Celtic Heroes

What skills should I have?

What skills should I have?

Depends on what build you are and what weapons you use.

I use bow.

And I mainly focus on dexterity.

What skills should I have?

Why does it matter apparantly your dead lol. For bow use sharp steady rapid heal and bolas if your not going to be a tank.

What skills should I have?

Why does it matter apparantly your dead lol. For bow use sharp steady rapid heal and bolas if your not going to be a tank.

Why the tank comment? Sharp shot, steady aim, light heal all maxed. Then pick in between rapid shot ( which is actually best at 1, although some prefer it higher... ) and bolas- both of which if maxed will suck your energy out quite fast. I would also recommend defensive spikes. But up to you.

I prefer staying in one place, letting the mob come to me and getting off a few shots before they reach me. Moving around in my opinion is not only wasting time but also dps- you cant kill and run at the same time. By staying put I am always shooting the mob. But yeah I can tank, although normally I would follow my own advice and not mess up my vitality points... I am a bit squishy at the moment. It happens that I have good dps, and normally get the agro on bosses if a tank isn't present or its not very good. Even good tanks slip sometimes. In which it is extremely useful to have so much vit. Otherwise some bosses would be able to one shot me. This way I have enough of a heal to be useful and I can give natures touch a bit of a rest until its cd is over before I need it.

Why I personally would not put points in barbed shot or defensive spikes, unless you're going for a less than mainstream build and have extra points to spare. These ss were taken at 975 dex, with the skills maxed. Steady Aim, Rapid Shot, Bolas, Light Heal and Conceal are my personal preferences - Steady for the op attack and dmg boost, Rapid for the obvious, Bolas for soloing bosses generally, Light Heal for survivability, and Conceal for getting around. . .doesnt leave me with any point left over at 152 if I keep them all maxed.

I am fairly new to the game as i have only been playing for 3-4 months.

I have a ranger lvl 142 near 143. My stats are around 309str 386dex 56foc 179vit (these are with item bonuses) I have used this build mainly solo lvling and it has worked well so far.

I am using:
armor: golden helm with frost damage,haste gloves,greater earthstone BP,diamond legs,haste boots/frozen boots/golden quiver with frost damage
weapon: Frozen bow
rings: all damage rings vary 10-15 damage heat/cold/magic
bracelets: health regen/imperial wurm
neck: heroic rejuv

skills used: bolas 29/30 sharp shot 30/30 steady aim 30/30 camo 29/30 rapid 1/30

1)My first question is the avg question seen many times on the forums: is a dex build or str build better for group/boss killing? Using either what should my min/max on Dex/Str be for each and which skills should i max using each build?

2)From what i understand a str build bases its strengths on rapid/auto shot not skills but lacking all the dex does it miss a bunch to where a high dex build would hit more often and your skills are stronger making it the build the choice?

3)My last question with the expansion soon to be out (so they say) would a mix build or min/max build work better for solo/group leveling?

Thanks in advance and sorry for the rambling just trying to understand the game and ranger class better.

I'll answer your questions from my perspective the best that I can, I've been playing ranger about the time you have and am currently using frozen with the same lux equips. As far as dex vs. str I prefer more of a balanced build though I get most my dex from equips. Currently 400 str, 125 (275) dex, 250 vit.

As far as not being a dex build, I don't tend to miss because of added bow ability from agg brace/deathwalk charm, 1870 bow ability and 2855 attack without attack bonuses from any earthstone gear. *side note: steady aim rings, maxed steady aim will add alot of attack as well as dmg, so fewer misses* I don't mind not having more dex when leveling in groups, as I have enough that my light heal can keep me alive until a druid can heal or a tank gets aggro. I explained my skill usage in the above post.

I used to use a dex build and prefer my current strength build for the dps output.

As for update, I suppose it depends what kind of dmg they do. . .ranged attacks or non, and I might end up changing my build accordingly.

TY alyssandra.

Quick question for you. I read somewhere that str past 300 has diminishing returns I am guess that was false info seeing you have 400 str and found it better then a high dex build.

As to my bow skill i think it is near 1600-1700