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Ranger Leveling Build

Overview
Designed for: Leveling
Focused on: DPS and Ranged
Difficulty:
Easy
Strengths
  • High AOE Burst Damage
  • Easy to Play
  • Solo Friendly
Weaknesses
  • Squishy

Overview

This Ranger Leveling Build focuses on using high AP (Attack Power) to boost the damage of Arrow RainArrow Rain and SaltationSaltation to grind mobs easily and level up this way once you are past level 10 and completed most simple beginner quests. The build is perfect for new players that are looking to level up alone without looking for groups or chase quests.


Skill Bar

Q
Net Shot
W
Arrow Rain
E
Barrage Stance
R
Saltation
D
Mana Boost
F
Heal
T
Harpoon Arrows
UPGRADE ORDER
WRQE

Net ShotNet Shot: Perfect for keeping mobs away from you as it roots them for a few seconds and helps you damage them down. Use this when dealing with a single mob or when you are pulling multiple and one of them is out of the AOE range of your Arrow RainArrow Rain.

Arrow RainArrow Rain: This is your main damaging skill, you should use this on cooldown to deal high AOE damage. This skill also becomes much more powerful when you get Dual CapacityDual Capacity as it adds another charge, greatly increasing burst damage and making it easier to kill mob groups.

Barrage StanceBarrage Stance: This skill has two stances. The Normal Stance that ignores some of the enemy armor and the Barrage Stance which shoots out extra arrows. However, toggling this on also drains your mana. Make sure to toggle Barrage Stance at the beginning of a mob pull before switching back to Normal Stance once only one mob is left alive.

SaltationSaltation: A very straightforward skill, it does high AOE damage in a direction and also disarms enemies. The second part of this skill also makes you jump backwards, helping a lot with repositioning or simply getting away from mobs.

Harpoon ArrowsHarpoon Arrows: The Special Ability of the Ranger make it so every auto-attack leaves arrows in enemies and increases your attack speed. You can cast this skill to consume the arrows and deal extra damage.

Mana BoostMana Boost: This is very important for leveling and maintaining your mana. Use it whenever it’s ready, especially when you’re low on mana. If you manage your mana carefully, you can rely on this alone and skip using any consumables while leveling for a long time.

HealHeal: Same as Mana BoostMana Boost, it is perfect for the leveling and can save you when you are taking too much quick damage.


Equipment

Weapons
Apocalyptic Effigy Bow,uncommon
Apocalyptic Effigy Bow
Physical Crit ChancePhysical Crit Chance
Executioner's Edge-uncommonExecutioner's Edge
Consumables
Bread
Sweet Baked Pumpkin
Biosteroids Shot
Small Joint
Artifacts
Steroid Implant,uncommon
Steroid Implant
Physical Crit ChancePhysical Crit Chance
Lamprey-uncommonLamprey
Steroid Implant
Steroid Implant
Physical Crit ChancePhysical Crit Chance
Scar-uncommonScar
Steroid Implant
Steroid Implant
Physical Crit ChancePhysical Crit Chance
Steroid Implant
Steroid Implant
Physical Crit ChancePhysical Crit Chance
Steroid Implant
Steroid Implant
Physical Crit ChancePhysical Crit Chance
Steroid Implant
Steroid Implant
Physical Crit ChancePhysical Crit Chance
Weapons
Apocalyptic Composite Bow,rare
Apocalyptic Composite Bow
Physical Crit ChancePhysical Crit Chance
Physical Crit PowerPhysical Crit Power
Executioner's Edge-uncommonExecutioner's Edge
Overdrive-uncommonOverdrive
Consumables
Bread
Sweet Baked Pumpkin
Double Biosteroids Shot
Strong Joint
Artifacts
Battle Sleeve,uncommon
Battle Sleeve
Physical Crit ChancePhysical Crit Chance
Lamprey-uncommonLamprey
Battle Sleeve
Battle Sleeve
Physical Crit ChancePhysical Crit Chance
Scar-uncommonScar
Battle Sleeve
Battle Sleeve
Physical Crit ChancePhysical Crit Chance
Battle Sleeve
Battle Sleeve
Physical Crit ChancePhysical Crit Chance
Battle Sleeve
Battle Sleeve
Physical Crit ChancePhysical Crit Chance
Battle Sleeve
Battle Sleeve
Physical Crit ChancePhysical Crit Chance

Runes: Lamprey-commonLamprey and Scar-commonScar are great for building a damage buff while farming mobs and adding extra damage with each kill while Lamprey-commonLamprey adds an extra tick of damage on a low cooldown. You don’t really need to upgrade to Mantis-commonMantis or Jagged Scar-commonJagged Scar, but you can if you find them cheaply on marketplace or they drop for you if you are lucky enough.

