Most consistent Ranger build

[ㄒ乇卄丨ㄚㄖҜ]

Before I delve into the main content, for added credibility, I'd like to mention that I am currently a GM on Reaper and mid-diamond with Ranger while experimenting with various builds.
Given the scarcity of guides and tips from higher elo players, I want to provide some breadcrumbs.

I highly recommend this particular build if you want to climb in ranked, as, based on my observations, you can pretty consistently force the core of the build. The core alone is enough to carry you through the early and mid rounds.
While it may not be the theoretically strongest build possible, it is really consistent to hit.

So, what is the core of the build?
I would say it lies in two aspects: the synergy between the hammer and daggers, and the synergy between the hammer and lucky piggy. In my opinion, the lucky piggy is exceptionally powerful. The regular piggy bank, even with just the gold generation, is a must-have for me in every game in terms of economy. The lucky piggy bank, adding the additional two luck every round, synergizes remarkably well with Ranger, making it highly effective. If you can then exploit the chance-based buff on it, the item becomes extremely powerful.

Here's how the build works: stack three lucky piggy banks to buff the hammer to a nearly guaranteed stun chance (having only two lucky piggy banks is fine as well; if I recall correctly, the stun chance should be 75% with that).
Combine that with three daggers, each triggering an attack on stun, and you have the core of the build.

The variation you see in the picture below represent my twist on it and can, of course, be adapted and potentially optimized further (I'm not entirely convinced about the poison dagger in this build, for example) and shows the final form of the build in the last round.
The primary drawback of the build is the stamina cost. To run it efficiently, you need two strong heroic potions and two bananas later on.
If you can acquire any Topaz gemstones, I recommend placing them inside the bag rather than on the weapons for stamina recovery.

P.S. Abuse the box of riches; gemstones are absurdly broken when stacked.


https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3133832343

[Vexille]

nice potions

[Furio]

Could you somehow let the gloves affect more than just the hammer? If you swapped the current position with the piggies and shifted either the weapons or the bananas you should be able to let the gloves affect both the weapon and something else. Seems a waste that only one side of them is being used.

[GeXile]

After platin your build will get hammered to dust every round.
Every Critbuild in existence will erradicate you before 6 seconds are over.
You only have 5 luck. so just about 8 blindstacks or more will make all your hits miss at a high %.
The Carrot Goobert is absolute waste of space when it is not powered by some very very fast weapon like falcon blade.
You don't have a single shield or any other negation mechanic, so any spear, tim or critclassitem will completely negate the armor your vamp.arm is generating without loosing stamina.
Your classitem is useless af, if you don't need one you can save the gold by skipping the pick.
And if i am not mistaken your potions don't work this way.

[ㄒ乇卄丨ㄚㄖҜ]

Originally posted by GeXile:

After platin your build will get hammered to dust every round.
Every Critbuild in existence will erradicate you before 6 seconds are over.
You only have 5 luck. so just about 8 blindstacks or more will make all your hits miss at a high %.
The Carrot Goobert is absolute waste of space when it is not powered by some very very fast weapon like falcon blade.
You don't have a single shield or any other negation mechanic, so any spear, tim or critclassitem will completely negate the armor your vamp.arm is generating without loosing stamina.
Your classitem is useless af, if you don't need one you can save the gold by skipping the pick.
And if i am not mistaken your potions don't work this way.

If you actually look at the screenshot, you will see that this game was in mid-diamond.
I have no clue what you're talking about, lmao. Still didn't have a single ranked game with this build where I had more than two losses in a run.
The points you made are also just factually incorrect.
May I ask what your rank is?

"The Carrot Goobert is absolute waste of space when it is not powered by some very very fast weapon".
The hammer ramps up to a 0.98 cooldown or something, which has an 80-something % chance to stun, triggering all three daggers. Two of them then count for the goobert while also triggering the attacks themselves.

"You don't have a single shield or any other negation mechanic, so any spear, tim or critclassitem will completely negate the armor your vamp.arm is generating without loosing stamina."
Yes, because they are not needed.
I am killing every opponent before they can even do anything. :)
Stunning them every second for 0.5 seconds is kind of broken.

"Your classitem is useless af, if you don't need one you can save the gold by skipping the pick."
Is the only kind of correct point. But only kind of.
The mana plus heal and cleanse are nice benefits. Especially when you're arguing that blind stacks ruin the build; it becomes even more useful, so you are contradicting your own points.

"And if i am not mistaken your potions don't work this way."
What?

[ㄒ乇卄丨ㄚㄖҜ]

Originally posted by Furio:

Could you somehow let the gloves affect more than just the hammer? If you swapped the current position with the piggies and shifted either the weapons or the bananas you should be able to let the gloves affect both the weapon and something else. Seems a waste that only one side of them is being used.

I'm certain there's a better way to optimize the layout, including some items.
Swapping out the poison dagger for another spectral dagger could potentially increase DPS. In turn, you could replace one of the Strong Stone Skin Potions with a Mana Potion to sustain the mana for both daggers.

[killeregon]

The only thing i have to say is: thanks ;)