Ranger PvE: Global Edition

Some boss monsters have a break bar right under their health bar. This sometimes needs to be destroyed very fast or the group gets nuked. Transcendence 1, Atiel, for example.

Every class has Break Values on its skills. If you know a boss needs a break, save them for when the bar opens. Arrow Storm provides the biggest Break Value of all Ranger skills.

Essential	Vaizel's Authority · buffMain buff.
Essential	Bow of Blessing · buffSecondary buff.
Essential	Explosive Arrow · damageDPS.
Situational	Arrow Storm · breakFlex slot: break and AoE.
Situational	Griffon Arrow · damageFlex slot: DoT and DPS.
Situational	Mother Nature's Breath · survivabilityFlex slot: survivability.

Vaizel's Authority + Bow of Blessing + Explosive ArrowExpect the earlier stigma system at launch: three fixed picks and one flex slot.

Bow of Blessing + Vaizel's Authority + Supporting FireThe TW level-50 core, for planning.

Build the skill chains once you have all the skills. The macro is built around the best damage performance, but macros change frequently with balance patches and skill changes, so expect this to be updated often.

Marking Shot, Scattershot, Suppressing Arrow, Explosion Trap and Mother Nature are NOT part of the macro.

Marking Shot does not need to be spammed. It wastes animations and currently griefs you with forced jump animations that can lead to deaths; it is better to track the buff manually and only use it to keep it up.

Mother Nature is a survival skill and would not be up at the right time inside a macro. Suppressing Arrow is not used at all. Explosion Trap is situational for AoE and grouping.

LMB

Snipe

RMB

In-game macro key

Key Settings → General → Gameplay → Macro. Choose any key you like; I use RMB.

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Deadshot

Set the in-game macro up and paste in your skill chains, then pair it with macro software. I use Razer, as does JOEI. It is important that the macro is set to run while the button is held and stop once released. If you use different software you will need to work out the equivalent setting yourself.

Check in game which slot can reroll which attributes.

Get slots 3, 6 and 9 first, then reroll the other slots based on what you are missing. Do not lock slots until level 10, except 3/6/9. If you get a Smite or Tolerance roll of 1.7% or higher, that is worth keeping in your first preset. Afterwards work on a second set aiming for 2%+.

On TW people currently go for a mix of front damage % and Smite. I would not recommend rolling more than 2 lines (3 and 9) with it, since the idea of front damage being better than Smite is linked to already-high Smite values from other sources that we will not have until Season 3, Chapter 1, 8 to 9 months after launch. Positioning is also insanely important; if you do it wrong you will not benefit from the front damage % at all. That said, if you can keep your positioning up it is a good overall damage gain.

TL;DR: a very good player uses front damage at certain Smite values to maximise damage. If you are more casual and do not want to stress about positioning, go full Smite and have a relaxed life.

In the end, if you die inside a dungeon because of damage greed, you are griefing far more than if you did a bit less damage.

You get both the Amulet and the Belt through world progression early on, and upgrade them by default until max. Nothing else to really say.

The Pendant is added with the Chapter 1 level-50 patch (not available at launch) and works the same way as the Belt and Amulet.

Clash Runes give fixed attributes based on the tier of amplification, but because of the high RNG in upgrading them it is not recommended to push higher than 6 or 7.

Stats are divided into three categories: Divine Stats, Main Stats and Sup Stats.

Your main focus will be Attack, Crit and Accuracy for Main Stats, as well as Might and Precision. You will also focus heavily into Sup Stats. CDR and Combat Speed mostly come from Divine Stats and equipment Soul Binds.

Soulstones and Manastones work exactly the same. Manastones are used for armour and weapons; Soulstones for accessories. You have many options. On end gear you want 2 gold lines on each piece: either 2× +100, or 1× +100 plus Attack.

Wings can be enchanted until +10. It is not your first priority, and I am not sure this will be in right at the Global release. You need to enhance all wings anyway for the current best Attack title.

Focus on what gives you the most value. Nightmare wings at +10 give a flat 2% more Smite just for owning them.

Only showing best in slot plus the filler you use until you get best in slot. Nothing more to say.

Chalice of Vigor

Parchment of Vigor

Compass of Magic

Bell of Magic

Mirror of Magic

You aim for Illusion + Wisdom. The third stat is most of the time Destiny or Life; Life is better.

Early on you use blue as filler with only 2 lines.

Everything else is considered no option.