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• Mag
• Affixes
• Skill Rings
• Weapons
• Units

Ranger Gearing

Is critical chance useful?

Credit goes to an anonymous reader for elaborating some points about critical chance.

Yes and no. Weapons have a damage variance where you deal damage within a set range (95-97% is the minimum).

In PSO2, criticals deal 100% of your possible damage in that instance. They are not 150/200% more damage in other games that use critical chance (and by extension critical damage). Your average damage would increase if you stacked critical chance through various sources:

• +15%/+15/+12% from S-Class Abilities (Wise Skill)
• +50% from S4: Skilled Crippler
• +30% from Bouncer’s Critical Field
• +25% from Hunter’s Fury Stance Critical
• +20% from Techer’s Shifta Critical
• +20% from R/Critical Strike Shoot
• +5% base

So while Ranger has a way to reach +100%, some of them are conditional and/or requires you to give up some skills and/or certain S-class abilities.

With the introduction of S4: Skilled Crippler however, Ranger can reach +100% critical chance without losing anything, provided you are willing to sacrifice S4: Steadfast Courage for it.

However, other subclasses like Phantom or Etoile allow Ranger to utilize crit without the need of external critical rate boosters (Techer, Bouncer, etc) or SSAs like Wise Skill. This allows Ranger to use SSAs like S3: Skilled Strike 2 (+5% critical damage) and have damage scale up further when Shifta Critical and/or Critical Field are applied.

Mag

A standard Ranger mag has +200 R-ATK (+200 RNG for NA users), as shown below:

Feed your mag with any ranged weapon (has a blue background) to raise its R-ATK/RNG level, then feed it Dimates or any 5★ to reduce DEX level.

As for Photon Blast choices, the only viable choices are Ketos Proi for its fast PP regeneration, or Julius Nykta to help clear mobs via super suction effect.

Trigger Actions and Auto Actions are personal preference.

Affixes

Across both NA and JP editions, aim for around 1000+ HP, 160+ PP, and as much R-ATK as you can afford (minimum 100 R-ATK per unit and weapon) on your affixes.
With the reveal of NA’s content roadmap, it’s best to wait until around EP4 (August) to really invest heavily in affixes, avoid going above personal cost limits while maintaining the recommended minimums.
For Ultra Hard (JP) content, a suggested baseline would be around 1400+ HP, 190+ PP and a minimum of 175 R-ATK per unit and as much as possible for weapons, given SSA slots.

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Skill Rings

Skill rings that don’t have a NA name means they’re not in-game yet!

Essential

L/L Non Weak Bonus | Launcher Non-Weak Bonus (L)

When using Launchers, Weak Hit Advance | Advanced Precision Hit applies on non-weak areas equal to the ring’s level.

At +20, this ring makes it so Weak Hit Advance | Advanced Precision Hit applies 100% on non-weak areas, which means a constant +32.25% damage boost. Get it.

L/P Weak Bullet | Precision Blight Rounds (L)

Fired Weak Bullets | Blight Rounds becomes a hit-scan instead of a projectile.

A great quality of life ring; makes it so Weak Bullet | Blight Rounds can’t miss (and goes through walls) when you’re locked onto an enemy.

Recommended

R/P Keeper Shoot | Perfectionist: Ranged (R)

Grants a damage boost if your HP is above a certain threshold based on the ring’s level.

Nice 3% damage boost for Ranger. Needs to be +20 for best effect (>75% HP threshold)

L/Atomizer Lovers | Atomizer Fanatic (L)

Speeds up animation speed of Atomizer-based items while increasing their healing effectiveness.

A great quality of life ring; spend less time throwing out a Moon/Star/Sol Atomizer while being completely invincible during the animation.

L/Mate Lovers| Mate Maniacs (L)

Speeds up the consumption animation of Mates and increases their recovery rate.

Mostly used on Etoile subclasses, as you can’t heal from external sources otherwise.

L/Jumping Dodge | Leaping Dodge (L)

Grants a usable ability that makes you jump straight up. Has 0.5s of i-frames while jumping.

Great ring to have for avoiding damage, as most of your attacks can suspend you in the air. Needs to be +20 for best effect (5 second cooldown at +20).

L/Stealth Attack | Stealth Strike (L)

Reduces aggro generated from attacks, at 33% of the normal rate.

As Ranger has issues dealing with enemy aggro (and you don’t want to pull bosses sometimes), this ring is great for improving DPS in certain cases.
Note that this ring is worthless when soloing.

R/Weak Hit PP Gain | Precision Hit PP Gain (R)

Grants a bonus to PP gain when hitting weak spots based on the ring’s level.

A decent quality of life ring, helps with PP regen while spamming Dive Roll Shoot.
Needs +20 grind for best effect (+20% additional PP gained from weak hits).

Does not apply on spots marked by Weak Bullet.

Situational/Niche

R/C Strike Shoot | Critical Strike: Ranged (R)

Increases critical chance and critical damage for ranged damage.

Best paired with S4: Skilled Crippler, or as Etoile/Phantom subclass if you’re looking for a +100% critical chance set-up.
This ring has less value if you cannot reach +100% critical chance with this equipped.

R/Critical Field | Critical Field (R)

Generates a field around you that increases critical rate for everyone within.

Only use if other options aren’t appealing for you.

R/Effort Symbol Ra

Increases damage and Critical Hit Rate by a little while reducing damage taken.
Displays a visual effect in Quests. (Arks Visiphone)

Only use if you don’t want to use the suggested rings above.

