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This build is designed to put pressure on enemy casters by inflicting Dazed through the use of the Ranger elite skill Broad Head Arrow. Additional skills from the Wilderness Survival line are used to increase survivability and condition spreading with Apply Poison. The Monk secondary is used in conjunction with the main Ranger build to remove conditions.
Attributes and Skills
<pvxbig> [build prof=R/Mo expert=12+1+2 wilder=9+1 marksm=9+1 protec=3][Broad Head Arrow][Hunter's Shot][Distracting Shot][Savage Shot][Apply Poison][Natural Stride][Mending Touch][Resurrection Signet][/build] </pvxbig>
Equipment
- As with most Ranger builds, a Recurve bow is preferred.
- Bows with Poisonous and Silencing upgrades are required. Additionally, a Vampiric bow may be used.
- Other bow types include a Flatbow and a Longbow.
- A +5 Energy martial weapon and a Reduce Crippled Duration shield are recommended for fleeing from enemies.
Usage
- Constantly maintain Apply Poison.
- Inflict Dazed with Broad Head Arrow. Because of the increase in Arc angle, it has an increased chance of being dodged by moving targets, so you may wish to close in on the target before firing.
- Interrupt targets with Distracting Shot and Savage Shot.
- Use Hunter's Shot to spread Poison quickly and have a good chance of applying Bleeding.
- Scroll through and attack each target to spread Poison to the enemy team.
- Block enemy attacks and flee using Natural Stride.
- Remove harmful conditions with Mending Touch.
- Resurrect fallen party members with Resurrection Signet.
Counters
- Standard anti-attacker counters
- Damage on-attack hexes like Empathy, Spiteful Spirit, Insidious Parasite
- Unless you have hex removal, this build can be seriously hampered by anti-martial hexes
- Constant blinding can be hard to prevent, even with Mending Touch
- Diversion and Distracting Shot
Variants
- Purge Signet to counter hex stacks. Be sure to use a form of Energy hiding (-5 energy sets and such).
- Whirling Defense for even more blocking.
- Pin Down for a snare.
- Shadow Walk to reduce the chance that Broad Head Arrow will miss.
- You can change your secondary to Mesmer and replace mending touch with Epidemic to spread dazed and poison (PvE).
See Also
- Build:R/any BHA PvE Ranger