Ranger

Leveling progress

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Start Route Follow yellow (main story) quests only. Side content scales with your level, so nothing is lost by doing it later.
Lv 1 Class First points: Drill Dart → 8, take Absorbs 3% HP — your sustain while solo.
Lv 1 Class Snare Shot → 8: Changes to mobile skill. Slow everything, then kite.
Lv 1 Class Marking Shot moves you in the direction you press and grants Precision (+300 Critical Hit). Open every fight with it.
After prologue Route Collect 40 feathers (120 shards) for an early amulet upgrade.
Lv 7 Class Gale Arrow → 8: Changes to mobile skill. Keep the Gale buff up (+7% Combat Speed and damage).
Lv 8 Class Explosion Trap: one point. With Pulls enemies on explosion it groups a pack for AoE.
Lv 10 Class Burst Arrow only hits Slowed/Rooted targets — always after Snare Shot. Take Absorbs 10% HP.
Lv 12 Route Daevanion unlocks (Nezekan board). Blue nodes = +1 skill level — see your class step below.
Lv 12 Class Daevanion blue nodes: Drill Dart, Snare Shot, Gale Arrow, later Deadshot.
Lv 14 Class Deadshot — your main nuke. Points to 10, take +30% Skill Speed. Fire it under Precision (+35% damage).
Lv 15 / 20 / 25 Route Clear hideouts that are on your route — first clears give Enhance Stones and Daevanion Crystals.
Lv 16 Class Defiance: one point is enough while leveling — it's your CC break.
~Lv 17 Route Amulet +10, then Morph it into the blue version.
Any time Route Weapon to ~+10 — the biggest damage jump while leveling. Don't push further before the cap.
Lv 20 Route Zikel board opens — same node priority as before.
Lv ~22 Route Ascension → stigmas unlock (4 slots in global Season 1). The slots open one at a time at levels 22, 27, 32 and 37 — you can learn more stigmas, but only that many fit on the bar. Which ones — see your class step.
Lv ~22 Class Stigmas: Supporting Fire, Bow of Blessing, Vaizel's Authority and Griffon Arrow (all four slots by Lv 37). Level them evenly — 5 / 5 / 5, then 10 — and put Vaizel's Authority to 20 first once you can.
After stigmas Class Build the macro: Griffon line → Gale line (10 ms) on RMB, hold Snipe on LMB and a charged Deadshot on a side button, recast Marking Shot when Precision drops.
Acts 2–3 Route Story only — don't get distracted by the map.
Lv 30 Route Vaizel board opens (critical damage).
Act 4 Route Side quests and solo dungeons are worth doing again here.
Lv 40 Route Triniel board opens (multi-hit; mostly PvP — can wait). Krao Cave expects about 1000 Gear Score.
Lv 45 Route Azphel board opens — PvP Damage Boost and Tolerance only, no skill nodes. For PvE keep filling the first four boards; global has no Ariel board.
Cap Class Core four to 10 first: Deadshot, Gale Arrow, Drill Dart, Snare Shot. Then switch to the PvE tab.
Cap Route Shugo activities for the full level-cap reward set (gold gear, materials).
Cap Route Sweep the map: question marks, bonfires, green quests, hidden cubes, feathers. Turn in feathers — altar Lv 30 gives a title.
Daily Route Nightmare entry, Transformation floors as your GS allows, dungeons T2 before T3 (watch your energy).

Overview

The Ranger is a bow DPS that fights from about 20 metres — the range of almost every skill it has. Its damage is top-tier, but survivability and utility are low, so positioning is everything.

The build in one sentence

Buff up, keep Marking Shot (Precision: +300 Critical Hit and +35% Deadshot damage) on the target, and hold three buttons: Snipe, the macro and a charged Deadshot.

This guide follows Whelps — a Ranger main at 1M CP on the Korean servers who also played the global test — and his Season 1 endgame PvE build on questlog.

Patch Season 1. The build is checked against guides from the global servers: 4 stigmas, cap 20.

