User:SylvXIII/Builds/Quickshot

Preface

I wanted to make a build using Expert Focus so I did. I ended up playing with the most retarded ranger elite skill Quick Shot to create a pretty solid damage ranger build (only works well with other damage dealers). The idea was to make 1 energy Needling Shots. Since that skill is armor-ignoring, along with the bonus damage from Conjure and Expert's Focus, you can spam Needling on anything below 50% until they die (very effective versus frenzy). The funniest part of this build is that it was nerfed (January 28th 2010). As if Quickshot and Needling shot were overpowered skills, they added an aftercast to both as well as a 2 seconds attack skills-downtime to Needling Shot. This shows how pathetic Anet is at balancing skills. They'll nerf a minor unused bar that's not even close to overpowered instead of nerfing OP broken skills. I haven't tried it since the nerf but I doubt it's still effective. (I was the only one playing this bar and apparently had the bad luck of facing a game designer in RA who thought I was broken, that's the only reason I can come up with to justify that shitty nerf)

Skill bar

Needling Shot

Quick Shot

Distracting Shot

Expert Focus

Lightning Reflexes

Antidote Signet

Conjure Frost

Resurrection Signet

Attributes

• 11 Marksmanship (10+1, Needling Shot is armor-ignoring anyway)
• 13 Expertise (11+1+1)
• 10 Water Magic

Variants

• I thought about swapping LR for a water snare or something like that from Water, Air or Fire Magic line but I sincerely couldn't come up with any viable replacement.
• Conjure Flame or Conjure Lightning for Conjure Frost if you feel like it.
• Whirling Defense for Antidote Sig

Equipment

• Stalwart's Insignias (+10 vs Physical Damage)
• Icy Hornbow of Shelter (main)
• Sundering Hornbow of Fortitude and/or Vampiric Hornbow of Fortitude (when Conjure is stripped)
• Adept Water Staff of Enchanting
• Spear of Fortitude + Shield of Fortitude (+10 versus whatever dangerous damage type, have many in inventory)

Camping a Vampiric Hornbow will make your health go down a lot but will greatly improve the strength of a Needling shot spam while conjure is down. Sundering will be pretty useless for Needling Shot but might be nice for Quickshot.

Usage

• Do not use normal attacks
• Only use Quick Shot (QS) and Needling Shot (NS) to deal damage
• Keep Conjure up
• Keep Expert's Focus up as much as possible (1 energy Needling Shots ftw)
• Use Dshot wisely, it's your only rupt
• QS>NS>QS>QS>NS>QS>QS> and so on until someone is below 50% then it's NS>NS>NS>NS>NS>ad eternam
• LR is for your self-survival, consider using normal attacks followed by a QS or NS for more damage while under that stance.