Ranger
Dexterity · Bows
The Ranger is the classic bow user — fast, mobile, and lethal from range. She shines at clearing packs quickly and dealing strong single-target damage while staying out of harm's way, rewarding good kiting over standing and trading hits.
Ascendancies
Partway through the campaign you choose one ascendancy — a sub-class that sharpens the Ranger into a specific identity. The Ranger has 2:
Deadeye
The pure marksman — speed, mobility, and arrows that pierce, chain, and split for both clear and single-target.
Pathfinder
Master of flasks and toxins; turns potions into chemical weapons and endlessly stacks poison for scaling damage-over-time.
Which should you pick?
Deadeye is the straightforward, high-damage bow specialist. Pathfinder is for flask-and-poison playstyles and DoT scaling. (The Ranger's third ascendancy is yet to arrive in Early Access.)
PoE2 is in Early Access — ascendancy kits get tuned between patches, and the newest ones are still settling. Treat the descriptions above as identity and direction; check the in-game Ascension Trials or the wiki for the exact current nodes before you commit.
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