Global Season 1: what changes

Global servers open on October 5, 2026 (Founder's early access from September 30). What that means for the Ranger:

Four stigmas at level 37. The global test stopped at 37; a fifth slot at 45 is likely but not confirmed — if it comes, it goes to Explosive Arrow.
Only a few skills reach 20. Skills cap at 10 from points; Daevanion adds 4, rings 2 and arcana up to 4. In Season 1 plan for Deadshot and Gale Arrow at 20, and a third one if your arcana roll well.
Accuracy cap unknown. In Korea it was about 1,300 for Ludra; global numbers come at launch.
PvP: everyone starts on the same limited gear and no meta has formed yet.

Skills

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Specialization slots open at 8, 12 and 20 (16 adds a new option but no slot) — every one of those levels is a power spike. Level actives first, passives after.

Deadshot 20

Charged nuke — always fully charged, always under Precision. Before 20 take the first two; swap the mobile pick for the +50% damage one if you don't need to move while charging.
- 8+30% Skill Speed
- 8Changes to mobile skill
- 16[Deadshot] grants extra damage on hit
All specializations
- 8Removes MP consumed
- 8+30% Skill Speed
- 8Changes to mobile skill
- 12Ignores Block and Evasion and lands as Multi-Hit
- 16[Deadshot] grants extra damage on hit
Gale Arrow 20

Combat Speed and damage buff. Before 20 take the mobile pick and −10s cooldown (or damage instead of mobility).
- 8Changes to mobile skill
- 12Increases Combat Speed, PvE Damage Boost, and PvP Damage Boost when less targets hit
- 16-10s cooldown
All specializations
- 8+5s duration
- 850% chance to inflict Knock Back on hit
- 8Changes to mobile skill
- 12Increases Combat Speed, PvE Damage Boost, and PvP Damage Boost when less targets hit
- 16-10s cooldown
Drill Dart 16

At least 16. For a boss that needs sustain, take the HP absorb instead of Skill Speed.
- 8+20% Skill Speed
- 16Activates [Drill Dart] 1 extra time
All specializations
- 8Absorbs 3% HP
- 8+2s Bleed duration
- 8+20% Skill Speed
- 12Multi-Hit on hit
- 16Activates [Drill Dart] 1 extra time
Snipe 16

Basic attack: shortens Deadshot and adds the Tempest Arrow chain. At 20 add Multi-Hit.
- 12-1s [Deadshot] cooldown on hit
- 16Adds [Tempest Arrow] Chain Skill
All specializations
- 8+20% MP restored
- 8Absorbs 0.7% HP
- 8+50% Multi-Hit on hit
- 12-1s [Deadshot] cooldown on hit
- 16Adds [Tempest Arrow] Chain Skill
Tempest Shot 16

Top damage contributor, but 16 is enough — you'll be crit-capped anyway. PvP players push it to 20 for the knockback.
- 8Deals up to 12% more damage when less targets are hit
- 16+20% Skill Speed
All specializations
- 8-20% MP consumed
- 8+10% skill Critical Hit
- 8Deals up to 12% more damage when less targets are hit
- 125% chance to inflict Knock Back on Critical Hit
- 16+20% Skill Speed
Snare Shot 12

12 comes almost free from the Daevanion board.
- 8+20% Skill Speed
- 8Changes to mobile skill
All specializations
- 8+20% Move Speed reduction
- 8+20% Skill Speed
- 8Changes to mobile skill
- 12Adds [Shackling Arrow] Chain Skill
- 16+2s Slow and Root duration
Marking Shot 12

+5% Perfect Chance, +5s duration.
- 8+5% Perfect Chance for the duration
- 8+5s duration
All specializations
- 8+5% Perfect Chance for the duration
- 830% chance to inflict Knock Back on hit
- 8+5s duration
- 12+1 consecutive use
- 16Ignores Block and Evasion and lands as a Critical Hit
Burst Arrow 12

+50% Multi-Hit on top of its own 50%, so every hit lands as Multi-Hit (Moxsy), and +20% on a single target. At 20 add the cooldown-reset chance.
- 8+50% Multi-Hit on hit
- 12Up to +20% damage when less targets hit
- 2025% chance to reset cooldown on hit
All specializations
- 8Absorbs 10% HP
- 8+50% Multi-Hit on hit
- 8Changes to mobile skill
- 12Up to +20% damage when less targets hit
- 1625% chance to reset cooldown on hit
Explosion Trap 12

