User:XT-8147/R/Mo Hell's Precipice Winter Spammer

This ranger is adept at placing and maintaining the Winter spirit, which is quite useful in areas where enemies have less armor against cold damage, including Hell's Precipice. In addition, it takes advantage of the Winter spirit by accompanying it with fire damage (to be converted to cold damage) and high damage output.

Armor
Druid's Armor is a good option, the extra energy is always nice. Add the best available Vigor rune.

Weapon
I used Drago's Flatbow. I had a custom Vampiric Shortbow of Fortitude on my weapon switch, but the group's damage output was quite decent already so I didn't see the need to switch to it.

Usage

 * Before each battle, place Winter.
 * Once the battle starts and enemies are stationary, find a suitable target for Oath Shot and use it to recharge Winter.
 * All that's really left is to activate Kindle Arrows and attack.
 * Use Marauder's Shot for a nice damage burst.
 * Switch to spamming Needling Shot once the foe reaches 50% health. It may only deal 19 damage, but you have Kindle Arrows adding 18 more, and Winter converting that to cold damage.  Combined with the ability to repeat this once per second (the fastest normal refire of a bow is 2 seconds) and you have a potent source of damage.
 * Interrupt with Distracting Shot as needed.
 * If enemies target you, kite and heal with Troll Unguent if you haven't already been healed by a partied monk.

Counters

 * Killing the Winter spirit. This can be avoided by placing it where it can affect the battle but not be easily reached by enemies, and then leaving most spells' AoE range of it.
 * Blindness, Blocking, Evasion, and moving targets all hinder use of Oath Shot.
 * Interrupts

Strengths

 * Proper use can have the Winter spirit up during 100% of all enemy encounters
 * Good damage output

Weaknesses

 * No block/evade or speed boost

Variations

 * Swap Kindle Arrows for Read the Wind to gain better arrow speed and accuracy at the expense of damage output
 * Swap Marauder's Shot and Needling Shot for other bow attacks if you don't have access to Factions skills or to incorporate Determined Shot into the build to recharge Oath Shot.