Part of the current metagame
Our curator decided this build is in the current metagame regardless of rating. The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great
Focused on: Strike damage
Designed for: Open World and Open World General
Expansions required: End of Dragons builds Secrets of the Obscure builds
Difficulty: Normal
This build was last updated on May 10, 2026 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.
Overview
A power build for untamed for open world. This build focuses on the trait 
尽情释放 to spam Unleashed Ambushes and provide yourself and nearby allies with some 
急速 and 
威能. You achieve permanent self quickness by inflicting crowd control due to 
强能冲击.
The build boasts excellent damage for open world and is quite resilient with frequent life stealing and defensive boons, even more so when running maces, and has great access to condition removal if needed, making it one of the best solo builds for this game mode.
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Weapon Variants
Mace Mace + mace Mace provides great damage, crowd control, barrier, 
稳固, condition removal and healing. They are extremely good for open world. Requires Expanded Weapon Proficiency with Secrets of the Obscure.
Axe Axe + axe Axe have great damage, range, pull, and projectile reflection. Can be replaced if you want.
- Spear Spear - good damage but bad crowd control, so you will not maintain quickness. Requires land spear with Janthir Wilds.
- Hammer Hammer replaces mace+mace for players without Secrets of the Obscure. It deals more or less the same damage but provides less resilience and less crowd control, which in turn equals less quickness.
- Longbow Longbow - great burst damage with
高速连射 and 
万箭齐发, but weaker damage over time.
Skill Variants
Healing skill
We default to 
"同心治疗！" for its low cooldown and high healing. It also copies your boons to your pet, increasing its damage.
Other options include:
惊险馈赠 - can be used to negate incoming damage for 3 seconds, very useful if you can time it to negate strong attacks.
治疗之泉 - can remove up to 12 conditions. Very useful in fights with high condition preasure or boon corruption such as when fighting Titans in Janthir Wilds.
Utility skills
We default to:
冰霜陷阱 provides great damage in a decent AoE and helps enable 
猎食突袭. Can be replaced if needed.
"快保护我！" is a good AoE stunbreak with low cooldown and barrier. This is a purely defensive skill and can be replaced if needed.
风暴精魂 deals great AoE damage, vulnerability, crowd control, and provides 
激怒. Should not be replaced.
If you want or need to run other skills, here are some suggestions:
反常穿越 - provides mobility and quickness.
症状异变 - if conditions are a problem. Also stunbreaks.
和风疾行 - stunbreak, quickness, and superspeed.
Elite Skill
We default to 
森林壁垒 for its excellent defensive properties. None of your utility skills deal noteworthy damage, making this defensive one the standard option, but you can consider other options:
自然精魂 - can be used when playing in groups to revive allies.
藤蔓缠绕 - deals very low damage in power builds, but it can immobilize Immobilize enemies for a long duration.
Pet Variants
We suggest using Tiger Tiger or Lynx Lynx for their high damage, boosted by 
尖牙利爪. For your other pet, you can use a tanky pet such as Brown Bear Brown Bear or a pet to inflict crowd control such as Boar Boar which has crowd control on its skills, and its Beast skill creates a bundle weapon for you to pick up and inflict more CC. If you have access to expansions, use Jacaranda Jacaranda for its high damage and survivability. Below are some other alternatives.
High damage pets
- Tiger Tiger or Lynx Lynx for their high damage, boosted by 尖牙利爪, or Jacaranda Jacaranda with its AoE lightning skill.
Good mix of damage and crowd control
- Smokescale Smokescale, Rock Gazelle Rock Gazelle, Boar Boar, any canine such as Alpine Wolf Alpine Wolf.
Good on-demand crowd control
Tanky pets
- Drakes such as Marsh Drake Marsh Drake provide the best mix of damage and tankiness, but bears, porcines, and devourers are also very tanky pets.
Specializations
Variants
Wilderness Survival Wilderness Survival can replace Marksmanship to trade a small amount of damage for a lot of sustain, mainly from 
食肉动物. Consider this set up if you want to solo some difficult enemy or want a more tanky build.
Equipment
Ascended equipment is not required.
If you are gearing this character from zero, start with exotic quality gear. Search the trading post for "Nika" armor. Then search for the weapons you want to use: "Serpentstone" mace, "Maw of the Damned"/"Shattered Axe"/"Serpent's Wrath Axe" axe, "Ebonblade" greatsword, "Impaler" spear, "Ironfist" hammer, or "Eir's Longbow" longbow. Upgrade to ascended gear as you progress. See also: Guide:How to Gear a Character.
- You can use
萨奇洛斯古物 to trade a minor amount of damage for sustain, 
骑兵古物 to start combat with boons, or 
耐久古物 for a little extra defense.
Consumables
Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.
DPS
Defense
Farming
- Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
生日爆破枪 / 
令人愉快的生日蛋糕大餐-
薄荷怪异莓棒
锐磨颅骨 (and variants)
Usage
As an untamed, you have control over your pet's attacks. Set to auto cast with control+mouse 2 the pet skills that focus on doing damage, and leave on manual control the skills that focus on utility or crowd control so you can use them when needed.
Your goal is to use your Unleashed Ambush at the start and end of each weapon swap rotation. With mace your Unleashed Ambush is 
芽开成花, and with axe it's 
破裂齐射. Thanks to 尽情释放 resetting the cooldown of the Unleashed Ambush, you can use them twice per weapon swap rotation.
You want to spend as little time as possible with your pet unleashed because you lose the damage bonus of 
野性誓言. Use that little time to cast your pet's F1,2,3 skills, then Unleash Ranger again. Note that the pet doesn't gain any bonus from being Unleashed.
Open world opening rotation example:
- Start with the pet unleashed. Command the pet to attack with
剧毒爆发 and use 
游侠觉醒. - Unleashed Ambush 破裂齐射.
- Weapon swap Weapon swap
- Unleashed Ambush 芽开成花.
- Use all your weapon skills.
- When weapon swap is almost ready, use
宠物觉醒 and cast whatever F1,2,3 skills are ready, and 游侠觉醒. - Unleashed Ambush 芽开成花.
- Weapon swap Weapon swap
- Unleashed Ambush 破裂齐射.
- Your goal is to use your Unleashed Ambush at the start and end of each weapon swap rotation.
- When executed properly, this will provide you with permanent quickness for yourself, and some quickness to nearby allies.
- On the maces weapon set, your weapon skills will reset after using them all due to Nature's Strength Nature's Strength. Use them again.
Boons
The trait 尽情释放 provides some 急速 to nearby allies. Together with 强能冲击, you achieve permanent self-quickness. Inflicting crowd control also provides self-quickness thanks to 强能冲击. You will trigger this with 
伤痕轨迹, 风暴精魂, 
橡木棍打 and 
狂野打击.
The Skirmishing Skirmishing trait line provides permanent 激怒 and 
迅捷.
You get some 威能 from 尽情释放 and 
猎手凝视.
Defense and sustain
- The best defense is always to dodge or sidestep dangerous attacks.
- Unleashed Ambush heal you a little thanks to
自然刚毅. - If a big attack is coming and you can't avoid it, use 宠物觉醒 to reduce incoming damage thanks to 野性誓言.
- Block projectiles with
孢络尘雾 or reflect them with 
回旋防御. 
蓟菊防御 provides barrier and cleanses conditions.- If you need to solo a dangeorus enemy, or simply want a more tanky build, review the traits section and use Wilderness Survival Wilderness Survival.
Crowd control
Video examples
- https://youtu.be/OtdfyGzKSdE Untamed showcase