Curse

Caco Daemon · Apr 12, 2005, 09:31 PM // 21:31

Well, first of all, YES i have read ALL the builds on guildwarsguru.com about rangers/necros but I still have some questions. I want to make a PvP ranger/Necro becuase it seems to be a good combination. Which of the builds do you think would be best?

Davion · Apr 12, 2005, 10:41 PM // 22:41

I would say read through all the information available to you and give a go at designing one of your own..or using one of the ones already made in the next beta event to try them out. Not to mention it is hard to figure what would be "best" for you, without knowing first what angle you prefer.

Damage or interupt or DOT......either way, most choices you make won't go too far wrong (though you may have to be more specific about what role your character would play on the team PvP idea.)

walder · Apr 12, 2005, 10:44 PM // 22:44

I like playing R/N in Tombs becuase people are grouped together more than you might think. I would go with Curses, Exp, Marks and get Barrage-E, Mark of Pain, maybe Rigor Mortis and Weaken Armor. Pretty much what you want to do with a R/N is either debuff your target and spam attacks or go with the Blood line to steal health and spam attacks. I wouldn't dabble in Wilderness Survival for a R/N because the damage boost is handled much better with the Necro skills. You can even bring a pet along, let it die and use its corpse to raise minions. Combine this with Death Nova and other Ranger attacks and you have a decent build, the last one is hard to pull off though.

Caco Daemon · Apr 13, 2005, 01:02 AM // 01:02

allright thanks, I got an idea what im going to be doing PvP im going to be a diruptor, ranger/necro seems to be quite effecient at disrupting

Shrapnel_Magnet · Apr 13, 2005, 04:50 AM // 04:50

Why do you say that Caco? The Ranger/Mesmer would probably a better choice for disruption and/or energy denial.

As for Ranger/Necromancer... there are plenty of topics on this board that discuss them, check it out.

Ane is here... Ok, maybe there aren't a TON of them, but still.

Davion · Apr 13, 2005, 05:14 AM // 05:14

As far as the interrupt possibilities of a ranger/mesmer go..here's a recent one...Ranger/Mesmer

Not to mention another one..that shrapnel would know by heart here.
Shrapnel's Pirate King

And one by Blackace here Stars Galore

As far as your want to go with a Necro disrupter?..try this one..
Aladdar's Disrupting Archer
So that makes another Ranger/Necro disrupter build you could tinker off of as well.

Scaphism · Apr 13, 2005, 06:19 AM // 06:19

The best reason to play a Ranger/Necro, IMO, is for Rend Enchantments.

Rangers do terrific damage at range with good disruption as well.
Make a ranger build with mostly ranger skills, then put 3-5 points into curses for a decent Rend Enchantments. Add Shadow of Fear if you like.

Also, there may be some creative reasons for playing a Ranger/Mesmer for added disruption, but rangers have more than enough in their lines. If mesmer spells were affected by expertise it'd be worth looking into, but expertise does not affect spells. Rangers still have everything else going for them at the moment. (Except Shields Up...that's just GG rangers.)

Jia Xu · Apr 13, 2005, 01:49 PM // 13:49

personally i quite liking stacking mark of pain or barbs on someone then dual-shotting with favourable winds active. it worked pretty well last beta, although you must have competent monks, as no self heal, but at least you shouldn't be getting in the thick of it

here's my build from korean beta :
Class: Ranger / Necromancer

Assumed items:
+2 to Expertise
+1 to Marksmanship

Attributes: (cost)
Expertise: 10+2 (37)
Marksmanship: 11+1 (77)
Curses: 10 (77)

Total attribute points used: 191/200

Skills:
(Marksmanship)
1) Hunter's Shot - (5,0,5) If Hunter's Shot hits, you strike for +17 damage. If this attack hits a foe that is moving or knocked down, that foe begins bleeding for 21 seconds.
2) Dual Shot - (10,0,5) Shoot two arrows simultaneously at target foe. These arrows deal 25% less damage than normal.
3) Marksman's Wager (elite) - (5,2,24) For 12 seconds, you gain 8 energy whenever your arrows hit, but lose 10 energy whenever your arrows fail to strike. This is an elite skill.
4) Pin Down - (15,0,15) If Pin Down hits, your target is crippled for 13 seconds.
5) Favorable Winds - (5,5,60) Create a level 8 Spirit. For creatures within its range, arrows move twice as fast as normal and strike for +3 damage. This Spirit dies after 126 seconds.
(Curses)
6) Mark of Pain - (10,2,30) For 30 seconds, whenever target foe takes physical damage, Mark of Pain deals 32 shadow damage to adjacent enemies.
7) Barbs - (10,2,30) For 30 seconds, target foe takes 7 more damage when hit by physical damage.
8) Rend Enchantments - (10,3,30) Target foe loses 8 enchantments. For each Monk enchantment removed, you take 40 damage.

essentially stack hexes and fire as many arrows as you can. Marksman's wager is IMPORTANT, as this build is quite energy intensive. I topped up expertise to help reduce the energy cost of ranger skills, and rend enchantments is there to strip any superboosted warriors etc. who their team is stacking healing on. have fun - btw guys critique this one as well please