to them NOT being able to get destroyed

[Video] Bear's Paw v3.0 - Power Melee Ranger

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I’m guessing because of quick draw.

Its not, the first fight if you watch closely, he was using the gs 1st, so the 2nd set wouldn’t have any used cds so it couldnt be Quickdraw since that requires you too swap weapons.

the 5 sec POS happens a lot on the video

You can follow the icon of the QuickDraw when it’s happening, but yes QuickDraw been used a lot on POS and maul.
And if you are talking about the first fight you will notice that as soon as I switched to axe QuickDraw appeared and I used POS and as soon as I used it I dodged cause sometimes it’s distracting the enemy and he is not noticing that I used POS.

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[Video] Bear's Paw v3.0 - Power Melee Ranger

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Hey guys,
this is my latest version of Bear’s Paw since Balance changes hitted us.
hope you will enjoy what i made and hope you will enjoy playing it whoever is going to.

have fun! o/
Feedback is welcomed as always! o/

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[Video] Melee POWER Ranger Montage

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melee rangers are so fun to watch. the new patch will give us so many options, and if we can fit Beastly Warden into the build, we’ll be able to land maul reliably.

if you want to improve your gameplay: I would say 60% of your dodges were completely wasted. id work on timing those better. it’s a fairly common problem, im still working on it myself. gvg’ing helps a lot with that – if you miss or waste one dodge roll, you get smoked.

Well it’s a habit mate, anywho I almost never run out of ways to escape evade or randomly waste dodges

yes but you cant take your game to the next level unless you improve this. but if youre happy with where youre at, then all the power to u.

now that im on my PC and not on my slowpoke phone (chrome chewing RAM) i can give you a normal answer.
the reason i dodge like that and most of the time “uselessly” with no reason… there is a reason, the dodge gives me protection for 2sec and with my 3k armor and minimum 20k hp im able to hold the damage that is incoming from the enemy or an incoming enemy, i am not made and neither the build im using for duels, i am not a duler, im a roamer, i encounter almost endlessly outnumbered fights so i customized my playstyle and build to fit my desires and needs, therefore i dodge randomly to secure me the next 2 sec by having that protection and avoid being bursted by a 2nd player that might come in or more, i can without it survive a full perfect burst of a shatter mesmer while not doing anything to avoid it and left with around 6k hp so imagine what will happen if i had protection on and ofc the shatter burst is lower than 2sec.

hope you understood what i mean but anywho, i dont really lose to a 1v1 unless the player uses a “carry” build aka “cheese” like prep terromancers, prep condi engis and such OR if the player has high dps output than i do and we have the same stats when it comes to being defensive such as warriors and celestial eles.

also this build and playstyle are made for defensive mode untill right moments, you strike in the right moments you can be deadly, you miss it and you will better defend yourself untill the next chance.

i know its not popular among the meta today because ppl prefer to either go PEWPEW backpaddeling berserkers or pure/regen condi and kill ppl with “passives”
but thats how i play and whoever tries to attack me either dies, or runs.

ofc i am losing aswell i am NOT the best ranger out there and ofc not as melee, but like i said in the comments above, i do NOT plan to be the strongest, i want to be a guide and help ppl understand rangers and how they can be used without running instantly to “metabattle” and all those sites to just take a build and start playing like robots, creativity is what will make the difference between you and other ppl.

sorry for the long post tho

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melee rangers are so fun to watch. the new patch will give us so many options, and if we can fit Beastly Warden into the build, we’ll be able to land maul reliably.

if you want to improve your gameplay: I would say 60% of your dodges were completely wasted. id work on timing those better. it’s a fairly common problem, im still working on it myself. gvg’ing helps a lot with that – if you miss or waste one dodge roll, you get smoked.

Well it’s a habit mate, anywho I almost never run out of ways to escape evade or randomly waste dodges

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Flopy you’re one of my favorite rangers to watch on youtube.

That said, your opponents looked drunk. You can beat better players than those guys. You found better fights than those to highlight; don’t make yourself look good slaughtering people quickly, I’d rather see where you struggled.

I know, but that’s what the matchup gives me with all the “tower huggers” and considering it’s really hard to find at least 2 ppl to fight or even 1 person… That’s the result.
I don’t want to show if I’m good or bad, like in one of my Uprising videos I said I don’t want to be the strongest, I want to be a guide and to help others, if I wanted to look good I would have gone to PVP Hardcore teams.

