Ranger PvE — Full Draw

This is where a Ranger stops one level short of anything. Deadshot, Gale Arrow and Snipe all sit on 20, where each opens its last pick, and both buff stigmas that matter, Vaizel's Authority and Bow of Blessing, are at 20 too. The bow and jewellery are crafted, the armour is Nuakum, the cards are Unique, and the whole set is built around a single idea: more full-draw Deadshots inside Precision per minute than anyone else in the group.

A crafted ring rolls five lines, so after Might and Attack it still has room for three skills; both rings carry Deadshot, Gale Arrow and Snipe. The Parchment's other levels push Tempest Shot to 16, where it casts 20% faster, and Drill Dart to 17. Marking Shot reaches 16 off the Compass.

At 20, every crit you land while Vaizel's Authority is up has a 50% chance to take a second off all your cooldowns. A Ranger crits on most shots inside Precision, and with Snipe's Multi-Hit and Drill Dart firing twice, that's a lot of seconds. Deadshot, Gale Arrow and Griffon Arrow all come back noticeably sooner while it lasts. It also keeps Focused Eye and Hunter's Soul at 1.5 times their strength.

That's 190 of the season's 300 stigma points. The rest goes into Supporting Fire at 20, where its shots always crit, and then into the fourth arrow.

The legs give up an attack line for Damage Tolerance: in a raid you take more hits than in a dungeon, and a dead Ranger does no damage. Every manastone is Unique, Attack, Critical Hit and Accuracy everywhere and HP on the armour and jewellery. Freyr's Wisdom on the bow goes off often for a solid hit, Traufnir's Courage on the guard rarely but for a lot.

Focused Eye and Hunter's Resolve both end on 20: four armour and jewellery lines each, plus the Mirror and the Bell. Hunter's Soul stops at 18 and Concentrated Fire at 17. With the bleed, the burn and the extra hits on crits all going at once, those two are where a good share of your damage quietly comes from.