Ranger PvE · Aion 2 build

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A boss Ranger on an Aulamus Bow and Vakron: Deadshot and Gale Arrow at 19, Precision kept up by hand, two stacked lines on one macro and Vaizel's Authority at 15.

Where a Ranger's damage comes from

You stand twenty metres away and nothing in your kit helps anyone but you, so a group reads you by one thing: your own damage. Most of it lands in one moment. Deadshot is a shot you draw in three steps, and a full draw hits about three times as hard as a quick one. Fire it while Marking Shot's Precision is on you and it hits 35% harder on top of that. Everything else in this build is there to make that moment come round more often.

This is the Ranger most good players are running right now: an Aulamus Bow, the Vakron set, Aulamus jewellery and green cards. Nothing here is crafted yet, and none of it is wasted when you move on.

Three keys held, one pressed

Once the bar is set up you hold three keys at once and the game does most of the firing. Your left button holds Snipe, your basic shot, which gives MP back and, with its first pick, takes a second off Deadshot's cooldown on every hit. The macro key runs the two stacked lines. Deadshot sits alone on Q: hold Q down and it fires at full draw every time it comes back. The only thing you really press yourself is Marking Shot.

Key	Bottom to top	Why in that order
RMB	Gale Arrow, Drill Dart, Tempest Shot	Gale goes first whenever it's back, Drill Dart fires right after a crit, and Tempest Shot fills every gap
E	Snare Shot, Burst Arrow	Burst Arrow only hits a slowed or rooted target, so Snare Shot has to land before it
Q	Deadshot	Held, never tapped: it charges and fires on its own
5	Marking Shot	By hand, about two seconds before Precision runs out

Opening on a boss

Vaizel's Authority, Bow of Blessing and Supporting Fire
Together, the moment the boss can be hit. Vaizel's Authority gives you 20% Attack, Bow of Blessing a big chunk of Critical Hit and Accuracy, and the orb shoots with you and heals you a little on each hit.
Marking Shot
Precision on, and a short hop the way you hold your movement key. Let go of the keys if you want to stay where you are.
Deadshot
Already held down, so the first full draw lands inside Precision.
Griffon Arrow
On its own key. It burns up to four targets for ten seconds, and that burn is what feeds Concentrated Fire.
Then hold
Snipe, the macro and Deadshot. Refresh Marking Shot, recast the three buffs when they come back.

Vaizel's Authority comes back every minute, Bow of Blessing every two, so every other Vaizel lines up with Bow of Blessing. That double window is where your biggest Deadshots should go, so don't burn it on the trash right before the boss.

Counting the levels

Source	Deadshot	Gale Arrow	Snipe
Skill points	10	10	10
Daevanion nodes	+4	+3	+4
Two Aulamus rings	+2	+2	—
Green Chalice of Vigor	+2	+1	+1
Green Parchment of Vigor	—	—	+2
Green Compass of Magic	+1	+2	—
Total	19	18	17

At 16 Deadshot adds a second hit worth half the first, and Gale Arrow comes back ten seconds sooner, which means Gale is up most of the fight: 7% Combat Speed and 7% more PvE damage. Both stop one or two levels short of 20 here, so the third pick has to wait for crafted rings and Unique cards. Snipe at 17 already has the Tempest Arrow follow-up, and Drill Dart at 16 fires twice per cast.

The Vakron kit

Piece	Lines	Stones
Bow · Aulamus Bow +13	Combat Speed, Weapon Damage Boost, Damage Boost, Might	Attack ×2, Critical Hit, Accuracy (Legend)
Guard · Vakron Guard +10	Combat Speed, Weapon Damage Boost, Damage Boost, Might	As the bow
Armour · Vakron Helm set +10	Helm and cloak Double Chance and Attack increase, shoulders Critical Damage Boost, chest Damage Boost, legs Attack increase, gloves Combat Speed, boots Move Speed; Perfect Chance on legs, gloves and boots; one passive line each	Attack, Critical Hit, Accuracy, HP (Legend)
Earrings and necklace · Aulamus Earrings +10	Attack, Critical Hit or Combat Speed, Accuracy, Focused Eye or Hunter's Resolve	As the armour
Rings · Aulamus Ring +10	Might, Attack, Deadshot, Gale Arrow	As the armour

Accuracy isn't a stat you stack, but you need enough of it: a shot that gets blocked or parried loses more than half its damage, and a Ranger can't pick the side it shoots from. That's why it sits on two armour pieces, all three jewellery pieces and every manastone set.

Green cards

Card	Lines	Why
Chalice of Vigor	Deadshot +2, Gale Arrow, Snipe, Drill Dart	Your big shot first
Parchment of Vigor	Snipe +2, Tempest Shot, Drill Dart, Burst Arrow	The shots you fire all fight
Compass of Magic	Gale Arrow +2, Deadshot, Marking Shot, Suppressing Arrow	Gale Arrow past its 16 pick
Bell of Magic	Hunter's Resolve +2, Rooting Eye, Vigilant Eye, Wind Vigor	Destruction here means more Attack
Mirror of Magic	Focused Eye +2, Hunter's Soul, Concentrated Fire, Melee Fire	Wisdom here means more double hits

Four stigmas, 70 points

Stigma	Level	What it does for you
Vaizel's Authority	15	+20% Attack every minute; Perfect Chance, and Focused Eye and Hunter's Soul 1.5 times stronger while it's up
Bow of Blessing	10	Critical Hit and Accuracy every two minutes; more Multi-Hit, and Attack that grows with your Critical Hit
Supporting Fire	10	An orb that fires with you for 30 seconds and heals you on each shot
Griffon Arrow	5	Fire damage on up to four targets and a burn; cast on the move

That's 70 of the season's 300 stigma points. The next ones go into Vaizel's Authority: at 20 every crit has a 50% chance to take a second off all your cooldowns while it's up, which is the biggest single jump this class gets from stigmas.

