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

Greatsword

Pet Variants

• Juvenile Jacaranda - excellent for general use
• Juvenile Rock Gazelle - 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

• - 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

• - 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

Variant Equipment

Gear

• Marauder - a ~40% health increase, but ~10% DPS loss
• Knight's , Soldier - mix with other gear to increase defense

Runes

• - budget DPS
• - strong defense while in a group or against trash mobs

Consumables

Event Farming

These consumables boost profit.

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 (requires crit chance)
• Anything - Any food is better than none, but you should prioritize the food above before using any other food.

Utility

• , , - general farming
• - good damage option with +karma

Solo

These consumables boost damage.

Food

• , - Defense/Damage
• , - Damage

Utility

• - Damage

Usage

Damage

• Your main sources of damages are , , and your pet.
  • Never interrupt your greatsword autoattack chain.
  • can be used to reset .
  • is worth using as a gap closer.
  • Line up your longbow shots to pierce as many targets as possible with .
  • Never use unless crowd control is required.
• Try not to activate your signets.

Defense

• blocks attacks. The retaliatory attack doesn't trigger when mid-jump or out of range, allowing multiple blocks with one .
• 's swinging animation is an evade but can very tricky to time it.
• 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)