FOW build / need high dmg build

I take it pure beastmastery is out since you want to use a bow...
most team builds calling for rangers there involve barrage, savage, disrupting, perhaps a speed/defense buff like dodge, personally I really like concussion shot and an ias (frenzy/flail/flurry if r/w or tigers fury if the group prefers you to have rebirth). I also like to load throw dirt if the healer's are new and getting too much attention on their usefull selves . Then all you need is a res.
Buddy of mine likes to run a judges insight barrager there, but there are only so many skeletons...
Another good one is the R/E mark barrager (lotsa builds on it available too) but mark of rodgort got a nice aoe buff barraging with a fiery bowstring (or kindle arrows) with or without conjure flame is very festive for wintersday with all the pretty lights it makes.

awww nice... thanks for the reply. Can you list some builds for me pls?

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Hmm...I used something like this:

Barrage
Distracting Shot (the lower cost comes in handy in this build, but Savage could likely work also)
Crossfire
Judges Insight
Smite Hex
Whirling Defense
Favorable Winds
Rebirth

10 Smite
9 Expertise
16 Marks

Vampiric Flatbow of Whatever works best.

JI is mainly for skeleton type enemies since it will let you deal 100+ damage per arrow against them. Also, don't use FW when you encounter many Shadow Ranger type enemies since it will greatly benefit them more than you (unless you have a bunch of barrage rangers on your team).

Sha Noran had suggested a FoW build similar to this, but used Essence Bond on the tank. While I think that this would have been a good skill to use in earlier times (such as when the book trick worked), it doesn't have quite the same effectiveness now that aggro works differently.

I don't PvE much, but this could be viable for PvE. It's a simple spike build used for 1 target only, but you can essentially get the target's health down to half in about 1-2 seconds.

If you have a monk, try this setup:

R/E
Expertise 13 (11+2)
Wilderness Survival 10 (9 + 1)
Marksmanship 12 (8 + 4)
Fire 8

Weapon Set 1: Firey Hornbow of Enchanting 15% when Enchanted
Weapon Set 2: Vampiric Hornbow of Fortitude 15% when Enchanted

[skill]Dual Shot[/skill][skill]Savage Shot[/skill][skill]Melandru's Shot[/skill][skill]Heket's Rampage[/skill][skill]Conjure Flame[/skill][skill]Kindle Arrows[/skill][skill]Favorable Winds[/skill][skill]Resurrection Signet[/skill]

Remove FW and Heket's Rampage for self-heal and some kind of defensive stance if you don't have a monk.

Thanks guys... does kindle arrows work well in fow? I heard it had been nurfed, but that could just be a rumor?

actually ive been doin the solo forest run with apply poison + burning arrow

you may say "not enouth damage cuz no kindle arrows" but it takes down spiders way easier then poison arrow+kindle arrows

If you want a high damage build why dont you just switch to your ele if you have one? Because I have been using my ranger in fow for a long time, when compared to the damage my ele is capable of doing its better for the ranger to go either Barrage/interrupt cripple(My favorite) or Barrage/Blood ritual cripple to fully maximize the usefulness of the ranger, instead of going a full damage based build. And dont bring fw lol, its just a selfish skill because your the only one benefiting from the spirit, its better to replace it with pin down or throw dirt. Only bring fw if your team is a full b/p group.

I would pick throw dirt over an evasive stance such as whirling defense because throw dirt can be used to blind any opponent and those adjacent to the target while an evasive stance can be ended with wild blow and it only affects targets that are attacking you, so its a selfish skill and since its pve monsters ain't smart enough to remove blindness anyway . the only weakness about throw dirt is you have to be in point blank range, meaning that you would have to be in touch range against shadow archers, while a stance can evade an attack 75% of the time, ranged or melee.

But for damage IMO Barrage is all you need, but don't combine it with any attack speed buffs like flail or frenzy because barrage has a recharge time of 1second and your firing speed would be lesser then the barrages recharge time, in other words you'll be firing off a barrage and shooting a normal arrow while barrage recharges before you can actually use barrage again. A skill for IAS in a rangers bar with barrage is useless IMO. Some people might disagree with me but I don't care, thats how I play my ranger =)

I'll show you my build.

R/Mo for the rez
Marksmanship : 15 (12+3)
Expertise : 11 (10+1)
Wilderness : 11 (10+1)

Weapon : Crippling recurve bow of james bond ass kicking mod

[skill]barrage[/skill][skill]distracting shot[/skill][skill]savage shot[/skill][skill]concussion shot[/skill][skill]rebirth[/skill][skill]pin down[/skill][skill]throw dirt[/skill][skill]troll unguent[/skill]

With this build its better to focus on the interrupts first, then proceed to use barrage. Cripple any melee based enemy that appear to be hurting your backline and don't be afraid to spam throw dirt, if you bring a skill and don't use it whats the point to bring it in the first place

if you wanna try out the barrage/int BR, just swap out throw dirt or pin down for it. I have played my ranger for more then a year so this build is fully tested and most importantly, its useful to the team

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This is just my opinion, but barrage in the Fissure is usually not that beneficial. You will spend alot of time with SS on you and in the situations where you can actually hit multiple targets at once, you can quickly kill yourself (or severly upset your monk, who has better things to do).

Interrupts and conditions (dazed, crippled and burning) will likely make you a more valuable asset to the party. I normally run the following build (unless the group specifically requests something different), and find that I can do a decent amount of sustained damage with it in addtion to what the party expects from a Ranger. With this you should be able to almost completely keep healers or casters shut down, and kill them in a reasonable amount of time while doing it. Use pin down to slow down attacking warriors or abyssals when they break throught he line and go after your healers/casters. They'll appreciate it.

Again (this is just my preference). I've run this alot and it works well for me.

Exp = 10
WS = 10
Marks = 14
I put the remainder in Prot Prayers and bring Rebirth for those bad situations

Prepared Shot (E)
Dual Shot (can used forked arrow, with all the hexes, I prefer this)
Distracting Shot
Savage Shot
Pin Down
Kindle Arrows
WD (Some may want Throw Dirt or Self heal)
Rebirth

Pretty much just keep up Kindle for cheap extra damage and to get the energy bonus from Prepared Shot. Apply poison is expensive and doesn't on everything. Interrupts self explanatory. Shut down and beat on your target... move on to next. Save Pin down for if your target starts running away, or if a melee mob goes after your team's softer targets. Should give them time to react and still function with the team.

Hope you find what works best for you. Good luck!

Regards

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