Curse

The Real Roy Keane · Aug 16, 2006, 04:40 PM // 16:40

For a long while after factions was released, I belived Ritualist spammers had effectively nerfed the once mighty Ranger spike..that is until my guild held the Hall for six rounds on our first night with this build.

R/E x2 :

12 Expertise
16 Marksmanship
8 Earth Magic

Practiced Stance{e}
Dual Shot
Savage Shot
Distracting Shot
Whirling Defense
Seeking Arrows
Ward Against Melee
Ressurection Signet

R/X:

16 Marksmanship
8 Beast Mastery
12 Expertise

Oath Shot{e}
Dual Shot
Savage Shot
Favourable Winds
Fertile Season
Read the Wind
Whirling Defense
Resurreection Signet

N/Mo:

16 Blood Magic
9 Healing Prayers
10 Soul Reaping

Blood is Power{e}
Order of Pain
Vampiric Gaze
Heal Party
Heal Other
Healing Seed
Extinguish
Ressurection Signet

N/Mo:
Order of Apostasy{e}
Rigour Mortis
Healing Breeze
Heal Party
Heal Other
Extinguish
Healing Seed
Ressurection Signet

15 Curses
10 Healing Prayers
10 Soul Reaping

Rt/R:

12 Recuperation
14 Spawning Power
12 Communing

Ritual Lord{e}
Boon of Creation
Shelter, Union
Displacement
Recuperation
Frozen Soil
Lively Was Naomi

Mo/Me:

16 Healing Prayers
10 Inspiration Magic
9 Divine Favour

Word of Healing{e}
Heal Party
Healing Whisper
Orison of Healing
Dwayna's Kiss
Channeling
Inspired Hex
Revealed Hex

Mo/Me:

16 Healing Prayers
10 Inspiration Magic
9 Divine Favour

Spellbreaker{e}
Healing Touch
Dwayna's Kiss
Orison of Healing
Heal Party
Channeling
Inspired Hex
Revealed Hex.

This build comes into it's own on alter maps-The stupidly good Apostasy makes taking enemy ghosts off the alter a breeze. Once there, attempt to spike down the other ghosts. If this fails, lay down fertile and try to stay out of the fight as much as possible. Even when your ghost is down, the fight is nowhere near over. The two Seeking Arrows Rangers can keep an enemy ghost locked down indefinately- on one occasion we held with our ghost dead since 1.45, simply because the opponents ignored the rangers and concentrated on our monks and the other team's hero.

So give it a try, I think you'll find R-Spike isn't dead yet.

TheOneMephisto · Aug 16, 2006, 04:51 PM // 16:51

fix some of those typos, like 7 characters, ward against melee on an R/X, etc.

Also, it's hard as hell to read... Shack FTW!

Anarion Silverhand · Aug 16, 2006, 04:59 PM // 16:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheOneMephisto

fix some of those typos, like 7 characters, ward against melee on an R/X, etc.

Also, it's hard as hell to read... Shack FTW!

Hm, so you're the only guy in town reading books with only pictures and no words, yes?

capitalist · Aug 16, 2006, 05:09 PM // 17:09

So he didnt put R/E...big deal. You can figure that out by the ward.

Nice build, ran into some seeking rangers the other night... interupted our ghost for 2 minutes.

TheOneMephisto · Aug 16, 2006, 05:15 PM // 17:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anarion Silverhand

Hm, so you're the only guy in town reading books with only pictures and no words, yes?

No, I'm the guy who likes attributes, and at least bolded professions and skills on their own line so it's easy to look over a build and see how it all fits together.

Shack just makes it so easy to look over a build and already ge a chance to see al;l the nuances of the build.

yesitsrob · Aug 16, 2006, 05:17 PM // 17:17

good build for HA. if you can avoid good teams on the way to HoH I think it's holding and capping capability is very clear to see

Aerials · Aug 22, 2006, 04:54 AM // 04:54

hey all, one thing i'd like to point out about this build specifically is that we actually ran 1x r/rt ranger with consume soul and 2x r/e rangers. the fertile sapmmer actuallyonly had 14 in marksmanship and also was a pve ranger to swap hats and get a stronger spirit. consume soul saved us quite a bit in that halls run he was talking about, but it pretty much just leaves the rit spammer to just sit there and watch as you eat his spirit....and then spike him down^^

audioaxes · Aug 23, 2006, 07:07 AM // 07:07

bloodspike will be very difficult to beat with qz/union/displacement/shelter up