Trapper

A Trapper is a ranger who specializes in traps. Traps are a core component of many PvP team builds, and are also popular farming in areas such as the Underworld. Trappers are, therefore, quite popular.

Because of the high energy cost of traps, most trappers use Druid's Armor and a staff or focus to increase their energy. They also generally maximize their Expertise.

Other trappers like to use Oath Shot to recharge their traps after laying down their initial "set." However, this doing this is very costly in terms of energy if you don't have high expertise

In PvE, foes can be lured to the traps with a bow, but this tends to bring the foes in a haphazard fashion. It is generally beneficial for a group of enemies to arrive on top of the traps simultaneously. To do this effectively the "puller" will have to aggro the mobs, then run them to the traps in clumps. There are several techniques for clumping foes -- running circles around them, and using a stuttered run are the popular methods.

However, once hitting the traps, monsters will scatter if not killed outright by the traps set. Therefore it is advisable to bring crippling traps to keep the enemy in the area of effect of the damage traps for longer. Barbed Trap or Snare with an added knockdown from Tripwire are great, and the elite skill Spike Trap is good unless you want to utilize another elite.

Note: One can also find ele trappers using the elementalist's large energy pool to advantage the trapper.