But don’t worry, in the “How To Fight : x As Melee Ranger” serie I will show and talk vs who you will struggle, how to fight it, how you have a chance to win it and what happens when you ignore signs.

But thanks for the feedback both of you! 0/

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[Video] Melee POWER Ranger Montage

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Hey fellow rangers,
Wanted to share with you a video I made yesterday night.
I’m really enjoying a melee ranger more than all the other melee professions.
Hope you will enjoy it as much as I did on making it!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q_wnORrmsW4

Feedback and opinions are welcome!

[Video] The WvW Borderlands

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Cool stuff, a bit like a promotional trailer ^^

Well look at it that way : you are a new player to gw2 and you just saw that video, won’t you want to know more about it?

Basically it’s to show A bit of something to new players so they will want to explore more about it and make the game more interesting for them

[Video] The WvW Borderlands

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Make EotM video. That would be awesome.

Planning to, that would be awesome indeed

[Video] The WvW Borderlands

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This is a video I made about wvw borderlands
There is also HOTW on if anyone Intrested

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zn3TbvkjHHc

Enjoy and don’t forget to give me some feedback!

Koroshi vs Floppy duels

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@Sevans.4619
Ya, 3 traps on a power build is definitely an over kill. moreover, SB unlike LB, is about about burst cycels when you stealth with SB you lose dps, with LB you use to re-position yourself at distance which can boost dps.

@Benjamin.8237
I look st flopy updated build, he uses SOTH so its not a big sacrifice to replace with a trap, both will give him mobility. Flopy invest alot for the extra stealth, his pet F2 iclueds bad AI some RNG with F2 and micro managment(to pick item and use) so it seems he’s willing to invest to gain the stealth, and it realy works for him. I actually agree that the set is not amazing for trap builds due to fact they’r the source of burst damgae of the user(and the damage will get you out of stealth). But with power build the trap is just a utility to re-position and rapid fire.

@Anymras.5729
Might work but not for LB builds, the remotless bonus is only for the first shot and for the full duration of rapid fire(the main burst) perhaps with GS/ x-Axe cavalir/valkyrie builds.

@solrik.6028
Ya, but the fire is on much shorter cd fire trap(15 sec) forst trap(30 sec) it comes to what more important to the user, the trap effect or the utility.

Signet of the Hunt was being used because i gave up on my bear and removed my “Protect Me”, reason is : getting used to NOT have any kind of “absorbing” skill such as PM and SOS, even tho i dueled koroshi BEFORE the patch i still did not find anything to waste on while fighting a condi engineer, PM will not provide me the protection that i need from condis and wasting my pet’s time on following me.

Warrior rune is being taken for the big reason : 2 seconds less on weapon swap, i am NOT losing pressure when i swap to my S/D because if its a class that likes to regen such as a signet warrior.. the poison and the bleed damaging him and reducing heal by 33% ruining his signet and giving me free damage on him with no “Resistance” while forcing him while he is low to use his signet and be extremely vulnerable, S/D is my defensive state, i am using that to kite.. evade.. and gain distance, can be used to run away aswell.

At the moment Signet of the Wild is being used (instead of SOTH) because the stability, movement speed and some nice 25% damage increase, being slow is not my problem i am built to fight and not escape, but if i see a fight is being lost and chances to win are dropping fast… im just grabbing my pig and running to safety
(even with no movement speed there are times i can escape zergs)

Thank you guys for your support and feedback and opinions on the video! o/
(i know.. im a horrible editor) =(

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[Video] Montage - Wild Poison + Commentary

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That’s why I suggested Sigil of Purity; I know Brown Bear’s on-demand removal is better, but at least this way your removal doesn’t take a complete nose-dive.

Spiders work well with Signet of Renewal and Protect Me. They have a solid life pool and since they tend to stay out of cleave damage, they usually are topped off on health. Plus Forest Spider comes bundled with all the poison you could ever want, a field that you can leap through or shoot through for weakness and poison respectively, and a three second immobilize for totally ruining somebodies day.

