Ranger elite skills - Guild Wars Forums

Asrai · Jun 03, 2010, 03:08 PM // 15:08

Any ranger elite skills in prophesies you find worth keeping on the skill bar ? I have read through them a few times and don't find that any of the descriptions make me want to search them out. ( I do like the sound of glass arrows... but it's not prophesies ). If I am missing something and there is one you find invaluable, pls let me know. I run a marksman / pet build. Thanks!

MagmaRed · Jun 03, 2010, 03:14 PM // 15:14

Depends on what you are using it for. Several are good for various activities ranging from farming in PvE to PvP. Consider skills like Incendiary Arrows, Barrage, Crippling Shot, and Spike Trap. Barrage and a pet was extensively used for a lot of things for a really long time. It is still effective, just not as widely used. But the basis for that was in working with a team of Rangers all using a similar build and having multiple pets.

Quaker · Jun 03, 2010, 03:20 PM // 15:20

Depends upon whether or not you mean "only in Prophecies". Barrage is a very useful skill, but it's "core" so it's available in other campaigns.

Other than that, there are a few, like Greater Confligration, Spike Trap, Famine, & others, that are useful in particular builds. This is normal.

Eragon Zarroc · Jun 03, 2010, 03:47 PM // 15:47

Ferocious Strike could be good for your pet and give you energy ;-)

Asrai · Jun 03, 2010, 03:51 PM // 15:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quaker

Depends upon whether or not you mean "only in Prophecies". Barrage is a very useful skill, but it's "core" so it's available in other campaigns.

Other than that, there are a few, like Greater Confligration, Spike Trap, Famine, & others, that are useful in particular builds. This is normal.

I only have prophesies atm, so no elites from other campaigns as yet. I was just wondering if any rangers considered any particular elite skill a must have....

Dzjudz · Jun 03, 2010, 04:09 PM // 16:09

Barrage is a staple elite skill, but usually used in conjunction with weapon spells (splinter weapon, great dwarf weapon) since it removes preparations. Another solution for prophecies only is to go R/E and combine it with the elementalist Conjure skills to boost the damage.

Ugh · Jun 03, 2010, 04:20 PM // 16:20

As others have said, Barrage and IA are good options. Marksman's Wager can also be used to spam skills like Penetrating Attack and Sundering Attack. You'd probably want to use that with a conjure as well, since prophecies doesn't give you access to skills like Asuran Scan.

wilebill · Jun 03, 2010, 04:23 PM // 16:23

Go http://guildwars.wikia.com/wiki/Elite_skills_list and look at the skills list under Prophecies Ranger.

I started in Prophecies long ago and found many of them very useful. Melandru's Resilience is wonderful in an area with lots of conditions and hexes. Poison Arrow, Crippling Shot, and Punishing Shot were also great favorites.

Click on the name of each and see advice on usage.

ac1inferno · Jun 03, 2010, 06:05 PM // 18:05

As a Ranger using a bow in PvE, [[Barrage] is about the only thing going for you. Otherwise, you would use an Elite from your secondary profession.

ACWhammy · Jun 03, 2010, 06:09 PM // 18:09

Melandrus Resilience - I've used this in a solo farm build especially in Jaya Bluffs. One of my favorite/fun skills

Barrage - Gets boring after a while but it is very effective and I use it in most team builds with other players.

Ferocious Strike - a fun pet elite that helps with energy management.

Hope this helped!

AC

MagmaRed · Jun 03, 2010, 07:35 PM // 19:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by ac1inferno

As a Ranger using a bow in PvE, [[Barrage] is about the only thing going for you. Otherwise, you would use an Elite from your secondary profession.

I highly disagree with this statement. Outside of elites from other campaigns (Glass Arrows, Magebane Shot, Broad Head Arrow, etc.) you still have skills like Incendiary Arrows. The benefit of Incendiary Arrows over Barrage is the use of a preparation, and it only loses half the AoE ability. And yet you have Escape which works well for using other weapons (Hammer, Scythe, Daggers).

I rarely use anything but a bow on my Ranger, and yet I rarely use Barrage in PvE. It has uses, but I prefer other options.

Amy Awien · Jun 03, 2010, 07:45 PM // 19:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Asrai

Any ranger elite skills in prophesies you find worth keeping on the skill bar ?

A good deal of the ranger elites that are used frequently are either core or prophecies.

From the top of my head
Barrage, from Core
Crippling Shot and Incendiary Arrows from Prophecies
BHA and Glass Arrows from Factions
Magebane Shot and Burning Arrow from Nightfall

Incendiary Arrows can do more then would be apparant on first sight, keep in mind that it doesn't remove preps, like Barrage, and it hits nearby foes. But it's in Wilderness Survival which makes it hard to combine with a pet and a bow.

