Ranger Tips

[SoulReaver918]

Anyone got Tips for ranger? idk why but i cant do a tier 1 run with them i always die but its a breeze on most other classes

[ZeppMan217]

Have you beaten Hunter? They're quite similar, in that both have limited HP gain and extra range.

With Ranger, start with Shredder, keep an eye out for Slingshots, Rocket/Nuke launchers. You want to prioritize Ranged Damage over % Damage early on to maximize Ranger's RD bonus gain. Be sure to grab non-common (blue/purple/red) Max HP whenever it shows up. Other than that, there's nothing special about Ranger.

[SoulReaver918]

Sweet thanks for the tips :)

[thunda]

Lol Shredder, dont start with that garbage. Start with SMG's and stay with SMG's for easy free win at any difficulty. Pump ranged dmg from early, go to town.

[ZeppMan217]

Originally posted by thunda:

Lol Shredder, dont start with that garbage. Start with SMG's and stay with SMG's for easy free win at any difficulty. Pump ranged dmg from early, go to town.

And then die in the second half of the run because you were never offered a Bandana or a Minigun. Shredder works early and late, it opens the path for Launchers, and if you do find a Bandana early, then by all means, go for SMGs.

[Prometheus]

SMGs serve the very valuable purpose of having a very short cooldown so they quickly turn on and do damage to whatever you are moving towards. Yes, minigun is better but its also oh so extremely reliably available.

Obviously you don't go pure SMGs though. They are gun type, gun type has a lot of a useful pierce and pushback. Get a couple shotguns and some pistols, maybe even a shredder to accompany to cover the SMG's mass clearing weakness. Guns bring a wide toolbox to cover all your winning needs. You noticed the weapon offering RNG is weighted towards the types you already have right?

[thunda]

Originally posted by ZeppMan217:

Originally posted by thunda:

Lol Shredder, dont start with that garbage. Start with SMG's and stay with SMG's for easy free win at any difficulty. Pump ranged dmg from early, go to town.

And then die in the second half of the run because you were never offered a Bandana or a Minigun. Shredder works early and late, it opens the path for Launchers, and if you do find a Bandana early, then by all means, go for SMGs.

You dont need any of those to have an easy win.

Originally posted by Promethian:

Obviously you don't go pure SMGs though. They are gun type, gun type has a lot of a useful pierce and pushback. Get a couple shotguns and some pistols, maybe even a shredder to accompany to cover the SMG's mass clearing weakness. Guns bring a wide toolbox to cover all your winning needs. You noticed the weapon offering RNG is weighted towards the types you already have right?

You can go pure SMG, you dont need anything else. You dont need pierce or ricoche either.

Neither of you knows how to minmax in this game.

[Bumc]

Shredder start doesn't synergize with ranger at all -- its base damage goes from 5 to 20 with 50% ranged scaling, so you won't get more than 2.5% per point of RD later in the game.
If you swing into rocket launchers it gets worse -- with RL there is basically no point actually leveling ranged damage over attack speed or % damage.
You probably can beat the game with shredder start without investing too much in ranged damage, but why play ranger then.

SMG is much better in this regards -- with 10 base and 80% scaling (correct me if i misremember numbers) you're looking at 8% damage per point of RD even on a red gun.
Another gun that has "good scaling" is a shotgun, but I didn't have any success with it on higher difficulties.
That's just numbers though -- if you don't go full damage with SMGs you get overwhelmed on horde waves unless you manage to get enough pierce/bounce. And not everyone can beat 70% of the game with no pants potato before having opportunity to actually go defensive.

[SirRyfo]

I got a win with every ranged class or a class that synergizes with range by using the slingshot. Best weapon for range. Wasn't able to get a win on ranger with pistols and smg.

[thunda]

Originally posted by SirRyfo:

Wasn't able to get a win on ranger with smg.

From wave 3-5 onwards pump ranged dmg like your life depends on it, which it does. Easy win

[ZeppMan217]

Originally posted by thunda:

Originally posted by ZeppMan217:

And then die in the second half of the run because you were never offered a Bandana or a Minigun. Shredder works early and late, it opens the path for Launchers, and if you do find a Bandana early, then by all means, go for SMGs.

You dont need any of those to have an easy win.

Originally posted by Promethian:

Obviously you don't go pure SMGs though. They are gun type, gun type has a lot of a useful pierce and pushback. Get a couple shotguns and some pistols, maybe even a shredder to accompany to cover the SMG's mass clearing weakness. Guns bring a wide toolbox to cover all your winning needs. You noticed the weapon offering RNG is weighted towards the types you already have right?

You can go pure SMG, you dont need anything else. You dont need pierce or ricoche either.

Neither of you knows how to minmax in this game.

Just did a Ranger run with SMGs only, no piercing or bounce. You were completely right, it was 100% free. I think playing SMG on other characters tainted my perspective a bit.

[Jaasrg]

I liked having a single explosive gun, but this became less and less impactful with increased RD and higher tier smgs.

[Anoian]

I tried this class for like 5-6 hours on difficulty 5.

I got it done by using four smgs and two laser guns and going full ranged damage and attack speed and finished it already on the second try with this tactic.

All other tactics i didnt even get remotely as close. Especially stay away from crossbows, even though they work well with the extra 50 range, they still suck majorly.

[Milcroy]

Ranger I can’t finish on 5. :(

[Rosa]

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