Which ranged class does the best physical damage

[cire87]

ranger , rogue , fighter, which is the best at ranged physical damage ?

[wendigo211]

Fighter throwing Nyrulna. Three attacks per action is hard to beat and Nyrulna with Tavern Brawler, a good strength score and +throwing damage items hits harder than any of the other ranged options.

Sword Bards with ranged slashing flourish also rank high.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by wendigo211:

Fighter throwing Nyrulna. Three attacks per action is hard to beat and Nyrulna with Tavern Brawler, a good strength score and +throwing damage items hits harder than any of the other ranged options.

Sword Bards with ranged slashing flourish also rank high.

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Pretty much what wendigo211 suggested when it comes to best physical damage at a range.

[talemore]

Cleric wood elf war domain

[cire87]

Originally posted by wendigo211:

Fighter throwing Nyrulna. Three attacks per action is hard to beat and Nyrulna with Tavern Brawler, a good strength score and +throwing damage items hits harder than any of the other ranged options.

Sword Bards with ranged slashing flourish also rank high.

what is Nyrulna ? and can u explain the bard thing ive never played one

[victorvnv]

Several classes can go ranged and are all great at it. Hard to say which is the best as they all have unique advantages

Thow warriors are good but so are Barb 6/rogue 4/ fighter 2 as you can throw many times

A Fighter 11/ war cleric 1 can do 7 shots a turn, 10 with haste and can be great in mele on top of that if you pick the right items/ feats

A Gloom stalker / Assasin/ fighter with 2 crossbows can do many attacks a turn as well and will have high initiative and advantage in accuracy turn 1 and great stealth plus all the utility of a rogue

A Bard / rogue/ fighter will also have many shots a turn with some great utility spells

You can go either way they are all good, depends mostly on what your team needs most . Like a Gloomstalker/ assasin / fighter will also be able to disarm traps and pick locks, a throw barbarian wil just do big numbers in damage but not much utility out of that while a bard will be able to provide some buffs like bardic inspiration etc.

[pascal.difolco]

Originally posted by wendigo211:

Fighter throwing Nyrulna. Three attacks per action is hard to beat and Nyrulna with Tavern Brawler, a good strength score and +throwing damage items hits harder than any of the other ranged options.

Sword Bards with ranged slashing flourish also rank high.

But that's Act3 only...
I'd say a Barbarian, Enraged Throw is pretty effective (and fun) !

[victorvnv]

Originally posted by pascal.difolco:

Originally posted by wendigo211:

Fighter throwing Nyrulna. Three attacks per action is hard to beat and Nyrulna with Tavern Brawler, a good strength score and +throwing damage items hits harder than any of the other ranged options.

Sword Bards with ranged slashing flourish also rank high.

But that's Act3 only...
I'd say a Barbarian, Enraged Throw is pretty effective (and fun) !

You can get 5 fighter for eldrich knight bound weapon then any weapon you throw comes back to you. Eldrich knight with tavern brawler for thrown is super powerful from act 1 if you find a solid spear

[wendigo211]

Originally posted by pascal.difolco:

Originally posted by wendigo211:

Fighter throwing Nyrulna. Three attacks per action is hard to beat and Nyrulna with Tavern Brawler, a good strength score and +throwing damage items hits harder than any of the other ranged options.

Sword Bards with ranged slashing flourish also rank high.

But that's Act3 only...
I'd say a Barbarian, Enraged Throw is pretty effective (and fun) !

Okay, if you want to go by levels:

• Level 1. Probably throwing Barbarian, Rage gives you a +2 to damage and you could be throwing anything including enemies at other enemies.
  
• Level 2: Fighter. Action Surge gives you one round with 2 APR.
  
• Levels 3-4. Thief Rogue, with dual hand crossbows. Of course you have to find two hand crossbows, which isn't a given at these levels. But if you do, you have 3 APR.
  
• Level 5. Hard to say since all the martials get their 2nd attack per action. I'll go with a heavy x-bow Hunter Ranger with Hunter's Mark and Colossus Slayer. Although the Fighter can do 4 attacks a turn with Action Surge.
  
• Level 6-7. Sword Bard with a good heavy crossbow or longbow using Ranged Slashing Flourish. At level 5 their flourishes recharge with a short rest instead of a long rest and at level 6 they get their second attack per action.
  
• Level 8-10. Throwing Berserkser Barbarian 5/Rogue Thief 3. 4 attacks per round with thrown weapons (although you get a stacking -1 to hit with each bonus action attack) and the Returning Pike and +throwing damage items give them strong hits
  
• Levels 11-12. Throwing fighter with Nyrulna.

Originally posted by cire87:

what is Nyrulna ? and can u explain the bard thing ive never played one

Nyrulna[bg3.wiki]

Ranged Slashing flourish lets the Bard use one of his inspirations to make a single attack that hits two target or the same target twice. It also adds his inspiration dice to the damage roll. So a level 6 Bard can use two Ranged Slashing Flourishes with his attack action to hit one target 4 times, each attack getting an additional d8 damage.

[Morbs]

Originally posted by talemore:

Cleric wood elf war domain

I'd multi into ranger until you unlock their 2nd basic attack as well so you can easily get 3 basic attacks per turn. (the bonus attacks available are based off wis modifier I think so they mesh well)

[cire87]

I guess i should rephrase my question , whos the best archer ?

[pascal.difolco]

Originally posted by cire87:

I guess i should rephrase my question , whos the best archer ?

Any Thief 3 (Fast Hands)/Gloomstalker X Ranger, with two hand crossbows, period

[cire87]

Originally posted by pascal.difolco:

Originally posted by cire87:

I guess i should rephrase my question , whos the best archer ?

Any Thief 3 (Fast Hands)/Gloomstalker X Ranger, with two hand crossbows, period

i either didnt look close enough or i just over looked it but i havent found more than 1 hand crossbow and i have no idea where i found it

[victorvnv]

Originally posted by cire87:

Originally posted by pascal.difolco:

Any Thief 3 (Fast Hands)/Gloomstalker X Ranger, with two hand crossbows, period

i either didnt look close enough or i just over looked it but i havent found more than 1 hand crossbow and i have no idea where i found it

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[Mavloc]

Fighter/Rogue works well.

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barb+thief=thrower