R/D Grenth/Pet build.. Thoughts please?

I was thinking of a new build to try wanted to get feedback. This would simply be for PVE. I think the attribute points are right. Please tell me if you think it could be effective and or how it could be improved (without changing the elite)

Class R/D

Name Frostbite

Attributes
15 Beast Mastery 12+3
11 Expertise 10+1
9 Marksman 6+2+1
7 Wind Prayers 6+1

Pet:
Dire White Tiger

Gear:

15k Druids Armor
Sup vigor
Collectors Sturdy Recurve Bow Piercing damage: 15-28
9 Marksmanship
Energy +5
Icy Bow String
+29 Grip (Much Cheaper)

SKILLS

1)Grenth's Grasp{elite} For 20 seconds, if you are wielding a cold weapon, your attack Skills also Cripple that foe for 3...13 seconds.
2) Symbiotic Bond
3) Charm Animal
4) Comfort Animal
5) Troll Unguent
6) Poisonous Bite
7) Predator's Pounce or Disrupting lunge
8) Call of Protection

Erm i'm confused. I know you wanna keep this elite but I can't understand why - even if it works with your pet's attack skills (I haven't tested), you can't make your pet spread crippling as the poor AI hardly let you control which foe he will attack (at least it's almost impossible to make it switch to another target unless the fight gets really long, which is unlikely in PvE, and in any case it's really unpredictable). If you really want to sacrifice your elite for crippling (and there are generally better choices in PvE), why not simply take crippling shot?

Concerning the attribute points: I guess 6+1 wind prayer is a typo... I'd suggest you to use a mask of beast mastery as well (+1, +3) instead of markmaship, you're going to save a few attribute points. Expertise could be lowered to 9 as well, and you could use those points to raise either marksmanship (if you really wanna use a bow) or WS (as you carry troll unguent).

Since you have a bow, savage shot or distracting shot may be more reliable than disrupting lundge. Another pet attack would be nice as well - I would replace the Grenth's Grasp by one, but apparently you wanna keep it.

EDIT - I've just tested, Grenth's Grasp doesn't work with pet attacks.

Sorry I am new to being a ranger( about a week). A buddy of mine had suggested I try a R/D build using a cold bow and Grenth's Grasp so I thought to myself I wonder if that would work while still using a pet(which I like)
I am at work so I was just trying to think of what the att points could be so thanks for checking. Is there a good build I could use using Grenths either with or without pet? or am I just much better off sticking to B/p build or Burning Arrow build?

Hmm if you wanna use Grenth's Grasp, you gotta get rid of your pet (at least the pet attacks) and use spamable bow attacks instead. Crippling Shot would probably be a much better choice. But if you feel like playing with one dervish enchantement, you may want to check Elbon Dust Aura (for 30 secs, attacks cause blindness if you are wielding an earth weapon): it's easier to meet the requirement than with Grenth's Grasp, and much more effective in PvE.

And yeah, there are much more builds than the basic Barrage or Burning Arrow builds

He's using the icy bow to spread the cripple, and pet attacks as pet attacks Sir Mad, so he can at least cripple, and pet attack. I don't think there's much more to be said about this particular build, but I could suggest a non-elite R/D cripple skill which works with a bow: Harrier's Grasp, in the Wind Prayers line (only caveat is they have to be moving when you hit them to cripple). Then you can include a nicer elite, like quick shot would fit nicely, or for pet enraged lunge or ferocious strike.
Here's one possible build:
11+3+1 Beast mastery (I'd personally put this into wilderness, but thats just me)
8+1 marsmanship
8+1 expertise
and the rest in wind prayers (only effect is lengthens duration of cripple, and a crippling bow does that as well)

[skill]Harrier's Grasp[/skill][skill]Quick Shot[/skill][skill]Savage Shot[/skill][skill]Poisonous Bite[/skill][skill]Dwayna's Touch[/skill][skill]Comfort Animal[/skill][skill]Charm Animal[/skill][skill]Resurrection Signet[/skill]
Poisonous bite could easily be replaced by any spammable pet attack skill, perhaps predator's pounce or scavenger's strike (i'd use predator's with these attributes as its only 5 energy). Dwayna's Touch can also easily be dropped for something better, like for example another pet attack, or whirling defense.

Edit: left off one of my /skill thingies, and remembered there's no need to go into dervish line for @moving cripple with a beast master, as theres Maiming Strike which works (not as well though).
The ONLY advantages of this build over a cripshot build that I can think of are energy cost per cripple, but as Sir Mad pointed out, there are a ton of advantages if you stay in ranger att lines.

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