Curse

DarthShadow · Nov 13, 2005, 08:05 PM // 20:05

I'm looking to see which of these 8 builds would be the best overall for missions/farming/PvP/GvG/running

W/E
Swordsmanship
Air Magic

Pros: Damage Dealing
Cons: Open to Hexing

W/E
Hammer Mastery
Earth Magic

Pros:Knockdown! Damage. Interruption. Defense.
Cons:Open to hexing, energy shortage.

W/Mo
Swordsmanship
Healing Prayers

Pros: Balance
Cons: Balance

W/Mo
Axe Mastery
Smiting Prayers

Pros

amage and Conditions for EVERYONE! LOTS of Adrenaline and Energy.
Cons:Again, lack of defense. Hexing up t3h ass.

R/E
Marksmanship
Air Magic

Pros: Long Range Dessimation
Cons: not "close range" dessimation

R/Mo
Marksmanship
Healing Prayers

Pros:long living
Cons:less damaging

R/Mo
Marksmanship
Smiting Prayers

Pros

amage for the close and the not-so-close
Cons:little defense

OR!!!

R/Me
Marksmanship
Survival Mastery
Expertise

Pros: Spammable Damage and ailments, livibility.
Cons:hexs pwn u

I know... it depends on the skills in your skill bar right? It's a generalization; not a perfect chart of do's and dont's.

Allmightybob · Nov 14, 2005, 05:06 PM // 17:06

The Axe/Smite W/Mo for GvG and Tombs

jesh · Nov 14, 2005, 07:46 PM // 19:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarthShadow

W/E
Swordsmanship
Air Magic

Pros: Damage Dealing
Cons: Open to Hexing (agree, and no condition removal either)

W/E
Hammer Mastery
Earth Magic

Pros:Knockdown! Damage. Interruption. Defense.
Cons:Open to hexing, energy shortage. (agree)

W/Mo
Swordsmanship
Healing Prayers

Pros: Balance
Cons: Balance (rather do protection so you can actually help your team)

W/Mo
Axe Mastery
Smiting Prayers

Pros

amage and Conditions for EVERYONE! LOTS of Adrenaline and Energy.
Cons:Again, lack of defense. Hexing up t3h ass. (Eh, not my thing, but whatever)

R/E
Marksmanship
Air Magic

Pros: Long Range Dessimation
Cons: not "close range" dessimation (bow damage doesn't change with distance, I don't know what this is supposed to mean)

R/Mo
Marksmanship
Healing Prayers

Pros:long living
Cons:less damaging ( your ranger shouldn't have a hard time living anyway)

R/Mo
Marksmanship
Smiting Prayers

Pros

amage for the close and the not-so-close
Cons:little defense (where did you get this? Try the expertise line for defense.)

OR!!!

R/Me
Marksmanship
Survival Mastery
Expertise

Pros: Spammable Damage and ailments, livibility.
Cons:hexs pwn u (hexes can be gotten rid of quite easily with a mesmer secondary)

My input is all in parenthesis. By the way, no matter what kind of ranger you have, I mock you if you have less than 10 expertise. That's just stupid.