I just really hate bears. ;~;

I agree, will have to consider that, i really want to change my bear indeed but i never used a ranged pet so that will be something i will have to get used to aswell, does bring a strong chance to happen in balance patch and in the really near future.

Edit :
You know what? that sounds very intresting now that im looking deep into it, im gonna start using it now, i love a good challenge and now the fighting will be more intense.

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LB ranger is seriously underrated in wvw

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stealth is too short to reset. You can create space, but not reset.
Reset happens at 8-10 seconds with a minimum distance of 4k from enemy, AFAIK.

LB is a good backup weapon. But not a good primary weapon.

Best weapon set(s) for WvW is GS + Axe/Warhorn. This set will be even better now that axe and GS is getting buffed.

Greatsword is the most easiest weapon to kite, you use your swoop and thats it the enemy can run around start gathering herbs wood and ore, make his own food and still you will not reach him, GreatSword has 1 cripple and a leap, those are not enough to help you catch up on an enemy that may have a teleport (Blink..Teleport..Etc..), swiftness and also a distance gainer such as warrior’s #2 sword who is pretty low cd.

[Video] Montage - Wild Poison + Commentary

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How about:

Brown Bear -> Forest Spider
Sigil of Doom -> Sigil of Purity
Runes of Exuberance -> Runes of the Warrior

Just some food for thought. You get the poison, you keep the vitality, you get some passive condition removal that’s almost as good, more utility from your runes and a pet that’s better than a bear!

EDIT: Your ninja edit pointed out that precision was still a problem. You just get very little precision from those runes.

Like i said before, im not running Emphatic Bond, so the bear allows me to remove 2 conditions instantly such as prep condi guys who put 10insta stacks or more, also to absorb an extremely large burst while using “Protect Me” when it comes to Backstabbing thieves, Power Shatter mesmers, Eviscerate warriors and also the regular Static Discharge engis.

But as i said in the commentary, there is a chance that the bear will be changed when the balance patch will hit.

Still, your ideas are ofc a possible option.

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As an aside, I am not entirely sure why you use Runes of Exuberance. The extra vitality is nice, but the stat gain from the other bonuses is either useless (healing power on this build,) or minimal (precision, power.) Something like Runes of Speed will give you the vitality and add utility (+25% permanent speed is more useful in fights than some people realize.) Runes of the Warrior will give you the vitality, the power, and a lower weapon swap CD which would be amazing for this style of play. Runes of the Pack would give you the power and the precision with a mini-warhorn #5 to keep your fury and swiftness up at the cost of some health.

You have a point with the Runes of the Warrior, but abit of the point of sigil of doom is when i swap to my LB i will have it ready, swapping after 8sec wont give it to me and that is making my sigil useless.

Runes of the Pack removes the vitality, which i need and supports my food aswell since im not going Empathic Bond and putting me in risk for conditions.

Also the healing power isnt my goal, the precision and power have my eyes, be surprised by 38% crit chance or 35% crit chance are a hugh difference, my older builds used to have 25% and relay on fury, when i tried something to increase it to 29% (was a test) and it appeared to me to crit ALOT more, i assume its luck but still.

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Agreed in regards to this not being classic regen ranger; it’s boring and old.

Good work. May the next balance patch treat your spec well.

The balance patch will treat my spec well, like i said in the commentary, i will replace “Protect Me” with “Signet Of Stone” which will still give me the endure pain i had but now my pet wont get killed from it, and also having additional 180 armor.

Having a free 180 armor and reaching 3k armor without any help from Borderland Bloodlust while not hurting any of my other aspects is really nice and useful.

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Hey everybody!

I have created my new build for my playstyle as a evasive stealthing ranger.

Hope you guys will enjoy and feel free to give me a feedback! =)

[WvW]Ranger needs help

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1. So many useless traits

2. No utility worth having

3. Power build is so bad

4. Pet is useless

Worst of all, Ranger apologists from sPvP and PvE says Ranger is balanced when clearly it’s not in WvW.

Ya, I made this thread because just for the slim chance Anet will address it.

just Lol…
i will give you an example of how rangers can fight if you know your class and play them right.
3 simple steps :
1)go here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYqwd1GXsT4
2)watch
3)stop complaning.

i agree that ranger has low damage on some stuff, some useless traits and utility skills but that doesnt mean he cannot kill slay and murder every class…

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