Ranger - Power Survival
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Contents
Overview
A PvP Power Ranger burst build. Can be used by F2P players as well, albeit with somewhat weaker pets.
Skill Bar
Slot Changes
Healing skill:
Troll Unguent - if more cleansing is needed as it has synergy with 
Wilderness Knowledge.
Pet options:
Juvenile Tiger can replace 
Juvenile Rock Gazelle, especially if you own Heart of Thorns but not Path of Fire. If you have both of these expansions, then it's just a matter of personal preference.
If you do not have any of the expansions take the following pets:
Juvenile Wolf for the first pet.
Juvenile Krytan Drakehound (CC) or 
Juvenile Eagle (damage) for the second.
Specializations
Variants
- Take 24px Farsighted if you want to focus more on Longbow bursts, or just don't want to work with
Moment of Clarity.
Equipment
9
Superior Sigil of Agility Gain 5 seconds of swiftness and 1 second of quickness when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)
18
Superior Sigil of Annulment Your next attack after swapping to this weapon while in combat will remove 2 boons from your target.
9
Superior Sigil of Cleansing Remove 1 condition when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)
9
Superior Sigil of Energy Gain 50% of your endurance when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)
Superior Rune of Divinity (1): +8 All Stats (2): +10 All Stats (3): +12 All Stats (4): +14 All Stats (5): +16 All Stats (6): +18 All Stats, +10% Maximum Health
Demolisher's Amulet +1050 Power +1050 Precision +560 Toughness +560 Ferocity
Variants
Rune
- - a tanky alternative.
Sigils
Greatsword
- over
Superior Sigil of Intelligence9
Superior Sigil of IntelligenceYour next three attacks after swapping to this weapon while in combat has a 100% critical chance. (Cooldown: 9s)- the build already has a fairly high critical hit chance and plenty of trait synergy that pushes it to 100% from time to time, but if that's not enough for you and want to make sure that your opening burst always crits then feel free to pick Intelligence.
Superior Sigil of Cleansing9Superior Sigil of CleansingRemove 1 condition when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)
Amulet
- - equally viable alternative to Demolisher, especially when condition damage is expected to be a problem.
Marauder Amulet
Marauder Amulet+1050 Power +1050 Precision +560 Vitality +560 Ferocity
Usage
General
"We Heal As One!" should be used just before leaving spawn to grant AoE 
Swiftness to the team through 
Resounding Timbre. In combat, to get the most out of the fact that it can grant you extra boons, try to use it if your pet has Protection and 
Quickness. Swapping pets in the middle of channeling your healing skill is something you should aim for.- Dodging applies
Protection, which also heals thanks to the trait 24px Rugged Growth. - Survival skills cure 2 conditions and grant Fury. Troll Unguent (if taken) can cleanse 4, because it triggers another Survival skill from
Soften the Fall. - Use
Swoop for mobility. 
Power Stab, the last skill of the Greatsword auto attack chain grants evasion. Under heavy pressure you can stow your weapon just before the skill ends, and use it again 2 more times the same way for more evasion. After a total of 3 uses the chain will restart.- 24px Zephyr's Speed has many uses.
- It can be used offensively for the Quickness, most notably to boost
Rapid Fire, 24px Maul, or Greatsword autos for downed cleave. - Defensively by keeping your pet swap ready in case you need to cleanse 2 conditions.
- Alternatively the
Superspeed can help you escape damage or chase down targets while on Greatsword.
- It can be used offensively for the Quickness, most notably to boost
- Pet swapping acts as a Blast finisher thanks to
Clarion Bond. Being instant, you can have Smokescale place a 
Smoke Cloud under you (even while you're stunned), and swap pets for AoE stealth. 
Hunter's Shot is the easiest way to gain stealth in this build, but if the projectile misses then it won't be applied. To reduce the chance of that happening (and considering how the damage of this skill is horrible) you should fire it at pets, mesmer clones, and other AI whenever possible. Alternatively, use it to quickly get rid of 
Blind or 
Aegis because it's the fastest projectile on this weapon.
Signet of Stone is extremely useful against direct damage spikes, but you have to use it proactively and sometimes even predict when the burst is coming. Use it too late and it's wasted, too soon and your opponent can just delay its plan until the signet runs out.- The trait
Refined Toxins passively maintains a high uptime of healing reduction on your target via 
Poison.
Doing damage
- Using
"Strength of the Pack!" before a burst makes it less likely to get interrupted whilst also increasing your damage. - Most of the build revolves around burst combos and just surviving / using fillers inbetween.
The Longbow burst combo is rather simple:
- CC people with
Point Blank Shot - Optional - get Quickness from either 24px Zephyr's Speed,
Quickening Zephyr, or your weapon swap sigil (obviously the last one would happen sooner in the rotation but the point is to have the boon for Rapid Fire) - Immediately follow up with Rapid Fire while you have
Fury and preferably some Quickness
- CC people with
Greatsword burst combo:
- Already in combat, pet swap to Rock Gazelle or Tiger (depending on which one you chose), this is going to trigger 24px Zephyr's Speed which grants Fury and Quickness. Fury gives you
Opening Strike for increased damage. - Use 24px Maul and your pet F2 attack about the same time. Maul will give your pet Moment of Clarity for its next attack. Your pet should hit a split second after you've landed Maul.
Hilt Bash your target for CC, hopefully a Moment of Clarity proc, and to refresh Maul.- 24px Maul again.
- Already in combat, pet swap to Rock Gazelle or Tiger (depending on which one you chose), this is going to trigger 24px Zephyr's Speed which grants
One of the stronger core builds around, has excellent damage and okay sustain. It does lack cleave though and many elite spec builds outperform it, plus it's only good if you actually have the pets, so for F2P players this loses quite a bit of its effectiveness.
4/5 if you have the pets, 3/5 if you're truly core