Ranger PvE | Fun Longbow, Greatsword | Damage General PvE / WvW Mobility

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Summary

My most usual build for both PvE and WvW.

 

It is focused on being extremely mobile; dealing immense damage to your foe/mob and escaping battle quickly. I often swap to Sword/Warhorn, Sword/Dagger, or Axe/Torch as well depending on the situation.

 

When fighting larger groups of foes, I will switch armour sets to Knight's gear with Runes of Lyssa.


I. Weapons and Skills

Kudzu
  • Weapon Strength: 920-1080
  • Power: 179
  • Toughness: 128
  • Vitality: 128
  • Weapon Strength: -
Berserker's Greatsword
  • Weapon Strength: 995-1100
  • Power: 239
  • Precision: 171
  • Ferocity: 171
  • Weapon Strength: -
Berserker's Harpoon Gun
  • Weapon Strength: 905-1000
  • Power: 120
  • Precision: 85
  • Ferocity: 85
Berserker's Spear
  • Weapon Strength: 905-1000
  • Power: 120
  • Precision: 85
  • Ferocity: 85
  • Stalk30
    Pet skills. Gain stealth.
    Duration: 6Range: 1,200
  • Slash½
    Slash at your foe, leaving them vulnerable.
    Damage: 129Vulnerability: 5 sRange: 130
  • Bite½ 8
    Bite your foe for heavy damage.
    Damage: 259Range: 130
  • Maul½ 20
    Slash a foe multiple times and make them bleed.
    Damage: 74Range: 130
  • Long Range Shot¾
    Shoot your foe from long range. The farther the arrow flies, the more damage it does.
    1000+ range: 317500-100 range: 2290-500 range: 176Combo Finisher: Projectile (20% chance)Range: 1,500
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  • Rapid Fire5 8
    Fire multiple arrows at your foe.
    Damage (10x): 1,320Vulnerability: 8 sCombo Finisher: Projectile (20% chance)Range: 1,500
    • 0
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  • Hunter's Shot9½
    Fire an arrow and vanish in stealth. Your pet gains swiftness.
    Damage: 141Stealth: 3 sSwiftness: (pet) 10 sCombo Finisher: ProjectileRange: 1,500
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  • Healing Spring ½ 30
    Trap. Create a healing spring that heals you, your pet, and your allies. It also cures conditions on allies.
    Healing: 4,920x6Regeneration: 3 s (2340 health)Radius: 240Duration: 15Combo Field: Water
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  • Lightning Reflexes40
    Survival. Evade back with a crack of lightning, dealing damage and gaining vigor.
    Vigor: 10 sDamage: 244Breaks stun
    • 0
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  • Quickening Zephyr60
    Survival. You and your pet gain quickness and super speed.
    Quickness: 6 sSuper Speed: 6 s
    • 0
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  • Signet of Renewal60
    Signet Passive: Cures a condition every ten seconds.
    Signet Active: Your pet pulls all conditions from nearby allies to itself.
    Breaks stun
    • 0
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  • Entangle ¾ 60
    Survival. Entangle your foe. They are immobile until the vines are destroyed.
    Duration: 20Damage: 49Bleeding: 8 s (6800 damage)Immobilized: 1 sRange: 600
    • 0
      Swiftness:

Weapon and Skill Details

Longbow is used very offensively, to bring the enemy's HP as low as possible while you are approaching them, then Greatsword is used to get in your enemy's face and continue this damage. In an ideal situation, the foe will be downed before I even make a full skill rotation.

 

When I don't need range at all, I will most usually combine Sword/Warhorn with Greatsword for the blast finisher, fury and dps.


II. Traits

Adept Master Grandmaster

Trait Details

I often adjust my Marks and Skirm 20 Traits appropriately (usually IV or VI and VII, respectively) when not using Longbow and will switch Wild 10 to I when roaming and not in threat of combat.


III. Stat Specifics & Effects

Primary Stats

  • Health 17202 (+1280)
  • Vitality 1044 (+128)
  • Armor 2308 (+328)
  • Toughness 1244 (+328)
  • Attack 3703 (+1707)
  • Power 2623 (+1707)
  • Critical Hit 63% (+63%)
  • Precision 2231 (+1315)

Secondary Stats

  • Agony Resistance 25 (+25)
  • Condition Damage 200 (+200)
  • Condition Duration 20% (+20%)
  • Critical Damage 77% (+77%)
  • Damage 1080 (+0%)
  • Defense 1064 (+0)
  • Experience from Kills 20% (+20%)
  • Ferocity 1165 (+1165)
  • Gold from Monsters 20% (+20%)

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
Combo
  • 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

Stat and Effect Details

Work in Progress.


