Guild Wars 2

http://www.gw2db.com/skill-builds/2855-the-wildman-pet-focused-pve

My leveling and PvE beastmastery build (currently I’m nearing lvl 50) I made it for fun since I didn’t want to just shoot stuff and ignore my pet, but I also like a more active playstyle, so there is lots of weapon and pet swapping to do for self-buffs and pet buffs.

I’ve found that it’s a blast to play and is still pretty effective so far. Here’s a shortened bit of the text portion of my build copied and pasted, the skills, traits, and extra tips are on the page I linked to the Guild Wars 2 Database.

Noteworthy Synergy + Buffs

Companion’s Might – Your critical hits give your pet a stack of might

Pet Attribute Increase – Every point spent in the beastmastery trait line increases your pets’ total attributes by 1%, for a total of 30. That equals out to a bonus of 515 extra power for Canine pets at level 80, for instance. This is an incredible boost to your pets’ overall effectiveness.

Spotter – Gives your pet (and other allies) 70 precision (which translates into critical rating for you and your pet)

Pet’s Prowess – Your pet’s criticals do 30% more damage

Mighty Swap – Pets gain 3 stacks of might when swapped into combat (F4)

Loud Whistle – Cooldown of pet swap is reduced by 20%

Furious Grip – Weapon swaps give 20% critical chance, which means more might stacks for the pet

Zephyr’s Speed – You and your pet gain 2 seconds of quickness (not to be confused with swiftness) when swapping

Rampage as One – In addition to all the other lovely things that come with our elite skill, your attack hits give a stack of might to your pet, and your pets hits give you a stack of might. This is important, and we’ll come back to this shortly

Speed Training – Shaves off a few seconds on your pets’ basic attack moves, I was using shout master for more frequent “Sic ’em!” use, but I realized I was holding the skill until the cooldown of Rampage as One was back up anyways, since they overlap nicely. I also stay away from Master’s Bond because I think swapping pets removes the stacking buff.

Beastmaster’s Bond – Not totally amazing in that you can’t completely control the damage your pet takes, but if you can let her dip below 50% before healing her up, you can steal some extra damage out of the exchange

The Strategy

To start, first engage at range with your shortbow to get into combat, Immediately switch pets (F4) to give your swapped pet 3 stacks of might and send it in (F1, using the key is faster usually than waiting for the AI to register combat)

With your new pet out, you now have swiftness, so immediately queue up Rampage as One, “Sic ’em!”, and summon your Frost Spirit

Now with your pet decently buffed up, swap to your longbow (adding a stack of Fury for longer duration) and lay into the monster with Rapid Fire (2) or if there are 2 or more monsters, do Barrage (5) first, then pick one and use Rapid Fire. Your pet now will have at least 15 stacks of might from your hits (due to Rampage as One) in addition to some stacks from the enhanced critical chance of Barrage/Rapid Fire giving you some stacks from Companion’s Might.

Switch to shortbow right after you launch off those two longbow skills. You will get and maintain the last of your pet’s might stacks with shortbow because its superior attack speed. Poison Volley adds a few extra stacks if you can hit the all 5 shots of the cone onto targets (or just 1 target if you’re close enough)

Now keep an eye on your pet, because once she’s done with her rampage, her might stacks are going to plummet very quickly. After most of her stacks are gone (less than 3 remain) switch pets again.

The newly swapped pet will have 3 stacks of might and swiftness again. Take this time to heal up, pop signets, kite around, use pet specials (F2) and take down any low-health enemies. “Sic ’em!” should come off cooldown 1 minute after the initial rampage, use it immediately by itself to give yourself another smaller spike of burst damage.

Swap back to longbow (again gaining Fury) and use Rapid Fire (2) or Barrage (5) to try to get some lucky criticals to boost your pet’s might stacks.

Keep on rocking until Rampage as One and “Sic ’em!” come off cooldown again (this time they should at the same time) and start the fun all over again.

Thanks for reading, and happy mauling.