Ranger - Trap Ranger

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Focused on: Condition damage.

Designed for:

Conquest

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Overview

Strong close point defender due to spike condi damage, but also gives a decent amount of AoE pressure in team fights.

Skill Bar

First Weapon Set

Sword/Torch

Utility

Elite

½

Slash

Chain. Slash your foe.

Damage: 146

Range: 130

½

8

Hornet Sting

Stab your foe, then evade backwards.

Damage: 170

Evade: 0.5 seconds

Range: 130

1

15

Serpent's Strike

Do an evasive roll around your target, striking them and poison them.

Damage: 284

₂Poison (6s): 402 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

Evade: ¾ seconds

Range: 130

½

15

Throw Torch

Throw your torch and burn your foe.

Damage: 160

₂Burning (6s): 1,572 Damage

Range: 1,200

½

25

Bonfire

Set a fire around you, damaging and burning foes.

₉Damage: 306

₉Burning (3s): 3,537 Damage

Number of Targets: 3

Duration: 8 seconds

Radius: 240

Combo Field: Fire

½

30

Healing Spring

Trap. Create a healing spring that heals you, your pet and your allies. It also cures conditions on allies.

Healing: 4,920

₆Regen (3s): 2,340 Heal

Duration: 10 seconds

Trigger Radius: 180

Effect Radius: 240

Combo Field: Water

½

15

Flame Trap

Trap. Set a trap that burns foes.

Damage per Pulse: 80

Burning per Pulse (2½s): 262 Damage

Duration: 3 seconds

Trigger Radius: 180

Effect Radius: 240

Combo Field: Fire

Unblockable

½

45

Spike Trap

Trap. Set a trap that bleeds and launches foes.

Damage: 53

₆Bleeding (6¼s): 792 Damage

Knockdown: 1 second

Trigger Radius: 180

Effect Radius: 240

Unblockable

¾

60

Entangle

Survival. Entagle foes around you with vines. Entagled foes bleed and are immobilized until the vines are destroyed.

₄Damage: 508

₅Bleeding (8s): 4,760 Damage

₅Immobilize (1s): Unable to move.

Number of Targets: 5

Duration: 5 seconds

Radius: 600

Unblockable

Second Weapon Set

Shortbow

Crossfire

Fire an arrow. Bleed your target if you hit them from behind or from the side.

Damage: 97

Bleeding (3s): 128 Damage

Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

Range: 900

¼

9

Poison Volley

Fire a spread of five poison arrows.

₅Damage: 180

₅Poison (4s): 640 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

Targets per arrow: 5

Pierces

Range: 900

¼

9

Quick Shot

Fire a quick shot in an evasive retreat. Gain swiftness if the shot hits. This can be used while retreating.

Damage: 97

Swiftness (3s): 33% Movement Speed

Evade: 0.5 seconds

Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

Range: 900

12

Crippling Shot

Fire an arrow that cripples your target. Your pet's next three attacks inflict bleeding.

Damage: 97

Bleeding (6s): 255 Damage

Cripple (3s): -50% Movement Speed

Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

Range: 900

¼

25

Concussion Shot

Daze your foe with an arrow. Stun them if you hit from behind or from the side.

Damage: 97

Daze (2s): Unable to use skills.

Stun (2s): Unable to use skills or move.

Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

Range: 900

Pets

• Mandatory: Juvenile Wolf
• Recommended second pet: Juvenile Krytan Drakehound - double Canines are the standard pets for many Ranger builds.
  • Other viable pets include Juvenile River Drake, Juvenile Jaguar, Juvenile Raven, and Juvenile Jungle Spider; along with the respective pets in their families.

Slot Changes

For the slot the most common choices are defensive skills:

• Lightning Reflexes

  40

  Lightning Reflexes

  Survival. Evade back with a crack of lightning, dealing damage and gaining vigor.

  Damage: 244

  Vigor (10s): 100% Endurance Regeneration

  Cures Immobilized

  Evade: 0.75 seconds

  Breaks stun
  - for the stunbreaker and Vigor.
• Signet of Renewal

  60

  Signet of Renewal

  Signet Passive: Cure a condition every ten seconds.
  Signet Active: Your pet pulls all conditions from nearby allies to itself.

  Radius: 600

  Breaks stun
  - stunbreaker and condition removal.
• Signet of Stone

  80

  Signet of Stone

  Signet Passive: Improves toughness for you and your pet.
  Signet Active: You and your pet takes no damage from attacks. You and your pet are still susceptible to conditions and control effects.

