Can someone help me build ranger i so bad

[Miles]

I used to play ton of DOS2 and have blast play ranger there. So after year of waiting for my friend to finally buy this game i never touch it right now it my first play i pick ranger as alway and play it for 20hr (we still in act1 doing all side quest) i notice my action overall feel underwhelmed by my mate. 1 of them play bard dude buff this buff that and sometime blast enemy to the pit and and the other play paladin/fighter? Bro slap the ♥♥♥♥ out of everything and then me just shoot pew pew form not very far away i switch between beastamer,hunter a few time not see much different beside i got a bear with me that probably died in 2 hit.

[RollerPig]

I'm not sure if this is a troll post or not?

For ranger you want to go gloomstalker straight until level 5 with sharpshooter feat at level 4 , at level 6 you take 2 in fighter with "archery" for fighting technique. Use titan string bow you get from delivering the missing shipment (its at the vendor).

Last 4 levels you take in rouge asassin subclass for 100% crits and reset actions on initiative

Use strength potions as often as you can. dip weapon, drakethroat glaive buff (act2)
each arrow will hit for around 36 dmg non crit, 65+ crit and up to 120 dmg if target is vulnerable

This is one of the strongest , if not THE strongest build in the game. Many use it to solo with

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Ranger(Gloomstalker)-9/Rogue(Assassin)-3.

Use Spike Growth for guaranteed AoE damage.

[Actalo]

If you noticed by the replies, most people probably don't actually play Ranger as a Ranger, they multiclass to maximize its stealth/sneak/crit mechanics.

Ranger in BG3 is just one of those classes that isn't quite a Fighter, or Rogue, or Druid... so it's basically a Jack of three trades, master of none. Think about what role you'd like your Ranger to play then decide if it's best to even have a Ranger in that role. In my opinion, you won't.

[DeMasked]

Ranger can get special arrows that explode which can make enemies "blast into the pit".

Paladin has smite which is great single target damage. Ranger can also do a lot of damage but not early on. With certain items, feats, level 5 you'll see a bump up on damage but mostly remember to take all the special arrows and use them appropriately.

[yaerav]

Pure rangers start off slow, but at level 12 they are powerhouses. The gloomstalker 5/ assassin 3/ champion 3 build is crazy strong too, if you want a sneaky character, but for sheer damage output, just stick with it.

My pro tip: do not sell magic items when you find them, and try to buy all the special ones that you can find. Store them at camp. To get gold, just grab all the silverware, every painting you can find, loot every weapon and piece of armor, and every book too (for some reason they sell for much more gold in the city than outside it, by the way)

Reason for keeping all magic stuff is that there are so many crazy synergies you can make, it's lot of fun to experiment with those. And there are some really good sets for archer type characters!

[Miles]

Originally posted by RollerPig:

I'm not sure if this is a troll post or not?

For ranger you want to go gloomstalker straight until level 5 with sharpshooter feat at level 4 , at level 6 you take 2 in fighter with "archery" for fighting technique. Use titan string bow you get from delivering the missing shipment (its at the vendor).

Last 4 levels you take in rouge asassin subclass for 100% crits and reset actions on initiative

Use strength potions as often as you can. dip weapon, drakethroat glaive buff (act2)
each arrow will hit for around 36 dmg non crit, 65+ crit and up to 120 dmg if target is vulnerable

This is one of the strongest , if not THE strongest build in the game. Many use it to solo with

My bad bro but i currently feel like s**t my dmg like 10-18 maybe 25 if lucky i do craft some arrow but it didn't help much

[Miles]

Originally posted by yaerav:

Pure rangers start off slow, but at level 12 they are powerhouses. The gloomstalker 5/ assassin 3/ champion 3 build is crazy strong too, if you want a sneaky character, but for sheer damage output, just stick with it.

My pro tip: do not sell magic items when you find them, and try to buy all the special ones that you can find. Store them at camp. To get gold, just grab all the silverware, every painting you can find, loot every weapon and piece of armor, and every book too (for some reason they sell for much more gold in the city than outside it, by the way)

Reason for keeping all magic stuff is that there are so many crazy synergies you can make, it's lot of fun to experiment with those. And there are some really good sets for archer type characters!

I do keep those rare item like those snare glove,warp necklace but some like rage,wrath i just straight them all to gale stomachs •́⁠ ⁠ ⁠‿⁠ ⁠,⁠•̀

[Miles]

Originally posted by Pan Darius Cassandra:

Ranger(Gloomstalker)-9/Rogue(Assassin)-3.

