Ranger

Early Game: Bow Focus and Dexterity Scaling

The Ranger class, particularly when focusing on the Bow early game, is heavily reliant on Dexterity to maximize ranged damage and mobility. The Bow allows for precise long-range attacks, making it an ideal choice for open-world exploration and early-game questing. However, as you transition into late-game content, where melee combat and crowd control become crucial, pivoting into a Spear-focused build can give you a significant advantage in both PvE and PvP.

The Spear offers some of the highest damage output, excellent crowd control, and versatility in group settings, making it the superior late-game option when compared to the Bow. To maximize your effectiveness, the attribute focus shifts more heavily towards Strength in late-game while maintaining a solid base of Dexterity for accuracy and mobility.

When starting out with the Bow, you'll want to invest most of your attribute points into Dexterity, as the Bow scales directly with Dex. This gives you excellent ranged damage, allowing you to kite enemies, control the battlefield from a distance, and avoid taking hits.

• Dexterity: Aim to hit 350 Dexterity as a key breakpoint for maximum ranged damage. This is especially important if you're focusing on PvE questing or exploring, where you'll need to consistently deal damage from afar.

• Strength: While Strength isn’t as crucial early on, maintaining around 25 Strength will still give you a small damage boost when switching to melee weapons like the spear or hatchet.

• Constitution: Keep 50-100 Constitution for some survivability, especially as you're progressing through tougher areas or taking on elite enemies. Constitution ensures you don’t get too fragile, while still allowing you to focus on high damage output.

Attribute Spread for Early Game Bow Build:

• Dexterity: 350

• Strength: 25

• Constitution: 50-100

Mid to Late Game: Transition to Spear and Strength Focus

As you move into the mid and late game, the meta shifts towards melee combat in dungeons, Wars, and Outpost Rush, where the Bow's damage can feel underwhelming compared to the raw power and utility of melee weapons. The Spear, in particular, shines with its incredible crowd control abilities, high burst damage, and debuff potential, making it one of the strongest weapons in the game for both PvE and PvP.

To maximize your Spear build, you'll want to shift your attribute focus towards Strength while still maintaining enough Dexterity for weapon scaling. In late-game content, you should aim for 350 Strength for melee damage with the spear, while keeping around 275 Dexterity for accuracy and ranged potential with secondary weapons like the Bow or Hatchet.

• Strength: 300-350 Strength becomes your primary focus, enhancing the Spear’s damage and crowd control abilities. At this level, your spear attacks will not only hit harder but also provide excellent debuffs like knockdowns, stuns, and Rends to control your enemies and shred through bosses or players.

• Dexterity: Lower your Dexterity to around 200-250 while still maintaining enough to benefit from the Bow's scaling. This keeps your ranged attacks viable, but the focus shifts towards enhancing your melee prowess with the spear.

• Constitution: Keep 5-100 Con as a base and focus more on damage output, using the Spear's crowd control and evasive maneuvers to avoid taking too much damage. If you need to be tankier, you can invest in more Con, but for a pure DPS build, keep it low.

Late Game Attribute Spread for Spear Focused Build:

• Strength: 350

• Dexterity: 275

• Constitution: 5

• Intelligence: 25

• This stat split is achieved by using the attuned leather pants artifact

Spear in Late Game Content: Why It Dominates

• Crowd Control: The Spear’s knockdowns, stuns, and interrupts make it a powerful tool in both PvE and PvP. Being able to control bosses, mobs, and enemy players gives you a massive tactical advantage, especially in organized group content.

• Burst Damage: The Spear offers some of the highest single-target burst damage in the game. Combined with the Great Axe or Hatchet as an off-hand weapon, you can quickly take down elite enemies and players with well-timed combos.

• Debuffs & Rend: The Spear’s ability to apply Rend increases the amount of damage enemies take, making it a valuable asset in dungeons and group PvP. By reducing enemy defense, your team’s overall damage output is greatly enhanced, making you an integral part of any group.