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Ranger is the physical ranged damage class. It fights at distance with a bow, controls space with traps, and trades the burst ceiling of the melee damage classes for the ability to keep its rotation running while the fight moves.

Ranger class key art showing a blond archer drawing a large ornate bow against a mountain backdrop, with the class name in Korean

Field	Detail
Role	Ranged physical damage
Weapon	Bow
Signature mechanic	A precision-shot specialty bonus, and a line that converts critical rating into attack
Party fit	Damage in five-player Expedition and ten-player Sanctuary content

NCsoft's own class overview calls the Ranger a precise, long-range damage dealer that hunts from afar. The class is part of the eight-class roster offered on the global service, which opened to Founder's Pack holders in paid Advance Access on September 30, 2026 ahead of the official launch on October 5, 2026.

How It Plays

Most Ranger attacks reach 20 meters. Marking Shot moves the Ranger in the input direction and grants Precision, a Critical Hit buff that Suppressing Arrow needs before it can stun and that adds damage to Deadshot, a charge shot with three levels. A second thread runs through slows and roots: Snare Shot slows, Burst Arrow can only target a slowed or rooted enemy, and Explosive Arrow and the passive Rooting Eye deal more damage to them. Explosion Trap and Ensnaring Trap are placed at the Ranger's feet, and Drill Dart's bleed cuts the healing the target receives.

Party Synergy

Ranger is one of the four classes that had party-wide synergy effects removed on April 21, 2026, alongside Assassin, Sorcerer and Spiritmaster. The follow-up pass on April 28 adjusted it numerically rather than structurally, and the June 17, 2026 patch bumped a set of Ranger shot multipliers.

In PvP

The Ranger's defensive tools are Mother Nature's Breath (damage tolerance, critical resistance and a chance to absorb damage as HP), Ambush Kick, which knocks a nearby target back while the Ranger leaps away, and an out-of-combat Stealth. Sealing Arrow and Illusory Arrow seal or blind a target. Community tier lists vary on where the Ranger sits in PvP and PvE.

Skills

In the client data every class has 12 active skills, 13 Stigma skills and 10 passives, plus Dodge and chain follow-ups that do not take a slot of their own. Stigma skills are equipped through the Stigma System and keep every specialty they have unlocked. Each skill also unlocks specialties (numbered Spec 1 to Spec 5 in patch notes) as it levels up.

Skill	Type	What it does
Snipe	Active	Basic ranged shot that restores MP; usable while moving.
Snare Shot	Active	Hits a group around the target and slows it.
Tempest Shot	Active	Basic area shot around the target; costs MP.
Marking Shot	Active	Shot that moves the Ranger in the input direction and grants Precision (Critical Hit).
Drill Dart	Active	Area shot that inflicts Bleed and cuts healing received; restores MP on a critical hit.
Arrow Scattershot	Active	Shot that can only be used on a staggered target.
Gale Arrow	Active	Area shot that grants Gale, raising Combat Speed and damage.
Explosion Trap	Active	Places a trap that explodes on up to four enemies and can stun.
Burst Arrow	Active	Area shot that can only target a slowed or rooted enemy.
Suppressing Arrow	Active	Shot that can stun while Precision is active.
Deadshot	Active	Charge shot with three levels; deals more damage with Precision active.
Defiance	Active	Shared escape skill: removes stun, knockdown, airborne, grab, frost and fear, then grants brief status immunity.
Griffon Arrow	Stigma	Area shot that inflicts Crimson Flames, a fire damage over time that grows when targets move.
Ambush Kick	Stigma	Moves behind a nearby target, kicks it back and leaps away.
Illusory Arrow	Stigma	Shot that blinds the target.
Sealing Arrow	Stigma	Shot that can Seal the target.
Ensnaring Trap	Stigma	Places a long-lasting trap that launches enemies into the air.
Stealth	Stigma	Stealth outside combat; entering combat ends it.
Bow of Blessing	Stigma	Self buff to Critical Hit and Accuracy.
Arrow Storm	Stigma	Area shot that can stun and deals heavy stagger damage.
Vaizel's Authority	Stigma	Self buff to Attack.
Mother Nature's Breath	Stigma	Damage tolerance and critical resistance, with a chance to absorb damage taken as HP.
Explosive Arrow	Stigma	Area shot that deals more damage to slowed or rooted targets.
Supporting Fire	Stigma	Summons an orb that fires extra shots and absorbs HP.
Assault Smite	Stigma	Ranged area strike that can stun and raises Defense by the number of targets hit.
Vigilant Eye	Passive	Raises Evasion and maximum HP and heals on an evasion.
Concentrated Fire	Passive	Extra damage against targets taking damage over time.
Wind Vigor	Passive	More stamina and a burst of movement speed when attacked.
Focused Eye	Passive	Raises Accuracy, damage and Double Chance.
Hunter's Resolve	Passive	Raises critical damage.
Unyielding Resolve	Passive	Raises resistance to ailment-type and impact-type effects.
Rooting Eye	Passive	Extra damage against slowed or rooted targets.
Melee Fire	Passive	Chance of extra damage on hit and a small chance to knock back nearby targets.
Revitalization Contract	Passive	Status resistance, plus an emergency heal at very low HP.
Hunter's Soul	Passive	Critical hits can deal extra damage.

