The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great
Focused on: Strike damage, Mobility and Control
Designed for: WvW Roaming
Expansions required: End of Dragons builds
Difficulty: Hard
This build was last updated on March 28, 2026 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.
Overview
A high damage Untamed power build for WvW roaming. Sticks to the staple LB/GS setup of Ranger and slaps some modifiers on top of it, along with some shiny new tools such as better pet management and new pet skills. The more complex pet management makes it somewhat harder to play than other similar power builds.
Skill Bar
Skill Variants
Utility
Viable choices for the optional slot:
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自然束缚 - an extremely powerful CC that can easily guarantee kills. -
狩猎纹章 - makes your burst unblockable/ignore projectile hate. Gamechanger against certain specs like Virtuoso and Catalyst but way less useful against those that don't rely on blocking skills. Consider taking 空槽 on Marksmanship. -
闪电反射 - good defensive skill with evasion, stun break and some condi removal. -
反常穿越 - not that strong after the nerfs which gave it a cast time, preventing us from doing instant melee burst from range with it. Could still have some value as a gapcloser though.
Pets
- Wolf Wolf over River Drake River Drake - the Drake has higher burst potential and 2 hard hitting abilities that you can control, but the Wolf has more CC and its highest damage skill has a really short cast time which makes it easier to land and utilize in combos.
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Equipment
Rune
超级耐久符文 - more tanky option.
Sigils
超级洁净法印 - could be added to the Greatsword set as well if you're having trouble dealing with conditions.
Consumables
Food
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黑胡椒粉真空烹调肉排 - strong mix of sustain and damage. -
碗装欧尔松露鲜肉煲 - more evasion uptime and 
同伴之御 synergy.- Budget version:
碗装鲜肉冬菜煲
- Budget version:
Utility
Usage
Elite specialization basics
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Untamed Untamed Rangers have more control over their pets than regular Rangers, allowing them to manually control their pet's 3 special attacks.
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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.
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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 your pet a damage reduction while their pet skills flip over to new ones:
General
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Use
猛扑 for mobility. -
和风疾速 has several uses: -
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.
- Projectile finishers like
Sustain
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森林壁垒 is one of your ebst 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 whenever possible, 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
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On Longbow your main combo is
近身平射 into 高速连射. The CC from PBS also procs 
超级迅敏法印 for 
急速. 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.
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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.
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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.
- Using
"同心治疗！" when you already have Fury.
- Disabling a foe via
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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:
- 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
Greatsword burst combo example (extended):
- Make sure you're on 游侠觉醒
- Optional - CC the target with
格挡反踢 if you were blocking. This will increase the damage of Maul. - Precast 重击 - the rest of the combo happens between this and Maul landing.
- Swap to River Drake River Drake 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 Chomp or Tail Swipe (Chomp is easier to land but Tail Swipe does more damage), this should land right after Maul lands.
- Your pet should now have Attack of Opportunity as well as Opening Strike for maximum damage. The pet attack should connect right after 重击 lands.
- 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)
Related Builds
- LB/GS Untamed Marksman - sPvP version of the build.