Melandru's Arrow, also in Wilderness Survival, plus it's +damage depends on foes being enchanted. But it hits harder then Glass Arrows.

Ferocious Strike may be worthwhile, has been the staple of thumpers for a long time.

Melandru's Resilience can have application in hex/condition heavy area's.

Punishing shot may have application but is, I think, too expensive to be a match for other interrupts (elite or not).

For Pet/Bow the choice is probably more limited anyway, the real nice ones came with Factions.

Snograt · Jun 03, 2010, 07:56 PM // 19:56

I loves me some Barrage. Only downside is that you can't use it with preparations. Aforementioned Splinter Weapon or a Conjure can make for some pretty number-clouds, though.

Meridon · Jun 03, 2010, 09:18 PM // 21:18

I think you should seriously consider Punishing Shot. It's a skill that's often forgotten, but it's actually very good. It will help you learn how to interrupt, and is great with Apply Poison in general Prophecies areas. You'll be able to deal with nasty casters much better with it.

Incendiary Arrows is nice, but you should only consider it when you are willing to bring traps along, since there's not much else in Wilderness Survival for Prophecies characters apart from that and Apply Poison. Bring a Dust Trap, and a Flame Trap, for some good AoE damage. Whirling Defense and Troll Unguent give you plenty of survivability.

If you only have Prophecies, you should only run Barrage if you are R/E. Take Barrage + Mark of Rodgort + Conjure Flame + Glyph of Lesser Energy, with 8 in Fire Magic, and you're able to lay down some good amounts of damage.

Oath Shot can be nice, if you are planning to go full-time trapper. Take Whirling Defense along, and as much traps and Energy Management as you can get, along with Troll Unguent.[

BrettM · Jun 04, 2010, 01:13 AM // 01:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Meridon

Incendiary Arrows is nice, but you should only consider it when you are willing to bring traps along, since there's not much else in Wilderness Survival for Prophecies characters apart from that and Apply Poison.

Choking Gas works well with IA, since IA hits multiple opponents in a nearby range, not just adjacent, and Choking Gas will spread to all foes adjacent to those. That gives it quite a range if you have a mess of casters to interrupt.

tijo · Jun 04, 2010, 02:40 AM // 02:40

The two i mostly use from prophecies are barrage and incendiary arrows. I used to use barrage a lot, i use it a lot less now. As some people said, it gets boring. I'd be more inclined to use IA now. My favorite is still Broad Head Arrow (factions) + epidemic so for now it's not an option for you. You might be able to work out something nice with IA, and epidemic though depending on the length of the burning condition and other preparations you bring with you.

I like brett's suggestion to go IA with chocking gas, it could lead to some nice interrupts like BHA + epidemic.

ac1inferno · Jun 04, 2010, 03:04 AM // 03:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by MagmaRed

Outside of elites from other campaigns (Glass Arrows, Magebane Shot, Broad Head Arrow, etc.) you still have skills like Incendiary Arrows. The benefit of Incendiary Arrows over Barrage is the use of a preparation, and it only loses half the AoE ability. And yet you have Escape which works well for using other weapons (Hammer, Scythe, Daggers).

[[Glass Arrows (PvE)] won't do much for you since single target damage isn't really that good in PvE, [[Magebane Shot] is more for PvP since you don't really need to use an Elite for an interrupt in PvE, [[Broad Head Arrow] is kind of a wasted Elite when there's a PvE skill to cause daze.

[[Incendiary Arrows] makes you lose out on a lot of AoE and there aren't much preparations worth bringing. If you're thinking [[Ignite Arrows], it causes scatter so you will lose your clump for the AoE. And there's not much use for [[Escape (PvE)] outside of running when you can use [[Lightning Reflexes] with [[Dwarven Stability] and free up your elite slot for an elite from the weapon's attribute.

Jun 03, 2010, 03:08 PM // 15:08	#1
Asrai Academy Page Join Date: Apr 2010 Profession: N/Mo	Ranger elite skills Any ranger elite skills in prophesies you find worth keeping on the skill bar ? I have read through them a few times and don't find that any of the descriptions make me want to search them out. ( I do like the sound of glass arrows... but it's not prophesies ). If I am missing something and there is one you find invaluable, pls let me know. I run a marksman / pet build. Thanks!

Jun 03, 2010, 07:56 PM // 19:56	#13
Snograt rattus rattus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: London, UK GMT??0 ??1hr DST Guild: [GURU]GW [wiki]GW2 Profession: R/	I loves me some Barrage. Only downside is that you can't use it with preparations. Aforementioned Splinter Weapon or a Conjure can make for some pretty number-clouds, though. __________________ Si non confectus, non reficiat

Jun 03, 2010, 03:14 PM // 15:14	#2
MagmaRed Furnace Stoker Join Date: Mar 2007 Guild: Our Crabs Know True [LOVE] Profession: R/	Depends on what you are using it for. Several are good for various activities ranging from farming in PvE to PvP. Consider skills like Incendiary Arrows, Barrage, Crippling Shot, and Spike Trap. Barrage and a pet was extensively used for a lot of things for a really long time. It is still effective, just not as widely used. But the basis for that was in working with a team of Rangers all using a similar build and having multiple pets.

