AIMER 15 Posted November 7, 2019 (edited) 5/19/2020: No more hiatus but big overhaul to this guide. It's a bit too much work and don't feel like dropping the zeny to test out progression at different levels. Table Of Contents 1 Prologue 2 IMPORTANT NOTES 3 Progression 4 Getting to End Game 5 DAMAGE REFERENCES 1 Prologue You might be asking, "Why Ranger?" Let me tell you what Rangers are still good at. Rangers are the absolute king of being brain dead. I can't fathom how anyone could fuck this up. No more talking about Sharp Shooting, only AIMED BOLT BABY. I am also very conservative on how I play. I do NOT min max if it hurts quality of life gameplay. TL;DR Is Aimed Bolt worth all the trouble in the current 17.2 Meta? Probably not, especially if you don't commit to endgame. I would say it is A rank along with Sura for Long Range DPS. With SS being GX and S being RK. 2 IMPORTANT NOTES FOR ENDGAMES This build is really meh until you can use the Ranger 2 Garment Costume stone (30% dmg) or grind the Automatic A Armour with Aimed Modules because Aimed Bolt has a dumb 1 second Fixed Cast Time. Note: Automatic Armour with Aimed Modules gives a shit ton of damage to Aimed Bolt so it feels really good. Bless 17.2 Ignis Cap + Illusion Boots with FCT Stone + Foxtail (OK) Ignis Cap + Automatic Illusion Boot with FCT Stone (BETTER) FFH(+14) + Temp Dex + Foxtail (Really Good, this is what I am using because FUCK RNG) FFH(+15) + Temp Dex (Best) If you aren't using foxtail, then use Spiked Scarf in its place UNLESS you really need the 1 ASPD from Delicious Lolipop Patent Scarlet Dragon Leather Bow VS Edda Bio Lab Aiming Bow with EA3 and Enchant both +12. I haven't gotten to testing it just yet. I would actually say that Aiming Bow is better if you want to hit your After Cast Delay easier. Patent Scarlet Dragon leather Bow is probably way better with 20 w/e race/type you want to kill /20 Boss enchant and is cheaper honestly. PING = sub 50 ms? NO? OK your ASPD stays at 191~193 and your After Cast Delay (ACD) stays at 80% I promise you won't feel a difference because your ping and my ping BLOW, but if you really want to then yes 193 ASPD and 86% ACD will do higher DPS over time. KEY WORDs: "over time" You name something that last more than a few seconds on Ragnarok LMAO. Pop your UNLIMINT and tell that MVP/Hell Difficulty to go suck one. I promise no content on SMRO needs/require you to min-max your ACD RIGHT NOW? PROs/CONs Yeah we're cheaper than RK and GX. Yeah it's actually pretty easy to get into parties. You carry at MVP instances if everyone is being lazy, and you pick off griefs/offscreen stuff that might pester your party in Fortessa Pit. Yeah, you can farm in Fortessa Dungeon solo. You pretty much max screen range anything. No, you do not live. Keep your distance, you will get one shot. Squishiest piece of crap in the game to be honest. No, you don't handle swarms of mobs, this isn't sharp shooting. 3 Progression Spoiler Starting out: Focus on leveling up, If you aren't 130+, just LEVEL UP. Farm Thanatos Floor 9+ (@warp tha_t09 ~ tha_t12), autoloot all cards and etcs (@aloottype + 6, 3, 2) Sell Loot until you have 10m. Early Game 1 (100+) : Sharp Shoot Do not progress any further than this point unless level 150! JUST LEVEL UP PLEASE. Buy 80 Unknown Parts (@ws 25669) Buy 60 Cor Core (@ws 25723) Go to @go Exchange, find Grace Exchange NPC, and buy Grace Sharp Suit Grace Attack boots Grace Attack Manteau Grace Attack Ring 3 Grace Refine Ticket Bow Choices Vicious Bow Thanatos Bow Early Game 2 : Level 150+ Aimed Bolt Buy 20 Unknown Parts (@ws 6919) Buy 20 Cor Core (@ws 25723) Buy Fixed Cast Stone(@ws 25067) (Cost: 100m Range) Socket into your free Antonio Garment Costume for NEW players. Go to @go Exchange, find Grace Exchange NPC, and buy Grace Aimed Suit 1 Grace Refine Ticket Bow Choices Scarlet Leather Bow + 12 (You need the refine to reduce the 1 second CD on Aimed Bolt, DONT PROCEED UNTIL YOU HAVE THIS DAMN BOW) Mid Game : Level 175+ Aimed Bolt (Estimated 500M Zeny Cost) At this point work on getting these gears. Illusion Booster L and Illusion Booster R (@go Exchange Illusion OS NPC) Enchant BOTH with Attack Speed and