Build talk:R/any PvE Beast Master

It's good to have a sense of humor about these things! This will have a tough time considering that it competes with the likes of Dagger Spammers for single target DPS, and has precious little AoE available to it. The pet itself will never have to worry about dying in the thick of things (and even if it does somehow, comfort) but even with SaO keeping it on target it's still not as good as a player at positioning. Toraen (talk) 03:01, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
 * A build can't be best at all. This does it job pretty well, though, from my experience. Especially in 4 man areas or non-organized (=most) pugs this build has been doing a great job. (I doubt I could've beat The Last Day Dawns HM without a prot with a different build.) Single target damage shouldn't be underrated anyway. While AoE damage should be favoured in general for obvious reasons, single target damage always has its place in a team and has been meta for ages (strength of honour, discord, spirit spam) as it does a good job and is not limited to just dealing single target damage; instead, it's always accompanied by other useful effects. Spirits block and ditract and the spirit spammer has weapon spells to support his team. The beast master provides knock downs and a tank with good aggro management, as strike as one can be used without aggroing, making all foes focus the pet without building an aggro bridge immediately. Discord builds up to trigger armor ignoring AoE damage and allows to bring plenty of utility skills and minions. If a build was solely doing single target damage and nothing else I wouldn't add it to the build namespace. --Krschkr (talk) 13:56, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

Build Name
Change to "Beast Master 64"--&#32;Saxazaxx - IGN: Saxazax I (capital i) or Saxazax I I - (talk) 16:52, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Because there's already some other builds with a pet in GWPvX? Or what does the 64 mean? I fear I don't get the pun.--Krschkr (talk) 18:57, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
 * PewDiePie reference--&#32;Saxazaxx - IGN: Saxazax I (capital i) or Saxazax I I - (talk) 00:38, 12 May 2018 (UTC)

Skill icons mid-text
If there's a style policy which is telling people to use the pxvskill template for skills in text it has to be changed. This just looks terrible and spoils the reading. --Krschkr (talk) 20:17, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
 * My bad--&#32;Saxazaxx (talk) 20:53, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Now it looks good. Thank you! --Krschkr (talk) 21:05, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Balanced Build
My main issue with this is that the player will be firing arrows repeatedly to no effect. An idea I had was to put 6+1 in Wilderness Survival and take Apply Poison, so that the player can tab between foes and provide a small amount of pressure from just 1 skill slot. Here is what I am proposing: [build prof=Ranger/ BeastMastery=11+1+3 Expertise=12+1 Wild=6+1][Strike as One][Melandru's Assault][Predator's Pounce][Brutal Strike][Symbiotic Bond][Apply Poison][Call of Protection][Comfort Animal][/build] I am not 100% on how the pet AI works, would it be very annoying to have to force the pet to stay on target while you tab? --Saxazaxx (talk) 19:14, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Dropping feral aggression you lose 50% of your pet's attack speed and 13 armor ignoring damage per pet hit (which already contributes ~8dps). Without great dwarf weapon you lose another 26 damage per pet hit. That doesn't sound worth it. --Krschkr (talk) 22:05, 18 October 2018 (UTC)

Anniversary sword
Replacing Feral Aggression with Never Rampage Alone seems to be a strictly better build when using the anniversary sword. I would personally also bring SaMS over Predator's Pounce since it benefits more from physical support, bursts more and is a lot easier to play than being careful with pet attack canceling. -- DANDY ^_^ -- 08:08, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Playing this as a melee sounds very annoying. You don't have a shadow step, unlike your pet. --Krschkr (talk) 11:02, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I have no problem running around without a shadow step. The alternative is not doing anything useful while your pet does all the work, which is far more boring to me. -- DANDY ^_^ -- 11:12, 6 May 2020 (UTC)