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When someone uses the word ‘Meta’, a kitten dies. Don’t do it.
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When someone uses the word ‘Meta’, a kitten dies. Don’t do it.
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(edited by Forzani.2584)
When someone uses the word ‘Meta’, a kitten dies. Don’t do it.
When someone uses the word ‘Meta’, a kitten dies. Don’t do it.
When someone uses the word ‘Meta’, a kitten dies. Don’t do it.
When someone uses the word ‘Meta’, a kitten dies. Don’t do it.
When someone uses the word ‘Meta’, a kitten dies. Don’t do it.
When someone uses the word ‘Meta’, a kitten dies. Don’t do it.
When someone uses the word ‘Meta’, a kitten dies. Don’t do it.
When someone uses the word ‘Meta’, a kitten dies. Don’t do it.
When someone uses the word ‘Meta’, a kitten dies. Don’t do it.
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Link to build doesn’t work
It’s working fine for me. Try copy pasting? Keep in mind I only did the traits, so everything else IS blank.
In case it doesn’t work for you for some reason: 0/10/20/10/30
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Gotch. Just saw blank on first page and didn’t go to trait page
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@OP: A few things I’d change.
- is that you seem to be putting some points in doing “power” damage… Which is pointless. You have very little power and no crit damage. Don’t bother. Personally I’d remove 20 of the 30 points you have in arms. Consider the following.
- You lose some crit chance, but you get more bursts – burst mastery allows you to chain 2 bursts together (one lvl 3 and one lvl 1) which not only gives you more damage and utility, but also allows you to remove 4 conditions instantly. It allows you to, for example, pin down > burst > switch to sword > Leap in> burst. It’s an insane amount of condition damage, conditions removed for you, and a lot of immobilizing your target (which hurts any char outside of a warrior a lot).
- You also get Leg Specialist. I consider LS one of the most underrated traits in the game for sword. Not only does it make it easier to stick to a target, but it makes Savage Leap > Burst an easy and practically unavoidable combo. Given how difficult Sword’s burst can be to land (due to the delayed startup) and how much condi pressure it puts when it lands, I find this trait mandatory for sword.
- Also switched missile deflection for dogged march simply because I think it has more synergy in WvW with both condi reduction foods and runes of melandru.
For #2 I’d switch sigil of energy for sigil of earth/torment on bow. When 2 handed weapons have 2 sigils then by all means add that in, but before that it’s just too useful to have condition on auto-attack, regardless of how short the duration is. It adds another condition to the bow which in turn means more pressure and more damage.
- Rune choice. I don’t personally like Runes of Lyssa on warrior. I think the Elite is far too useful to hold back JUST for the condi removal. On top of that you have very reliable condi removal with CI + burst mastery and bow and sword. Bow doesn’t need to hit anything to trigger CI, and Sword has a very easy time sticking to any target (and landing burst with leg specialist). I think Signet of Rage is something you wanna have up while fighting as much as possible, not holding on to it for that one cleanse you might need… Additionally sometimes, especially in WvW, you simply need the banner! Which kittens with runes of Lyssa royally… In short, I wouldn’t use them.
Instead I’ll give you what I consider the two better choices: Runes of the Undead or Runes of Melandru. Runes of the Undead will give you the highest condi damage (especially as a warrior with very high toughness) and so are naturally more offensive choices, while Runes of Melandru are the more defensive option. They synergize very, very, well with Dogged March and condi duration reduction food.
In sPvP I run my warrior with Runes of Undead. In WvW on the other hand, I tend to gravitate towards Runes of Melandru. Both are good.
And for #4, to answer your last question, Bull’s Charge is a peculiar creature. I don’t run it in sPvP on my condi warrior since I find sticking to targets easy enough with this build… However I have a very hard time removing it from my skill bar in WvW simply because of the burst of mobility it gives me. It’s a very quick dash that, with mobile strikes, breaks immobilizes… That alone makes it golden. Together with any other mobility skill (savage leap, rush…) it gives you an unparalleled burst of mobility that makes you very difficult to catch or run away from. It has saved me from many zergs and allowed me to catch many runners.
These days I find that I simply don’t roam without it (regardless of build), while I often switch it out for something else (balanced stance for more stability, zerker stance for condi immunity, signet of stamina for condi cleansing and mini-vigor…) if I’m sticking to a zerg.
Cheers. And goodluck.
Perplexity.
20-15-20-0-15-Distracting strikes is essential.Wrong.
Distracting strikes is one of the worst traits in the game. Running it is the equivalent of saying “I don’t know how to play this game”. So… No.
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When someone uses the word ‘Meta’, a kitten dies. Don’t do it.
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So allowing people the freedom to play as they want is childish? …….. Live and let live.