IV. Food, Armor, Trinkets & Upgrade Items

Food Nourishment

Plate of Truffle Steak
Duration: 30min
Power: 100
Precision: 70
Experience from Kills: 10%
  • (30min)
  • Power: 100
  • Precision: 70
  • Experience from Kills: 10%

Utility Nourishment

Superior Sharpening Stone
Duration: 30min
Gain power equal to 6% of your toughness
Gain power equal to 4% of your vitality
Experience from Kills: 10%
  • (30min)
  • Gain power equal to 6% of your toughness
  • Gain power equal to 4% of your vitality
  • Experience from Kills: 10%

Armor & Runes

Berserker's Emblazoned Helm
  • Defense: 97
  • Power: 60
  • Precision: 43
  • Ferocity: 43
Superior Rune of the Ranger
  1. Precision: 25
  2. Ferocity: 35
  3. Precision: 50
  4. Ferocity: 65
  5. Precision: 100
  6. +7% damage while you have an active companion.
Berserker's Emblazoned Shoulders
  • Defense: 97
  • Power: 45
  • Precision: 32
  • Ferocity: 32
Superior Rune of the Ranger
  1. Precision: 25
  2. Ferocity: 35
  3. Precision: 50
  4. Ferocity: 65
  5. Precision: 100
  6. +7% damage while you have an active companion.
Berserker's Emblazoned Coat
  • Defense: 338
  • Power: 134
  • Precision: 96
  • Ferocity: 96
Superior Rune of the Ranger
  1. Precision: 25
  2. Ferocity: 35
  3. Precision: 50
  4. Ferocity: 65
  5. Precision: 100
  6. +7% damage while you have an active companion.
Berserker's Emblazoned Gloves
  • Defense: 157
  • Power: 45
  • Precision: 32
  • Ferocity: 32
Superior Rune of the Ranger
  1. Precision: 25
  2. Ferocity: 35
  3. Precision: 50
  4. Ferocity: 65
  5. Precision: 100
  6. +7% damage while you have an active companion.
Berserker's Emblazoned Pants
  • Defense: 218
  • Power: 90
  • Precision: 64
  • Ferocity: 64
Superior Rune of the Ranger
  1. Precision: 25
  2. Ferocity: 35
  3. Precision: 50
  4. Ferocity: 65
  5. Precision: 100
  6. +7% damage while you have an active companion.
Berserker's Emblazoned Boots
  • Defense: 157
  • Power: 45
  • Precision: 32
  • Ferocity: 32
Superior Rune of the Ranger
  1. Precision: 25
  2. Ferocity: 35
  3. Precision: 50
  4. Ferocity: 65
  5. Precision: 100
  6. +7% damage while you have an active companion.

Armor Stat Totals

  • Defense 1064
  • Precision 474
  • Ferocity 399
  • Power 419

Rune Bonuses

Superior Rune of the Ranger
  1. Precision: 25
  2. Ferocity: 35
  3. Precision: 50
  4. Ferocity: 65
  5. Precision: 100
  6. +7% damage while you have an active companion.

Accessories & Jewels

Distinguished Circle of LogicUtility Slot
  • Power: 157
  • Precision: 108
  • Ferocity: 108
Gilded InfusionUtility Infusion
  • Gold from Monsters: 20%
Berserker's BackOffensive Slot
  • Power: 63
  • Precision: 40
  • Ferocity: 40
(Infused)
Precise InfusionOffensive Infusion
  • Precision: 5
  • Agony Resistance: 5
Ring of Red DeathOffensive Slot
  • Power: 126
  • Precision: 85
  • Ferocity: 85
(Infused)
Versatile Simple InfusionOmni Infusion
  • Agony Resistance: 5
Crystalline BandDefensive Slot
  • Power: 126
  • Precision: 85
  • Ferocity: 85
(Infused)
Versatile Simple InfusionOmni Infusion
  • Agony Resistance: 5
Althea's AshesOffensive Slot
  • Power: 110
  • Precision: 74
  • Ferocity: 74
Versatile Simple InfusionOmni Infusion
  • Agony Resistance: 5
Magister's Field JournalDefensive Slot
  • Power: 110
  • Precision: 74
  • Ferocity: 74
Versatile Simple InfusionOmni Infusion
  • Agony Resistance: 5

Accessory Totals

  • Power:692
  • Precision:471
  • Ferocity:466
  • Gold from Monsters:20%
  • Agony Resistance:25

Weapon Set Sigils

Kudzu
  • Weapon Strength: 920-1080
  • Power: 179
  • Toughness: 128
  • Vitality: 128
  • Weapon Strength: -
Superior Sigil of Celerity
Gain a charge when you kill a foe. At 25 charges, you gain Quickness for 5 seconds. (You lose all stacks on down.)