Balance History

Changes made on the Korean and Taiwanese service since the Chapter 1 update. Earlier passes are described above and on Classes.

Date	Change (Korean and Taiwanese service)
July 8, 2026	Ambush Kick's fifth specialty now grants a shield instead of stealth; Explosive Arrow gained 15% and Deadshot 7% PvE damage; Supporting Fire's extra shots lost life absorption but gained 30% PvE damage.
July 15, 2026	Bow of Blessing gained Accuracy as a base effect, and its second specialty now converts Critical Hit into Attack.
July 22, 2026	Bow of Blessing's Critical Hit to Attack conversion fell from 20% to 10%; Mother Nature's Breath lasts 6 seconds instead of 10.
July 29, 2026	Mother Nature's Breath reworked with critical resistance as a base effect and a 50% absorb chance instead of 25%; Melee Fire lost its distance requirement and gained 10% PvE damage; Unyielding Resolve's resistances went from 25, 40 and 55% to 22, 34 and 46%.
August 12, 2026	Drill Dart's healing cut rose from 50% to 60%.
August 26, 2026	Deadshot's fifth specialty now adds bonus damage on hit instead of a cooldown reset; Precision from Marking Shot lasts 10 seconds instead of 7; Ensnaring Trap strips fewer buffs.
September 4, 2026	Class Care: Deadshot's fifth-specialty bonus damage rose from 30% to 50%.
September 16, 2026	Ranger attacks now deal elemental damage: most shots are Wind, the snare and trap skills are Earth, and Drill Dart, Griffon Arrow and Explosive Arrow are Fire.
September 23, 2026	Tooltip corrections for Gale Arrow, Arrow Scattershot and one other shot.

Shared Systems

Every class runs the same underlying loop: tab-targeting with active dodge and parry, skill chains that prompt a follow-up key, a Groggy stagger gauge on bosses, and Perfect Parry (plus Perfect Shield Block for Templars and Clerics), a low-chance block result that stops most of a hit's damage. Loadouts hold twelve active skills, a set of Stigma slots and ten passives, allocated with Mastery Points and Stigma Shards.

Naming and Sourcing

Skill names on this page are the English names used in the global client. The skill table is drawn from the global client data as of September 2026 and describes what each skill does rather than its per-level numbers, which change with skill level and with balance patches. The balance history covers the Korean and Taiwanese service, which receives changes on its own schedule; the global build can differ from it at any given time.

Classes for the full roster and the balance history. Combat and Skill Chains for the shared input loop. Gear and Progression for equipment. Daeva System and Daevanion Board for talents. Stigma System for the enhanceable skill layer.

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