R/HP Restorate | HP Restorate (R)

Heals over time (7.50% of HP at +20) when your HP falls below a certain percentage (100% at +20)

Mainly used if you’re not using Hunter subclass. Useless on Etoile subclass.

R/ Boost Slayer | Boosted Enemy Slayer (R)

Boosts damage against infected enemies while decreasing damage taken from them.

Shines best in quests that frequently spawns infected enemies.

R/Tech Arts JAPPS | Combo Var. PATK PP Save (R)

When alternating PAs with JAs, grants a PP cost reduction.

Great ring for conserving PP, but you do have traps to restore PP so not needed.

R/PP Convert | PP Conversion (R)

Grants the Techer’s active skill, PP Convert, which temporary decreases your max HP for increased PP regen.

Great ring for regenerating PP, but you do have traps to restore PP so not needed.
Also used to heal 30% of your HP if you immediately swap off after activating.

R/Massive Hunter | Hunter Physique (R)

Grants the Hunter’s skill, Massive Hunter, which makes you immune to knockback and reduces damage taken.

Only use if your subclass is not Hunter.

L/Slow Dive Ring | Slow Dive Roll (L)

Slows down your dive roll in exchange for increased i-frames based on the ring’s level.

Only use this if you have issues surviving; hurts your mobility otherwise.

L/Standing Sign | Stationary Mark (L)

Shows a sign if Standing Snipe is activated.

Only use this if you’re not familiar with Standing Snipe.
More detailed information on Standing Snipe and how to best utilize it can be found in Tips & Tricks

L/A Launcher Mode

Changes Launcher’s normal attacks to a trajectory parabola projectile.

The fixed ranged and projectile changes makes it difficult to use in most cases.

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Weapons

Weapons are now on a separate section due to the amount of space it’s taking up!

Units

What kind of units should I use at various levels?

Units support S-class abilities.
Rear:
Arm:
Leg:

These are recommendations for Ranger units and does not cover every possible unit.
NA Units Arks-Visiphone Wiki

NA Gearing

Rarity	Icon	Name	Stats	Notes
		KLAUZ Series	Rear: HP+70 PP+15 +120 Arm: HP+220 PP+15 +60 Leg: HP+40 PP+30 +80	Can also be exchanged for in Zig’s shop. Shiva Glare (Rear SAF) Mitra Glare (Arm SAF) Varuna Glare (Leg SAF)
		Atlas Series	HP+100 PP+11 +90 (per piece)	Fabula Soul (Rear SAF) Historia Soul (Arm SAF) Omega Reverie (Leg SAF)
		TRAILBLAZER Series	HP+100 PP+16 +65 (per piece)	Persona Reverie (SAF)
		Novel / RIVALATE Series	HP+180 PP+3 +40 (Novel per piece) HP+60 PP+15 +75 (RIVALATE per piece)	Novel = more HP, Might/Precision/Cast V SAF RIVALATE = more offense stats, Might/Precision/Cast VI SAF Might V/VI (Rear SAF) Precision V/VI (Arm SAF) Casting V/VI (Leg SAF)
		OOFstere (Ophistia) Series	HP+120 PP+13 +40 +60 (per piece)	Soul of Darkness (SAF)
		Schvelle Series	HP+100 PP+12 +50 (per piece)	WHERE’S THE UPGRADE, SEGA? Sentence Power (Rear SAF) Sentence Precision (Arm SAF) Sentence Casting (Leg SAF)
		Stella Wall	HP+50 PP+5 +15 (per piece)	Obtained by reaching level 75 as any class (title reward).
		Anything not mentioned		Use anything at level 50 and below.

JP Gearing

Units support S-class abilities.
Rear:
Arm:
Leg:

List of JP unit S-class abilities

Rarity	Icon	Name	Stats	Notes
		Cras series	Rear: HP+70 PP+15 +120 Arm: HP+220 PP+15 +60 Leg: HP+40 PP+30 +80	Can also be exchanged for in Zieg’s shop. Shiva Glare (Rear SAF) Mitra Glare (Arm SAF) Varuna Glare (Leg SAF)
		Atlas series	HP+100 PP+11 +90 (per piece)	Fabula Soul (Rear SAF) Historia Soul (Arm SAF) Omega Reverie (Leg SAF)
		Lightstream Xion Series	HP+100 PP+16 +65 (per piece)	Persona Reverie (SAF)
		Avion Dusk	HP+20 PP+23 +60	Doom Break II (SAF)
		Novel / Liberate Series	HP+180 PP+3 +40 (Novel per piece) HP+60 PP+15 +75 (Liberate per piece)	Novel = more HP, Power/Shoot/Tech V SAF Liberate = more offense stats, Power/Shoot/Tech VI SAF Power V/VI (Rear SAF) Shoot V/VI (Arm SAF) Technique V/VI (Leg SAF)
		Austere Series	HP+120 PP+13 +40 +60 (per piece)	Darkness Soul (SAF)
		Schvelle Series	HP+100 PP+12 +50 (per piece)	Sentence Power (Rear SAF) Sentence Shoot (Arm SAF) Sentence Tech (Leg SAF)
		Stellar Wall	HP+50 PP+5 +15 (per piece)	Obtained by reaching level 75 as any class (title reward).
		Anything not mentioned		Use anything at level 50 and below.

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