Ranger - PvP Build

Overview

Class: Ranger

Designed for: PvP

Focused on: DPS

Difficulty:

Normal

Strengths

• Great CC
• Good Solo Play
• Great Mobility
• High Burst Damage

Weaknesses

• Squishy

Overview

This PVP Ranger build offers insane single target burst damage capable of killing off enemies with ease in the open world of Ashes of Creation. It is one of the top choices for caravan runs but also does fantastic in larger group PVP thanks to Raining Death and Scatter Shot hitting many enemies. This build's mobility remains a core part of it though with Air Strike and Disengage allowing you to move unhindered through the battlefield.

Skills

25

22

16

19

15

24

14

20

21

18

17

7

10

6

11

13

12

8

23

3

4

5

1

2

Equipment

Weapons

Greatsword

Longbow

Stamina

14

10

21

13

9

20

12

8

19

11

7

18

3

6

17

2

5

16

1

4

15

In PvP, the Ranger’s kiting ability is key to staying alive. Investing in Escape Velocity is ideal, as it boosts your movement speed while sprinting in combat (default key C) and makes kiting enemies much easier, helping you avoid unnecessary damage. This becomes even more important later in the game, allowing you to kite players effectively while waiting for cooldowns or escaping ganks.

Next, put points into Recuperation Training and Evasive Maneuver to increase your evasion rate while dodging. These upgrades also unlock Springstep, which improves your mobility by extending your roll distance.

Finally, use your remaining points on the Guard Training branch to lower stamina usage when blocking (default key E). Adding Mental Fortification is also a good option, as it decreases the chance of being crowd-controlled (CC’d) while blocking, which can be useful in certain scenarios.

Rotations

Single Target Gank Rotation ↴

• Make sure you are using Imbue Ammo: Barbed for this before you use Mark of the Raven on whichever player you want to kill. Use Barrage to apply Bleed then use Snipe to deal very high damage before enemies can usually react to you.

• Continue the rotation with Thundering Shot followed by Raining Death as it deals extra damage when used on Shocked targets. Finish off the target with Headshot once the target is below 50% HP.

AOE Burst Rotation ↴

• First, ensure that both Imbue Ammo: Barbed and Hunt of the Tiger are active. Use Scatter Shot first to apply Bleed stacks on a group of enemies.

• Continue by putting down Vine Field on top of the same enemies and turn the Bleed into Hemorrage, dealing even more dot damage quicker. Follow up with another Scatter Shot then use Thundering Shot to then apply the Shocked debuff on your main target and targets near it while also boosting Raining Death damage to deal even more AOE DPS before using Lightning Reload to use Raining Death again.