Untamed - LB/GS Untamed Marksman - MetaBattle

The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good

Expansions required: End of Dragons builds

Difficulty: Hard

This build was last updated on April 16, 2025 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.

Overview

A high damage Untamed burst build for PvP. Generally seen as one of the harder Ranger builds to play (mainly due to the improved pet control), Power Untamed is a formidable dueliest that can even pull its weight in larger fights when played right.

Skill Bar

Mechanic

Longbow

Utility

Skill Variants

Weapons

Axe/Warhorn over Longbow is also a viable option.

Utility

风暴精魂 over 狩猎纹章 - if you don't need the unblockable attacks from the signet, you could take Storm Spirit for AoE damage and CC plus some extra 激怒 uptime.
反常穿越 over 狩猎纹章 - trades unblockable attacks for a gapcloser that allows you to do "ranged" Greatsword bursts. Switch to 醉生梦死 on Marksmanship.
自然束缚 over "快保护我！" - with this you gain an extremely powerful CC that can easily guarantee kills on a rather short CD, but give up a valuable source of sustain for it. Makes the build less forgiving to play, but also to play against.

Pets

Wolf Wolf can be replaced by:

Template Code

[&DQQIKyArSBt4AHgAGRurAbsAvgCaABsADxvtAC4dAQsAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABMgAA]

Specializations

Variants

Take 自然护盾 when playing with more than 1 utility Cantrip.

Equipment

Longbow

Empty slot

Sigil

Greatsword

Empty slot

Sigil

Rune

Amulet

Relic

Equipment Variants

Relic

午夜国王古物 - more fury & might uptime.

Rune

牦牛符文 - higher sustain.

Usage

Elite specialization basics

Untamed Untamed Rangers have more control over their pets than regular Rangers, allowing them to manually control their pet's 3 special attacks.
Unleash is the central mechanic of Untamed. At any given time either you or your pet is in the Unleashed state, and you get to flip back and forth on a 1s CD.
When you're unleashed, your first autoattack is empowered. Greatsword's turns into 野蛮挥砍 while Longbow's becomes 多重射击. Unleashing yourself makes you deal more damage.
Unleashing the pet grants you damage reduction while their pet skills flip over to new ones:
- F1 becomes 剧毒爆发
- F2 becomes 剥裂藤蔓
- F3 becomes 孢络尘雾

General

Use 猛扑 for mobility.
和风疾速 has several uses:
- It can be used offensively for the Quickness, most notably to boost 高速连射, 重击, or Greatsword autos for downed cleave.
- Alternatively the 奔驰疾速 can help you escape damage or chase down targets while on Greatsword.
Pet swapping acts as a Blast finisher thanks to 野性号角. Being instant, you can have Smokescale place a 障目烟云 under you (even while you're stunned), and swap pets for AoE stealth.
猎手暗箭 is the easiest way to gain stealth in this build, but if the projectile misses then it won't be applied. To reduce the chance of that happening (and considering how the damage of this skill is insignificant) you should try to fire it at pets, mesmer clones, and other AI whenever possible. Alternatively, use it to quickly get rid of 目盲 or 圣盾 because it's the fastest projectile on this weapon.
Smokescale Smokescale's F2 障目烟云 is a useful combo field:
- Projectile finishers like 近身平射 and 高速连射 could 目盲 your target, increasing your sustain.
- While your pet is Unleashed, Smoke Cloud is replaced by 剥裂藤蔓 which is a Blast finisher. Dropping the field, unleashing the pet and pressing the skill again could make your pet combo Stealth for you on his own. Such a good boy.
- 猛扑 or the trait proc from 野性号角 could be used to stack 潜行 as well.
- Stealth fields are always valuable on any team! Consider dropping this for allies before arriving to a fight so they can make use of the field too.

