Curse

Siren · Jul 06, 2005, 11:10 PM // 23:10

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Class: Ranger / Mesmer

Attributes: (cost) '+' indicates Rune attributes
Expertise: 11+2 (77)
Marksmanship: 10+1 (61)
Wilderness Survival: 10+2 (61)

Total attribute points used: 199/200

Skills: [Attribute] (Energy, Cast Time, Recharge TIme)
1) Precision Shot [Marksmanship] (10,0,6) Bow Attack: If Precision Shot hits, you strike for +17 damage. Precision Shot cannot be blocked or evaded. This action is easily interrupted.[Droknar's Forge (Bartoch) Quest: The Forgotten Ones]

2) Savage Shot [Marksmanship] (10,0,5) Bow Attack: If Savage Shot hits, your target's action is interrupted. If that action was a spell, you strike for 24 damage.[The Amnoon Oasis (Tengsao) Quest: Blood and Smoke]

3) Concussion Shot [Marksmanship] (25,0,10) Bow Attack: If Concussion Shot hits while target foe is casting a spell, the spell is interrupted and your target is dazed for 16 seconds. This attack deals only 12 damage.[Droknar's Forge (Bartoch) Quest: The Royal Papers]

4) Lightning Reflexes [Expertise] (10,0,60) Stance: For 10 seconds, you have a 75% chance to evade melee and arrow attacks, and you attack 33% faster.[Yak's Bend (Captain Osric)]

5) Ignite Arrows [Wilderness Survival] (10,2,12) Preparation: For 24 seconds, your arrows explode on contact, dealing 15 fire damage.[Ascalon City (Sir Bertran)]

6) Throw Dirt [Expertise] (5,1,45) Skill: Target touched foe and foes adjacent to your target become blinded for 14 seconds.[Quarrel Falls (Sorim) Quest: The Ascalon Settlement]

7) Quickening Zephyr [Wilderness Survival] (5,5,60) Nature Ritual: Create a level 8 Spirit. For creatures within its range, all skills recharge twice as fast as normal and cost 30% more energy to cast. This Spirit dies after 126 seconds.[Yak's Bend (Captain Osric) Quest: The Charr Staging Area]

8) Troll Unguent [Wilderness Survival] (5,3,10) Skill: For 10 seconds, you gain health regeneration +9.[Ascalon City (Sir Bertran) Quest: Ranger Test, Endangered Species]

Thoughts? I don't quite have time to explain this skill set, but it's primarily centered around energy/recharge time reduction. Figure if I can get the loop going...it may work out well.

Thanks.

~Siren

Flame Skyborn · Jul 06, 2005, 11:40 PM // 23:40

The most noticeable problem I see is that if you have Quickening Zephyr up, you can't use Concussion Shot. 25 energy at 30% more is 32.5 energy, and Druid's Armor (Energy Boosting Ranger Armor) only takes you to 32 energy.

Edit: Ack, forgot about Expertise. It still will cost you a bit to get Concussion Shot off though.

Jijimuge · Jul 06, 2005, 11:40 PM // 23:40

I'm not that hot on rangers, but I do know my maths....

You have (from runes and equipment) a +2, +1 and +2 to your attribs.

So that's a minor plus a mask, a minor and a major.

I'd suggest that you may as well convert that major into a superior for the extra +1 to an attribute as it'll only cost an extra -25 health, and superior ranger runes don't tend to cost all that much these days except for marksmanship.

I think it'd be good for expertise, as it would lower the cost of your 10 energy cost skills from 5 to 4 (and of concussion shot from 12 to 11).

There's a table here on guildwarsguru at

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/content...sts-id1154.php

You may prefer the damage of savage shot, but have you considered distracting shot in preference to savage shot?

Izzy Izumi · Jul 06, 2005, 11:41 PM // 23:41

The loop I don't see is the way you'll get your mana back after using those shots. I'd maybe using something like Marksman's Wager or Oath Shot to get that energy back. If you do things right as a Ranger, you'll only REALLY need one defensive skill.

my .2 cents are not worth *anything* in PvP though, so dont' trust that opinion.

Neo-LD · Jul 07, 2005, 12:04 AM // 00:04

This build takes a whole bunch of skills that I dont particularly like. A few preferences of mine would lead me to take out precision for penetrating, ignite for kindle, and unguent for whirling. There are others too but they would completely cahnge your build.

Then again, looking at your build I definately got the sense that this guy could get the job done, though it would be ugly (this thread is aptly named) The only bug I see that definately needs work is that QZ + Conc Shot = no thx energy cost. Drop one. You lack an elite, so maybe you could add poison arrow or greater conflag to go along with the "ugly but effective" theme.

Oh, and I would change that +2 expertise to +3 by going switching to a superior rune. (someone already said that) 14 expertise will make 10 mana stuff (savage, precision, lightning, ignite) cost 4 instead of 5 at 13 expertise.