Jun 03, 2010, 03:20 PM // 15:20	#3
Quaker Hell's Protector Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Canada Guild: Brothers Disgruntled	Depends upon whether or not you mean "only in Prophecies". Barrage is a very useful skill, but it's "core" so it's available in other campaigns. Other than that, there are a few, like Greater Confligration, Spike Trap, Famine, & others, that are useful in particular builds. This is normal.

Jun 03, 2010, 03:47 PM // 15:47	#4
Eragon Zarroc Atra estern?? ono thelduin Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Madness Incarnate Guild: [Duo] Profession: W/P	Ferocious Strike could be good for your pet and give you energy ;-)

Jun 03, 2010, 04:09 PM // 16:09	#6
Dzjudz Furnace Stoker Join Date: Jun 2005 Guild: gwpvx.com/user:dzjudz	Barrage is a staple elite skill, but usually used in conjunction with weapon spells (splinter weapon, great dwarf weapon) since it removes preparations. Another solution for prophecies only is to go R/E and combine it with the elementalist Conjure skills to boost the damage.

Jun 03, 2010, 04:20 PM // 16:20	#7
Ugh Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jun 2009 Profession: R/	As others have said, Barrage and IA are good options. Marksman's Wager can also be used to spam skills like Penetrating Attack and Sundering Attack. You'd probably want to use that with a conjure as well, since prophecies doesn't give you access to skills like Asuran Scan.

Jun 03, 2010, 04:23 PM // 16:23	#8
wilebill Desert Nomad Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Mt Vernon, Ohio Guild: Band of the Hawk Profession: W/Mo	Go http://guildwars.wikia.com/wiki/Elite_skills_list and look at the skills list under Prophecies Ranger. I started in Prophecies long ago and found many of them very useful. Melandru's Resilience is wonderful in an area with lots of conditions and hexes. Poison Arrow, Crippling Shot, and Punishing Shot were also great favorites. Click on the name of each and see advice on usage.

Jun 03, 2010, 06:05 PM // 18:05	#9
ac1inferno Desert Nomad Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Boston Guild: We D Shot Your Stances [GODS] Profession: A/W	As a Ranger using a bow in PvE, [[Barrage] is about the only thing going for you. Otherwise, you would use an Elite from your secondary profession.

Jun 03, 2010, 06:09 PM // 18:09	#10
ACWhammy Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Texas Guild: Gold Trim Guild [gtg] Profession: R/	Melandrus Resilience - I've used this in a solo farm build especially in Jaya Bluffs. One of my favorite/fun skills Barrage - Gets boring after a while but it is very effective and I use it in most team builds with other players. Ferocious Strike - a fun pet elite that helps with energy management. Hope this helped! AC

Jun 03, 2010, 09:18 PM // 21:18	#14
Meridon Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Dec 2008 Guild: Funny Business Inc [FBI]	I think you should seriously consider Punishing Shot. It's a skill that's often forgotten, but it's actually very good. It will help you learn how to interrupt, and is great with Apply Poison in general Prophecies areas. You'll be able to deal with nasty casters much better with it. Incendiary Arrows is nice, but you should only consider it when you are willing to bring traps along, since there's not much else in Wilderness Survival for Prophecies characters apart from that and Apply Poison. Bring a Dust Trap, and a Flame Trap, for some good AoE damage. Whirling Defense and Troll Unguent give you plenty of survivability. If you only have Prophecies, you should only run Barrage if you are R/E. Take Barrage + Mark of Rodgort + Conjure Flame + Glyph of Lesser Energy, with 8 in Fire Magic, and you're able to lay down some good amounts of damage. Oath Shot can be nice, if you are planning to go full-time trapper. Take Whirling Defense along, and as much traps and Energy Management as you can get, along with Troll Unguent.[

Jun 04, 2010, 02:40 AM // 02:40	#16
tijo Jungle Guide Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Montreal Guild: [CDDR] Profession: R/	The two i mostly use from prophecies are barrage and incendiary arrows. I used to use barrage a lot, i use it a lot less now. As some people said, it gets boring. I'd be more inclined to use IA now. My favorite is still Broad Head Arrow (factions) + epidemic so for now it's not an option for you. You might be able to work out something nice with IA, and epidemic though depending on the length of the burning condition and other preparations you bring with you. I like brett's suggestion to go IA with chocking gas, it could lead to some nice interrupts like BHA + epidemic.