Nice guide


What are your thoughts on sacrificing 3 slots for a war jav/balanced knife in your inventory, that way you can throw vs melees when you have your shield out instead of an orb that can't do much of anything?

At that point I'd put a cube in there and have 3 throwing weapons and 2 buff orbs for max chant/shiver. This would would give you a source for knockback and amp along with making it easier to proc open wounds vs high life characters as well, if using Swordback. Added.

This post was edited by mikeyjd on Jul 20 2014 07:59am

If its worth doing, its worth over doing

Haha. Too true. And with a build like this over doing it means just good enough to compete

This post was edited by mikeyjd on Jul 20 2014 08:18am

I've had this char together a few times.. I liked it with a firewall orb switch you don't really lose much to make it part of the char. Char used a 1/20/10/ fiery mod circ.
nice guide mang

/would've seen that you included more on firewall if I read thru the whole thing first xD.
I did find that the char overall had less fire dmg per arrow than a ranger normally does but il was still a fun char to play.

This post was edited by SackShadow on Jul 20 2014 08:33am

Yes of course. I think firewall/blaze is a very important part of this build. It is crucial for keep close range opponents off you and adding to your overall damage potential. That being said, there are many duels where it offers little more than a a visual distraction, so adjust accordingly. I think maxing out the damage potential in every way on the arrows is critical to have a chance in most duels.

You didn't even mention the number one reason to even build an exploding arrow char (sorc or pally) in the first place, which is strength glitching to make your arrows invisible
Otherwise you're just a strictly worse fireball sorc. But with your raven claw being strength or dex glitched to be invisible to other players, your exploding arrows are completely invisible and enemies will see you 'farcasting' and be unable to dodge your projectiles effectively

The sorc and pally builds are actually pretty similar. The sorcs get teleport, the pallies get charge. The sorcs get blaze, firewall, and extra attack rating from enchant. At the level 18 bracket, the sorcs get 54-80 enchant damage, but can prebuff enchant and don't need to wear the +skill items. The paladins at 18 get 255-299 damage from holy fire. Its closer for the 30 bracket builds. I don't think either build has any chance whatsoever at level 18 but the pallys are quite a bit better, but both are marginally viable at level 30 where they can do more meaningful damage.

This post was edited by Goomshill on Jul 20 2014 10:05am

Paladins base stats allow him to use rclaw, sorc can still do it though.

Great Guide Mikey!!

and very easy on the pocket book as well if you go the budget route, I've had and played a couple different rangers, now this looks fun to try!

strenght glitching sounds like a fun plan as well.