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Better: WoW, for the reasons listed above…except how horrible their melee options were and the dead zone that existed in the early expansions.
Worse: Shadowbane. The ranger was by far the worst class in SB. Didn’t use pets but relied on one damage buff skill to make up for their horrible weapon skills. Very fragile and poor build diversity. Scouts and warriors were better ranged debuffers with bows, they couldn’t melee down a barbarian or warrior, casters would smoke them from far away, and Templars would stam drain them into irrelevancy.
Only two effective builds were ever made. Human dodge/damage resist wererat bow rangers and the ultra gimmicky half-giant melee health regen ranger.
The former got access to some incredible self buffs and a massive piercing damage buff making it a stud burst damage build but also incredibly bunkery due to massive dodge and damage resist.
The latter build made the RRR ranger look glassy. It did very little damage but would regen all damage done to full in under 2 seconds because of 3 stacking regen skills and all regen jewels. And with a massive hp pool it would usually take a full group focus firing on it to bring it down.
The other builds were a choice between bad and terribad. Not enough stamina to sustain its attack long enough to drop a target. Low hp pool made them crumble in any 1v1. Low weapon skills meant it couldn’t deal with high def builds. Couldn’t handle the spotting duty of scouts. Couldn’t keep up in stealth groups. Wasn’t a good meat shield option (except regen ranger), poor ranged attack, bad stances.
Wait, why are you doing condi with LB?
Guardians are in a nice spot. Be thankful we’re not Rangers.
One of those unimpressive nature’s voice shout builds :P Running Runes of Antitoxin, 0/0/30/30/10, settler’s/apothecary gear, canines for CC, and signet of wild/“Guard!” with a third utility that is always different.
My server is in the same boat. Them feels man.
i know. We’re playing you right now
I find that 80% of my ranger gameplay is spent solo roaming in WVWVW. My server tends to lose badly most match ups and organized groups are very few.
I’m curious what you folks enjoy using in this scenario.
I’ve used BM regen builds in the past with a lot of success, I’ve tried some Natures Voice shout builds lately but not been too impressed. Never really found a good power build. I’ve got a full Apothecary set, a clerics, a zerker, and a few knight and sentinel pieces.
What do you guys use?
Any other must have utile?
Thanks! What would you rate the difficulty of playing that build?
I’m not an Elementalist. I play mostly Guardians and Rangers. My wife on the other hand is an ele. She’s lvl 74 as of this post. I don’t think she’s optimally traited her character or itemized it.
We mostly do WvW or exploratory PVE. We don’t do dungeons or sPvP frequently. She’s also not a super attentive player so a highly technical build really isn’t in the cards. I’m not really qualified to put together an “ez mode” elementalist but I’m hoping you guys can help out with some options (snark about roll a guardian isn’t helpful but not unexpected)
Keeping in mind that she’d prefer a build that is forgiving and doesn’t require the BEST timing in the world what builds and itemization would you suggest for…
WvW (dmg/rover)
WvW (tanky)
PvE (world)
Thanks in advance!