Ranger/Mesmer

Ranger/Mesmer

Anyone who tried these combinations please let me know if it handles will in game, I like how the ranger looks like it would play with mesmer as secondary but i would like the view of somone who has tried this combinations in game.

Well I did some arena PvP with such a character and found it pretty fun...seems to be a well rounded character: able to do decent damage, some defense, and definitely can do caster interruption: in one match, I absolutely shut down an enemy monk for the whole match, which was quite entertaining. For arena-style PvP, a pure caster interrupter is a gamble since you need to have good healing support and various other functions (tank) which may not be available on the team-of-the-moment. I didn't fool with pets or traps, so can't comment on this aspect of the build.

I would think this type of character would be valuable to an organized team: traps, secondary damage dealer or caster interrupter are very solid parts of many good team builds.

This should be a solid character for PvE, but to be honest, I haven't tried it in PvE yet.

Ranger/Mesmer is possibly the best class combination for a ranger primary that exists. You can interupt your foes and make all around hell for anyone stupid enough to try and kill you. Or if you'd like, you can just slap massive health degen on them using conjure phantasm.

In my experience the Ranger/Mesmer is as close as you can get to a single class character with the dual profession system. Rangers deal consistent damage, and Mesmers have hard shutdown with their hexes, but otherwise the two classes are fairly similar - energy denial, interrupts, and generally being a pain for casters.

Consequently the Ranger/Mesmer is one of the most narrow characters in the game. On top of that, those things that a Mesmer secondary would normally add, the hexes, are way too energy intensive for a character running on Expertise - spending 10-15 energy and 2-3 seconds on a single hex is completely unacceptable.

That said, the class combo is fairly good at shutting down casters (though not as good as a Mesmer primary) and does decent damage. It's not a particularly deep class combination that you can switch up often, but there are certainly some good builds in there.

Peace,
-CxE

I was looking for someone that played Ranger/Mesmer!

From the start I was wanting to make a Ranger/Mesmer character, and it seems that I would have made a great choice, so I'm happy now

I'm glad to hear from others that this works well. I just finished changing my build from Rng/Ele to a Rng/Mes and I think I'm all set to go.

I like the Ranger/Mesmer combo, especially Sauselestus Rex's Pirate King build.

i also love the ranger/mesmer
i love the conditions rangers can give and then making those conditions more powerful through illusion magic like fragility. then soothing images can take down those annoying warrios adren gain.

Here try the Ranger/Mesmer build here:

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/content...ild-id1151.php

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anyone got any other builds besides the ones posted in Guru? that seem to work for them?

isn't Ranger/Mesmer build for PvP...

i thought u said Ranger/Monk is a better build for PvE?

Either the R/Me or R/Mo. Both are perfectly viable and functional PvE builds that work. Whether something gets torn up in commentary or not, there still resides your own personal tastes and experiences. You need to experiment and learn the options within the different combos yourself before you jump too far into either group.

I've used both in PvE builds. Is there a better choice overall? NO. Is there possibly a preference to me? Not really. Why? You have to decide just how you are approaching said character. If you are worried about life and whatnot,..go Monk secondary and utilize some healing skills..or utilize some smiting skills for additional damage.

If you are worried about energy? Go Mesmer secondary and build up some energy theft skills to supply you with more than you need...or switch over to domination/ illusion to throw some nasty offhand damage/interupts at your foes.

Just have to decide which way you would prefer it. They both are excellent compliments if you know what you're doing. (and how do you know.. you ask?...you give them a trial run....if you don't like them..go get something else and keep doing that until you find your happy gaming combination style character.)

EDIT : (below) Yup he is experienced. Still doesn't mean he's always right. Just means he's right for his own preferences. Just like I am with mine and you are with yours. Personal tastes. there is no substitute or better than that to be found. Not to mention, you might be a little surprised to find out just what I do know about how to do things in my own way too.

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