First off ranger has absolutely no manners and doesn’t know when to die. He just doesn’t want to take his leave like a man. He trows down healing fields, that heal, give regen, clense conditions and are waterfields for the blasty party members like it was free candy. You think downing him would shut him up? he has a trait to drop even longer one when he’s downed, and his own drooling, unvaccinated beast..erm i mean “pet” can revive him far better then he himself.
As if running around with a rabid, slobering, smelly fleabag wasn’t enough, he’s obviously taken into some occultism and started summoning spirits for buffs! One of them, stone spirit lets people get protection while their attacking. kittene to get that buff, but the damage one (frost spirit) is also not every day occurance. Probs that’s why he sold his soul (and gets visits from exortists)!
And some of them might even reach him if it wasn’t for his horde of abominations from hell better known as pets. Mother nature must be full of love, cause half of those “pets” got looks not even a mother could love. For those adversaries that looks and smell alone didn’t do the trick, the “pets” bring a variety of nasty surprises, that are independent from ranger himself!
While that sissy with bow polishes his nails, wondering if berserker’s gear is better then assasin’s or other way around, his pets can still have defence of a german sherman tank with a forcefield, taking heat off him, or cast boons, inflict nasty long conditions, or just scratch the innards from enemies faster then your ex scrached your face off when you answered the question “Do i look fat in that dress?”. And probs just like you with your ex, he always has an alternative around, just swapping from one pet to the other once he feels it’s time to maul you in a new, uglier way.
Of course as if abusing poor horrors found in nearby cav..erm i mean using pets wasn’t enough, he himself also comes decked with lots of utilities. They say that there’s two way to tell a ranger apart from a snake in melee combat. If it’s uglier of the two, or wiggles more, then it’s the ranger.
Thieves have officialy filed a lawsuit vs ranger for abusive use of evades as well as sic’ing their pets on them. Sadly due to their own charges no thief came to present his case in court personally.
Ranger’s stability is also stuff of hate. 20 secs stability from rampage as one that does not get shut off with elite itself, means that with boon duration, he’s not gonna be out of the game any time soon. There’s a reason it’s called “Rampage” – the hp bars of poor vic..adversaries of ranger rage tell the whole story. It’s not uncommon to see genius norn rangers such as Panther Slash use that to advantage while leading parties through dangerous mobs – mobs go for ranger who cannot be stunned, knocked down etc, while rest follows not far behind avoiding needless attention. Circus level bear abuses are also not unheard off, where bear gets sent to draw aggro while party just sneaks past the animal attack scene.
Every certifiable psychopath must be a proficient axe user. Does it come as a shock to you that ranger can use it both main and offhand? Offhand one is especially the loving side of ranger, that says, come here, or i’ll just pull you myself, then get sliced to bits with my whirling axe, that will add free 12 stacks of vulnerability asides 5 sec missle reflection and self retalliation. Best things in life come in melee;)
But nothing wrong with going about it in an old fahion way, and run around with a pitchfork and torch. Sadly they didn’t give ranger a pitchfork..kitten EU agriculture regulations! But we do have the torch! And a fire combo field on it (8 sec one, nice cd). Speaking of fields rangers seem to get the best deals – ice one from ice trap, looooong water one from healing spring, and said fire one from torch’s bonfire. More should be on their way via traps. Regardless, while not many, they definitely hit the spot for any combo aware party!
To sum it up i remember an old metal plate on the fence with picture showing a dog and a gun, and saying “If he won’t bite you, then i’ll shoot you”. Kinda like the ranger and his pet:)
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