遊俠

Alpha-2 level 7 游侠 PvE gameplay near Gemspring in the Riverlands biome.^[1]

游侠 is an archetype in Ashes of Creation.^[3]

Death from afar is the ranger's raison d'etre. A master of the bow and ranged combat, the Ranger is more than happy to let others get their hands dirty. No one else has such a keen eye in natural environments.

Q: Tank has resolve, Cleric has divine power, what does Ranger have?

A: That's a very good question. It is the interaction between the Hunts and the Marks. That is something that we're going to be focusing in on a little bit more. Right now, that is still something that the combat team is working on for the Ranger class.^[4] – Steven Sharif

Q: Why was the minimum distance required removed for the Rangers ranged attacks?

A: Originally when I was thinking about the Ranger, I had thought about introducing a minimum range requirement in order to offset its flexibility in combat and having them think a little bit more strategically about positioning on the battlefield. That became an un-fun experience when we playtested it and so we decided to remove it. Instead we may choose to play around with things like range too close affecting something maybe like accuracy. We haven't playtested with that. Or, we just might not incorporate it and instead let it live within the abilities you saw. An example of that with regards to the lightning ability having variable effects conferred at different ranges. That right now is the approach that we're taking.^[5] – Steven Sharif

游侠职业

Class	主原型	副原型
Bowsinger	游侠	吟游诗人
Falconer	游侠	召唤师
Hawkeye	游侠	游侠
Scion	游侠	法师
Scout	游侠	盗贼
Sentinel	游侠	坦克
Soulbow	游侠	牧师
Strider	游侠	斗士

Skills/abilities

The majority of a Ranger's skill tree will likely be ranged, but there will be options to incorporate melee aspects.^[6]

Some abilities require a bow to be equipped.^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]
Instead of a minimum range requirement, certain Ranger skills, such as Thundering Shot, currently have variable effects conferred at different ranges.^[5]
The majority of Ranger abilities allow movement while casting. Only a few abilities impose movement penalties while casting.^[7]

Skill	Icon	Base skill
Air Strike		Leap a great distance forward and into the air while firing three projectiles in a line along the path, each dealing area damage and rooting targets hit for 3 seconds. Rotation control is enabled during cast.^[11] The root effect is nature based.^[12]
Barrage		Fires a continual barrage of arrows at your target for 1.5 seconds, dealing 12% physical damage per arrow.^[13]
Bear Trap		Spawn a Trap at the target location, which arms after 1 second. When an enemy triggers the Trap, they take damage and become Rooted for 2 seconds.^[14]
Call of the Wild		Remove all movement impairing effects and increase movement speed by 20% for 8 seconds. Snares and Roots effects applied to the caster are ignored.^[15]
Camouflage		You become harder to see and cannot be directly targeted. The further you are from an enemy, the more difficult you are to spot. Any outgoing combat actions cancel this effect, as well as incoming damage or other negative effects.^[16]
Disengage		Delivers a quick kick backflipping in the opposite direction. Enemies hit are Snared for 4 seconds.^[17]
Headshot		Deals 175% physical damage to target enemy.^[18]
Hunt of the Bear		Call forth the spirit of the bear, imbuing yourself with increased physical mitigation.^[19]
Hunt of the Raven		Call forth the spirit of the raven, imbuing yourself with increased physical penetration.^[20]
Hunt of the Tiger		Call forth the spirit of the tiger, imbuing yourself with 10% increased critical damage.^[21]
Imbue Ammo: Barbed		Imbues your ammunition with barbed thorns. Enemies hit by your bow attacks suffer the Bleeding status effect, dealing damage over time. Each application applies 3 seconds of duration to the target, up to a maximum of 30 seconds. 10 charges.^[22]
Imbue Ammo: Concussive		Imbues your ammunition with concussive force. Enemies hit by your bow attacks suffer ten stacks of the Staggered status effect, increasing Tripped duration when applied and lowering their accuracy and evasion stats per stack. 10 charges.^[23]
Imbue Ammo: Weighted		Imbues your ammunition with weight. Enemies hit by your bow attacks suffer the Snared status effect, reducing their movement speed by 50%. Each application applies 3 seconds of duration to the target, up to a maximum of 12 seconds. 10 charges.^[24]
Lightning Reload		Grants a charge of Lightning Reload, allowing you to fire one ability Shot for free, ignoring its cooldown and other costs.^[25]
Mark of the Bear		Marks the target, reducing their mitigation by 25%.^[26]
Mark of the Raven		Marks the target, triggering bonus damage every time the target is hit. The lower the health on the target is, the higher the damage.^[27]
Mark of the Tiger		Marks the target, increasing critical chance versus the target by 50%.^[28]
Piercing Shot		Fire a projectile that travels in a straight line, piercing through and damaging all enemies in its path.^[29]
Raining Death		Fires a dense rain of arrows 20 meters ahead, dealing high damage. Deals more damage to more distant targets.^[30]
Scatter Shot		Fires a spread of projectiles, dealing Physical Damage to every enemy target within a 20m cone in front of the caster.^[31]
Snipe		Charge a powerful ranged attack, dealing large damage after charging for 3 seconds. Deals 300% physical damage.^[32]
Thundering Shot		Fires a lightning-infused projectile at your target, dealing 200% of your physical power as Lightning damage.^[33]
Vine Field		Summons 3 fields of grabbing vines, one at the target location every .5s for 1.5s. Targets hit are damaged for 10% physical damage and snared for 3s, reducing their movement speed by 40%. Targets that have more than 10s of snare duration are rooted. This effect can only trigger once per target.^[34]