Only for pulling trash together (e.g. Transcendence runs).
- 8Pulls enemies on explosion
- 8Extra damage after 3s on hit
All specializations
- 8Pulls enemies on explosion
- 8+1s Stun duration
- 8Extra damage after 3s on hit
- 12+20% Stun Chance
- 16+1 consecutive use
Suppressing Arrow 12

Only for its stun — fine while leveling, unused in endgame PvE.
- 8+50% Multi-Hit on hit
- 8+20% Skill Speed
All specializations
- 8+50% Multi-Hit on hit
- 8+1s Stun duration
- 8+20% Skill Speed
- 12+20% Stun Chance
- 1625% chance to reset cooldown on hit
Defiance 12

At 16: the third and fifth picks.
- 8Restores 1000 Stamina on using [Defiance]
- 8Restores 20% HP on using [Defiance]
All specializations
- 8Adds [Lightning Arrow] Chain Skill
- 8Restores 1000 Stamina on using [Defiance]
- 8Restores 20% HP on using [Defiance]
- 12+2s Tenacity duration
- 16+50% PvE Damage Tolerance and +25% PvP Damage Tolerance for Tenacity duration
Arrow Scattershot early 12

Only usable on Staggered bosses. Whelps doesn't level it: in his endgame rotation the other skills do more. aLuckyRO and LordRobson take it to 12 on day one for Multi-Hit in the stagger window — fine while points are cheap, the first thing to drop later.
- 8Changes to mobile skill
- 12Multi-Hit on hit
All specializations
- 8Absorbs 5% HP
- 8Restores 120 MP on hit
- 8Changes to mobile skill
- 12Multi-Hit on hit
- 16-1s all cooldowns on hit

Passives

Focused Eye (damage boost) and Hunter's Resolve (crit damage) are the only ones that really matter; Hunter's Soul is third.

Then the offensive ones: Concentrated Fire, Rooting Eye, Melee Fire.
Then Vigilant Eye (Max HP) and Revitalization Contract (heal at 10% HP).
Unyielding Resolve and Wind Vigor are nearly useless — level them with leftover points.

Gear & stats

Gear is simple: go for the highest item level. Endgame means crafted weapon, guard and accessories, Ludra bracelets and dungeon armor.

Slot	Must-have soul binds
Weapon, guard	Combat Speed, Weapon Damage Boost, Damage Boost, Might (+ Multi-Hit if crafted)
Helm, cloak	Double Chance, Attack Increase
Shoulders	Double Chance, Critical Damage Boost
Chest	Damage Boost
Legs	Attack Increase, Damage Tolerance
Gloves / boots	Combat Speed / Move Speed
Earrings / necklace	Move Speed + Might / Combat Speed + Might
Rings	Deadshot and Gale Arrow levels (then Drill Dart or Snipe); otherwise Might

Accuracy is the second stat. Parried hits lose over half their damage, and a Ranger can't always attack from behind. Aim for ~1,100–1,200 (supports add +100).
Remaining slots: Attack, Critical Hit or Focused Eye — keep whichever you rolled first. Critical Hit is easier to cap for a Ranger (+300 from Marking Shot).
Manastones: one yellow Attack line is enough for Season 1; don't chase front/back attack sets.
Only roll soul binds on armor that already has one of the must-haves.

Genus Insight

Genus Insight gives permanent stats from your pets: 5 boards (Cogni, Fera, Natura, Varian, Special) of 9 slots each. Get every pet to level 3 early, level the Special board first, and don't lock anything before a board is at Insight 9–10. How it all works, costs and odds: Genus Insight guide →

Slot	Ranger: take
1, 5	Attack Bonus
2, 8	HP
3, 6, 9	Accuracy first (a missed Deadshot is a lost cooldown), then Critical Hit
7	Damage Tolerance
4 · Special	Double Chance
4 · Cogni	Critical Damage Boost
4 · Fera	Weapon Damage Boost
4 · Natura	Perfect Chance
4 · Varian	Back Attack Damage Boost

PvP changes: Front Attack Damage Boost on Varian, Critical Hit Resist on 2 and 8, Evasion Bonus on one of 3/6/9.

Lock order: slot 4 → 7 → 1 and 5 → 3, 6, 9 → 2 and 8. Lock a line only when it rolled near its maximum.

Arcana

Arcana are how skills get past 16. The goal is +4 on Deadshot and Gale Arrow; a +4 roll on Snipe gives you a third skill at 20.

