Help with build
Any of the weapons you mentioned would work just fine. Typically, when people ask about power builds, they’re talking about your typical Longbow/Greatsword build. Since patch, it seems a lot of people run 6/0/2/6/0 which is honestly a pretty fun build to run.
But you can run shortbow too. Most look at it as a condi weapon but it’s a very good power weapon too capable of doing more damage than longbow at anything but the max range. I also find its utility skills much more valuable than the longbow’s. You could run a similar point spread if you want, but I run piercing arrows and signet of the beast master. If you run signets, you tend to want more than just SoS which kind of runs into problems with survival of the fittest not being that great with only 1 survival skill slotted. I usually run 6/2/6/0/0 as shortbow.
Good luck, the Ranger is an uphill battle that most burn out on.