Skill upgrades

Skill upgrade	Upgrade to	Description
Concentrated Scatter Shot	Scatter Shot	Scatter Shot becomes a held ability. After being fully charged, you instead fire a single projectile in a forward line that pierces through enemies and deals significantly increased damage. 30m range.^[35]
Ensnaring Vine Field	Vine Field	Enemies are Snared while within Vine Field's area of effect.^[36]
Expeditious Barrage	Barrage	Reduce Barrage's movement penalty while channeled.^[37]
Hasting Snipe	Snipe	Gain 20% increased attack speed for 5 seconds after casting Snipe.^[38]
Heartseeking Snipe	Snipe	Snipe has a 30% increased chance to critically hit against enemies beyond 20 meters.^[39]
Mortal Headshot	Headshot	Headshot deals 50% additional damage to targets below 50% of their maximum health.^[40]
Multi Trap	Bear Trap	Bear Trap now has 3 charges, but the cooldown is increased by 15 seconds.^[41]
Multi-Scatter Shot	Scatter Shot	Scatter Shot has an additional charge.^[42]
Omnidirectional Disengage	Disengage	Disengage now moves you in the direction of your input instead of always backward.^[43]
Refreshing Headshot	Headshot	Headshot refunds 4 seconds of its cooldown when it hits a Marked target.^[44]
Reinvigorating Disengage	Disengage	When you hit one or more enemies with Disengage, its cooldown is refreshed and can be used again. This can only occur once per cooldown period.^[45]
Trap Slinger	Bear Trap	Bear Trap becomes a thrown projectile and arms itself instantly upon landing. Deals double damage when triggered.^[46]
Weapon Mastery: Bows	Barrage,Scatter Shot	Lowers the Cooldown of Barrage and Scatter Shot by 3s upon: Completion of a bow weapon combo; Firing a fully charged Longbow.^[47]

Ranger augments

Hunts will be a 游侠 school of augmentation.^[48]

Hunts do not interact with pets.^[49]
Not to be confused with Hunt skills, which are toggleable self-buffs applied by a Ranger.^[50]^[19]

Hunts will be discussed in a future update. They are a Ranger specific mechanic, and also a school of the Ranger’s augments. They confer a number of different types of effects to your target, but the fx are particularly fun.^[48] – Steven Sharif

Ranged weapons

Alpha-2 bows 3D renders.^[51]

A character may equip up to two hand weapons and also wear a ranged weapon on their back.^[9]^[10]^[52]

Characters performing ranged abilities will switch to the ranged weapon, then can switch back to the melee weapon and shield or two-handed melee weapon.^[9]^[10]
There will be a setting to determine if the ranged weapon or main/offhand is the primary weapon to use for Q or left-mouse-button basic attacks.^[9]^[10]
Rangers do not have a minimum distance requirement for using their ranged weapons.^[53] Previously rangers were intended to have a minimum distance requirement.^[54]
- Instead of a minimum range requirement, certain Ranger skills, such as Thundering Shot, currently have variable effects conferred at different ranges.^[5]
Some Ranger skills require a bow to be equipped.^[7]