Card	Type	Roll for
Grail	Vigor	Deadshot, Gale Arrow (wild card: can roll anything)
Parchment	Vigor	Snipe, Tempest Shot (Drill Dart, Burst Arrow as filler)
Compass	Death or Freedom	Deadshot, Gale Arrow
Bell	Destruction	Hunter's Resolve
Mirror	Wisdom	Focused Eye

Arcana come from Transcendence stage 4 and are pure RNG — don't stress; the system is likely to change in Season 2.

Daevanion boards

You'll eventually fill almost every board, so don't over-plan. Each blue node gives +1 level to its skill.

1. Blue nodes that take actives to 12 (unlocks their second specialization): Deadshot, Snipe, Gale Arrow, Drill Dart, Burst Arrow.
2. Offensive orange nodes in the board corners — Combat Speed, cooldown reduction. Take the shortest path and grab skills on the way.
3. Attack, Critical Hit, Focused Eye and Hunter's Resolve nodes; then the rest (defense: Defense, HP, Crit Resist).
At the very end, route around MP+50 nodes. Resetting a board is cheap.
Priority: blue nodes for Deadshot, Snare Shot, Suppressing Arrow, Marking Shot, Defiance.
No Ariel on global: there are five boards, and the level-45 one, Azphel, gives only PvP stats — in PvE finish the first four, then fill Azphel for item level (see below).
Azphel (level 45) is the PvP board — take it, and Triniel earlier. Route below.

Board	Unlock	Orange nodes
Nezekan	Lv 12	Combat Speed, Cooldown Reduction
Zikel	Lv 20	Damage Boost, Damage Tolerance
Vaizel	Lv 30	Critical Damage Boost and Tolerance
Triniel	Lv 40	Multi-Hit Chance and Resist
Azphel	Lv 45	PvP only: Damage Boost / Tolerance corners, Status Effect, PvP stats — no skill nodes

Azphel (level 45): the PvP board

Every class gets the same Azphel board: 152 nodes for 232 points. Each point you spend also adds +1 item level, so it helps you reach gear score breakpoints too (the gear score route fills it after you collect the Abyss feathers). Points come from the Abyss: the Monolith (Empyrean Traces) and Abyss → Trade Shop → Growth, plus the arena and battlefield shops.

Node	Count	Cost	Gives
PvP Damage Boost (orange, corner)	4	4	+1.5% each (6% total)
PvP Damage Tolerance (orange, corner)	4	4	+1.5% each (6% total)
Status Effect Chance (blue)	8	3	Your stuns, snares and roots land more often
Status Effect Resist (blue)	8	3	Shrug off enemy crowd control
Green pairs	24	2	PvP Attack +3 & Defense +30 · Accuracy +5 & Evasion +3 · Critical +5 & Crit Resist +5
Grey single stats	104	1	One PvP stat each, plus 4× Max HP +100 and 4× Max MP +50

Ranger route on Azphel

The 4 PvP Damage Boost corners first: +6% damage against players, the biggest single gain on the board.
The 8 Status Effect Chance nodes: a Ranger wins by kiting, so Snare Shot, Suppressing Arrow and your roots have to land.
The green Accuracy / Evasion and Critical / Crit Resist pairs on the way: two stats for 2 points.
Then the rest; the Damage Tolerance corners and Status Effect Resist last (you stay at 20 m, out of reach).

Steps 1–2 on the board (the shortest connected path from Start, chosen automatically):

100 points in total skill levels

stat · 1 passive · 2 skill · 3 special · 4 stat · 2–3 route

The route on the boards

The real global boards from the game data. Gold marks the cheapest path from Start to the nodes this guide takes — the blue nodes of the priority skills and the orange nodes; hover any node to see what it gives.

284 points in total skill levels

Drill Dart +4Snipe +4Burst Arrow +4Gale Arrow +4Deadshot +4

on the way:Wind Vigor +3Snare Shot +2Melee Fire +2Hunter's Resolve +1Rooting Eye +1Marking Shot +1Hunter's Soul +1Unyielding Resolve +1Tempest Shot +1

stat · 1 passive · 2 skill · 3 special · 4 stat · 2–3 route

404 points in total skill levels

Suppressing Arrow +4Snare Shot +4Defiance +4Marking Shot +4Deadshot +4

on the way:Focused Eye +3Hunter's Soul +3Wind Vigor +2Drill Dart +2Hunter's Resolve +2Melee Fire +2Gale Arrow +1Unyielding Resolve +1Concentrated Fire +1Rooting Eye +1

stat · 1 passive · 2 skill · 3 special · 4 stat · 2–3 route

Boards and costs come from the global client data (questlog.gg); the path is calculated, not taken from a video. Stat values may still change at launch — check the in-game board before committing a full route.

