Build:R/A Deep Defense Tank

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The PvXwiki community finds this to be a good build. Through the PvX vetting system, it has reached an overall Rating in the range from 3.75 to < 4.75 and thus qualifies for the medium category of working builds: Good. This build has been designed for the following use: PvE farming

This is a build that will allow a Ranger to be able to tank in The Deep in the Cryway team.

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Ranger / Assassin 12 + 1 + 1 Expertise 12 Shadow Arts Escape Core Ranger. Expertise 14 Escape Elite Stance For 8 seconds, you move 33% faster and have a 75% chance to block attacks. 12 2 Lightning Reflexes Core Ranger. Expertise 14 Lightning Reflexes Stance For 11 seconds, you have a 75% chance to block melee and projectile attacks, and you attack 33% faster. 30 4 Whirling Defense Core Ranger. Expertise 14 Whirling Defense Stance For 19 seconds, you have 75% chance to block attacks. Whenever you block a projectile in this way, adjacent foes take 11 damage. 60 4 "I Am Unstoppable!" EotN No Profession. Norn rank "I Am Unstoppable!" Shout For 16..20 seconds, you have +24 armor and cannot be knocked down or Crippled. 30 5 "You Move Like a Dwarf!" EotN No Profession. Norn rank "You Move Like a Dwarf!" Shout Target foe is knocked down and takes 44..80 damage. When that foe gets up, it is Crippled for 8..15 seconds. 10 10 Death's Charge Factions Assassin. Shadow Arts 12 Death's Charge Spell Shadow Step to target foe. If that foe has more Health than you, you are healed for 173. 30 ¼ 5 Recall Factions Assassin. Unlinked Recall Enchantment Spell While you maintain Recall, nothing happens. When Recall ends, you Shadow Step to the ally you targeted when you activated this skill and all of your skills are disabled for 10 seconds. 10 1 15 -1 Resurrection Signet Core No Profession. Unlinked Resurrection Signet Signet Resurrect target party member. That party member is returned to life with 100% Health and 25% Energy. This Signet only recharges when you gain a morale boost. 3 Template code

[edit] Equipment

• Sentry armor, minor expertise rune, vigor rune, two attunement runes.
• An Icy axe or sword of fortitude, Like the Icy Dragon Sword. This is to trigger Spinal Shivers which the necro on the team brings.
• A shield with 45+ health and -2 damage vs physical while in a stance

[edit] Usage

• Use Death's Charge to enter groups to prevent most leaks.
• Stance chain- Escape -> Lightning Reflexes -> Escape -> Whirling Defense -> Escape -> Lightning Reflexes -> Escape -> 4 second gap in chain ->(repeat chain from Escape).
• Use "I Am Unstoppable!" when taking heavy damage and/or knockdowns.
• To knock down Kanaxi aspects, use "You Move Like A Dwarf!"
• Refer to Team - "Steel Wall" Deep Group for usage of Recall, how to pull, and how to make a 'wall'.

[edit] Counters

• This build has 30 less armor vs physical damage than the warrior version. However, this build has 20 more vs elemental.

[edit] Variants

• Dwarven Stability at rank 4 or more can probably replace Whirling Defense. The Chain would then be Dwarven Stability -> Escape -> Escape -> Lightning Reflexes(Before DS runs out) -> DS -> Escape -> Escape -> Lightning Reflexes(Before DS runs out) -> Repeating.
• Replace Death's Charge with Troll Unguent, putting all shadow arts into Wilderness Survival
• Replace Death's Charge with Feigned Neutrality.

[edit] See also

• Team - "Steel Wall" Deep Group - Archived
• Team - Cryway Deep Group