Ranger PvE | Dungeon Sword/Warhorn, Shortbow | Damage Sword/Warhorn, Shortbow Zerk Ranger Build

Boons

• Aegis

  Block the next attack.
• Distortion

  Allows mesmers to evade attacks for some time.
• Frenzy

  Increases damage taken by 25%. It typically seen as a mechanic to offset a beneficial effect such as quickness.
• Frosty Armor

  Chills foes that hit you.
• Fury

  20% critical chance increase. Stacks in duration.
• Haste

  Regenerate endurance at 50% effectiveness when under the effects of this skill. It's typically seen as a mechanic to offset a beneficial effect such as quickness.
• Invulnerability

  Prevents the target from taking damage or receiving conditions. It is also placed on rallied players for one second.
• Might

  X damage per attack increase. Stacks intensity.
• Protection

  33% damage reduction. Stacks in duration.
• Quickening Zephyr

  Prevents healing. It typically seen as a mechanic to offset a beneficial effect such as quickness.
• Quickness

  Makes all skills and actions 50% faster.
• Regeneration

  Regenerates X health per second. Stacks in duration.
• Rejuvenation

  Regenerates health. This effect is exclusive to the guardian profession through the Virtue of Resolve.
• Resistance

  Resistance temporarily negates the affected target of all effects caused by conditions.
• Retaliation

  Does X damage to an opponent each time they hit you. Stacks in duration.
• Smiting

  Causes every fifth attack to apply burning. This effect is exclusive to the guardian profession.
• Stability

  Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, or feared.
• Stealth

  Allows the user to be invisible to enemy players and avoid being spotted by enemy NPCs.
• Swiftness

  33% movement speed increase. Stacks in duration.
• Vigor

  Faster endurance regeneration. Stacks in duration.

Conditions

• Agony

  Agony is an effect unique to Fractals of the Mists that removes a percentage of the player's health every second and reduces received healing by ~50%.
• Bleeding

  Bleeding is a stackable condition that deals damage over time.
• Blind

  Causes the target's next hit to miss instead.
• Burning

  Inflicts X damage per second. Stacks in duration.
• Chilled

  Reduces movement speed and skill recharge by 66%. Stacks in duration.
• Confusion

  Inflicts X damage each time a foe uses skill. Stacks in intensity.
• Crippled

  Crippled is a condition which decreases movement speed by 50%. Stacks in duration.
• Fear

  Causes the target to run directly away from the caster.
• Immobilized

  Immobilized is a condition which prevents movement and dodging. Victims also can't turn. Stacks in duration.
• Poison

  Inflicts X damage per second. Reduces outgoing heals by 33%. Stacks in duration.
• Slow

  Slow is a condition that reduces the activation time of skills and abilities.
• Taunt

  Taunt is a control effect that forces the affected target to run towards the source of taunt with all skills except stun breakers disabled while using their auto-attack skill.
• Torment

  Deals damage every second; deals additional damage if moving; stacks intensity.
• Vulnerability

  Increases damage the target takes by 1%. Stacks in intensity.
• Weakness

  Causes 50% of attacks to be glancing and reduces endurance regeneration by 50%. Stacks in duration.

Control

• Break Stun

  Stun break is an effect which can break control effects on a character.
• Daze

  Interrupts and prevents the target from using skills for a period of time.
• Float

  Forces the affected target(s) to move towards the surface.
• Knockdown

  Interrupts and causes the foe to be unable to move or use skills for a short duration. Knocked down foes fall to the ground.
• Launch

  Interrupts and tosses a character into the air.
• Pull

  Shortens the distance between the user and the foe by drawing one of them to another. If a foe is pulled, this can result in an interrupt.
• Push

  Physically pushes foes away from the player and interrupts them.
• Sink

  Forces the affected target(s) to move away from the surface.
• Stun

  Interrupts, immobilizes, and incapacitates foes for a short duration.
• Teleport

  Teleport to target location.
• Teleport

  Teleport (alternatively, flash) is a mechanic that causes the user or target(s) to instantly move from one location to another.

Fields & Finishers

• Dark Field

  Dark Combo Effects
  
  Blast Finisher: Area Blindness
  Leap Finisher: Blindness
  Projectile Finisher: Life stealing
  Whirl Finsher: Leeching Bolts
• Ethereal Field

  Ethereal Combo Effects
  
  Blast Finisher: Area Chaos Armor
  Leap Finisher: Chaos Armor
  Projectile Finisher: Confusion
  Whirl Finsher: Confounding Bolts
• Fire Field

  Fire Combo Effects
  
  Blast Finisher: Area Might
  Leap Finisher: Fire Shield
  Projectile Finisher: Burning
  Whirl Finsher: Burning Bolts
• Ice Field

  Ice Combo Effects
  
  Blast Finisher: Area Frost Aura
  Leap Finisher: Frost Aura
  Projectile Finisher: Chilled
  Whirl Finsher: Chilling Bolts
• Light Field

  Light Combo Effects
  
  Blast Finisher: Area Retaliation
  Leap Finisher: Retaliation
  Projectile Finisher: Remove Condition
  Whirl Finsher: Cleansing Bolts
• Lightning Field

  Lightning Combo Effects
  
  Blast Finisher: Area Swiftness
  Leap Finisher: Dazing Strike
  Projectile Finisher: Vulnerability
  Whirl Finsher: Brutal Bolts
• Poison Field

  Poison Combo Effects
  
  Blast Finisher: Area Weakness
  Leap Finisher: Weakness
  Projectile Finisher: Poison
  Whirl Finsher: Poison Bolts
• Revealed

  Revealed is an effect applied when stealth is broken, for example by entering combat or exiting a Shadow Refuge circle prematurely.
• Smoke Field

  Smoke Combo Effects
  
  Blast Finisher: Area Stealth
  Leap Finisher: Stealth
  Projectile Finisher: Blindness
  Whirl Finsher: Blinding Bolts
• Super Speed

  Activate your slick shoes, enabling you to move at superior speeds.
• Water Field

  Water Combo Effects
  
  Blast Finisher: Area Healing
  Leap Finisher: Healing
  Projectile Finisher: Regeneration
  Whirl Finsher: Healing Bolts

• Blast Finisher

  Blast Combo Effects
  
  Dark: Area Blindness
  Ethereal: Area Chaos Armor
  Fire: Area Might
  Ice: Area Frost Aura
  Light: Area Retaliation
  Lightning: Area Swiftness
  Poison: Area Weakness
  Smoke: Area Stealth
  Water: Area Healing
• Leap Finisher

  Leap Combo Effects
  
  Dark: Blindness
  Ethereal: Chaos Armor
  Fire: Fire Shield
  Ice: Frost Aura
  Light: Retaliation
  Lightning: Dazing Strike
  Poison: Weakness
  Smoke: Stealth
  Water: Healing
• Projectile Finisher

  Projectile Combo Effects
  
  Dark: Life stealing
  Ethereal: Confusion
  Fire: Burning
  Ice: Chilled
  Light: Remove Condition
  Lightning: Vulnerability
  Poison: Poison
  Smoke: Blindness
  Water: Regeneration
• Whirl Finisher

  Whirl Combo Effects
  
  Dark: Leeching Bolts
  Ethereal: Confounding Bolts
  Fire: Burning Bolts
  Ice: Chilling Bolts
  Light: Cleansing Bolts
  Lightning: Brutal Bolts
  Poison: Poison Bolts
  Smoke: Blinding Bolts
  Water: Healing Bolts