I agree 100%
I am sure there are games that I play that you would hate and vice versa. How could anyone criticize that?
I just know that EOTM is not my cup of tea. If that’s where the majority of people want to play, then the masses have spoken. Just means I will need to find another game. That’s life
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AoE and bags are nice, but I see rangers main contribution is singling out a target for death. This is what a longbow build does really well. Some zerg vs zerg is a stalemate and getting those individual downs is what tips the balance in your teams favor. We may not have the highest dps, but we can maintain that dps wherever that target goes (within 1500).
Per the OP’s build I wouldnt leave your defense so lacking, its what makes us the first ones targetted. You’ll lose a bit of damage but at that point you can gain a lot of vit/tough for a little bit sacrificed.
That is my outlook also when playing LB. What I would like to get to is what I did when I played Scout in Daoc. Two Rangers focus firing on one person. Quick kills, less risk, more fun.
Haven’t found anyone interested in that yet though
The issue is the lack of controllable ranged burst. Most of my time in GW2 was running with 5 (then 3, then 2, and now I’m solo since everyone quit) Rangers attempting to do just this. Warrior does it infinitely better
I don’t think I agree man. I player my Ranger or Warrior 80% of the time. I pretty much always use LB with Warrior. I Think the single target burst of a Ranger > Warrior (with LB). Now to Warriors with rifle? That might be a different story …..and i would be up for a duo Warrior rifle team also !
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AoE and bags are nice, but I see rangers main contribution is singling out a target for death. This is what a longbow build does really well. Some zerg vs zerg is a stalemate and getting those individual downs is what tips the balance in your teams favor. We may not have the highest dps, but we can maintain that dps wherever that target goes (within 1500).
Per the OP’s build I wouldnt leave your defense so lacking, its what makes us the first ones targetted. You’ll lose a bit of damage but at that point you can gain a lot of vit/tough for a little bit sacrificed.
That is my outlook also when playing LB. What I would like to get to is what I did when I played Scout in Daoc. Two Rangers focus firing on one person. Quick kills, less risk, more fun.
Haven’t found anyone interested in that yet though
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Run this build
If you have trouble small manning or solo i’ll be surprised.
Again, If you’re still using Cats or Birds as BM Bunker, you’re doing it wrong.
Spiders or go home.
Used sic em for the first time today. Pretty much fell off my chair laughing. The Thief was running in circles totally panicked cause he couldn’t stealth. Must be a L2P issue
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In zerg, the whole point is to support your group and fight as one. To snipe, as far as i understand is dealing damage on single foe. But on zerg, this is irrevelant. Zerg fights are done with aoe dmg, that is why most people think ranger is bad on wvw and that is why i explained how i played in zerg.
On the other hand, you can roam in wvw with a longbow i belive, sniping people alone, but i dont think you will be any succesful, considering every melee class has multiple gap closers in this game.
Staying 1500+ range behind zerg and trying to snipe is a bad idea, not only because you will be focused by everyone but also, your piercing arrows will be useless since you are on the edge of your range.
…“to support your group and fight as one” Yet earlier you said your biggest problem with LB was not enough XP or bags. So adding Torment solved that problem. You’re still not adding very much to “support your group” Sorry, but a LB Ranger isn’t a support class.
I would very much argue that a LB Ranger can support better by protecting the big hitters in the back. Glass Ele’s and Necros. If you keep the Thieves away then your glass cannons can keep blasting, healing and CC.
This is far the worst misunderstanding i have ever seen
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That is one thing we can agree upon. I read what you wrote then and now and I get dolphin clicks. I still don’t really get what point you are trying to make. All I really get from your tirade is that LB sucks and does low damage in WvW. Obviously we disagree on that.
I will apologize ahead of time since it is likely English is a second language for you. Which might be the reason I am having a tough time understanding
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One shot, one kill !
poor critters
Hey, some of those chickens in north supply camp are pretty tough !
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Not sure why you have a bear pet.
Because bearbows are OP.
I have much to learn. I feel shame
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We have enough stealth builds in the game
The ranger class is an AI class, if you give it too much stealth it would very annoying to fight in pvp (staying in stealth while pet keeps doing dmg).
Not how it should work. Forget Anets current idiotic version of stealth.
Ranger stealth …
1. Take 5 seconds to enter stealth. Interrupts or being in combat won’t allow you to stealth (that includes pets)
2. When you leave stealth, it is on a 1 minute cooldown.
3. Any damage you or your pet does =stealth is cancelled. 1 minute reuse timer.
4. No movement in stealth. It breaks with a 1 minute cooldown.
Ranger stealth would be used for scouting in dangerous territory and initial first strike. Stealth could never be used again after that first strike until fight is over.
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