what class counters ranger in 1v1 pvp

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Well, there isn’t really a profession that counters ranger as such. The question you should rather ask is “what build counters what build?” Or “what mechanic counter what mechanic?”

But you did ask the question, and my best guess for a ranger counter would be Mesmer, because it uses a lot of displacement, punishes skill usage, and confuses the pet as well as the ranger with clones. Thief might also be a good choice because of the mobility and high burst potential.

Depends on what build they're running.

If it's core ranger, then professions with reflects like Scrapper, mesmer with their clones/phantasms, daredevil thieves utilizing stealth, warriors with shields are good picks. If it's soulbeast or boonbeast then s/d thief or necromancer with Corrupt Boon should do the trick.

From what I've discovered, both holo and rev can do a good job of countering ranger. Depends a lot on what build is vs what build. Prot holo with S/S can turn LB fire back on the ranger pretty handily, works against MH axe too. Rev can get on the rangers face and burst them pretty easily. They are also pretty vulnerable to CC, so generally classes with a lot of it will do well.

Best counter is Mesmer. Though, between range, healing and stealth it is near impossible for most melee classes to win (assuming equal skills), if the ranger chooses to play evasive. In sPvP that is not usually a good strategy.

I'd say a good condi mirage is my toughest matchup when I play Soulbeast.

I'd say Rock

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alright thanks guys !! recently ive had issues with harrier fireBrand so i was wondering if it counters soulBeast or if its just me lol

@"Pterikdactyl.7630" said:I'd say a good condi mirage is my toughest matchup when I play Soulbeast.

Is there such a thing as a "good" condi mirage though? You can't really be bad at it. LOL

Just a warning, this isn't a successful way to think about PVP. If you change your build to address one problem, you are probably opening yourself up to another ... or many others.

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Sylvari*

Mesmer/mirage is as close as you get to a "counter" to soulbeast. revenant is countered by soulbeast, warrior is countered by soulbeast, necro, ele loses fight unless he has a loot of healing power so that's a stalemate, guardian is countered with a singlr trait that gives 40% unlockable uptime..if a good theif catches you when you're not prepared you could die fast, but in a prepared 1v1 it's either stalemate or win for soulbeast. holo shoould lose vs soulbeast but not every time... that leaves only mesmer/mirage.

it's usually the condition builds that are troubling in spvp. ranger relies on its boons to sustain the condi dmg from mesmer but boons have lower duration in spvp so that is one of the reasons. in WvW you can easily create builds that can win vs condi mirages though.... but then you're a bit more vulnerable to burst power dmg.

so basically, with a few statswaps, a rune swap and trait swaps within the same traitlines ranger can essentially win against everything 1v1. but then if you get 1+ by an enemy, ranger dies rather quickly.. so.. yea.

TLDR: CONDITION MIRAGES.

People keep mentioning reflects in this forum, just remember that if the ranger makes his attacks unblockable they will ALSO pierce reflects, so don’t waste your reflects when they’ve popped their unblockable stuff.

But for the most part the main things that’ll take down a ranger is going to depend pretty heavily on what build the ranger is playing, but for the most part Mesmer and thief don’t do too well vs rangers because rangers very good at sustain damage and the pet will go back onto the thief/Mesmer as soon as they come out of stealth and won’t fall for the clones unless the Mesmer uses one of the mirage skills that forces a new target.

Ranger is the best counter to itself

condi mirage counters everything

Necro. Jk.

Edit: *Cries

I'm not the best pvp'er but none of you lads give me trouble 1v1.Its not uncommon to go all game without a death.

Only my brothers in arms (rangers) with specific builds give me issue.