Average ranger here-I managed it before the nerf. Tough, but doable. I was on condi soul beast, which I had just unlocked, and had no real clue what I was doing. After beating my head against this thing awhile, I backed out of range and had a think. Found out the inventory was locked, so swapped in brown bear and the trait that knocks you outta SB instead of downing. I also knew I had to watch the dodges So I went into beast mode and did so much better. The bear's skills gave me another full heal, and by watching my dodges better, I was only knocked out of SB once. It wasn't pretty, but I did much better with the bear. The only thing they really needed to fix, IMO, was it healing off pets, etc. That did make it far more difficult for those classes.