But as PoE lets players go out of their class to build something new, you can also go for melee weapons. With the ranged weapons she equips, she deals lots of critical damage and can avoid damage too. The main gears that characterize this class are Hoods, Tunics, Hide Gloves, Bucklers, and Hide Boots. As with other classes, this class also has three Ascendancy Classes. With these ascendancies in mind, you have to build the character for the game. And if you are in a dilemma about what to do in builds, don’t worry. This article will cover it. So, here are some of the best rangers builds.
Crit Based Elemental Hit Deadeye Build
This build is focused on the Elemental Hit skill gem, which is one of the strongest skills in PoE. This build helps you to stack Critical Strike for massive single-target damage. With high clearing speeds granted by Ascendancy skills like Tailwind and Ricochet, you can also kite any enemy you don’t want to deal with. Deadeye’s ascendancy can be very comfortable for League Starters as it is suitable for mapping and leveling. This build has lots of areas for improvisation.
Play Style
This build has a playstyle like some MOBA games like DOTA 2 and League of Legends. If you are a fan of the mechanics that these games provide like me, you will surely like the playstyle. You have to play with kite mechanics with high evasion, mobility reflex, and great positioning. Never stay in the same place for a long time. Always be on the move and be close to bosses for single target damage. Use Far Shot skill to get more range on your attacks.
Recommended Equipment
Leveling
This build is focused on ranged weapons. So, for this, use Rain of Arrows for leveling. For Weapons, you can use Storm Cloud or The Tempest for smooth leveling. You can also pick Silver Flask or other flasks in the early game for DPS. The link for Rain of Arrows during leveling should look like this:
Gem Links
The main gem Elemental Hit should have two links for this build as this build heavily relies on it. One is for Single Target and another is for Clearing. For a single target too, you have a choice for 6-link or 4-link. You can use 4-link if you are low on investment and in the early game. But for end-game, 6-link is recommended. We have a setup for movement, endurance, and Auras. Here are the gem links for this build.
Ascendancy
Ascendancy is very crucial for a build to work properly. Choose these nodes in the ascendancy for your character:
Bandits
A quest called “Deal with Bandits” will help you get passive points to invest in a skill tree or other rewards. You have to choose what you will do among these choices: For this build, you need to help the bandit Lord Alira or kill all the bandits. The choice is yours.
Pantheons
You can get powers of 4 major gods and 12 minor gods in PoE for more defensive stats. You have to choose which gods to choose by defeating them. For this build, you can choose either Soul of Solaris or Soul of Lunaris for Major god. For Minor gods, either Soul of Gruthkul or Soul of Yugul.
Scourge Arrow Pathfinder Build
The above build was not for SSF. But this build is especially for SSF. In this build, Scourge Arrow is the main gem with Poison Damage. Every gear for this build is very easy to acquire and can level them up. Although being good for SSF, this build can manage to make the character extremely tanky with enough damage. Pathfinder ascendancy combined with this build will grant Evasion, Resistance, and Spell Suppression. This build will scale Poison damage to be able to deal high damage.
Play Style
We have to deal with Poison Damage as much as we can. In PoE, there is not a fixed number of Poison Damage an enemy can take. Pair poison Damage with Scourge Arrow for a lot of Poison Damage. Scourge Arrow fires a projectile of only one arrow, and every 3rd projectile in a row misses the enemy. So, you should have another arrow so that all of the projectiles hit the enemies. You can use the Dying Sun flask or more arrows on a bow or a quiver to create more arrows. For defense, pick Crystal Skin. Also, flasks like Taste of Hate, Quartz Flask, and Eternal Life Flask are very good. Channel the 5 stages of Scourge Arrow for more damage per stage before you release. For bosses, you need to make sure every arrow projectile hits, so try to make more and more arrows.
Recommended Gears
Here are some of the recommended gears for this build. These gears work well with this build.
Leveling
In early games, you can use skills like Caustic Arrow and Toxic Rain. You cannot get Scourge Arrow until you are level 28 and is very crucial for the endgame. But if you like using Caustic Arrow and Toxic Rain, you can use them until the endgame. We have broken down leveling for this build into 4 parts. So, this is how you need to level in this build.
Gem Link
As discussed in Leveling section, gem links will be the same as above but with some variations for the end game. The main gem link is Scourge Arrow, but Poison Damage is also the main priority in this gem link. These are all the gem links for this build:
Ascendancy Nodes
This build goes in a different direction than the first build in Ascendancy nodes. These nodes which are listed in order of importance, will make this build more deadly and effective.
Bandits
2 Passive skills are too tempting to leave. So, choose to kill all the bandits and help Eramir with the skill points.
Pantheons
Pick Soul of Solaris for Physical Damage in terms of Major God. Pick Soul of Shakari for Physical Damage Reduction, and 5% Reduced Chaos Damage in terms of Minor God.