Sustain

森林壁垒 is one of your best survival tools but also one that has good synergy with your more offensive skills. Try to use 万箭齐发 and 多重射击 while this is active to reduce the CD of your elite, but anything works as long as you're trying to hit as many targets as often as possible.
净化觉醒 makes your Unleash ability remove 2 conditions every 10 seconds, which is your first line of defense against conditions.
症状异变 is for emergencies in case condition damage is starting to overwhelm you. Consider disengaging/repositioning right after or following up with 潜行 so you have some time to recover. It's also a stun break.
"快保护我！" is both a stun break and an excellent skill for damage mitigation. Hold onto it in case you get stunned if Mutate Conditions is on CD, otherwise you get to use it a bit more freely.
Every unleashed pet skill can be used defensively, and 宠物觉醒 itself grants you damage reduction.
剧毒爆发 is an instant source of ranged 目盲 via trait synergy that could also be used if you're CC'd or casting skills.
剥裂藤蔓 applies 迟缓 but only if the target is CC'd. It's still useful for preventing them from counterpressuring you after the CC.
孢络尘雾 destroys projectiles while the Chill Chill makes it easy for you to kite enemies caught in it.

Doing damage

On Longbow your main combo is 近身平射 into 高速连射. If the target doesn't have 稳固 you should open with this whenever you swap sweapons because that way you could squeeze in a second 高速连射 before swapping back to Greatsword.
Make sure that you're the one who's unleashed during burst combos, not the pet.
Once evey 15 seconds unleashed autoattacks become available: 野蛮挥砍 on Greatsword and 多重射击 on Longbow. You don't suddenly gain access to them whenever they're off cooldown, only when you use 游侠觉醒.
- 尽情释放 makes it easier to manage these skills - whenever you swap weapons the CD is reset, so you always get to use unleashed attacks right after weapon swapping. After that the 15s CD still applies but only if you stay on the same weapon long enough.
Whenever 激怒 is applied to you your next attack will deal more damage and be a guaranteed critical hit. This only works on the next strike and doesn't cover entire skills that deliver multiple hits like 高速连射. On GS however 重击 benefits a lot from this. Sources of 激怒 applications in the build:
- Disabling a foe via 野性狂怒. Both weapon sets have access to CC skills but GS gets the most value out of this trait. Always try to use 重击 after 剑柄猛击, but even on Longbow 多重射击 could do decent burst damage after 近身平射 as Multishot is the most damage you can do in a single hit on bow.
- Swapping pets thanks to 野性号角. This is instant and could even be used in the middle of casting skills to make them crit when they land.
- 狩猎纹章 when playing with 空槽. This is another instant source.
重击 gives your pet a buff that increases their damage on their next attack. This is best used with either Tail Swipe or Chomp on Drake or Crippling Leap on Wolf.

The Longbow burst combo is rather simple:

Optional 狩猎纹章 for Fury and unblockable attacks
Make sure you have 激怒
CC people with 近身平射
Optional - get 急速 from 和风疾速
Immediately follow up with 高速连射 (and Smokescale's Smoke Assault if it's available)

Greatsword burst combo example (extended):

Make sure you're on 游侠觉醒
Precast 重击 - the rest of the combo happens between this and Maul landing.
Swap to Wolf Wolf to trigger 和风疾速 which grants 激怒 and 急速. Fury gives you 先发制人 for increased damage.
Cast the pet's F1 (Crippling Leap) right as Maul's about to connect, the pet attack should go off after Maul (as Maul buffs the pet).
Your pet should now have Attack of Opportunity as well as Opening Strike for maximum damage.
剑柄猛击 your target for CC, hopefully a 醉生梦死 proc, and to refresh Maul.
重击 again.

Greatsword burst combo (short)

重击
剑柄猛击 to refresh Maul
重击

Top Streamers

Twitch: Boyce
Twitch: ROM
Twitch: CarolinDnB
Twitch: Thelshin

Related Builds

Power Longbow Roamer - WvW Roaming version.