Curse

IAmFlip · Feb 12, 2007, 12:11 AM // 00:11

Well right now I'm rushing through factions to get Glass Arrows. Since it's recent buff I was thinking of a spike damage build for rangers. This is my ideal build:

1) Glass Arrows [E]
2) Marauder's Shot
3) Penetrating/Sundering Shot
4) Needling Shot
5) Distracting Shot
6) Savage Shot
7) Either Mending Touch or Whirling Defense
8) Res

I never really tested this out since I don't have Glass Arrows yet. If anyone have advices, I would appreciate it.

Right now this is the build I'm using:

1) Burning Arrow [E]
2) Read The Wind
3) Marauder's Shot
4) Forked Arrows/Sundering Attack
5) Distracting Shot
6) Savage Shot
7) Mending Touch/Whirling Defense
8) Res

Both of these builds have the same Attributes:
- Marksmanship - 12+3+1
- Expertise - 12+1

Right now, I really don't know what weapon to use for this build. I use Forgotten Longbow (15^50 20/20 +30) or a Vampiric Recurve Bow with 15^50 and +30. I need suggestions on what bow is best suited for this build.

Right now with this build, I can deal 70+ damage each hit, 50+ to warriors, even hitting 100+ with Marauder's Shot. I don't know if any of these builds are actually good, but I run my build pretty well in all 3 campaigns. I would also like opinions on which build is better.

Evilsod · Feb 12, 2007, 12:45 AM // 00:45

You can't really spike on your own...

Thats why we were given Heros

3x Marauders Shot/Punishing Shot is enough to kill Margonite casters instantly. Alternatively you can just give them all different builds and completely tear things apart through degen and interrupts.

IAmFlip · Feb 12, 2007, 01:01 AM // 01:01

Yeah, I have to reword what i wrote lol. What I meant was a high damage build.

XvArchonvX · Feb 12, 2007, 01:22 AM // 01:22

I played around with this for a while, but the sad thing is that a dervish with no attack skills will outdamage you by far against any 60 AL enemies even if you use an attack skill with every attack. This will outdamage a skilless dervish against a 100 AL enemy, but not by much. This is not to say that any attack skill based build on a ranger is bad, but if pure dps is the only goal, a ranger won't achieve this as well as other classes.

pingu666 · Feb 12, 2007, 01:57 AM // 01:57

there good

u motivated me to go cap glass arrows...
and its nice

it works per arrow, so i stuck this together
marks 16, exp 13 (actully i think 15marks and 14exp maybe be better)

savage
marauders shot
forked arrow
needling shot
dual shot
glass arrows
troll/stance of choice
res

going against test targets, it works real well
dual shot, and certainly forked arrow do 100~damage (2 arrows combined)
highest mauder's hit has been 125! + 5 from vamp

nice find

in hex heavy area's u could drop forked for something else, speed buff maybe?

Evilsod · Feb 12, 2007, 01:59 AM // 01:59

Thats the glory of Punishing Shot. It can be used in high damage spike builds and acts as in interrupt too so you still have the disruption aspect.

pingu666 · Feb 12, 2007, 02:22 AM // 02:22

the dps with my build isnt too bad :O

with my assassin, and assassins promise, i can knock down the 4 test dummies before the first pops back up.

with my build i got to 3, but theres no deep wound.., or skill recharge..

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Augury_of_Death is a possible..

pingu666 · Feb 12, 2007, 02:48 AM // 02:48

AOD is sweet. needling shot is redundant...
id say..

marks 16 (3 +1), exp 14 (+2) (actully i think 15marks and 14exp maybe be better) 3 pn deadly, or drop 1 from marks/exp and have 6 on deadly, health runes will makeup partly for -35, ull have - 15 instead

savage
marauders shot
forked arrow
dual shot
augury of death
glass arrows
stance of choice
res

after shadowstep (which arrives at the same time as the arrows) just hit marauders or forked then savage shot to end your target

HalPlantagenet · Feb 12, 2007, 06:10 PM // 18:10

About a week ago, I began working with Glass Arrows and alternatively Incendiary Arrows. Mostly I tested in the Echnovald Forest and the Domain of Secrets. While both were interesting, I didn't find them as successful as builds constructed around Burning Arrow or Punishing Shot.

Obviously, there are many possible reasons for this. It could be the heroes I chose to acompany me were less than optimal or their builds weren't sufficiently synergistic. In any case, I haven't been motivated to work with them since.