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(edited by TurtleDragon.3108)
(edited by TurtleDragon.3108)
http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQNBMhF6koiqKjswKIWLDELF7Z/cGHKReGl6UZ8TJyeA-jwBBYfERjkfgUBDRLzsIasFXFRjVXDT5iIqGA-e
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http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/84268-the-perfect-dps-ranger-guide-for-real/You’ll need to change your weapons, utilities and even your pets for the content you are doing. There are times and places where it’s appropriate to use a Longbow, but usually never when you’re stacking (because why use a ranged weapon when you’re in melee range anyways. Since ranged weapons are almost universally across the board lower damage and don’t cleave which makes them bad for trash). Sword will take a while to get used to, as it has a steep learning curve. GS is fine when you’re still learning how to melee encounters. Pure sword > pure GS > pure LB should be your priority when picking weapons.
If you want to be the most useful you can be to your party follow this. I use the 20/25/0/25/0 exclusively outside of Wvw/Spvp (mostly cos im lazy lol) and only change a few traits and utilities here and there. For instance on the marionette lanes i would switch sic’em for muddy terrain to use on the spawning champs.
One thing i will mention is the pets. In the 20/25/0/25/0 build posted you will notice that there is the jaguar and river drake. The jaguar is excellent as it’s F2 attack stealths (deagro when health low) but also provides higher DPS and autocrits for the duration. The river drake’s F2 ability hits like a truck AND bounces around targets, this is excellent for groups of mobs like trash etc, it also has a blast finisher with its tail swipe (also hits hard) so its good in the stack.
However, depending on your party make up you may want to consider 1 or 2 other pets. This will depend on how well you know other classes and their builds as you may notice that your party is lacking in important (dps wise) boons such as fury or might. The stalker’s F2 ability grants 5 stacks of might which synergize well with the build, general DPS wise its the same as the jaguar hence why alot of people run the 2 cats. The Moa provides Fury from its F2 and this may be necessary when your not using horn or its party wide lacking.
So this is why people dislike the “bearbow” gameplay as not only is the weapon lacking in this type of content but also the pet and it’s F2 abilities.
Just remember, hater’s gonna hate…but they also gonna kick
The build I linked is what I use in guild speed clears, where might/fury is never an issue and I just blast my WH in a fire field while stacking might. I use the Jungle Stalker instead of Jaguar in PUGs and I use Ice drake/Red Moa instead of river drake as the swap pet.
This is the basic pet guide I’ve posted a few times here.
Jaguar:Use for single target fights
River Drake: Use for trash and multi target fights or for blast finisher. Use ice/marsh/salamander drakes if you want chilled/poison/burning
Jungle Stalker: Use for single target fights and when your party is not reaching 25 might stacks
Red Moa: Use for singlet target and when your party doesn’t have perma fury for some reason
Birds do identical DPS to felines if you prefer those.
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Single target is the only DPS that matters. Unless you’re in fractals, no one cares if you can do “40k+ dps” on trash when you run past most of it in this game anyways, or fight 2-4 targets at a time most of the time.
The whole point of my response was to call out your BS on saying engineers do as much damage as elementalists in single target. (ie. boss fights)
The only DpS that metters? Tell me one dungeon that has no aoe damage to be done. Even 1-4 targets are enought to deal the same damage. The engi deals definitly the same, even more damage on single target too, however he does it more passive than active, requires a good hitting team. Mightstacks are a part of it, but mainly the vulnerability makes the big+. Without an engineer vuln against bosses is stuck at 10-15 stacks. The engi will grant the team at least 10 stacks. 10% more damage for 5x at least 5k dps hitters = 2.5k passive damage without even attacking. Ye – the engi pretty much outdamages the ele, however 1 engis won’t outdamage 1 ele
… passive damage <3
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I meant to say single target and cleave. So there are plenty of dungeon paths where AoE (4-5 targets) are not needed. Heres a list off the top of my head:
CM 123
TA F
SE 1,3
CoF 1
HotW 1,2,3
CoE 123
Arah 123(4 too prolly)
(I’m not including whites since those die instantly, only elites and above)
4-5 target AoE is great in fractals.
Just because the class has low damage, doesn’t mean its bad. Never in my post have I implied or said that. You guys don’t need to tell all about their utility or why they’re worth bringing. Every class can do competitive DPS in a organized zerker group, but there is a pretty big imbalance from the low end of the spectrum to the top end.