Guild Wars 2

Now now children, calm down. We all know that I, in fact, look the best.

Hey guys. Just putting this small video with a few clips out there to demonstrate my build that I’ve been using since before all this OP skullcrack nonsense. I have a downright sexual addiction to hammers/maces in mmos. Pardon the lack of camera rotation, as some of the Ranger forum people know I have a slight handicap in both hands due to an accident that prevents me from turning effectively in previous videos, however it should not affect the quality or speed of the video.

Build is 0/10/30/0/30. The calculator is off for some reason. In Defense I run dogged/merc hammer/cleansing ire. And for Disc I run 25% speed/either signet or boon hate/ and Burst Mastery. Depending on if I drop Dolyak signet for Endure pain etc. It also shows me having way less Armor than I do in game. With hammer I have 3757, with Mace/shield i have 3908 armor.

As a reminder this is just a showcase to how much damage hammer can dish as well as how much frontload dps I can handle. I hope you enjoy, full video will be out within a week.

If you ever come Yak’s Bend way, gimme a shout.

The only reason I looked into them was bc me and an Engi friend were roaming and I ended up recording a 2v11 vs no uplevels that we won. I was looking through the footage and saw that practically every single person had 20+ stacks the entire fight.

So I had to ask. And no worries.

Yeah, was fun for the hour or so I ran it. And sorry maybe I didn’t see you or mybe it was someone else. I’ve been a solo roamer since release and I don’t run from anyone heh.

I’ll look for ya!

I guess the zerg had nothing to do with me running?

And I’m merely testing outside of my normal build just to see what the fuss is about.

Calm down. I’m only showing confusion stacking ability

zzzzz

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This guy did have 25 stcks. I just failed to hit the SS key.

He fell over shortly after that.

That’s why.

It’s over the top in wvw, I can’t imagine it being any better in spvp. People just fall over, I can get and maintain 25 stacks as a warrior..

Boom.

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Can keep 20-25 stacks 18 on average on a player, only had guard SS bc I always forget to take them mid fight.

Non condition build. Mace/sh and Hammer

lolz

Callahan.3180:

Furajir.3815:

This is my Warrior. I run 0/20/20/0/30. Knight armor/shield. Zerker weps, and Rest Cavalier.

I use Lemongrass+ Melandru+Dogged March and sharp stones.

I’m a solo roamer in wvw. This build is in fact, OP, but not in the sense you mean it, in spvp not really, it however does make an excellent duelist build.. I can stand in necro wells, eat ranger traps etc etc. I have not lost a single 1v1 since the change. Cripple doesn’t stop me, CC doesn’t really stop me, nothing really stops me. I can replace Bulls Charge with whatever I want. Still 100% crit dmg while stunned + 10% dmg to stunned targets.

It is a very powerful duelist build, but that’s pretty much it. If I face any 2+ well played opponents nothing really helps, and that goes for any class,build.

But having close to 4k armor with mace/shield doesn’t hurt either. =)

Oh you look like candy, I’d love to duel you sometime but I don’t think we’d be in the right server matchup :// FA.

Talon you may get your shot, I recently moced to Yak’s Bend, what server are you on these days?

This is my Warrior. I run 0/20/20/0/30. Knight armor/shield. Zerker weps, and Rest Cavalier.

I use Lemongrass+ Melandru+Dogged March and sharp stones.

I’m a solo roamer in wvw. This build is in fact, OP, but not in the sense you mean it, in spvp not really, it however does make an excellent duelist build.. I can stand in necro wells, eat ranger traps etc etc. I have not lost a single 1v1 since the change. Cripple doesn’t stop me, CC doesn’t really stop me, nothing really stops me. I can replace Bulls Charge with whatever I want. Still 100% crit dmg while stunned + 10% dmg to stunned targets.

It is a very powerful duelist build, but that’s pretty much it. If I face any 2+ well played opponents nothing really helps, and that goes for any class,build.

But having close to 4k armor with mace/shield doesn’t hurt either. =)

:/ scary

/15 char

hmm where have I seen this type of ranger gameplay before?

Lol @ Warriors.

I crap on them.

MEEEEE

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http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-FFk73;1F-v-n23EF-0;9F9;4TT9;456A36A1;0VN17a;1nBnBnBnB9cw

That’s what I run. It’s all based on preference, I’m normally a bunker/point holder and just there for assists when I play spirit build.

You can swap out a wep set for short bow if you please but I don’t like sb at all. Entangle can be swapped for Nature spirit elite, and the wep sigils can be swapped for whatever you want. Can also get rid of SoW and replace it with Renewal and change the grandmaster trait in WS to Bark Skin if you want added survivability.

post links of best s/d vids you have seen, new or old!

Bump for a friend who doesn’t know how to use forums.

Feel free to check my link in signature for Solo roaming wvwv apothecary BMish bunker build videos.

Trying to theorycraft my own but I’m missing stuff, Id like to remain bunkerish with some move speed, was thinking hunt/stone/sun spirit.

Would like to remain condi, any thoughts or suggestions?

Post em if you got em!

Can check my sig for a variation, but there are a ton of trap builds as well.

Dude. Go outside. Now.

Puandro.3245:

Yaki.9563:

Probably the most entertaining GW2 video I’ve seen. It just makes me sad how awesome GS is relative to our other weapons.

I think every weapon has its uses TBH. You would be surprised how many ppl think using GS makes you a noob.

