Most of the skills you’ll use as a Ranger will be Huntsman skills. It will benefit you with a specific Huntsman skill, and can be used to get your Ranger into a favorable position before the start of a major fight.

Sneaking: This is optional, from the non-combat skill category.

Leveling it also increases your Fire-based damage by 5%. The higher it is, the more advanced Pyrokinetic skills you can learn.

Pyrokinetic: You secondary skill tree ability.

Every level also increases high ground damage bonus by 5%. The higher it is, the more advanced Huntsman skills you can learn.

Huntsman: This is your primary skill tree ability.

Every level ups your Ranged damage by 5% and Critical Chance by 1%.

Ranged: This is your primary weapon ability for bows.

As you level up, you’ll unlock ability points, too, which should be divided in the following abilities. However, Pyrokinetic is a decent choice and is the default option in the game. The game’s ability system is very flexible, so technically you can pick any school of ability to complement your Huntsman skills.

Intelligence: Your secondary skills will come from Pyrokinetic magic, which is why having a decent Intelligence will help you gain maximum advantage from casting a few spells, too.

Finesse: Bows are the primary weapon of a Ranger, and to increase your damage, you must increase your Finesse, which influences all Finesse-based weapon damage.

Wits: This attribute increases your Initiative, allowing your Ranger to always go first in a fight. It also boosts your Critical Damage, which is key when playing a Ranger.

Whenever you level up and gain extra attribute points, make sure to distribute between these three primarily, and then into other categories when needed.

The starting attributes of a Ranger by default are quite nice, but going forward, you’ll want to particularly focus on the following three attributes.

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