  Signet of Stone (6s): Take no damage from incoming attacks.
  - can be useful against Power-heavy comps, but this choice leaves you without a stunbreaker.
• If you want to go for all-in on offense, take
  Viper's Nest

  ½

  20

  Viper's Nest

  Trap. Set a trap that pulses poisons on foes when triggered.

  ₃Damage: 240

  ₃Poison per Pulse (4s): 402 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

  Number of Targets: 3

  Trigger Radius: 180

  Effect Radius: 240

  Combo Field: Poison

  Unblockable
  - good for preventing enemy resses.

Weapons

• Axe/Dagger over Sword/Torch.

Specializations

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Trait Variants

• Hide in Plain Sight

  30

  Hide in Plain Sight

  Apply camouflage when you are disabled (stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, fear, or launch).

  Camouflage (3s): Become invisible, as long as you remain in place
  over
  Off-Hand Training

  Off-Hand Training

  Reduces recharge on off-hand skills. Off-hand skills have longer range.

  Recharge Reduced: 20%

  Range Increase: 300
• Shared Anguish

  90

  Shared Anguish

  Incomming disabling conditions (stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, fear, or launch) are transfered to your pet instead.
  over
  Wilderness Knowledge

  Wilderness Knowledge

  Reduces recharge on survival skills.

  Recharge Reduced: 20%
  .
• Keen Edge

  45

  Keen Edge

  Use Sharpening Stone when you strike a foe below health threshold.

  Health Threshold: 75%

  ₅Sharpening Stone (30s): Attacks inflict bleeding.

  Bleeding (6s): 255 Damage
  can be swapped for:
  • Malicious Training

    Malicious Training

    Increases duration for conditions applied by your pets.

    Duration Increase: 50%

    Combat Only
    over - to increase the duration of the Canine shouts
    Terrifying Howl

    1½

    45

    Terrifying Howl

    Howl at foes to send them running in fear.

    Damage: 438

    Fear (2s): Flee

    Radius: 600
    and
    Intimidating Howl

    1½

    20

    Intimidating Howl

    Howl at foes to immobilize them.

    Damage: 438

    Immobilize (2s): Unable to move.

    Radius: 600
    .
  • Signet Mastery

    Signet Mastery

    Reduces recharge on signets.

    Recharge Reduced: 20%
    - if you have at least 1 signet.

Weapons

First Weapon Set Main Hand Sword Superior Sigil of Geomancy 9 Superior Sigil of Geomancy Inflict bleeding on nearby foes for 10 seconds when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s) Off Hand Torch Superior Sigil of Energy 9 Superior Sigil of Energy Gain 50% of your endurance when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)	Second Weapon Set Main Hand Shortbow Superior Sigil of Geomancy 9 Superior Sigil of Geomancy Inflict bleeding on nearby foes for 10 seconds when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s) Superior Sigil of Earth 2 Superior Sigil of Earth 60% Chance on Critical: Inflict Bleeding (5 seconds). (Cooldown: 2s)

Sigil Variants

• Superior Sigil of Torment

  5

  Superior Sigil of Torment

  50% Chance on critical: Apply AoE torment (5 seconds, 180 radius). (Cooldown: 5s)
  over Energy or Earth.

Equipment

Rune:

Superior Rune of the Krait

Superior Rune of the Krait

(1): +25 Condition Damage (2): +10% Bleeding Duration (3): +50 Condition Damage (4): +15% Bleeding Duration; 25% chance when struck to cause bleeding for 10 seconds. (Cooldown: 15s) (5): +100 Condition Damage (6): +20% Bleeding Duration; When you use an elite skill, you inflict bleeding, torment, and poison for 8 seconds to nearby foes. (Cooldown: 30s)

Amulet:

Rabid Amulet

Rabid Amulet

+900 Precision +900 Toughness +1200 Condition Damage

Equipment Variants

• Superior Rune of the Undead

  Superior Rune of the Undead

  (1): +25 Condition Damage (2): +35 Toughness (3): +50 Condition Damage (4): +65 Toughness (5): +100 Condition Damage (6): 7% of toughness is converted to Condition Damage.
• Superior Rune of the Forgeman

  Superior Rune of the Forgeman

  (1): +25 Toughness (2): +10% Burning Duration (3): +50 Toughness (4): +20% Burning Duration (5): +100 Toughness (6): +20% Burning duration; gain fire aura for 4 seconds when struck by a foe while below 75% health. (Cooldown: 20s)
• Superior Rune of Balthazar

  Superior Rune of Balthazar

  (1): +25 Condition Damage (2): +10% Burning Duration (3): +50 Condition Damage (4): +20% Burning Duration (5): +100 Condition Damage (6): +20% Burning Duration; +10% maximum health.