Use Spike Growth for guaranteed AoE damage.

I saw that recommend sometime how was it play? Is it melee main?

[yaerav]

Originally posted by Miles:

Originally posted by Pan Darius Cassandra:

Ranger(Gloomstalker)-9/Rogue(Assassin)-3.

Use Spike Growth for guaranteed AoE damage.

I saw that recommend sometime how was it play? Is it melee main?

Best to use as ranged, in melee such a character might be a bit squishy, I imagine.

[craig234]

Also search for ranger build guides.

[Brian_the_Brute]

I am currently playing a ranger for the first time, no multiclass and it works great. I picked Gloomstalker as the sub-class and use the bow mostly. I equipped dual shortwords including the Knife of the Undermountain king and took sharpshooter as a feat, both of which increase crits.

Currently in act 3 and have The Dead Shot longbow (another way to increase crits) and I am zapping most enemies in 1 round with 3 bow attacks, plus a secondary weapon attack if they are still alive and in melee range.

I am not really seeing any need to try and improve on the build with any other classes.

[Xrystus]

Originally posted by Brian_the_Brute:

I am currently playing a ranger for the first time, no multiclass and it works great. I picked Gloomstalker as the sub-class and use the bow mostly. I equipped dual shortwords including the Knife of the Undermountain king and took sharpshooter as a feat, both of which increase crits.

Currently in act 3 and have The Dead Shot longbow (another way to increase crits) and I am zapping most enemies in 1 round with 3 bow attacks, plus a secondary weapon attack if they are still alive and in melee range.

I am not really seeing any need to try and improve on the build with any other classes.

The idea would be to include rogue. The classic "commando" build is Ranger 5 / Rogue X. So in this game it would be Ranger 5 / Rogue 7.
Try this: go two-weapon fighting, ranger 5 (hunter with colossus slayer), then rogue, picking up thief at level 3. What this does is give you two bonus actions, thus using your offhand swing twice, allowing you to make a total of 4 attacks per round every round. If they're too far, you can bonus action dash to them. You will be remarkably mobile and triggering your sneak attack will give 2d6 extra damage once per turn at rogue 3, increasing to 4d6 by rogue 7. You can bonus action hide to help proc said sneak attack if need be as well.
Not to mention this works both for melee and ranged dual wielding (hand crossbows), making you a very versatile combatant.

[RollerPig]

Originally posted by Miles:

Originally posted by RollerPig:

I'm not sure if this is a troll post or not?

For ranger you want to go gloomstalker straight until level 5 with sharpshooter feat at level 4 , at level 6 you take 2 in fighter with "archery" for fighting technique. Use titan string bow you get from delivering the missing shipment (its at the vendor).

Last 4 levels you take in rouge asassin subclass for 100% crits and reset actions on initiative

Use strength potions as often as you can. dip weapon, drakethroat glaive buff (act2)
each arrow will hit for around 36 dmg non crit, 65+ crit and up to 120 dmg if target is vulnerable

This is one of the strongest , if not THE strongest build in the game. Many use it to solo with

My bad bro but i currently feel like s**t my dmg like 10-18 maybe 25 if lucky i do craft some arrow but it didn't help much

not sure what level u are or how deep your understanding of weapons/feats and buffs is

if your doing 10-18 dmg with a bow, add sharpshooter feat for a flat +10 dmg.

You will need high dex so use the gloves of dexterity you get at the githyanki cresche (these set your dex to 18) grab the "risky ring" off of Oral Oblodra in moonrise towers. This will give you "advantage" on all attacks essentially nullifying the -5 to hit penalty from sharpshooter feat
adding fighter at level 6 you get to choose a "fighting style". Make this archery. You will get +2 to hit effectively capping out your chance to hit at around 80-85%
additional to hit mechanics like bless or oil of accuracy will add even more often times youre "to hit" will be 90-95%

if you dip your weapon in fire or poison add another + 1d4 dmg.

add" luck of the far realms (illithid power) or killers sweetheart ring (act2 trials of Shar) for guaranteed crits

As you can see the damage can stack quite fast. Add in some speicalty arrows and your easily doing 45-65 dmg average attacks by level 8

if you make the target "velnerable " with say aura of murder or amulet of branding you double THAT dmg...lol.

So you can see 140+ dmg crits with a 90% chance to hit are very possible. if you were to use "arrow of multiple targets" you can get 120+ crits on multiple targets. theres NO build in the game that can come close to that dps

All that at range and stealth

GOAT build