Slightly disagree. The better the player the lower the value of your trap, more traps is often a weakness not a strength, I've beaten many rangers trying to make trapper rune and all that crap work. Sharpening stone is on demand cleanse, fury and good damage. About the MH axe, I enjoy it but dagger will proc [Predator's Cunning] way more than axe which will help with sustain, on top of that if you take axe MH you have only projectiles and a single ele can render you useless. Also dagger leaps can be used for 1.3k heal or 8s weakness per leap. Axe just doesnt compete with it in my opinion