I don't think there is one group that can't be beaten in VS (except by the same team of course).īut to try to find a good team, I'd start with looking at whats best for each class, what weapons and compos work best. And different weapons change the game too. Some classes work better agains others but they are beaten by another class. You could get a lot of use out of the Carrion set with the Skirmishing specialization.I think its like Rock-Paper-Scissors. That is a very cheap set that would be good for hybrid melee weapons like Sword/Torch, Axe, etc. That gives you primarily Condition Damage and secondarily gives you Vitality and straight Power. My recommendation is to go with a Carrion set. However, Berserkers armor is expensive to buy and Viper's is expensive to craft (it can only be crafted) They also recommended Viper's for poison and bleed-based weapons, which is also good advice. Like written above, go for Berserkers if you use Greatsword and Longbow. Depending on what weapons you use, you can go for a variety of different sets. Traiting Wilderness Survival, using Greatsword, or using your pet for tanking all work and let you pick a more damage-oriented stat set.

What this means, essentially, is that it's a stat set for tanking, not for damage.Īs a Ranger (and I main one as well), you have far more useful ways to tank than relying in Soldiers armor. Even though the 'main stat' is Power, the secondary stats are both for survivability, and the secondary stats taken together are a higher numeric value than the main stat. Soldier's armor seems like a good set at first glance, but in reality it has few uses. To answer your original question, if you do want to stick with Soldier's for now, I'd say the main thing to be aware of is that your only offensive stat is power - you have no stats that help your conditions, so it's better to focus on weapons that do mostly/entirely direct damage like the longbow and greatsword over ones that apply lots of conditions like the shortbow. This page on the Wiki lists all the available stat combinations, there's a lot to choose from, some more useful than others but if you want to experiment you can make some interesting builds: But for new players, or anyone who can't/doesn't want to rely on quick reactions at all times defensive stats can come in useful.

In general glass cannon builds are preferred in GW2 because there's enough active defenses available that a good player who is paying attention doesn't need defensive stats, and there's a lot of benefits to being able to end a fight quickly.

You'll need to use a lot more active defense (dodging, kiting, and using your healing skill and other defensive skills) to survive. That's exactly what it sounds like, you'll hit like a cannon but you'll shatter like glass if you get hit. You're still far from invincible but you'll survive more than most people.īeservers and Vipers are both at the other extreme - 3 offensive stats and no defensive, which makes them 'glass cannon' builds. Soldiers is a 'tank' build - you've got both defensive stats which means you can absorb a lot of damage. I'm not saying don't do it, but if you do choose to switch to beservers or viper's equipment bear in mind it will be a big change from soldiers.

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