Expert Archer (@ws 25681) (@ws 25683) Illusion Armor A + 12 2x Power Enchant (@ws 25687), 1x After Cast Delay Enchant (15% ACD) (@ws 25693) Illusion Leg A + 9 Enchant with FCT and Firing Shot (@ws 25702) (@ws 25694) Temporal STR Mant +12 15% ACD Enchant Ignis Hat + 12 (Instance Point NPC) Sunwave Glasses (10% ACD) Reload Shadow Armour +9 (3% ACD) Ranger Shadow Shield + 9 Reload Shadow Shoes +9 (3%ACD) Scarlet Dragon Leather Bow + 12 (16% ACD) Aimed Shadow Set +9 Ranger Shadow Shield +9 Ranger 2 Costume Stone + Ranger 2 Upper Lower Mid Costume Stones CARDS ACCESSORY Faceworm + Dark Face Worm Card (6% ACD) WEAPON Resentful Archer Skeleton (Cheap all content option, if you're hurting on Zeny) 2x Abysmal Knight (Cheap option for all content that is bossing, I would prioritize this because you'll be farming Fortessa Dungeon 1) Santa Poring + Black Acidus for Fortessa Pit 1 Parties 2x Contaminated Wanderer for general MVPing HEADGEAR Purple Ferus in +12 HG Furious Hero in Sunwave Glasses Sadly, you only end up with 68% ACD. It's really tough fitting in enough ACD without Kiel. You'll honestly get by just fine but your DPS over time will blow compared to getting around 80% ACD. If you opt for Reload Shield +9, you'll lose the defense piercing but have around 77~80 ACD. You should be all set to farm Fortessa Dungeon 1 without too much trouble solo. You're farming for Shadow Enchant Boxes and Ancient Hero Gear to exchange to Greater Hero Enchants. 4 Getting to Endgame Spoiler Priority 1: You NEED to farm 900x Varmeal Tickets from the 17.2 Instances/Daily Quests to get Automatic Armor A. Then you NEED 2x Aimed Modules and 1x After Cast Delay Module. This is a huge grind or a huge zeny sink as of May 2020. Please ask here or ask on discord on how to efficiently grind this out. Priority 2: Get 5% Long Range Damage on ALL ENCHANT-ABLE Shadow Accessories. No Joke this is a ridiculous DPS increase. Priority 3: At this point, I need to start discussing the 1 second fixed cast time of Aimed Bolt. So far you've been using Ignis Cap +12 and Illusion Leg A with a FCT stone. At some point you need to push towards getting a Fancy feather hat to at least +14 so that you can wear, Temporal Dex Boots (Bear Power or the Hawk Eye, whatever you prefer) + King Schmidt's (ATK or Long Range Dmg) Insignia (Strong Enchant/Thousand Bow Enchant). The LR% Dmg Insignia is a little better and the Thousand Bow Enchant is higher DPS if the proc goes off. I currently use Fancy Feather Hat + 14, Foxtail, and Temporal Dex Boots to reduce by Fixed Cast time by 1 second. Priority 4: Automatic Accessory L. 1500 Tickets, I haven't done this yet. I see about a 10% increase to our damage. Once you have all this. You should expect to hit around 400~450k per line on dummies with Aimed Bolt. Your ACD will sit around ~70% without Reload Shield or ~80 with reload shield. 5 Damage References Refer to IMGUR Links for some Damage Pics https://imgur.com/a/4u0xVt2 (Mid Game Gear) https://imgur.com/a/Zz3kB6l (Improvements to Mid Game Gear) https://imgur.com/a/2q08Afl (Automatic A Armour with Aimed Modules!, you will do less damage than me because you will be using After Cast Delay Module and not Ranged Force) https://imgur.com/a/99mkDkh (People Who Have a Kiel see this, otherwise without a Kiel, probably like 400K per line due trying to fit in ACD on gear) Edited May 19, 2020 by AIMER 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pinguim213 0 Posted December 2, 2019 Great Guide!!! I Loved it! PS: Don't you think that An +12 Old Camuflage Rabbit Hood enchanted with Magic Essence lv 4 or 5 would be much more efficient than having a +14 FFH? Cause getting a +14 Gear is really expensive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AIMER 15 Posted May 19, 2020 (edited) Quick Bump for Quick Updates EDIT: Also could someone move this to Helheim? Edited May 19, 2020 by AIMER Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nuit 27 Posted May 23, 2020 On 19/05/2020 at 8:30 AM, AIMER said: Quick Bump for Quick Updates EDIT: Also could someone move this to Helheim? Moved to the Archer Guide section under Helheim. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
