Ranger Flash Flood Build

Apart from the cheesy name I just came up with, this build works quite well in my experience.

Armor : Druids
Weapon : Rotwing Recurve, most recurve bows work if your good at switching. Maybe a Poisoners Short thrown in there.

Atts:
Marks: 13
WS: 10
Exp: 13
Shadow Arts: 3 (Still gives 38 seconds of SoH)

Skills:

Crippling Shot
Savage Shot
Distracting Shot
Apply Poison
Shadow of Haste
Dash
Troll Ungent
Res Sig

Yes, its a cripshot with a twist. It started from me trying to figure out how to counter a caster or any build 1 on 1 with a ranger. I ended up testing in 8 man HA and RA/TA. No gvg testing yet.

The crippleshot portion is played just like any other crippleshot build. My favorite part about it however, is the versatility. Start up a Shadow of Haste in your backline, run forward and attack. It is successful because it allows you to venture into the opponents backline with easy transport backwards. In HA is also proved effective in stopping spikes halfway by getting you out of range. Any interupter knows that it is tons easier to interupt when standing next to your target. Dash also helps with mobility options for catching up and snaring in certain situations. If using in 1 v 1, healing spring is a good alternative to Res sig. You can bounce away if you are loseing the fight and put down a Spring and a Troll and your set.

Critism always liked, make a good counter argument though. It could be my want to develop a good R/A bow based build that makes this good in my eyes. You guys be the judge. Sorry for the crappy paragraph organization.

interesting concept, will be sure to check this out when i get on my comp with gw later today.

Still not enough defence there, if you get spiked, the only thing you can do is shout it on Vent, unlike the original R/Me with Distortion. So I'm thinking if throwing in a Dark Escape in there instead of Shadow of Haste, of course it makes you a tiny bit less versatile, but at least it will make you 50% harder to kill

Interesting... although i'd prefer to reach the 8s breakpoint of Cripshot.

interesting build but why is it called flash flood? i came here half expecting to see a revolutionary ranger that uses water magic somehow.

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Thanks for the positive feedback.

As for the problems adressed, yes this build lacks skills that inheriently give you defence. However being able to go back to anywhere you choose running at 50% faster speed is like a defence in my eyes. The SoH and Dash speed boosts provide straving abilities to dodge arrows and magical projectiles easier.

As for the cutoff point, I used to use 14 Marks 9 WS and sometimes still do. However, the extra troll regen is nice. Its up to the person to decide what they like more.

The build's name has nothing to do with it. Just the 2 words that I pulled from the top of my head.

As you know Archon, Dash is the SoH cancel stance and gets you away quickly. SoH can be sometimes annoying because it pushes you back in unwanted situations, however with dash you can get back up there within no time.

I hope that cleared up some doubts.

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