Ranger - Basic Ranger

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Focused on: Direct damage, Single target, Ranged damage, Melee damage, Mobility, Dps, Roaming, Core.

Designed for:

Open World

 

Open World Core

 

Open World Roaming

 

Open World Zergs

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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

Pets

A good Ranger swaps pets depending on the situation. Here are some pets worth having:

• Juvenile Jacaranda - excellent for general use
  • Juvenile Lynx, Juvenile Jungle Stalker, or Juvenile Tiger if you don't have the Path of Fire expansion.
• Juvenile Brown Bear - defensive pet that can tank for you and has a condition cleanse.
• Juvenile Rock Gazelle - provides good defiance bar damage.
  • Juvenile Pink Moa or Juvenile Electric Wyvern if you don't have the Path of Fire expansion.
• Juvenile Bristleback or Juvenile Smokescale - tanky pet that also deals high damage.
• Juvenile Marsh Drake - tanky pet that also deals good AoE damage.
• Juvenile Wolf - powerful AoE crowd control.

Skill Variants

Healing Skills

• - if conditions are a problem.

Utility Skills

• - alternative damage skill, useful if there are allies around.
• - if you're having trouble staying alive.
• - extra toughness and a panic button
• - alternative stun break and extra dodge.
• - increases pet damage but can be slow.

Elite Skills

• - powerful soft crowd control.

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 Pack

Variant Equipment

Gear

• Marauder - more efficient if you have access to it.
• Knight's , Soldier - good defensive mixers

Runes

• - Infinite sustain while zerging

Consumables

Event 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 (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

This food assists with more difficult content, such as bosses or bounties.

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 if you are jumping or out of range, allowing you to block multiple attacks 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. This lets you deal damage from a safe distance while enemies are focused on your pet.
• If you have trouble surviving, you can run or .
• Remember to always dodge and sidestep attacks if possible. Don't get hit by anything you can move out of.

Crowd Control

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