Stigmas

Level them evenly first — 5 / 5 / 5, then 10 — to hit each breakpoint. Once you have the points for Vaizel's Authority 20, reset and put it there first: that's when the Ranger clicks. Then Bow of Blessing, Supporting Fire and Griffon Arrow to 20 in turn.

Vaizel's Authority Lv 20

×1.5 Focused Eye and Hunter's Soul; at 20 every crit has a 50% chance to cut all cooldowns by 1s — a huge DPS jump.
- 5+10% Perfect Chance for the duration
- 10x1.5 [Focused Eye] effect for the duration
- 15x1.5 [Hunter's Soul] effect for the duration
- 2050% chance to reduce all skill cooldowns by 1s on Critical Hit for the duration
All specializations
- 5+10% Perfect Chance for the duration
- 10x1.5 [Focused Eye] effect for the duration
- 15x1.5 [Hunter's Soul] effect for the duration
- 2050% chance to reduce all skill cooldowns by 1s on Critical Hit for the duration
Bow of Blessing Lv 10 20

Multi-Hit, Attack from crit, Critical Damage and Double Chance.
- 5+50% Multi-Hit Chance for duration
- 10Increases Attack proportional to Critical Hit for the duration
- 15+20% Critical Damage Boost for the duration
- 20+7% Double Chance for the duration
All specializations
- 5+50% Multi-Hit Chance for duration
- 10Increases Attack proportional to Critical Hit for the duration
- 15+20% Critical Damage Boost for the duration
- 20+7% Double Chance for the duration
Supporting Fire Lv 10 20

An orb that shoots alongside you; same cooldown as Vaizel's, so they can share a button.
- 5+25% activation chance
- 10+15s duration
- 15-30s cooldown
- 20Critical Hit on hit
All specializations
- 5+25% activation chance
- 10+15s duration
- 15-30s cooldown
- 20Critical Hit on hit
Griffon Arrow Lv 10 20

Crimson Flames DoT; opens the macro line.
- 5Changes to mobile skill
- 10+5s Damage over Time duration
- 15Enhanced Crimson Flames - Extra damage when hit while afflicted with Crimson Flames
- 20-50% Damage over Time intervals
All specializations
- 5Changes to mobile skill
- 10+5s Damage over Time duration
- 15Enhanced Crimson Flames - Extra damage when hit while afflicted with Crimson Flames
- 20-50% Damage over Time intervals
Explosive Arrow alt. · 4th slot

An equal alternative to Griffon Arrow: LordRobson rates their damage about the same, and aLuckyRO runs Explosive Arrow at 5 (−15s cooldown) instead of Griffon on day one. Moxsy's leveling set uses it too. If a fifth slot opens at 45, take both.
- 5-15s cooldown
- 10+10% additional damage to targets afflicted with Slow or Root
All specializations
- 5-15s cooldown
- 10+10% additional damage to targets afflicted with Slow or Root
- 15Critical Hit on hit
- 20+20% additional damage to targets afflicted with Slow or Root
Arrow Storm leveling

AoE for packs while leveling.
- 5Up to +20% max damage when more targets hit
All specializations
- 5Up to +20% max damage when more targets hit
- 10Inflicts Slow for 10s on hit
- 15+1s Stun duration
- 20+25% Stun Chance

Rotation & macro

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AION 2 has two separate tools, and the build uses both:

Hotbar line — several skills stacked on one hotbar button. Pressing it casts the highest-priority skill that's ready, and in AION 2 the bottom slot has the highest priority. The cards show each line top to bottom as in the game.
In-game macro — while you hold its key, it presses your hotbar lines in order and cancels animation tails. Skills on cooldown are skipped.

1. Hotbar lines

Only these two lines matter; they can sit in any hotbar slots.

1Griffon line

3 Burst Arrow
2 Snare Shot
1 Griffon Arrow

In-game order, top to bottom. 1 = highest priority — the bottom slot.

