Hi guys, welcome to Dark and Darker Mobile Ranger Build. Didn’t see any Ranger builds up yet so I wanted to get some discussion going.
Dark and Darker Mobile Ranger Build – DADM Ranger Build
Skills:
Quick Shot + Shock Arrow
Passives:
Ranged Weapon Mastery, Chase, Quickness, and Sharpshooter
Weapons:
Long Bow / Recurve + Windlass Crossbow
Stat Prio:
Strength, Phys Power, Agility, Vigor, Health, Move Speed, Attack Speed, Phys Bonus / Pen
Not sure exactly on these, but generally prioritize all the stats that increased Physical Damage, Move/Attack Speed, and HP.
Shock Arrow is absolutley BROKEN with Windlass. When used before initial shot it allows you to shoot twice in a row, doubles standard knockback distance, and stuns players for 1.5 seconds leading to easy follow up headshot for 150+ damage each with good stats.
The Windlass has natural knockback so is still very useful to use while kiting when Shock Arrow is on CD.
Just make sure “Auto Attack” is turned off in gameplay settings so the Windlass doesn’t constantly try to auto reload after reaching 0 ammo when an enemy player is within 15m.
Shock Arrow is still useful on Bow as it deals damage twice compared to just once on Windlass.
Snipe Two Tap combo is simply Windlass Shock Arrow headshot into normal Windlass Attack headshot… with good damage this will be enough to delete most squishes.
For very tank opponents the full burst combo is the same as above but after hitting normal Windlass Arrow swap to Bow and shoot – Quick Shot – shoot.
For extended combos / kiting I will usually start with Bow out taking normal shots while kiting (ideally towards a placed trap). Once enemy starts to get close quickly switch to Windlass and Shock Arrow followed with another Windlass head shot to knock back further.
Swap back to Bow and shoot once normally followed by a Quick Shot – if hit everthing almost all eneimes will be dead before then, so can use Quick Shot during first Bow rotation or whenever it’s easy to hit.
Note – Quick Shot and Shock Arrow do not reload arrows, so make sure to use before at 0.