Path of Exile Top 7 Ranger Builds
1. Tornado Shot Deadeye (Ranger)
The best Ranger build in the game goes to the Tornado Shot Deadeye which has amazing damage potential.
Mapping: 10/10 Delve: 8/10 Heist: 9/10 Damage: 10/10 Safety: 8/10 Bosses: 9/10
Build Guide
The Tornado Shot Deadeye is one of the highest rated builds in the game even after the 3.24 nerf and really starts to shine once you have excellent equipment. More arrows fired increases both your damage to groups of enemies and your single target damage. The guide listed below is provided as a mid level gear guide which is great for seasonal play. If you are interested in trying out the Tornado Shot Deadeye build you can find a guide for it here Tornado Shot Deadeye Guide.
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2. Elemental Hit Of The Spectrum Raider (Ranger)
The Elemental Hit Of The Spectrum Raider has a higher damage ceiling and better defenses than the Deadeye version.
Mapping: 10/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 9/10 Damage: 9/10 Safety: 8/10 Bosses: 8/10
Build Guide
The Elemental Hit of the Spectrum Raider is new to this season and is competitive against Tornado Shot for first place. The Raider version has a higher damage ceiling once you have excellent equipment and the Deadeye version is better when built on a budget. If you are interested in trying out the Elemental Hit of the Spectrum Raider build you can find a guide for it here Elemental Hit of the Spectrum Raider Guide. You can also start out as a Deadeye if you don't have excellent equipment with preferably two additional arrows here Elemental Hit of the Spectrum Deadeye Guide.
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3. Scourge Arrow & Caustic Arrow Pathfinder (Ranger)
The Scourge Arrow of Menace and Caustic Arrow of Poison Pathfinder is the best poison bow build in the game currently.
Mapping: 9/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 10/10 Damage: 8/10 Safety: 8/10 Bosses: 7/10
Build Guide
The hybrid Scourge Arrow of Menace and Caustic Arrow of Poison Pathfinder build is ranked third place for Ranger builds and was added to the game with the new transfigured gems. Scourge Arrow of Menace is faster than Scourge Arrow at clearing groups of weaker enemies and Caustic Arrow of Poison deals more damage than Caustic Arrow on single target fights. If you are interested in trying out the hybrid Scourge Arrow of Menace and Caustic Arrow of Poison Pathfinder you can find a guide for the build here Scourge Arrow of Menace/Caustic Arrow of Poison Pathfinder Guide.
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4. Lightning Arrow Deadeye (Ranger)
The Lightning Arrow Deadeye takes fourth place and is the highest damage Ranger build once you have an excellent bow.
Mapping: 9/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 9/10 Damage: 9/10 Safety: 8/10 Bosses: 7/10
Build Guide
The Lightning Arrow Deadeye is one of the strongest clear builds in the game with an exceptional physical bow and has projectiles that can splash high lightning damage to multiple nearby enemies. The damage of Lightning Arrow can also Shock enemies which increases their damage taken. If you are interested in trying out the Lightning Arrow Deadeye you can find a guide for the build here Lightning Arrow Deadeye Guide.
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5. Cold Flicker Strike Raider (Ranger)
The Cold Flicker Strike Raider is one of the highest damage melee builds in the game and has excellent damage potential.
Mapping: 9/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 10/10 Damage: 10/10 Safety: 8/10 Bosses: 9/10
Build Guide
The Cold Flicker Strike Raider build can quickly teleport from pack to pack making it excellent at speed farming. This build also has a high damage ceiling and can be very expensive to fully optimize. If you would like to try out the Cold Flicker Strike Raider you can find a guide for the build here Cold Flicker Strike Raider Guide.
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6. Int Stacking Kinetic Blast/Power Siphon Deadeye (Ranger)
The Intelligence Stack Kinetic Blast Deadeye is a very strong clearing build with high currency investment.
Mapping: 10/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 8/10 Damage: 9/10 Safety: 8/10 Bosses: 7/10
Build Guide
The intelligence stacking Kinetic Blast/Power Siphon Deadeye has very strong screen wide clear when using Kinetic Blast and formidable single target damage with Power Siphon and the new Sacred Wisps Support. This build can be expensive to optimize but once you can afford the more expensive intelligence stacking equipment the Kinetic Blast Deadeye becomes one of the best clearing builds in the game. If you are interested in trying out the Kinetic Blast/Power Siphon Deadeye build you can find a guide for the build here Int Stacking Kinetic Blast/Power Siphon Deadeye Guide.
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7. Ice Shot Deadeye (Ranger)
The seventh place spot goes to the Ice Shot Deadeye which has great damage potential with a freezing attack.
Mapping: 9/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 7/10 Damage: 9/10 Safety: 8/10 Bosses: 7/10
Build Guide
The Ice Shot Deadeye becomes a very high damage bow build once it has an excellent physical damage bow. Ice Shot also has a fairly new Vaal Ice Shot version of the gem that summons clones that can improve your single target damage. If you are interested in trying out the Ice Shot Deadeye build you can find a guide for it here Ice Shot Deadeye Guide.
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HM. Toxic Rain Raider (Ranger)
The Toxic Rain Raider has excellent damage on a budget and is one of the best starter bow builds in the game.
Mapping: 10/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 8/10 Damage: 9/10 Safety: 8/10 Bosses: 7/10
Build Guide
This build requires you to channel Toxic Rain which rains down area of effect chaos damage over time spores that damage nearby enemies. This build can even perform decent with an inexpensive level five Quill Rain bow because Toxic Rain is better with a high attack speed and Quill Rain is the fastest bow in the game. If you are interested in trying out the Toxic Rain Raider build you can find a guide for it here Toxic Rain Raider Guide.
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HM2. Poisonous Concoction Pathfinder (Ranger)
The Poisonous Concoction Pathfinder is an unarmed poison build that doesn't need a weapon to deal very high damage.
Mapping: 9/10 Delve: 7/10 Heist: 7/10 Damage: 9/10 Safety: 8/10 Bosses: 10/10
Build Guide
Poisonous Concoction has excellent single target damage without requiring an expensive weapon and is the second honorable mention for the top Ranger builds. This build is also a strong budget build. If you are interested in trying out the Poisonous Concoction Pathfinder build you can find a guide for it here Poisonous Concoction Pathfinder Guide.
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That's all for the Top 7 Ranger Builds! For more on Path of Exile you can view the endgame guide here Endgame Guide.
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