Gear: Steroid Implant-uncommonSteroid Implant and Battle Sleeve-uncommonBattle Sleeve are excellent for leveling. Battle Sleeve-uncommonBattle Sleeve can be hard to get early, but they become more common as you progress. Until then, you can maximize your damage by wearing a full set of Steroid Implant-uncommonSteroid Implant.

Consumables: Use Bread-commonBread and Sweet Baked Pumpkin-commonSweet Baked Pumpkin to recover HP and Mana. For extra stats, Biosteroids Shot-commonBiosteroids Shot gives more AP, and Small Joint-commonSmall Joint increases your crit chance. (Upgrade into Double Biosteroids Shot-commonDouble Biosteroids Shot and Strong Joint-commonStrong Joint once you are level 10).


Talents

Pathfinder
+2% Health Regen When No Allies Around
Wanderer's Resolve
Self-Sustenance
1/5
Lone Wolf
Rejuvenating Essence
1/5
Resourceful Explorer
Eldritch Transmutation
Cozy Campfires
1/5
Flame Forged
Firestarter
Desperate Escape
1/5
Sneak Prevention
Slow and Steady
Guardian of the Wild
Solo Survivor's Hunger
1/5
Duration Enhancement System
Assassin
+5% Physic/Magic Crit Chance -20% Aggro
Lurking Precision
1/5
Shadow Dance
Shadow Strike
1/5
Bloodthirsty Edge
Piercing Onslaught
Critical Affliction
1/5
Predator
Backstab
Surprise Attack
Ghostly Reflexes
Giant Slayer
1/5
Blade Fury
Critstacker
1/5
Blade Master
Disruptive Strike
Warrior
+5% Damage
Stacking Strength
Dynamic Damage Boost
1/5
Rampage Rush
1/5
Multi-Strike Mastery
Healthy Aggression
Adrenaline Rush
1/5
Executioner's Edge
Resilient Fury
Anti-Heal
Fighting Spirit
1/5
Life Force Augmentation
Killstreak Empowerment
Charge Catalyst
True Strike
1/5
Bloodthirst


Mastery

Net Shot
Binding Net
+
+
Speedstalker
+
+
Corrosive Restraint
+
+
Backline Snare
+
+
Inferno Arrow
+
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Arrow Rain
Area Marksmanship
+
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Focal Point
+
+
Mobility Suppression
+
+
Dual Capacity
+
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Acidic Barrage
+
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Barrage Stance
Armour Penetration Expertise
+
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Multishot Mastery
+
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Stance Switcheryr E3
+
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Silver Arrow
+
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Venomous Infusion
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Harpoon Arrows
Arrow Chaser
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Follow-up Shaft
+
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Vital Quiver Restoration
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Mana Drain Barrage
+
+
Hexashot Enhancement
Fire Volley
Blaze Rebounder

With the max level currently being 20, it is unrealistic to assume anyone would have much more than 15 weapon mastery before or at fresh level 20. If, for some reason you have more than that, consult the PVE Ranger Build for more.


Rotations

AOE Rotation ↴
Arrow RainArrow right.webpBarrage StanceArrow right.webpSaltationArrow right.webpHarpoon Arrows

First pull the mobs together by walking close and making them follow you then use Arrow RainArrow Rain (two times if you got Dual CapacityDual Capacity) to hit all the mobs, hit some auto-attacks with Barrage StanceBarrage Stance active to stack up Harpoon ArrowsHarpoon Arrows then use SaltationSaltation followed by Harpoon ArrowsHarpoon Arrows to finish the mobs off.

Mana Saving Rotation ↴
Arrow RainArrow right.webpBarrage StanceArrow right.webpSaltation

While the other Rotation focuses on dealing the maximum amount of damage, this one focuses on dealing good damage while remaining as mana positive as possible without using consumables. Simply use Arrow RainArrow Rain and Barrage StanceBarrage Stance to deal AOE damage while ignoring the Harpoon ArrowsHarpoon Arrows mechanic. Use SaltationSaltation for some extra damage whenever it is off cooldown.

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