Ranger
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“Good dog! Hold the enemy down while I shoot them! You get a biscuit!
Rangers are proficient with the bow. They rely on a keen eye, a steady hand, and the power of nature to slay their targets. Their loyal pets, which rangers tame and train, distract enemies while the rangers strike safely from a distance. As an adventurer profession, rangers wear medium armor.
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[edit] Abilities
The animal companion is available exclusively for the ranger profession. They are pets that fight alongside the ranger and are maintained through a special user interface that can alter behavioral modes and issue direct commands (excluding their skill usage). Four animal companions can accompany the ranger in total, but only one animal companion will fight at a time. Rangers can switch animal companions to adapt to in-game situations.
The animal companion's statistics (health, armor, damage, etc) is based on the ranger who owns it. Animal companions all possess 4 skills. Three of the skills are based on the family of creature (feline, bear, etc), while the fourth skill is uniquely determined by the species within that family (brown bear, black bear, etc).
Rangers, as well as certain animal companions, can utilize stealth, although the number of skills that grant this is limited.[1]
[edit] Skills
See list of animal companion skills.
[edit] Special skill types
- Chains — Up to three skills that share a single skill slot, which are executed in sequence on a single target.
- Survival — Utility skills that enhance survival or offensive abilities.
- Spirit skills — Summon a nature spirit that influences the area around it.
- Traps — Utility skills that can be placed at a ranger's current location. When an enemy enters a trap, it is triggered.
[edit] Traits
A ranger has five trait lines to choose from: Wilderness Survival (which increases Toughness and Condition damage), Marksmanship (increases Power and Condition duration), Skirmishing (increases Precision and critical hit damage), Nature Magic (increases vitality and boon duration), and Beast Mastery (which increases healing and pet attributes).
[edit] Equipment
[edit] Armor
The ranger is an adventurer profession and thus wears medium armor.
[edit] Weapons
- Two-handed
- Greatsword — A brute force, heavy-damage weapon with emphasis on countering and evasion.
- Longbow — Powerful sniping weapon, used for rapid fire strikes or barrages at long distance.
- Shortbow — Quick skirmishing weapon relying on movement, positioning and conditions for quick kills.
- Off-hand
- Axe — Enter a stance to reflect incoming strikes or throw the axe for a boomerang effect.
- Dagger — Used as a crippling ranged attack, or a quick poisonous stab for melee.
- Torch — Throw the torch at enemies for burning damage, or can light areas on fire.
- Warhorn — Call in temporary animals to attack or used to buff allies.
- Aquatic
- Harpoon gun — Use ranged attacks to strike multiple foes and makes use of the underwater environment.
- Spear — Keep foes at bay with close range spear stabs and swipes.
There are eleven possible weapon sets for this profession and it can access two weapon sets while underwater. The ranger can equip and alternate between two weapon sets quickly while in combat.
[edit] Crafting
Rangers can craft items useful to themselves with the following disciplines:
- Weaponsmith — Axes, daggers, greatswords, spears, swords.
- Huntsman — Harpoon guns, longbows, shortbows, torches, warhorns.
- Leatherworker — Medium armor.
- Jeweler — Jewelry.
- Chef — Food.
[edit] Personal story
In the biography step of character creation, rangers must choose one of three animal companions to begin the game with. The available choices depend on the ranger's race.
[edit] Gallery
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[edit] Trivia
- The ranger was previewed under this image until its unveiling on the 14th July 2010.
- At one point in development, the ranger was split into two different professions, the warden and the marksman. Eventually these two were merged into the ranger again.[2]
[edit] External links
- Ranger on the official website.
[edit] References
| The Guild Wars Wiki has an article on Ranger. |
- ^ Interview: Eric Flannum answers our Guild Wars 2 questions, Eric Flannum, GuildFans
- ^ Exclusive Interview: ArenaNet's Jon Peters and Jonathan Sharp, Tap Repeatedly
| Professions | |
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| Soldiers |  Guardian •  Warrior
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| Adventurers |  Engineer •  Ranger •  Thief
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| Scholars |  Elementalist •  Mesmer •  Necromancer
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