Rangers Eles And Hammers Oh My?

Recently in the random arenas and in Aspenwood I've noticed a large number of Rangers (not touchers tho) using hammers? In the random arenas I ran into two eles with hammers? Neither build seemed to be incredibly effective but why are rangers and eles using hammers. Im kinda confused.... I could understand a toucher using a hammer but not a R/Mo R/E E/M E/R so could someone tell me what going on???

The rangers were most probably thumpers, R/W using hammers and pets, and a fairly popular build in RA at the moment from what ive seen. Not too sure about the eles.

One of the best hammer skills, Irresistable Blow, requires energy to use (as opposed to adrenaline). The Ranger's expertise attribute allows you to spam this great skill much more often than a warrior could dream of, giving you a character with a good amount of pressure. It's not as one-dimensional as that, but this is the core of it.

FYI, rangers that use hammers are R/W. If you saw any other secondary, you should be laughing at them. Also, touchers wouldn't use hammers, I don't know why you mentioned them.

People like to do crazy/stupid stuff too in RA. There are a lot of bad players there too. That might explain the hammer wielding elementalists.

Could be knockdown eles. Using a combination of their own knockdown spells and hammer skills with the increased energy.

Someone did indeed post an E/W build not long ago, going into earth and hammer. The feedback was very good, and when I faced one in RA it put up one hell of a fight before I chopped him down.

R/W's with hammers are called Bunny Thumpers are are kickass at delivering hammer pressure without the mass energy drain warriors suffer. The most simple form of it is using Expertise and Ferocious Strike to provide high energy management in order to fuel Tigers Fury, Irresistable Blow, and Wild Blow. More advanced lines use a Devastating/Crushing based combo.

I wouldnt judge anything in Random Arenas too much, as that place is where a lot of people test and practice builds. You'll see anything over there

lol thnks for the comments thumper ranger huh and as for the toucher with the hammer I killed him I thought I was really lucky but I guess he just wasn't familiar with the game.

Well.. a toucher with a hammer.. Not the most fiendish sounding of builds, unless he was R/N/W :P