Celtic Heroes

If you guys are saying that bow is so much better then ranged combat, and ranged combat doesnt really do anything why are there so many items with ranged combat skill added?

bolas, light heal, longshot, sharp, all ranged combat based skills will be better if you have more ranged combat

Unfortunately, long shot, barbed shot, and explosive arrow are mediocre skills, which is why ranged combat is inferior to something like cunning.

just stack bow, 800 bow ring gives 800 attack and 80 dmg, methinks

nah adds alot more then 80 dmg, It adds like 120-140 i think without counting the str add

If you guys are saying that bow is so much better then ranged combat, and ranged combat doesnt really do anything why are there so many items with ranged combat skill added?

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That’s not what my emberdrake rings said lol

I used 2 imperial emberdrake rings which gave me 1k ranged combat ability. The most noticeable boost i got was on sharpshot, with the rings i got about 300 more dmg than without the rings on. I did switch one out for a mighty oblivion ring which gives 600 bow ability tho. Bow ability is better because rangers rely a lot more on autos than skills, and the only meta dps skill that is boosted by ranged combat is sharpshot which gets evaded and resisted a lot anyways.

Ranged combat also boosts sharpen weapons and steady aim. But when I compared the skills with and without the rings on, the difference was so minimal that it doesn’t matter.

Bow
+ increases damage. Auto attack damage
+ attack. So better chance to hit with auto attacks, resulting in increasing overall dps

Ranged combat
+ boosts all ranger skills so:
+ better skill damage from sharp shot etc
+ increases the boost from sharpen weapon and steamy aim, both of which add to your auto attack dps, but not as much as increasing your bow ability will
+ increases light heal's healing amount

As far as abilities go you definitely want to aim to max both, but generally bow is more important especially at endgame. For gear, using necro rings as example, oblivion is best if it is available to you as it adds bow. Pit rings aren't that bad as the str and dex stats are nice to have. Rot rings, well they usually get left to rot in clan banks!

Ranged combat rings aren’t awful, I’d probably use a high tier if I didnt have bow rings available.

Not only do the two available rings that add ranged combat (necro and emberdrake) give really nice bonuses alongside the ability points, but ranged combat literally adds so much to all your skills.

As someone pointed out, it also makes your buffs (sharp/steady) stronger.

If you guys are saying that bow is so much better then ranged combat, and ranged combat doesnt really do anything why are there so many items with ranged combat skill added?

Filler drops that no one wants

That’s not what my emberdrake rings said lol

I used 2 imperial emberdrake rings which gave me 1k ranged combat ability. The most noticeable boost i got was on sharpshot, with the rings i got about 300 more dmg than without the rings on. I did switch one out for a mighty oblivion ring which gives 600 bow ability tho. Bow ability is better because rangers rely a lot more on autos than skills, and the only meta dps skill that is boosted by ranged combat is sharpshot which gets evaded and resisted a lot anyways.

Ranged combat also boosts sharpen weapons and steady aim. But when I compared the skills with and without the rings on, the difference was so minimal that it doesn’t matter.

Bah yeah they’re good those also add attack I meant those dumb necro rings and ranged event or gele braces

That’s not what my emberdrake rings said lol

I used 2 imperial emberdrake rings which gave me 1k ranged combat ability. The most noticeable boost i got was on sharpshot, with the rings i got about 300 more dmg than without the rings on. I did switch one out for a mighty oblivion ring which gives 600 bow ability tho. Bow ability is better because rangers rely a lot more on autos than skills, and the only meta dps skill that is boosted by ranged combat is sharpshot which gets evaded and resisted a lot anyways.

Ranged combat also boosts sharpen weapons and steady aim. But when I compared the skills with and without the rings on, the difference was so minimal that it doesn’t matter.

Bah yeah they’re good those also add attack I meant those dumb necro rings and ranged event or gele braces

Ahem, I believe you used to use one of those godly braces that dropped from the sexy 210 monolith lol.

Endgame rangers with necro ranged combat rings looking at this post with tears in their eyes

Me lol

If you guys are saying that bow is so much better then ranged combat, and ranged combat doesnt really do anything why are there so many items with ranged combat skill added?

bolas, light heal, longshot, sharp, all ranged combat based skills will be better if you have more ranged combat

Unfortunately, long shot, barbed shot, and explosive arrow are mediocre skills, which is why ranged combat is inferior to something like cunning.

I lix with solely combos, and i have gotten better consistently with explosive in my build. Of course, i am Dex build, 50/50 skill points, and imp mord brace for it. I usually get 4-5k dmg atm.

Ranged combat and bow ability are simply pieces in the damage formulas, ranged combat does the same exact thing bow just for skills rather the auto damage...the difference is that autos are a rangers primary form of damage and skills are simply supplemental damage additions, so bow ability gives a larger boost to your total dps

Thank you this has helped a lot