Ragnarok Online 2 Ranger Basic Guide

Ragnarok Online 2 Ranger Basic Guide by JSSUMONE

Pros:
– Range combat
– Strong 1v1 combat
– High burst damage
– Several DOT skills (claymore trap, poison arrow, falcon assault) [if you guys ever wondered, FA does damage over a time period]
– Traps for tactical usage
– Above average VIT stats

Cons:
– Not so popular AOE skills
– Ranger’s strongest single target skill needs several “layers” of requirement to activate
– As of level 50 cap, you can’t max every good skills without sacrificing others, choice must be made
– Low AGI stats

Basics

1 STR = 2 Attack Power + 2 Parry
1 AGI = 5 Critical + 2 Dodge
1 WIS = 10 SP
1 VIT = 5 HP
*INT – (Not applicable for rangers)

HIT – Accuracy
HASTE – Reduces skill cast time and increase general attack speed
VIGOR – Reduces skill cooldown
*You obtain additional hit, haste and vigor from skills and equipments, not from stats

STATS

Available choices by STR/AGI/VIT [TAKE NOTE: These are basic stats, not bonus stats]:
50/29/2
29/50/2
41/41/1
40/40/8
33/33/32
*Please understand that stats allocation only gives you a slight boost to your preferred attributes. Your main stats comes from green equipments and above, titles, cards, runes and buffs.

SKILLS

Frisks did a wonderful job for elaborating skills for ranger.
Check out the topic here: Ranger Skills by Frisk

Forum link to the still developing skill calculator:
http://forums.playpa…or-excel-sheet/

Some samples on skill rotation by Soushii

Before you go to skill build, I would like to tell you that there are different type of Rangers. I call my build, Wind Walker ( because it’s a cool name. lol). My build is focused on attack speed. Which mean you have to focus your cards on damage.

Skill Rotation:

Wind Walk -> Focused Arrow Strike -> Poison Arrow -> Charge Arrow ( till full combo points ) -> Double Strafing ( till there’s no more combo points ) -> Falcon Eyes -> Wind walk -> Focused Arrow Strike -> Poison Arrow -> Charge Arrow ( till full combo points ) -> Double Strafing

OR

Focused Arrow Strike -> Poison Arrow -> Wind Walk -> Charge Arrow ( till full combo points ) -> Double Strafing ( till there’s no more combo points ) -> Falcon Eyes -> Focused Arrow Strike -> Poison Arrow -> Wind Walk -> Charge Arrow ( till full combo points ) -> Double Strafing ( till there’s no more combo points )

Or you can just make your own skill rotation.

rotations by BK2013

My PVE strat: Camouflage — Charge Arrow x2 — Poison Arrow — Windwalk — F. Arrow Strike — DS till 0 conc — Poison Arrow — F. Arrow Strike — Charge x 2 — DS & Vulcan (Repeat)

Mini Boss: Camouflage — Set Traps and move back — Charge Arrow x2 — Poison Arrow — Windwalk — Falcon — True — Falcon — Traps — Charge Arrow x2 — Poison Arrow — Windwalk — F. Arrow Strike — DS till O conc — Poison Arrow — F. Arrow Strike — Charge x 2 — DS & Vulcan (Repeat)

Boss: Camouflage — Charge Arrow x2 — Poison Arrow — Windwalk — Falcon — True — Falcon — F. Arrow Strike –Charge Arrow x2 — DS & Vulcan (Repeat)

PvP vs Range: Countdown: Windwalk, Camouflage- Charge Arrow x2 — Poison Arrow –Falcon — True — Falcon — DS — and spam Poison/F.Arrow Strike to get Main Ranger and go for the kill.
If he have a higher DPS than you do the same except you kite with arrow impact and acrobatic after your 2 Falcons. Also you might want to move to the opposite direction your opponent is facing (while hiding) before starting your onslaught.

PvP vs Melee (non hiders): Countdown: Camouflage and set traps — move 2 steps away for you traps and start shooting 2x Charge + Poison — Falcon — True — Falcon — Trap again — spam Poison/F.Arrow Strike to get Main Ranger and go for the kill.

PvP vs Melee (hiders): Countdown: Camouflage and get your fingers ready on either Multi Shot or Arrow Shower on his general location (it will break his invisibility) — set traps – Falcon — True — Falcon — Trap Again– Charge x2 — spam Poison/F.Arrow Strike to get Main Ranger and go for the kill.

AVAILABLE BUILD REFERENCE

AV Heavies
Build by Faulken
Build by igibee
Build by Lilyyy
Build by MikeZatsu
Build by move4freedom
Build by Newbie4ever
Build by rigelgoh
Build by StarzPteLtd
Build by xile015

FA Heavies
Build by BEAST916
Build by BK2013
Build by Mathiu001
Build by Valentia

Hybrids
(nil)

DPS
Build by gRaKkK
Build by Soushii

Unconventionals
Build by Jeremie96
Build by YuiSooCute

ROLES IN DUNGEON

• DPS
• Healer’s protector (As a range combatant, you are the first to respond to any threat to our lovely healers within 20m until adds-tanker takes over)
• Puller

PVP
Ranger PVP Guide by BK2013

SOME RANGER FACTS

• No arrows needed, they magically appears. However level of quiver does affect your damage and attributes.
• One cannot camouflage + Arrow Vulcan.
• One can dual summon falcon with falcon eyes usage.
• There was a report that falcons only attack within a certain range where they were summonned.
• As of current, there are VA ranger, FA ranger and hybrid ranger in general.
• FA does physical damage, not magical damage as described in-game. [PROVEN by players, ignore the in-game description]
• Traps description: “Activates for 30 seconds” –> in other words: DEACTIVATES after 30 seconds”
• Pro tip: Move/Kite while you’re shooting instant cast arrows (DS, FAS, PA, AI, MS)