Usage

General

• Traps can be pre placed on points and will last until new traps are placed or triggered by the enemy.
• Both of your sets provide access to evasion: Sword/Torch with
  Serpent's Strike

  1

  15

  Serpent's Strike

  Do an evasive roll around your target, striking them and poison them.

  Damage: 284

  ₂Poison (6s): 402 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

  Evade: ¾ seconds

  Range: 130
  and
  Hornet Sting

  ½

  8

  Hornet Sting

  Stab your foe, then evade backwards.

  Damage: 170

  Evade: 0.5 seconds

  Range: 130
  , Shortbow with
  Quick Shot

  ¼

  9

  Quick Shot

  Fire a quick shot in an evasive retreat. Gain swiftness if the shot hits. This can be used while retreating.

  Damage: 97

  Swiftness (3s): 33% Movement Speed

  Evade: 0.5 seconds

  Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

  Range: 900
  - you can use these skills to evade attacks while being Immobilized.
• After creating a
  Bonfire

  ½

  25

  Bonfire

  Set a fire around you, damaging and burning foes.

  ₉Damage: 306

  ₉Burning (3s): 3,537 Damage

  Number of Targets: 3

  Duration: 8 seconds

  Radius: 240

  Combo Field: Fire
  use
  Monarch's Leap

  ¾

  Monarch's Leap

  Leap back into the fight, crippling your foe.

  Damage: 244

  Cripple (3s): -50% Movement Speed

  Combo Finisher: Leap

  Range: 600
  on Sword, which is
  Hornet Sting

  ½

  8

  Hornet Sting

  Stab your foe, then evade backwards.

  Damage: 170

  Evade: 0.5 seconds

  Range: 130
  's chain skill, in order to gain a
  Fire Shield

  40

  Fire Shield

  Envelop yourself in a fiery shield that burns foes and grants might every time you are struck (cooldown of 1 second per attacker).

  Fire Shield (5s): Enveloped in a fiery shield that burns foes, grants might each time you are struck (1-second cooldown per attacker).

  Might (10s): 30 Power, 30 Condition Damage

  Burning (1s): 328 Damage

  Condition Duration Reduction: 20%
  .
• Using
  Entangle

  ¾

  60

  Entangle

  Survival. Entagle foes around you with vines. Entagled foes bleed and are immobilized until the vines are destroyed.

  ₄Damage: 508

  ₅Bleeding (8s): 4,760 Damage

  ₅Immobilize (1s): Unable to move.

  Number of Targets: 5

  Duration: 5 seconds

  Radius: 600

  Unblockable
  just after your enemy triggered your traps can quickly overwhelm your opponent.
• You can boost your mobility with sword by the following combo: turn around ⇒
  Hornet Sting

  ½

  8

  Hornet Sting

  Stab your foe, then evade backwards.

  Damage: 170

  Evade: 0.5 seconds

  Range: 130
  ⇒ turn around ⇒
  Monarch's Leap

  ¾

  Monarch's Leap

  Leap back into the fight, crippling your foe.

  Damage: 244

  Cripple (3s): -50% Movement Speed

  Combo Finisher: Leap

  Range: 600
  .
• A Trap Ranger's best defense against conditions is
  Healing Spring

  ½

  30

  Healing Spring

  Trap. Create a healing spring that heals you, your pet and your allies. It also cures conditions on allies.

  Healing: 4,920

  ₆Regen (3s): 2,340 Heal

  Duration: 10 seconds

  Trigger Radius: 180

  Effect Radius: 240

  Combo Field: Water
  - removes 1 condition upon using the skills and then 1 additional condition every 2 seconds.

Tips & Tricks

• You can use Wolf's
  Terrifying Howl

  1½

  45

  Terrifying Howl

  Howl at foes to send them running in fear.

  Damage: 438

  Fear (2s): Flee

  Radius: 600
  even if you are downed - so you can interrupt your opponent one more time even after you've used your downed skill #2. This can give you enough time to force your enemy into downed state and then res yourself with your pet.
• While stomping Engineers and Warriors, you can hide behind your pet so he can bodyblock their downed skill #2.

Counters

• Having Traps pre-triggered with enemy pets or Invincibility/Condi Immunity.
• Heavy Condition pressure.
• Heavy CC.

Streamers

• Twitch: Genyen - NA
• Twitch: K8nny - EU