Build:R/P Arenas Condition Spear Ranger

The PvXwiki community finds this to be a good build. Through the PvX vetting system, it has reached an overall Rating in the range from 3.75 to < 4.75 and thus qualifies for the lower category of working builds: Good. This build has been designed for the following use: PvP RA PvP AB

The Condi Spear Ranger spreads tons of conditions and can produce decent DPS augmented by Tiger's Fury.

Attributes and Skills

Ranger / Paragon 12 Spear Mastery 8 + 1 + 1 Expertise 8 + 1 Beast Mastery 7 + 1 Wilderness Survival Barbed Spear Nightfall Paragon. Spear Mastery 12 Barbed Spear Spear Attack If this attack hits, your target begins Bleeding for 17 seconds. 2 Maiming Spear EotN Paragon. Spear Mastery 12 Maiming Spear Spear Attack If your attack hits a Bleeding foe, that foe is Crippled for 17 seconds. 5 3 Merciless Spear Nightfall Paragon. Spear Mastery 12 Merciless Spear Spear Attack If this attack hits a foe with less than 50% Health, that foe suffers from a Deep Wound for 17 seconds. 6 Stunning Strike Nightfall Paragon. Spear Mastery 12 Stunning Strike Elite Spear Attack If this attack hits, you deal +25 damage. If it hits a foe suffering from a Condition, that foe is also Dazed for 9 seconds. 10 Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Tiger's Fury Prophecies Ranger. Beast Mastery 9 Tiger's Fury Stance All your non-attack skills are disabled for 5 seconds. For 9 seconds, you attack 25% faster. 10 6 Apply Poison Core Ranger. Wilderness Survival 8 Apply Poison Preparation For 24 seconds, foes struck by your physical attacks become Poisoned for 9 seconds. 12 2 9 Resurrection Signet Core No Profession. Unlinked Resurrection Signet Signet Resurrect target party member. That party member is returned to life with 100% Health and 25% Energy. This Signet only recharges when you gain a morale boost. 3 Template code

Optional

Core

No Profession. Unlinked

Optional

Optional

Optional.

• Disrupting Throw
  Nightfall

  Paragon. Spear Mastery 12

  Disrupting Throw

  Spear Attack

  If this attack hits a foe suffering from a Condition, that foe is interrupted.

  

  10

  ½

  5
   For an easy interrupt.
• Distracting Shot
  Core

  Ranger. Expertise 10

  Distracting Shot

  Bow Attack

  If Distracting Shot hits, it interrupts target foe's action but deals only 11 damage. If the interrupted action was a skill, that skill is disabled for an additional 20 seconds.

  

  10

  ½

  3
   For a more powerful weapon swap rupt.
• Natural Stride
  Nightfall

  Ranger. Wilderness Survival 8

  Natural Stride

  Stance

  For 5 seconds, you run 33% faster and have a 50% chance to block incoming attacks. Natural Stride ends if you become Hexed or Enchanted.

  

  12

  5
   For better survivability and rushing.

Equipment

• Various spears.
• Any Shield of Fortitude, with the Inscription you find most useful. Keep as many Shields in your inventory as you like.
• Keep a Longbow in your inventory to build adrenaline from afar.
• Survivor Insignias.
• Rune of Clarity.

Usage

• Maintain Apply Poison.
• Activate Tiger's Fury then proceed to spread conditions with Barbed Spear.
• Use Maiming Spear to Cripple foes so that they can not kite or to help your own team kite.
• Use Stunning Strike once it charges to Daze enemies.
• Finish foes off with Merciless Spear.
• Interrupt with Disrupting Throw.

Counters

• The usual shutdown on physical characters.

Variants

• Wild Throw
• Spear of Redemption
• Spear of Lightning
• Antidote Signet
• Natural Stride (in place of Tiger's Fury, change spec to 10+1+1 wilderness and 8+1 expertise)
• Troll Unguent (for AB)