LA Builds... Start from Duelist or Ranger?

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AthenaUS wrote:

I played a ranger to 85 on Hardocre before it died, then re leveled another to 82 when it died as well. Then I made the switch to Duelist after the changes. I have quite a bit of experience.

The rangers early game attack speed and DPS is beyond horrible. Theres no comparison between the 2 in leveling speeds. Everytime i played ranger I wanted to pull my hair out until the switch to LA, which even then was mind numbing. Duelist has much more IAS and has access to beserking fairly early. It also has more projectile damage which scaled on split arrow.


Dont confuse the OP with bad information :)

PS what I said had nothing to do with when you use LA. Doesnt matter what class you play its standard information that you cannot support mana costs of supported LA until mid game.

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Edzilla wrote:

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AthenaUS wrote:

I played a ranger to 85 on Hardocre before it died, then re leveled another to 82 when it died as well. Then I made the switch to Duelist after the changes. I have quite a bit of experience.

The rangers early game attack speed and DPS is beyond horrible. Theres no comparison between the 2 in leveling speeds. Everytime i played ranger I wanted to pull my hair out until the switch to LA, which even then was mind numbing. Duelist has much more IAS and has access to beserking fairly early. It also has more projectile damage which scaled on split arrow.


Dont confuse the OP with bad information :)

PS what I said had nothing to do with when you use LA. Doesnt matter what class you play its standard information that you cannot support mana costs of supported LA until mid game.

Out of the first 20 points, you can get 50% more evasion rating, same amount of HP and phys dmg, for the price of about 10%-15% attack speed as a ranger vs duelist. I believe starting with more evasion rating is a lot better then some attack speed especially considering that you have a limited mana pool, and attack speed is pretty much irrelevant at lower levels.

I guess i am thinking in hardcore mindset. But if you are playing scrubcore, does it even really matter?

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Edzilla wrote:

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AthenaUS wrote:

I played a ranger to 85 on Hardocre before it died, then re leveled another to 82 when it died as well. Then I made the switch to Duelist after the changes. I have quite a bit of experience.

The rangers early game attack speed and DPS is beyond horrible. Theres no comparison between the 2 in leveling speeds. Everytime i played ranger I wanted to pull my hair out until the switch to LA, which even then was mind numbing. Duelist has much more IAS and has access to beserking fairly early. It also has more projectile damage which scaled on split arrow.


Dont confuse the OP with bad information :)

PS what I said had nothing to do with when you use LA. Doesnt matter what class you play its standard information that you cannot support mana costs of supported LA until mid game.

Out of the first 20 points, you can get 50% more evasion rating, same amount of HP and phys dmg, for the price of about 10%-15% attack speed as a ranger vs duelist. I believe starting with more evasion rating is a lot better then some attack speed especially considering that you have a limited mana pool, and attack speed is pretty much irrelevant at lower levels.

I guess i am thinking in hardcore mindset. But if you are playing scrubcore, does it even really matter?

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Edzilla wrote:

Uh. Its either atkspd or phys DMG or 1h nodes. Which starting route would you take out of the three, if you're going ranged level 1? Yeah. I'm so bad.

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Edzilla wrote:

I guess i am thinking in hardcore mindset. But if you are playing scrubcore, does it even really matter?

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piotras wrote:

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Edzilla wrote:

I guess i am thinking in hardcore mindset. But if you are playing scrubcore, does it even really matter?

hardcore players outlevel all areas and skip dangerous mobs, so does it even matter?