Ranger



The Ranger class is a versatile ranged attacker. While they do not provide as much damage as other professions, they are valued for their versatility. Rangers are renowned especially for their ability to interrupt enemies and the ease at which they spread conditions. Rangers are one of the more survivable classes due to their mid-level armor, arsenal of defensive stances and self healing. Additionally, a Ranger has the highest armor vs. Elemental damage of any of the professions. Another feature of the Ranger profession is the ability to tame a pet to aid you in combat. Because of all this, a Ranger can fill in many gaps in a party. The patron goddess of rangers is Melandru.

The Primary Ranger's base armor provides moderate protection. It has 70 base armor and +30 Armor versus Elemental attacks, +5 Energy and +1 Energy Recovery. A starting Primary Ranger can expect to have 25 Maximum Energy and 3 Energy Recovery.

The Ranger's primary attribute is Expertise. Expertise alone can merit using the Ranger as a primary profession, even for builds that do not use many Ranger skills or bow attacks. (e.g. the Touch ranger)

Attributes

 * Expertise (Primary): For each rank of Expertise, the Energy cost of all of your attacks, Rituals, touch skills, and Rangers skills are decreased by 4%. Several skills, especially those related to Energy costs and skill recharge times, become more effective with higher Expertise.
 * Expertise skills
 * Marksmanship: Increases the damage and chance to inflict a critical hit with bows.
 * Marksmanship skills
 * Beast Mastery: Increases the damage and chance to inflict a critical hit by an animal companion.
 * Beast Mastery skills
 * Wilderness Survival: Longer healing rates for selective skills. Many Ranger skills, especially Rituals, Preparations and Traps, become more effective with higher Wilderness Survival.
 * Wilderness Survival skills
 * Unlinked Ranger Skills

Profession Combinations
See Secondary professions for a Ranger

Related Articles

 * Skills quick reference
 * Skills by category
 * Armor types
 * Armor crafting quick reference
 * Collector armors
 * Collector weapons
 * Crafted weapons
 * Unique items quick reference
 * Animal companions
 * Bows
 * Effective ranger guide
 * Ranger dance information
 * Ranger quick references (category)
 * Ranger elite skill locations