Ranger - Basic Ranger

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The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great.

Focused on: Strike damage, Defense, Dps.

Designed for:

Open World

 

Open World Core

 

Open World Roaming

 

Open World Zergs

 

Open World General

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Overview

A basic but effective ranger build that F2P players can access. The Longbow Beastmaster is surprisingly powerful for a Core class and performs very well in event farming and casual solo open world.

Skill Bar

LongbowHealingUtilityElite

Sword/Axe

Weapon Variants

• Greatsword - can replace Longbow
• Axe (mainhand) - higher burst but lower DPS than Sword.
• Warhorn - boons

Pet Variants

• Juvenile Smokescale - very high damage pet
• Juvenile Jacaranda - excellent for general use
• Juvenile Rock Gazelle - high damage and great CC
• Juvenile Pink Moa or Juvenile Electric Wyvern - CC
• Juvenile Bristleback or Juvenile Smokescale - tanky pets with high damage
• Juvenile Marsh Drake - tanky pet with some area damage; good underwater
• Juvenile Wolf - powerful area crowd control.

Skill Variants

• - stunbreak
• - condition cleanse
• - extra damage in static fights
• - extra defense in static fights
• - extra toughness and a panic button
• - alternative stun break and extra dodge.

Specializations

Build Code

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Variants

• - more consistent crit chance / buffs allies
• - if running .
• - better utility.

Equipment

Ascended gear is not required; exotic with the same stats will work fine.

Standard Equipment

6x

Superior Rune of the Scholar

• Marauder - a ~40% health increase, but ~10% DPS loss
• Knight's , Soldier - mix with other gear to increase defense
• - budget DPS
• - strong defense while in a group or against trash mobs

Consumables

Farming

Food

• Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions.
• - Use for general farming.
• - Use for when you need to max out magic find.
• - more sustain
• Anything - Any food is better than none, but you should prioritize the food above before using any other food.

Utility

• , , - general farming

Solo

This food assists with more difficult content, such as bosses or bounties. Ascended versions of these are available and should be used when possible.

Food

• - permanent Fury when farming trash or with a zerg
• - extreme sustain when farming trash or with a zerg
• - a huge boost to damage whenf arming trash or in a zerg
• , - DPS food
• , - Defense and Might
• - Lifesteal
• , , - Damage Reduction Food

Utility

• , - Damage

Usage

Damage

Use big skills like , , and while using and your pet's abilities to maintain uptime on .

Defense

• can be used to disengage with stealth.
• One tactic for dealing with dangerous enemies is to bring Juvenile Brown Bear or another tanky pet
• If having trouble surviving, you can run or .
• Remember to always dodge and sidestep attacks if possible.

Crowd Control

• Your pet’s F2 skill
• (as a last resort)