It’s been great having ya living with me and the kid, and now everyone’ll see how great ya are too! - Batu, the town clothier.
The Ranger is a new addition to the town of Arden, taken in by Batu. The Ranger now devotes themselves to protecting their new home with their powerful ranged abilities. When playing, your Ranger may be focused on hunting, recovering from a devastating loss, or a traveling soul. No matter what you choose as their background, the Ranger will always be the party’s supportive archer.
Underground Strider
The Ranger is a perfect mix of damage and support, with focuses on ranged combat, debuffing enemies, and providing crowd control abilities. Their main source of damage comes from their passive, Precision, which lets you deal more damage when the range requirement is met and inflicts a debuff.
After completing the first series of missions, the Ranger will be able to use:
- Hunter’s Shot - Fire an arrow straight at the enemy. As straightforward as their arrow.
- Nock Back - Move, then push an enemy or ally back 3 hexes, then move again. Leaves Vines that can Root enemies or allow extra movement for allies.
- Piercing Arrow - A line attack that lets the Ranger move into position, and fire up to 5 hexes away.
A Ranger is at their best when they’re away from enemies, but they can also buff themselves and leap away if they need to get in close. Their Spring Step ability allows you to attack, Slow their enemy, then Leap away to safety! If you land away from any monsters, you gain Haste and Strength!
They also have light repositioning abilities that can not only be used to push away enemies, but can help you give your allies the needed push to get right into position and deal more damage!
To add even more variety in their spells, the Ranger will also receive the following abilities at higher levels:
- Scout Ahead - Attack, Move, then debuff up to 2 enemies with Expose! Your Rogue and Pyromancer friends will thank you.
- Snaring Vines - Move, then create 3 Vines within 3 hexes of your location, then move again. Bait enemies into getting rooted, or help allies get to safety!
- Wild Bloom - You don’t need rain for this super bloom! Unleash an area-of-effect attack, and create 2 Vines in any empty hexes within the affected area, then move!
Piercing Fate
Similar to the other heroes, early-game Fate Cards provided for the Ranger focus on either self-buffs or debuffs, so you can choose to build your Ranger as more damage-focused or support-focused!
Potential builds for mid to late-game Rangers can be:
- Debuff Hero: Anything and everything debuffs your foes. Draw an unlucky -2? Debuff. Grabbed a +1 but the enemy is still up? Debuffed for the next round.
- Leap and Vine: Need to get away but want to leave a mark? Pick Fate Cards that grant you Leap but leave a Vine in the exited hex. Your enemies couldn’t pursue you if they tried.
- Ranged is Good: Perfected the art of staying away from enemies? Use Fate Cards that buff your damage on top of your passive as long as you’re within the required range! Now that’s leaving your mark.
Either way, keep your distance from enemies and you’ll be the hero of your party for the amount of versatility you bring to the table.
Ultimate 360 No-Scope
Once they hit Level 6, the Ranger gets their ultimate Ability: Snipe.
Snipe grants the Ranger 3 hexes of Move, then unleashes a powerful single-target attack that can be increased if the Ranger has any Strength buffs, and stacks with your passive ability. That’s one way to erase an enemy off the map.
If ranged damage seems too safe and careful for you, then we can’t wait to introduce our next character!
Up next is the Rogue spotlight!
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Thank you!
- The Sunderfolk Team