Mistakes that cost you damage

After Vakron

Ferocious Horn Den
Nuakum armour, piece by piece.
Dragon Lord crafting
The crafted bow, guard and jewellery, five lines a piece: room for Snipe on the rings.
Unique arcana
Seven levels a card at +3, what puts Deadshot, Gale Arrow and Snipe on 20.

A boss Ranger on an Aulamus Bow and Vakron: Deadshot and Gale Arrow at 19, Precision kept up by hand, two stacked lines on one macro and Vaizel's Authority at 15.

Where a Ranger's damage comes from

This is the Ranger most good players are running right now: an Aulamus Bow, the Vakron set, Aulamus jewellery and green cards. Nothing here is crafted yet, and none of it is wasted when you move on.

Three keys held, one pressed

Key	Bottom to top	Why in that order
RMB	Gale Arrow, Drill Dart, Tempest Shot	Gale goes first whenever it's back, Drill Dart fires right after a crit, and Tempest Shot fills every gap
E	Snare Shot, Burst Arrow	Burst Arrow only hits a slowed or rooted target, so Snare Shot has to land before it
Q	Deadshot	Held, never tapped: it charges and fires on its own
5	Marking Shot	By hand, about two seconds before Precision runs out

Opening on a boss

Vaizel's Authority, Bow of Blessing and Supporting Fire
Together, the moment the boss can be hit. Vaizel's Authority gives you 20% Attack, Bow of Blessing a big chunk of Critical Hit and Accuracy, and the orb shoots with you and heals you a little on each hit.
Marking Shot
Precision on, and a short hop the way you hold your movement key. Let go of the keys if you want to stay where you are.
Deadshot
Already held down, so the first full draw lands inside Precision.
Griffon Arrow
On its own key. It burns up to four targets for ten seconds, and that burn is what feeds Concentrated Fire.
Then hold
Snipe, the macro and Deadshot. Refresh Marking Shot, recast the three buffs when they come back.

Counting the levels

Source	Deadshot	Gale Arrow	Snipe
Skill points	10	10	10
Daevanion nodes	+4	+3	+4
Two Aulamus rings	+2	+2	—
Green Chalice of Vigor	+2	+1	+1
Green Parchment of Vigor	—	—	+2
Green Compass of Magic	+1	+2	—
Total	19	18	17

The Vakron kit

Piece	Lines	Stones
Bow · Aulamus Bow +13	Combat Speed, Weapon Damage Boost, Damage Boost, Might	Attack ×2, Critical Hit, Accuracy (Legend)
Guard · Vakron Guard +10	Combat Speed, Weapon Damage Boost, Damage Boost, Might	As the bow
Armour · Vakron Helm set +10	Helm and cloak Double Chance and Attack increase, shoulders Critical Damage Boost, chest Damage Boost, legs Attack increase, gloves Combat Speed, boots Move Speed; Perfect Chance on legs, gloves and boots; one passive line each	Attack, Critical Hit, Accuracy, HP (Legend)
Earrings and necklace · Aulamus Earrings +10	Attack, Critical Hit or Combat Speed, Accuracy, Focused Eye or Hunter's Resolve	As the armour
Rings · Aulamus Ring +10	Might, Attack, Deadshot, Gale Arrow	As the armour

Green cards

Card	Lines	Why
Chalice of Vigor	Deadshot +2, Gale Arrow, Snipe, Drill Dart	Your big shot first
Parchment of Vigor	Snipe +2, Tempest Shot, Drill Dart, Burst Arrow	The shots you fire all fight
Compass of Magic	Gale Arrow +2, Deadshot, Marking Shot, Suppressing Arrow	Gale Arrow past its 16 pick
Bell of Magic	Hunter's Resolve +2, Rooting Eye, Vigilant Eye, Wind Vigor	Destruction here means more Attack
Mirror of Magic	Focused Eye +2, Hunter's Soul, Concentrated Fire, Melee Fire	Wisdom here means more double hits

Four stigmas, 70 points

Stigma	Level	What it does for you
Vaizel's Authority	15	+20% Attack every minute; Perfect Chance, and Focused Eye and Hunter's Soul 1.5 times stronger while it's up
Bow of Blessing	10	Critical Hit and Accuracy every two minutes; more Multi-Hit, and Attack that grows with your Critical Hit
Supporting Fire	10	An orb that fires with you for 30 seconds and heals you on each shot
Griffon Arrow	5	Fire damage on up to four targets and a burn; cast on the move

Mistakes that cost you damage

After Vakron

Ferocious Horn Den
Nuakum armour, piece by piece.
Dragon Lord crafting
The crafted bow, guard and jewellery, five lines a piece: room for Snipe on the rings.
Unique arcana
Seven levels a card at +3, what puts Deadshot, Gale Arrow and Snipe on 20.

Main stats

Accuracy

Critical Hit

Resource

Movement

Attack

Defence

PvE

Recovery

Flight

Deity

Other

Main stats

Accuracy

Critical Hit

Resource

Movement

Attack

Defence

PvE

Recovery

Flight

Deity

Other

Where a Ranger's damage comes from

Three keys held, one pressed

Opening on a boss

Counting the levels

The Vakron kit

Green cards

Four stigmas, 70 points

Mistakes that cost you damage

After Vakron

Where a Ranger's damage comes from

Three keys held, one pressed

Opening on a boss

Counting the levels

The Vakron kit

Green cards

Four stigmas, 70 points

Mistakes that cost you damage

After Vakron