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The Ranger Class

An overview of the Ranger Class and its Ascendancy Options

The Ranger is swift and lethal, showering her enemies with arrows before swiftly leaping away, out of their reach.

Ascendancies available to the Ranger are:

She is associated with Bow Skills and is given a bow and quiver at the start of the game, along with a Lightning Arrow Skill Gem. The Ranger’s attribute identity is Dexterity, so she starts on the lower right of the Passive Skill Tree. Her base attributes are seven Intelligence, fifteen Dexterity, and seven Strength.


Ascendancy: Deadeye

A woman can change the world with a single well-placed arrow.

This skilled markswoman eliminates foes with precision and flair. She moves like the wind, nocking multiple arrows with each draw.

1 – Avidity

Small 1: 25% increased Frenzy Charge Duration

50% chance when you gain a Frenzy Charge to gain an additional Frenzy Charge

6 – Thrilling Chase

Small 6: 25% increased Frenzy Charge Duration

Benefits from consuming Frenzy Charges for your Skills have 50% chance to be doubled

2 – Mirage Deadeye

Small 2: 12% increased Projectile Damage

Grants Skill Mirage Deadeye:

While active, firing a ranged Projectile Attack will create a Mirage that uses socketed ranged Attacks for a short duration, then vanish.

3 – Projectile Proximity Specialisation

Small 3: 10% increased Projectile Speed

When allocating this node you must pick one of the following.

3A: Projectiles deal 20% more Hit damage to targets in the first 3.5 metres of their movement, scaling down with distance travelled to reach 0% after 7 metres

3B: Projectiles deal 0% more Hit damage to targets in the first 3.5 metres of their movement, scaling up with distance travelled to reach 20% after 7 metres

7 – Endless Munitions

Small 7: 10% increased Projectile Speed

Skills fire an additional Projectile

4 – Gathering Winds

Small 4: 4% increased Skill Speed

Gain Tailwind on Skill use
Lose all Tailwind when Hit

Tailwind grants 1% increased movement speed, 2% increased Skill Speed, 10% increased Evasion Rating and prevent 1% of Damage from Deflected Hits per stack. Maximum 10 stacks.

5 – Called Shots

Small 5: 12% increased Effect of your Mark Skills

Grants Skill Called Shots:

Applies a socketed Mark Skill to a nearby unmarked Enemy every few seconds. Consuming socketed Marks will cause them to be reapplied to an unmarked Enemy. This reapplication can happen at most once every few seconds.

8 – Bullseye

Small 8: 12% increased Effect of your Mark Skills

Apply 10 Critical Weakness to Enemies when Consuming a Mark on them

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Ascendancy: Pathfinder

There are venoms and virtues aplenty in the wilds, if you know where to look.

Pathfinder is a master of flasks and toxins. She can transform mana potions into deadly chemical weapons and endlessly stack poisons for maximum effect.

1 – Sustainable Practices

Small 1: 20% increased Evasion Rating

50% of Evasion Rating also grants Elemental Damage reduction

2 – Path Seeker

Small 2: Grants 1 Passive Skill Points

When allocating this node you must pick one of the following.

2A Path of the Warrior: Can Allocate Passive Skills from the Warrior’s starting point
Grants 4 Passive Skill Points

2B Path of the Sorceress: Can Allocate Passive Skills from the Sorceress’s starting point
Grants 4 Passive Skill Points

7 – Traveller’s Wisdom

Small 7: Grants 1 Passive Skill Points

Attribute Passive Skills can instead grant 5% increased Damage
Attribute Passive Skills can instead grant 5% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Attribute Passive Skills can instead grant 5% increased Cost Efficiency

3 – Enduring Elixirs

Small 3: 20% increased Life Flask Charges gained

Life Flask Effects are not removed when Unreserved Life is Filled
Life Flask Effects do not Queue

4 – Brew Concoction

Small 4: 20% increased Mana Flask Charges gained

When allocating this node you must pick one of the following.

4A: Grants skill Bleeding Concoction

4B: Grants skill Explosive Concoction

4C: Grants skill Shattering Concoction

4D: Grants skill Fulminating Concoction

4E: Grants skill Acidic Concoction

5 – Overwhelming Toxicity

Small 5: 12% increased Magnitude of Poison you inflict

Double the number of your Poisons that targets can be affected by at the same time
50% less Poison Duration

6 – Relentless Pursuit

Small 6: 4% increased Skill Speed

Your speed is unaffected by Slows

8 – Running Assault

Small 8: 4% increased Skill Speed

Cannot be Heavy Stunned while Sprinting
30% less Movement Speed Penalty from using Skills while moving

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