Snare Shot slows the target so Burst Arrow can hit.

2Gale line

3 Tempest Shot
2 Drill Dart
1 Gale Arrow

In-game order, top to bottom. 1 = highest priority — the bottom slot.

Tempest Shot fills every gap.

2. In-game macro

Skill window → Macro: add the Griffon line, then the Gale line, 10 ms each (some players find a sweet spot between 10 and 20 ms — test it). Bind the macro to RMB in Settings → Key Settings → General → Macro.

1Griffon line1 · 10 ms
2Gale line2 · 10 ms

Use AION 2 control mode — the in-game macro is restricted in AION 1 mode.
Turn skill queue on in the combat control settings.
Give Deadshot a second key in Key Settings → Quick Slot (a side mouse button).

3. What you actually press

OpenerBuffs by hand — Bow of Blessing, Supporting Fire + Vaizel's Authority (one button, same cooldown) — then Marking Shot and a fully charged Deadshot.
HoldSnipe on LMB, the macro on RMB and Deadshot on the side button — all three at once.
Keep upMarking Shot — recast when Precision drops below ~3s (watch the buff bar). Precision: +5% Perfect Chance, +300 Critical Hit, +35% Deadshot damage.
On cooldownThe buffs again.

Recap

Skills: Deadshot and Gale Arrow 20; Drill Dart, Snipe, Tempest Shot 16; the rest 12; Explosion Trap and Suppressing Arrow only when needed (pulling mobs together, a stun) — in endgame PvE you can skip them; Arrow Scattershot not at all.
Stigmas: Vaizel's Authority 20 first, then Bow of Blessing, Supporting Fire, Griffon Arrow; Explosive Arrow if a 5th slot opens.
Passives: Focused Eye, Hunter's Resolve, then Hunter's Soul.
Stats: Accuracy to the cap, then Attack / Critical Hit.
Arcana: +4 on Deadshot and Gale Arrow.

How to fight while leveling

Leveling and the first days at 45 follow Moxsy's Ranger guide (global, October 5), made with the help of JohnPal, a Ranger with Korea and Taiwan experience.

Packs: most Ranger skills hit only within 4 m of the target, so don't kill mobs one by one. Tag several with Snipe to pull them, then Marking Shot and Explosion Trap to drag them together, then the macro.
Elites: Marking Shot first — Precision stays for the whole fight — then the macro, and a fully charged Deadshot on the biggest target. Never waste Deadshot on trash while an elite is up.
Stagger: Suppressing Arrow when the boss is close to being stunned. Skip Arrow Scattershot: holding it on a staggered boss does less than the normal rotation.
Mana: Snipe restores MP — weave it all the time.

What to level first

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Snipe 8 12

Your basic attack: +20% MP restored at 8, −1s Deadshot cooldown on hit at 12. Level it together with Tempest Shot.
- 8+20% MP restored
- 12-1s [Deadshot] cooldown on hit
All specializations
- 8+20% MP restored
- 8Absorbs 0.7% HP
- 8+50% Multi-Hit on hit
- 12-1s [Deadshot] cooldown on hit
- 16Adds [Tempest Arrow] Chain Skill
Tempest Shot 12

Early damage: +10% skill Critical Hit and +12% on a single target. Level it together with Snipe.
- 8+10% skill Critical Hit
- 8Deals up to 12% more damage when less targets are hit
All specializations
- 8-20% MP consumed
- 8+10% skill Critical Hit
- 8Deals up to 12% more damage when less targets are hit
- 125% chance to inflict Knock Back on Critical Hit
- 16+20% Skill Speed
Deadshot 12 16

Rush it whenever you can — the mobile pick and +30% Skill Speed are a huge damage jump. A charged skill: cast it by hand, the macro only fires the first charge.
- 8+30% Skill Speed
- 8Changes to mobile skill
All specializations
- 8Removes MP consumed
- 8+30% Skill Speed
- 8Changes to mobile skill
- 12Ignores Block and Evasion and lands as Multi-Hit
- 16[Deadshot] grants extra damage on hit
Gale Arrow 12

