Guild Wars 2

Fiorrello.8126:

i run a power/precision/toughness hybrid build with condition damage as an extra.

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using the sword and shield and longbow as my main weapons i’ve had a lot of success in WvW as a warrior. the thing to know on a warrior is that strait damage is kind of your thing. that said a little extra condition damage is never to go amiss.

i could go pure damage and do more direct damage, or condition damage and have my bleeds tick for more. but i’ve found that if you split the rations at about 70/30 in favor of direct damage you actually do more damage over all.

i’m assuming that what you want is a WvW build (because this build isn’t very good for pve) and if that’s the case i should tell you that this builds gimmick is all about control. you leap onto one person, tank the aoe and take that person out of the fight. you immobilize them at range with the longbow, leap on them, immobilize them with flurry or bolas and hamstring them.

a lot of people assume the sword is all about condition damage. on the off hand sword that is true. on the main hand sword it is completely wrong. the longsword has incredible ratio’s and a lot of utility, really the bleed is just icing on the cake that is the longsword (with food buffs, traits and runes an incredible potent icing)

I was thinking about having my brother make a similar build because I run a Necro using Epidemic to spread conditions. This way in WvW I call targets we load up conditions and spread them. We will be easily able to hit a full 25 stack of bleeds plus he’ll be able to bring burning and I can do the rest.

I’m sure he could do more damage going another route but I’m hoping a build like this could synergize with me.

Great idea. Hopefully it will catch on.

For those that claim that Rangers are in fact good I would like to know what kind of build to run for WvW. I played a Ranger main from release and have continued to be underwhelmed. I recently switched to an Necro focusing on AoE condition spreading and have already done way better in WvW as far as staying alive, getting badges, and contributing to my group. And all that is from a Necro that is still only level 37.

I know I’m not playing the Ranger to it’s full potential but I have tried a couple different builds and I always feel like I do crap DPS or am just way to glassy.

I feel like spirits have so many problems at the moment along with many Ranger skills. Many sound great but in practice they don’t work well at all. AOE reduction and moving as a baseline would be a great start to make them even a thought to use.