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This build is provisionally vetted great pending more votes.

This build has received a provisional rating in the range from 4.75 to 5.0 and thus qualifies for the highest category of working builds: Great.

This build has been designed for the following use:

This build utilizes strong survivability from "Together As One" and "Never Rampage Alone" as well as strong single target damage with "Brutal Strike" to farm Quansong Spiritspeak in Hard Mode for celestial weapons and elite ritualist tomes.

Attributes and Skills[]

12 + 1 + 3
12 + 3
The energy cost of attack skills, rituals, touch skills and all Ranger skills is reduced by 60%.
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Equipment[]

Armor

  • Full Beastmaster's Insignia (+10 armor while pet is alive.)

Weapons

  • A staff for higher energy and ranged damage.
  • A bow for pulling.

Pet

Usage[]

  • Maintain "Together as One!" "Together as One!" , Call of Haste Call of Haste , Call of Protection Call of Protection and Great Dwarf Weapon Great Dwarf Weapon on your pet at all times.
    • Make sure that you're in range of the pet when refreshing TaO.
  • Use "You Are All Weaklings!" "You Are All Weaklings!" before Scavenger Strike Scavenger Strike to regain energy.
  • Use Brutal Strike Brutal Strike on targets under half health, or on CD if your energy allows for it.
  • Send the pet in first so it can grab aggro. Occasionally you might have to pull with a bow if there are too many mobs - in this case start running away the moment your arrow hits, and send the pet in before mobs could get to you.
    • Try to get the pet to tank and maintain aggro by moving around in order to deprioritize yourself to enemy AI. Alternatively use the pet for bodyblocking at a corner or a wall.
  • TaO's healing + all the mitigation should be enough to keep the pet alive, but against the boss you might have to occasionally throw in a few Comfort Animal Comfort Animal casts.
  • Run away and let the pet die if things get fishy.


Route[]

Temple guardian route

Temple Guardian route

  • Start from Zin Ku Corridor and enter Tahnnakai Temple on Hard Mode then head north. An average runs takes ~12 minutes.
    • Optional: take a speed boost hero with you. Maintain Call of Haste Call of Haste else your Rollerbeetle will fall behind as it has a low base speed and can't keep up. Flag the hero south when you are about to exit the temple area.
  • Camp your staff and stay in range. Set the pet to heel, select targets manually. Let the pet grab aggro.
  • Spot 1 on the map is optional, if you are mainly here for the boss you can skip this. There are 2 Temple Guardians there and a Locked Chest could also spawn nearby. Chests and mobs in this zone have a chance to drop Celestial weapons!
  • Try not to aggro more than 2 Temple Guardians at once. While 3-4 is still manageable as long as the pet holds aggro, it's risky.
    • Pull with a bow if necessary and walk back before sending in your pet, as you don't want the pet to accidentally aggro more than you want.

Quansong Spiritspeak

  • Spot 2 is the boss. Killing the ritualist boss is the only hard part. Make sure to clear every nearby Teample Guardian first.
    • Sometimes pulling Temple Guardians also pulls the boss. Quansong will start summoning spirits when that happens - if you run away from him while he is summoning, he won't chase. Focus on clearing the Temple Guardians.
  • Initiate the fight with a bow and let him summon his 3 spirits. Walk slightly out of range, and once he starts following keep running.
    • You want to block line of sight of his elite spirit, Wanderlust Wanderlust . It doesn't matter if he is in range of spirits, the pet will kill the boss as long as Wanderlust isn't knocking the pet down.
    • Staying in range of the spirits should prevent the boss from resummoning them. If he somehow still manages to resummon Wanderlust, start running and LoS it again.
  • Before pulling the boss apply Call of Haste Call of Haste and Great Dwarf Weapon Great Dwarf Weapon to your pet. You want the pet to KD the boss as soon as possible, and he moves fast. Quansong could kill you in 2-3 casts or melee hits.
    • Try to use the bridges and the corners to your advantage. Your goal is to make the pet bodyblock the boss before he reaches you, and the pet can only do it near corners or walls. Bodyblocking helps the pet score some hits and stop the boss, starting the KD chain with GDW.
  • Once your pet took aggro, you should be good to go. Stay out of range, don't try to attack the boss. Spam pet skills at a safe distance, move in only to reapply GDW and YAAW.
    • Great Dwarf Weapon Great Dwarf Weapon is absolutely crucial here. Without the knockdown spam from this skill, the boss can do enough damage to kill the pet! With GDW active, your pet is safe. It can also prevent the boss from healing, ending the run faster.

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