Archive:R/P Arenas RaO Spear Pressure

A Ranger taking advantage of RaO to have permanent increases in movement and attack speed, it utilizes condition inflicted Spear Attacks with Apply Poison to put heavy pressure on opponents.

Attributes and Skills
[build prof=R/P spear=10 Expertise=9+1 beast=10+1+1 Wilderness=7][Rampage as One][Barbed Spear][Maiming Spear][Merciless Spear][Apply Poison][Comfort Animal (PvP)][Charm Animal][Resurrection Signet][/build]

Equipment

 * Survivor's Insignia's with a Rune of Superior Vigor.
 * Zealous/Vampiric/Poisonous 15^50 Spears of Fortitude with +10Al vs X Shields of Fortitude.

Usage

 * Maintain Rampage as One and Apply Poison.
 * Spread Bleeding (Barbed Spear), Poison (Apply Poison) and Cripple   (Maiming Spear) around the enemy team.
 * Use Merciless Spear to inflict Deep Wound.
 * Lock your pet on a target to pressure it further.

Counters

 * General anti-spear (Blind, Necromancer Hexes, Empathy etc.).
 * Anti-melee on your pet.
 * Energy denial (although rare, it can make your RaO impossible to maintain).
 * Wastrel's Demise and/or Wastrel's Worry being spammed on your pet, which is a lot of pressure on your healer. If your pet dies in RA, your skills are disabled for 4 seconds (at Beast Mastery 12), which also causes you to lose all adrenaline.

Variants

 * Scavenger's Strike can be used for energy management.
 * Wild Throw for Stance removal.
 * Blazing Spear for more condition pressure and damage.