Ranger

Overview

A wilderness survivor who fights alongside a loyal animal companion. Rangers excel at ranged combat with longbow and shortbow while their pet provides additional damage, tanking, or crowd control. They can swap between two pets mid-combat for tactical advantage.

Ratings

Tips

• 1Swap pets mid-combat to chain their unique abilities.
• 2Use Bear pets for tanking and Cat pets for DPS.
• 3Longbow is best at max range; shortbow excels at close range.

Strengths

• 1Pet system adds a unique tactical layer.
• 2Strong sustained ranged DPS with longbow.
• 3Great open world survivability with pet tanking.

Weaknesses

• 1Pet AI can be unreliable in complex encounters.
• 2Core ranger healing is limited without Druid spec.
• 3Melee builds feel weaker than dedicated melee classes.