What this GS using noob said.

kitten it. You posted yours before I could finish mine. You win this time! As always loved the music, love the gameplay, best Mexican to play GW2 ever.

lol wtf is this?

15k mauls lawl

IDK about anyone else, but, I’m still having loads of fun playing 0/0/30/20/20 as a condi bunker ish ranger. Just using 2x CC pets or stll running MB with Jag, still does really well.

What is everyone elses take?

Used to run this, best I’ve used but it may be out dated.

I run Mace/Shield and Hammer and I’ve always been 0/10/30/0/30 and I run Knights armor/Cavalier trinkets/Zerker weps and Melandru runes. I’m purely a solo roamer and I do wonderfuly, even before patch.

Nothing game breaking is happening, I shal remain a BM, that is all.

It is my public duty to inform the people, and I have.

Who the kitten even cares about healing signet, you think making healing signet on par with anything else any other class has would fix Warrs? You’d just find something else to kitten about Daecollo, no wonder you have such negative outlook on Warriors, you probably play like kitten based on what you kitten about.

Just gonna be a bunch of regen bunkers facemashing for 20 minutes at a time, no thanks.

Not really sure what everyone is complaining about.

I’ve been a solo roamer in WvW on my war for a long time and R35 in spvp. nothing to brag about, but I literally have no issue with most classes, builds, whatever and I’m pretty close to pure zerk with axe/shield and GS. 10/20/0/10/30. I beat the classes people complain about here all the time, eles, thieves, mesmers whatever, sure it’s harder, and I have to really focus, can’t just facemash the keyboard like most other classes 4tehwinz, but hey, I manage.

Everyone always talks about sustain, sustain, sustain. Warrs imo in every other mmo I played aren’t supposed to just eat ridiculous amounts of damage and be able to deal the same, it’s all give and take.

The one thing we do excel at, which may change after patch, idk, is high mobility, putting pressure on people, and insane amounts of damage, it’s insanely easy to control your opponents when you’re making them panic.

Good players will always adapt, and idc if the rest of you fade away. Maybe it’s a L2P issue. I record often, if anyone disputes it I don’t mind posting videos of myself in 1vx situations.

I agree.

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Nugget.8031:

Manekk.6981:

Xsorus.2507:

Yea Tailswipe is a pain to land, won’t deny that.

i also think you’re underestimating the power of all the time Crits on a Jaguar Stealth vs 25%.

Go use the Bird for example.. and you’ll see its not guaranteed critting every time.

It’s if I understand it correctly 25% increased chance from it’s already high base not a flat 25% critchance this would mean a 20-30point bm jag having like 70-80%critchance in stealth, unless I’m totally off on their base critchance but I seem to remember someone calculating it to be close to or slightly above 50% with so many bm points.

Critical Chance = round down((precision – 822) / 21)

Using that, Cats have 59% crit at lvl 80 by default and 73% with 30 points in Beast mastery, even more if you stack masters bond. So yeah, it’ll still have pretty much guaranteed crits while in stealth.

This is why I’m not overly worried about Jag, I’ll probably continue to use Jag, Drake, or Snow Leopard. But in general, we never get anything to assist with pathing/AI and the various other problems.

Meanwhile in Mesmer/thief land, they get a boost every patch.

I want to turn my thief into a pistol/dagger user.

No idea what gear to use
No idea what traits to take

Someone help this noob out.

Hes not overreacting. Every patch, classes like Thiefs and Mesmers get massive boosts or some new ability, we just keep taking hit after hit, sitting on kittens of bugs and crappy pet AI, yet we are supposed to be thrilled with the Ranger being 50% ranger 50% pet. This is gonna continue to happen, I can only forsee regen taking a hit at some point.

Meanwhile the Phantasm Mesmer can channel Iduelists that rely on AI that channel unloads into moving targets for up to 8k, and that’s 1 phantasm, give them %200+ hp with signet/traiting that gives them 3x the amount of HP our pets have, yet they can be resummoned when CD is up.

Man Anet, you kittening people are going full kitten.

The fact still remains, I doubt we will have anything to compensate for this pet hit, like, better pathing and AI for example? Shorter cd’s on pet skills w/o traiting? Anything?

We’re a kittening pet class, and right now, the pet is a kittening joke.

Imo, they are going to make Ranger a stronger class for the new meta, LR, maybe some spirits, some traps, who knows.

The axe stuff seems really good.

I’m not really worried the only thing they would really be nerfing is the spike 100% crit from Jag that I use when I entangle someone etc.

If anything I’d just go power or some sword/axe variation to make up for the dps. Guess we will have to wait and see.

I’ll probably be taking points out of BM and putting them in Nature Magic, seeing as that I run MB anyways, it won’t realy affect the overall damage, just burst.

Sounds like he was using a mix of whatever honestly, GS isn’t really centered around conditions, mostly powered.

The link to my video is pure melee/condition based with sword/torch and axe/dagger.

Most of the kids you see dueling and doing well pulled their builds from these forums and pretend to try and be elitists, the ones that don’t share builds. Well, check my link for a full explanation.

I’ve always used SoR and Bak Skin never had an issue.

jcbroe.4329:

Furajir.3815:

I’m sexier than all you fools.

What can I say, I went for the ninja look lol.

You definitely have the look of a ranger not to be messed with.

And I am definitely not!! RAWR

I’m sexier than all you fools.

JonPeters.5630:

Thanks for the report. I have fixed this on our development environment and it should be in the next patch ~10 days.

Outstanding!

I usually use it as a gap closer to avoid damage as well