Weapon Set I

Superior Sigil of Celerity

Gain a charge when you kill a foe. At 25 charges, you gain Quickness for 5 seconds. (You lose all stacks on down.)
Berserker's Greatsword
  • Weapon Strength: 995-1100
  • Power: 239
  • Precision: 171
  • Ferocity: 171
  • Weapon Strength: -
Sigil of Superior Energy
You gain 50% of your endurance when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (This effect cannot trigger more than once every 9s)

Weapon Set II

Sigil of Superior Energy

You gain 50% of your endurance when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (This effect cannot trigger more than once every 9s)
Berserker's Harpoon Gun
  • Weapon Strength: 905-1000
  • Power: 120
  • Precision: 85
  • Ferocity: 85
Berserker's Spear
  • Weapon Strength: 905-1000
  • Power: 120
  • Precision: 85
  • Ferocity: 85
Sigil of Superior Bloodlust
You gain +10 power each time you kill a foe. (max 25 stacks and ends on down or weapon change)
Sigil of Superior Speed
Gain Swiftness (20 seconds) on Killing a Foe.

Water Weapon I

Sigil of Superior Bloodlust

You gain +10 power each time you kill a foe. (max 25 stacks and ends on down or weapon change)

Water Weapon II

Sigil of Superior Speed

Gain Swiftness (20 seconds) on Killing a Foe.

Upgrade Item Details

Note that I use Superior Sigil of Bloodlust on my Longbow now, I just haven't found a way to update that yet and haven't been bothered to recreate the build.


V. Basic Gameplay

The best part about this skill and pet combination in my opinion is that it is also extremely capable of dealing great damage, evading damage and escaping from a trouble when necessary. Wolf Fear also provides a second stomp interrupt when downed, which has saved me more often than not.

 

Although I describe my usual offensive Skill Rotation, Entangle can be used defensively while Point Blank Shot, Lightning Reflexes and Swoop can all be utilized in order to distance yourself from the enemy. The weapon skills provide a couple cripple options and a daze option while all the utility skills are also stun breakers. Signet of Renewal is used only when absolutely necessary, but also to aid allies.


Main Skill Rotation

Hunter's Shot9½
Fire an arrow and vanish in stealth. Your pet gains swiftness.
Damage: 141Stealth: 3 sSwiftness: (pet) 10 sCombo Finisher: ProjectileRange: 1,500
Stalk30
Pet skills. Gain stealth.
Duration: 6Range: 1,200
Rapid Fire5 8
Fire multiple arrows at your foe.
Damage (10x): 1,320Vulnerability: 8 sCombo Finisher: Projectile (20% chance)Range: 1,500
Quickening Zephyr60
Survival. You and your pet gain quickness and super speed.
Quickness: 6 sSuper Speed: 6 s
Point Blank Shot½ 12
Push back your foe with a point-blank shot. The closer they are, the farther it pushes them back.
Damage: 282Knockback: 400Knockback: 500Knockback: 600Combo Finisher: ProjectileRange: 1,500
Swoop1¾ 9½
Run and leap at your foe, hitting them and nearby foes.
Damage: 517Combo Finisher: LeapRange: 1,100
Hilt Bash½ 20
Daze your foe with a hilt bash. Stun them if you hit from behind. Your pet's next attack does 50% more damage.
Damage: 185Daze: 1 sStun: 1 sRange: 300
Entangle ¾ 60
Survival. Entangle your foe. They are immobile until the vines are destroyed.
Duration: 20Damage: 49Bleeding: 8 s (6800 damage)Immobilized: 1 sRange: 600
Terrifying Howl2 45
Pet skills. Howl at foes to send them running in fear.
Damage: 49Fear: 2 sRange: 500
Maul¾ 4¾
Bleed your foe multiple times with a mauling strike.
Damage: 296x3Vulnerability: 8 sRange: 150
Slash½
Slash your foe.
Damage: 203Range: 150

An ideal situation will permit use of Hunter's Shot (with Stalk Jaguar), Rapid Fire (with Quickening Zephyr) and Point Blank Shot. Once you have exhausted these, I swap to my Greatsword for Swoop (to return to my enemy), Hilt Bash, Entangle, then Maul and Fear (Wolf) to finish them off with Slash/Slice/Stabs. If they get away from Entangle, I use Crippling Throw and then most skills are recharged again.


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