Rangers of Oblivion currently offers 6 types of weapons for rangers, pick your favorite one and go for hunting! You can change your weapon anytime later in the game, so don’t worry about the “wrong” choice at the very beginning. Tips: if you found your current weapon didn’t fit you well, just pick another one and have a try!
As we all know, fighting with the behemoths is tough and dangerous, based on this fact, we strongly recommend the newbies to choose ranged weapon (Longbow or Staff) as their first weapon. Ranged weapons will bring you a better experience for early game, after getting familiar with the behemoths’ moves and features, rangers are encouraged to try other close-in weapons which need higher operation level. To help rangers build a more comprehensive view of the weapons, we kindly provide brief description for all types of weapons.
Attention, each of the skills listed below are the basic skills, rangers can change the Runes later in the game to get different skills.
Longbow – Ranged (Long), AOE
Power Shot: Shoot a penetrating arrow, the further it flies, the greater the damage
Multishot: Shoot two energized arrows that tear through the enemy, inflicting multiple attacks
Rain of Arrows: Launch an arrow rain to the target area, inflicting multiple attacks
Staff – Ranged (Middle), AOE
Elemental Dominion: make hailstones rain down on the target area, inflicting multiple attacks
Destruction Pulse: Continuously shoot a beam of light that can be directed left and right
Arcane Barrage: Repidly launch energy missiles at the target. Energy can be restored by hitting targets with basic attacks or other skills
Greatsword – Close combat, Charged attack
Blink Thrust: Toss the great sword to the target, and then translocate to catch it and make a horizontal slash
Dragon Fang: Shoot two energy bursts from a distance
Saintly Judgement: A powerful 3-stage charged smash, deals tremendous damage
Lance –Close combat, Block and counter
Shield Throw: Throw your shield to attack the enemy, after the shield returns, slam it into the ground
Fearless Thrust: Charge at your enemy, piercing all enemies along your path
Avenging Barrier: Block and counter with your shield
Twin Blades –Close combat, Sustained DPS
Somersault: Spin through the air with your twin blades. If you hit a target, you will drop to the ground and slash at it
Blade Rush: Dash around the battlefield while wielding your twin baldes
Last Rites: Activate to count the dealing damage and make a bonus damage at the end
Gauntlets –Close combat, Sustained DPS
Flickering Gale: Execute a high-speed punch charge over a long distance
Flurry: Stand rooted to the spot and unleash a frenzied barrage of punches
Way of the Fist: Rouse the power of your double and execute a powerful combo, you are invulnerable during the skill
In sum, every weapon provides a distinctive game experience for rangers, so don’t be sad if you found one weapon didn’t fit you well, why not try another one? Again, we recommend newbies to choose ranged weapon as their first weapon, by which you can deal damages from a relatively safe distance, and gain better game experience at the mean time.