[GvG] Mel Ranger - Which Staff?

[timebandit]

Heya,
I was wondering what fourth weapon set you would use for a Mel Ranger with [[Flesh of my Flesh] in GvG ...

Currently:
1. Poisonous Recurve
~ obvious ~

2. Crippling Longbow
~ Would usually go Vamp Flat for NPC hunting but don't have Trolls and hate the degen on splits even when swapping ... can come in handy for a 'lucky' Melandrus ~

3. Shield set
~ Crippling for burning Isle and NPC pin downs atm ~

4. ???

I was thinking off bringing a Restoration Magic Staff with the following stats, just to make sure I get the flesh of in time and get a +30 when swapping back to bows:
o 20% HSR
o 20% HCT
o 20% HCT
o +5 Armor

What would you pick? 40/40 Resto ? Different Staff ?

[Enolena Sedai]

Why not also have a good Sundering Hornbow of Fortitude for the extra armor penetration...a real damage dealer, I think.

[Bowstring Badass]

Why a staff on a ranger? Dpact > flesh imo. Take a res sig and give your other midline a hard res.

You should have a vamp recurve, vamp flat, poisonous recurve and a crippling longbow.

Just have your 3 main weapon sets as vamp recurve, crippling long and poisonous recurve. On your 4th set put in a shield set. When you are ganking npcs just go into your inventory and equip your flatbow.

[Jonas The Keen]

Vamp recurve? ummm... no.

1) Poisonous 15^50 Recurve Bow (For spreading poison at stand. Be in this bow set for 90% of the match)
2) Crippling 15^50 Recurve Bow (Increased cripple for Mel shot)
3) Vampiric 15^50 Flat Bow (For killing ritualist spirits and ganking NPC's)
4) +30 HP +5e Spear and both a +30HP -20% Cripple Duration Sheild (for Burning Isle), and a +30HP +10 armor vs Slashing Shield (When you are running for your RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing life).

[IcyFiftyFive]

Vamp recurve? ummm... no.

1) Poisonous 15^50 Recurve Bow (For spreading poison at stand. Be in this bow set for 90% of the match)
2) Crippling 15^50 Recurve Bow (Increased cripple for Mel shot)
3) Vampiric 15^50 Flat Bow (For killing ritualist spirits and ganking NPC's)
4) +30 HP +5e Spear and both a +30HP -20% Cripple Duration Sheild (for Burning Isle), and a +30HP +10 armor vs Slashing Shield (When you are running for your RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing life).

100% agreed
These weapon sets are the bread and butter of an effective ranger. Minus the extra shield sets, but those two are the most important.

[timebandit]

Heya,
Thanks for the replies!
Well that is what I was running before. So it seems like you guys would just Flesh on your bow set right?
So the extra energy or the fast cast just for a flesh once or twice (hopefully none) in one match just isn't worth a permanent slot in your opinion?
If I get it right you prefer a Crip recurve over it.

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To Bowstring Badass: In which situation would I benefit from a vamp recurve?
I could think of none.
To Enolena Sedai: The only bars I would consider running a Hornbow on would be {GvG} BA or {HA} Ranger spike, with a vamp for both. I don't see the benefit for a [GvG] Mel Ranger.

[Forgotton200]

Vamp recurve? ummm... no.

1) Poisonous 15^50 Recurve Bow (For spreading poison at stand. Be in this bow set for 90% of the match)
2) Crippling 15^50 Recurve Bow (Increased cripple for Mel shot)
3) Vampiric 15^50 Flat Bow (For killing ritualist spirits and ganking NPC's)
4) +30 HP +5e Spear and both a +30HP -20% Cripple Duration Sheild (for Burning Isle), and a +30HP +10 armor vs Slashing Shield (When you are running for your RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing life).

Does it have to be a spear? I see people mentioning spear often but what makes it better than the other weapons?

[Orange Milk]

The Spear is still a Ranged weapon, just like the bow. So you can still Apply Posion at range with the spear tabbing between targets.