Shrapnel's Pirate King Build

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/content...ild-id1151.php
is that build good?
i'm currently level 11 and thinking about using that build but some people told me that epidemic's range isn't that big and that the build is not that good

I think the reason people say it isn't good is because it's a really old build. The reason you can tell is, because throw dirt isn't elite anymore.

is this build still good or can you tweak it a bit and make it better?

12 Illusion is definatly Excessive, It has Etheral Burden, where pindown would work. It's got Epidemic to spread bleeding, which can be tricky to trigger, Throw dirt is already AoE.

By the time you tweaked enough to work with current standards, it wouldn't look remotly close.

dang...
do you guys have any suggestions on a r/me build thats similar to this?

uhhh...
bump?

oh yea, its for PvE mostly
thought i should clear that up
lol

just plain horrible in my opinion for today's standards...If you just become a conditional you can do more easier. Go full ranger, 10+ on expertise, wilderness, markmanship. pindown/crippling shot, apply poison/poison arrow, hunter's shot can do the same thing pirate king does. if you want you can spread it to illusion also and use conjure phantasm which should give you whole lot of degen. 5+3(poison) is 8 already. If your target got hit w/ bleeding and cripped, he has max degen and cannot move fast. pack some interrupting skills you're set. If you just want him for pve you don't need pindown/crip shot, but come on. anything goes in pve.

Oh, and epidemic is just too conditional(they have to be close togther). In pve it might work. But why bother with it if you can give max degens to multiple enemies with few bow shots?