Farming before finishing Act 5

Most life-based builds will take constitution, but you don't have to take it. It is a bit far.

Here is another tree, that you can consider using as well.

Nuro's Harp Raider

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SabreWolfy wrote:

So all classes should have Constitution? It takes nearly 25 points to get all those for a Ranger. This is about half of the points I have so far, just to get over to Constitution :)

No, but it might give you nice amount of life for later endgame.

You don´t need to take it now. Your tree looks ok for new player (are you following any guide?)

Well, the main problem is your gear and skill setup.

You´re missing resistance and your life is also a bit too low but the priority should be getting higher resistances (try to get as close to 75 as you can; don´t care about chaos now).

You should have your main skill in 4 link connected with support gems. It will give you good chance to kill monsters before touching you.

There are lots of things you don´t know about but I want to keep it as simple as possible.

About gear...

You can farm Reliquary or whatever act 5 area you like. Get some good base white 4 link item and use orb of alchemy or any essence with resist on the item (don´t use any valuable currency for trade/craft right now -check - for currency ratio).

Use your masters and craft a bit of resist on the gear.
Don´t care about exp, just gear. Make some run 5, 10, 20, you can change location, ... and you will see what happen.
You can also use resistance aura to get better resistances.
If you fail to get any decent upgrade, try to trade one or two pieces of gear (with life and resist).
via trade
.. but don´t spend too much (max 1c per item)

It´s the best advice I can give you right now. This game needs time don´t be in hurry and things will get better.

GL exile!

@Rakiii, @RPGlitch: Thanks. Lots for me to look at.

Why are you grabbing all the arrow skills anyway? I'd think you would be better off sticking to 0-1 attack skills, along with siege ballista and blink/mirror arrow for mobility.

Don't go into STR for Iron Commander builds anyway, you want to stack DEX.

You could also shift into Acrobacy/Phase Acro like this:

https://poeplanner.com/AAkAAHUACQIAADcAXgHRBiMILgiJFfAZjiP2MHwx-jKUN9Q51E2SUUddaF5Fdvd7FH8CfyuNfZLzlQWa8ZuNoJ-hpKbgp9Sv67vjxKLKqdN-2cbh2-0_7YP66_66_sh9dY2_1CMwcd2oS3g6Qu969qMVILUIcaGPTwAAAAAA

with the loss of your worst damage nodes and the two mana nodes, which are inefficient (as a ranger you're likely better off using a flask, especially before maps). Note that this tree assumes you've leveled up to 52.

Also, hit the normal labyrinth and grab your ascendancy (any is good, though deadeye is the straightforward bow ascend). It should be a lot easier than Kitava.

Finally, you need to decide as soon as possible if you're sticking with the Iron Commander bow or just using it as a leveling weapon, because if it's the former, your build is rather different than otherwise.