GW2. Raid Build. Power Hammer Alacrity DPS Untamed. Ranger PvE.
Last Update: September 2023
Overview
The Power Hammer Untamed is a melee DPS ranger build with a simple rotation, but can provide plenty of CC, projectile block, and burst damage.
Playstyle
Role: DPS 
Stay Unleashed to gain more damage modifiers. Only Unleash your pet during a short time when all your skills are on cooldown and you can quickly use all of the Pet’s Unleashed Abilities and your Ambush skill. Use your heaviest hitting/low cooldown weapon skills like Hammer 4/2 and Sword 2/3, then fill in the gaps with Frost Trap, Storm Spirit, and toggling Unleash to your pet so it can use its abilities and then you can return to Unleashing yourself to use your ambush. By then your low cooldown weapon skills will have returned and you can swap weapon.
Remember to CTRL + Right Click your Pet’s non-unleashed damaging abilities so that they auto cast them, but do not enable this for CC skills so you can have them when you need them.
Always begin by using all of your pet’s unleashed F1-3 abilities and then swapping back to use your ambush skill. This combination of skills does the most damage, but since it is so clunky to swap between unleashes only do this later on when your weapon skills and weapon swap are on cooldown.
Hammer Skill Priority:
- Hammer 4/2
- Hammer 5/3
- Frost Trap/Storm Spirit
- Unleash Pet > F1/F2/F3
- Unleash Ranger > Hammer Ambush (1)
- Swap Weapon
Sword/Axe Skill Priority:
- Sword 2/3
- Axe 4/5
- Frost Trap/Storm Spirit
- Unleash Pet > F1/F2/F3
- Unleash Ranger > Sword Ambush (1)
- Swap Weapon
CC: Unleashed Pet Hammer 3/5, Axe 4, Gazelle F2, Sword Ambush, Storm Spirit
Equipment
| Item | Stat | Rune / Sigil |
|---|---|---|
| Helm Berserker | ||
| Shoulders Berserker | ||
| Coat Berserker | ||
| Gloves Berserker | ||
| Leggings Berserker | ||
| Boots Berserker |
Primary Weapon Set
| Hammer Berserker |
|
Secondary Weapon Set
| Sword Berserker | ||
| Axe Berserker |
| Item | Stat |
|---|---|
| Amulet Berserker | |
| Ring Berserker | |
| Ring Berserker | |
| Accessory Berserker | |
| Accessory Berserker | |
| Backpiece Berserker |
Relic
Consumables
Infusions
| Fractal x18 | |
| Optional x18 |
Skills
| Tiger / Rock Gazelle | Unleashed Pet |
| Hammer / Unleashed Hammer | Heal / Utility / Elite |
| Sword / Axe | Unleashed Ambushes |
Traits
Alternatives
- Untamed: when you want to provide Quickness to your allies. Use your weapon swap and Ambush skills (1) to trigger this. You’ll need a lot of boon duration to achieve full uptime, so this isn’t suggested as a dedicated quickness provider.
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