The Path of A Ranger Guide

[roc_strykr(N/A)]

Still very useful,
Reflects damage, and is a pain to others (when I fight rangers with Thorns 3, I just leave em)

10 hits, even normal, and thats 80 damage, not to mention the damage your opponent is doin.

[chchan]

Originally Posted by term

to me it's a pointless skill. with thorns you have to get hit in order for it to work. if you have high dodge, then you won't get hit as often, and it wouldn't be of much use to have a high level thorns when you could be spending those points on a more useful skill (there are dodge buffs, crit buffs, etc.).

i agree half of it to what this person mention.

imo, for early starters, the monster we training on has low hp, thus reflecting 8 damage at lvl3 thorns do affects your training rate.more over, it does help during battlefields as early stage battlefields, players tend to have lower hp(no doubt), therefore their hp will drain down quite fast when hitting a Thorned egg especially to rangers that spams DS on the egg.

but when at later stage(lvl 20+) where the monster we train on has longer hp say 1000,the 8 dmg reflection becomes insignificant compare to 1000hp, by then, this thorns have to go if we do not have enough skill points to pump on essential skills. otherwise if we have extra skill points, then in that case just leave it for thorn 3.

[Odeken]

Hmm I started Crabs at level 9 and Woopas at 11 >.> worked well for me lol. I couldn't imagine starting crabs at 12...

[Aerisama]

I started crabs at 10 but need to run when gang of woopas came,i missed the feeling of hating those gangers!! Nice guide Chchan, i feel actually relieved that i choose good stats since i messed up with my mage but was too lazy to start again xD

[Mike1527]

I'm going to move this to the Sub-Forum "Ranger" section.

[kaydy2010]

Chchan is the best person to consult for advise in IMO !
Friendly, helpful and extremely insightful.

Just conversing with him makes me want to move from Wadangka.

You rock !

[giftedhero24]

sirans rock!!!!!

[Stygimoloch]

what is your advice on the Shift skill? i can buy up to lvl 2 in town in the beginning should i invest any points into shift or is that a waste cause its not on your guide

[chchan]

Originally Posted by Stygimoloch

what is your advice on the Shift skill? i can buy up to lvl 2 in town in the beginning should i invest any points into shift or is that a waste cause its not on your guide

Sorry for late replies, this guide is made since like 8mths ago when IMO was still new and thus glitch exploits using Shift was not found out yet at the moment as it was not included in this guide. However, since there is this Shift exploit glitch, yes, it is a must skill for you to be able to shift right through the "portal" point and kill your monster easily without them even giving you a single hit. This exploit is used mainly in the desert for lvl 27+ rangers.

Shift skills should be remain at lvl 1 for this exploit. Another function for this skill is to get "distance" from warrior during PvPs as ranger are suppose to be range.

[Alchemia]

Quite a useful guide. This coupled with Raiwin's really does help one get off on the right foot when using a Ranger. While not most recently updated, this does provide the basic knowledge (and more) to be on your way correctly.

Crit is indeed a Ranger's most useful "stat" to gain through equipment. That's not to say Dex should not be heavily focused on as well.

Indeed helped build upon my knowledge of the class ^.^