Mobile, and the pick that raises Combat Speed — speed is the Ranger's key stat.
- 8Changes to mobile skill
- 12Increases Combat Speed, PvE Damage Boost, and PvP Damage Boost when less targets hit
All specializations
- 8+5s duration
- 850% chance to inflict Knock Back on hit
- 8Changes to mobile skill
- 12Increases Combat Speed, PvE Damage Boost, and PvP Damage Boost when less targets hit
- 16-10s cooldown
Drill Dart 12

Hits hard, restores MP on crit, bleeds and heals, on a short cooldown. Guaranteed Multi-Hit, and +20% Skill Speed when it lands as one.
- 8+20% Skill Speed
- 12Multi-Hit on hit
All specializations
- 8Absorbs 3% HP
- 8+2s Bleed duration
- 8+20% Skill Speed
- 12Multi-Hit on hit
- 16Activates [Drill Dart] 1 extra time
Burst Arrow 12

Big hit: with +50% Multi-Hit on top of its own 50% it always lands as Multi-Hit; mobile; slows and roots.
- 8+50% Multi-Hit on hit
- 8Changes to mobile skill
All specializations
- 8Absorbs 10% HP
- 8+50% Multi-Hit on hit
- 8Changes to mobile skill
- 12Up to +20% damage when less targets hit
- 1625% chance to reset cooldown on hit

Order: Snipe and Tempest Shot evenly, then Drill Dart, Gale Arrow and Burst Arrow as they unlock; Deadshot whenever a level is available.
Passives after the skills: Focused Eye and Hunter's Resolve first, then Hunter's Soul, Rooting Eye and Concentrated Fire — your many slows, roots and damage over time feed the last two.
Stigmas: Vaizel's Authority, Bow of Blessing, Supporting Fire and Explosive Arrow evenly to 5. After 45 a reset is free: put everything into Vaizel's Authority until it reaches 20 — the biggest power spike a Ranger gets.
Daevanion: the skill nodes of your big damage skills first, then the other skills, then passives; skip Critical Hit Resist nodes.

Step by step: JohnPal's Ranger leveling and Daevanion planner → · written Ranger guide by Allyria →

Leveling macro

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Moxsy's setup (frame 13:32): buffs and bursts live in two lines the macro presses, Snipe and Deadshot stay on the mouse.

Example hotbar layout

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2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Q

E

LMB

RMB

As in the game: a stacked line fires its bottom skill first; gold lines are the ones the macro presses. Hover an icon for the skill.

8Burst line

4 Supporting Fire
3 Bow of Blessing
2 Vaizel's Authority
1 Burst Arrow

In-game order, top to bottom. 1 = highest priority — the bottom slot.

Burst Arrow first; when it is on cooldown, every buff fires the moment it is ready.

QGale line

3 Snare Shot
2 Explosive Arrow
1 Gale Arrow

In-game order, top to bottom. 1 = highest priority — the bottom slot.

Gale Arrow, Explosive Arrow, and Snare Shot for the slow that Burst Arrow needs.

4Drill line

2 Tempest Shot
1 Drill Dart

In-game order, top to bottom. 1 = highest priority — the bottom slot.

Drill Dart on cooldown, Tempest Shot fills the gaps.

In-game macro, every step with a 10 ms delay:

1Gale lineQ
2Drill line4
3Burst line8
4Drill line4

The second Drill Dart step does nothing extra yet — in Moxsy's test the damage was the same — but it pays off once the stigmas reach 15. Hold Snipe on LMB together with the macro; Deadshot is charged by hand.

Another option: Grobs' early lines

1Line 1

2 Explosive Arrow
1 Griffon Arrow

In-game order, top to bottom. 1 = highest priority — the bottom slot.

2Line 2

3 Tempest Shot
2 Gale Arrow
1 Drill Dart

In-game order, top to bottom. 1 = highest priority — the bottom slot.

In-game macro: Line 1 → Line 2, 10 ms each. Once your skills reach 12–16, switch to the full setup in the PvE tab.

Leveling progress

Overview

The build in one sentence

Global Season 1: what changes

Skills

Passives

Gear & stats

Genus Insight

Arcana

Daevanion boards

Azphel (level 45): the PvP board

Ranger route on Azphel

The route on the boards

Stigmas

Rotation & macro

1. Hotbar lines

2. In-game macro

3. What you actually press

Recap

How to fight while leveling

What to level first

Leveling macro

Another option: Grobs' early lines

Sources