Build:R/N FA May Toucher

The PvXwiki community finds this to be a good build. This build has received an overall rating in the range from 3.75 to < 4.75 and thus qualifies for the lower category of working builds: Good. This build has been designed for the following use: PvP FA

This build is significantly affected by the Flux: Meek Shall Inherit. See the build's talk page for discussion and ramifications not noted here.

Meek Shall Inherit pushes touch skills to cost of 4 energy along with the boost to Blood Magic. There has been somewhat of a resurgence of Touch Rangers during this Flux, especially Luxon side of FA.

Frequency

• Seen in almost every FA match during the Meek Shall Inherit Flux.

Attributes and Skills

Ranger / Necromancer 12 + 1 + 3 Expertise 12 Blood Magic 3 Curses The energy cost of attack skills, rituals, touch skills and all Ranger skills is reduced by 64%. Vampiric Bite FactionsNecromancer. Blood Magic 14Vampiric BiteSkillTouch target foe to steal up to 71 Health.5¾2 Vampiric Touch PropheciesNecromancer. Blood Magic 14Vampiric TouchSkillTouch target foe to steal up to 71 Health.5¾2 Optional CoreNo Profession. UnlinkedOptionalOptionalOptional. Throw Dirt CoreRanger. Expertise 18Throw DirtSkillTarget touched foe and foes adjacent to your target become Blinded for 17 seconds.1130 Plague Touch CoreNecromancer. Curses 5Plague TouchSkillTransfer 2 negative Conditions and their remaining durations from yourself to target touched foe.2¾ Whirling Defense CoreRanger. Expertise 18Whirling DefenseStanceFor 22 seconds, you have 75% chance to block attacks. Whenever you block a projectile in this way, adjacent foes take 12 damage.360 Zojun's Haste FactionsRanger. Expertise 18Zojun's HasteStanceFor 12 seconds, you move 33% faster and have a 85% chance to block incoming projectiles. Zojun's Haste ends if you attack.130 Dodge PropheciesRanger. Expertise 18DodgeStanceFor 12 seconds, you move 33% faster and have a 85% chance to block incoming projectiles. Dodge ends if you attack.130   Template code

Vampiric Bite/Touch cost 4 energy at 18 Expertise

• Distracting ShotCoreRanger. Expertise 18Distracting ShotBow AttackIf Distracting Shot hits, it interrupts target foe's action but deals only 19 damage. If the interrupted action was a skill, that skill is disabled for an additional 20 seconds.1½10
• Strip EnchantmentCoreNecromancer. Blood Magic 14Strip EnchantmentSpellRemove 2 enchantments from target foe. If an enchantment is removed, you steal 61 Health.10120
• Demonic FleshCoreNecromancer. Blood Magic 14Demonic FleshEnchantment SpellFor 58 seconds, whenever you use a skill that targets a foe, you deal 19 shadow damage to all other foes adjacent to you.5130 for AoE damage
• Well of the ProfaneCoreNecromancer. Death Magic 5Well of the ProfaneWell SpellExploit nearest corpse to create a Well of the Profane at its location. For 12 seconds, foes in that area are stripped of all Enchantments and cannot be the target of further Enchantments. (50% failure chance with Death Magic 4 or less.)25310 to counter healer stacks (Switch Curses to Death Magic)
• Life SiphonCoreNecromancer. Blood Magic 14Life SiphonHex SpellFor 23 seconds, target foe suffers -3 Health degeneration, and you gain +3 Health regeneration.1015

Equipment

• Radiant Insignias
• Anniversary Sword "Prominence" with Energy +5 / Defense mods
• Blood Magic Focus of Fortitude
• Defensive set
• High energy set

Usage

• Spam 1 and 2.
• D-shot Juggernaut Toss for extra manliness.

Counters

• Snares
• Kiting
• Disabling touch skills
• Energy denial

Variants

• Natural StrideNightfallRanger. Wilderness Survival 8Natural StrideStanceFor 5 seconds, you run 33% faster and have a 50% chance to block incoming attacks. Natural Stride ends if you become Hexed or Enchanted.512 (Blood to 11+2)
• Plague SendingPropheciesNecromancer. Curses 5Plague SendingSpellTransfer 2 negative Conditions and their remaining durations from yourself to target foe and all adjacent foes.10%115
• Pin DownCoreRanger. Marksmanship 6Pin DownBow AttackIf Pin Down hits, your target is Crippled for 8 seconds.158

Notes

• 18 Expertise is the breakpoint for 15 energy skills.
• 4 Curses is the breakpoint for Plague Touch.