/Ranger

[~ Dan ~]

I've finally gotten my Rainbow Phoenix and now i just don't want to part with it!!

Currently my only D/R build is Vow Of Strength. Rather than slapping charm + comfort animal on every bar i was hoping people may have interesting D/R builds.

Please post here if you have any, thanks :)

[Coloneh]

EDA + volley? vow of strength is good to, add in some PvE only skills, a few of them provide non-attack damage boosts.

[Str0b0]

EDA+Volley is very nice. If all you want is the pet though honestly I'd just slap charm and comfort on whatever bar you want to use since dervish skills don't really jive with a pet. Maybe some of the pet interrupt skills could prove useful in certain situations other than that I honestly don't know and that's fairly sad since Ranger and Dervish are my mains.

I think that even with the update to pet control and certain pet skills the pet aspect of the ranger class always seemed to me as more of an after thought, kind of like, "Ooooh well he's a ranger and they live in forests so sure he has an animal friend." As such it is hard to find synergy between beast mastery skills and any other profession skills with the exception of corpse exploitation in the necromancer's arsenal.

[MBP]

RaO ...err Bunny Reaper? lol

it be kinda neat with dwarven adrenal skills

Ear Bite
Brawling Headbutt
Low Blow
"By Ural's Hammer!"

[Coloneh]

RaO is unusable for non-ranger primaries

[~ Dan ~]

EDA + volley?

Could you post the whole bar for this please?

[Sir Pandra Pierva]

Bunny Reaper ftw.

[moko]

Bunny Reaper ftw.

without expertise, speedboost+IAS in one skill? o ok.

only thing that comes in my mind would be HaO with random Scythe but meh O-o

[MBP]

ya i forgot RaO won't work but can't you argue the same thing for Mel-25 energy? people find ways around it..

Radiant armor +5 e scythe or have a energy staff just to cast the one skill?

as for EDA build...i think this could be fun

ebon dust auravolley"I am the Strongest!"mystic corruptionmystic regenerationheart of furycomfort animalcharm animal

Just an idea

[moko]

ya i forgot RaO won't work but can't you argue the same thing for Mel-25 energy? people find ways around it..

Radiant armor +5 e scythe or have a energy staff just to cast the one skill?

as for EDA build...i think this could be fun

ebon dust auravolleypoison tip signetmystic corruptionmystic regenerationheart of furycomfort animalcharm animal

RaO has a 10~ second duration. Melandru has a minute. big difference, don't you think. :P

[MBP]

you're right but it was a cool thought anyway...

[Coloneh]

Could you post the whole bar for this please?

I dont really have one, but i would think something along the lines of:
Ebon Dust AuraVolleyCrossfireCompanionshipComfort AnimalCharm AnimalZealous Renewalrez

with an ebon bow of course

[tenshi_strife]

well for destroying undead you could do this

barragevolleyheart of holy flamecharm animalcomfort animalzealous renewal and yea last 2 slots are optional....

holy dmg bp ftw? lol

[Coloneh]

aura of holy might > heart of holy flame

by alot


also theres no reason to take volley and barrage.

[tenshi_strife]

sure there is cause you can alternate them for a nonstop barrage basically, and i didnt look at pve only skills sry.

[Burst Cancel]

Err, what's wrong with the Vow of Strength bar? That build pumps out good damage, and gets better exponentially with other buffs.

[~ Dan ~]

Err, what's wrong with the Vow of Strength bar? That build pumps out good damage, and gets better exponentially with other buffs.

Because i want my pet with me near enough all of the time and i don't want to play the same dam bar. Err, what's wrong with variety?

[Burst Cancel]

There's nothing wrong with variety - until it cuts into effectiveness.

More to the point, you didn't state any reason for why Vow of Strength wasn't enough in your OP, so my assumption was that you wanted a *better* bar, as opposed to just a *different* bar. *shrug*