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Ranger (FFXI)
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Job Description
Elvaan Ranger
Attainable upon completion of The Fanged One (Ranger Flag Quest).
Spells and Abilities
Job Abilities
Job Abilities are activated abilities unique to a specific job that enhance job performance in some way. This can include, but is not limited to, increasing armor or damage for a short time, initiating a special attack or triggering a party buff.
| Level | Name | Recast | Duration | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sharpshot | 00:05:00 | 00:01:00 | Increases the accuracy of ranged attacks. |
| 10 | Scavenge | 00:05:00 | N/A | Search the ground around you for items. |
| 20 | Camouflage | 00:05:00 | Varies | Grants you invisibility. |
| 30 | Barrage | 00:05:00 | N/A | A single shot that can hit up to 5 times. |
| 40 | Shadowbind | 00:05:00 | Varies | Roots the enemy in place. |
| 45 | Velocity Shot | 00:05:00 | 00:05:00 | Ranged Attack +15% Melee Attack -15%. Ranged Delay -15% Melee Delay +15% |
| 51 | Unlimited Shot | 00:03:00 | N/A | Your next ranged attack uses no ammo. |
| 75 Merit | Flashy Shot | 00:20:00 | N/A | Your next attack will generate more hate and ignore level difference penalties. |
| 75 Merit | Stealth Shot | 00:20:00 | N/A | Your next attack will generate less enmity. |
Job Traits
Job Traits are passive abilities that are always active for your job. Job Traits often boost stats, increase mp regeneration, or add resistances to status effects.
| Level | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Widescan | Scans the area for monsters, revealing them on the map. |
| 5 | Alertness | Makes you less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures. |
| 10 | Accuracy Bonus I | Improves accuracy of physical attacks. |
| 15 | Rapid Shot | Occasionally reduces ranged attack delay. |
| 20 | Resist Poison I | Increases resistance to poison. |
| 30 | Accuracy Bonus II | Further improves accuracy of physical attacks. |
| 40 | Resist Poison II | Increases resistance to poison. |
| 50 | Accuracy Bonus III | Further improves accuracy of physical attacks. |
| 60 | Resist Poison III | Increases resistance to poison. |
| 70 | Accuracy Bonus IV | Further improves accuracy of physical attacks. |
| 75 Merit | Snapshot | Reduces delay for ranged attacks. |
| 75 Merit | Recycle | Occasionally allows ranged attacks without consuming amunition. |
Two-Hour Abilities
Two-Hour Abilities are job-specific active abilities with a cool down timer of two hours. These are often incredibly powerful abilities, but often have adverse effects as well such as depleting an MP pool or dealing physical damage to the player.
| Level | Name | Recast | Duration | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eagle Eye Shot | 02:00:00 | N/A | High damage, long ranged attack. |
Weaponskills
Weapon skills are abilities that become available when a player has gained 100+ TP while damaging a mob with their weapon. All weapons, with the exception of Thrown and Instruments have their own set of weaponskills. Weaponskill availability is dependent on a player's skill level with the weapon as well as the weapon itself.
| Combat Skill | Skill Rating | Level 37 | Level 60 | Level 75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | A- | 114 | 203 | 269 |
| Marksmanship | A- | 114 | 203 | 269 |
| Axe | B- | 109 | 196 | 240 |
| Dagger | B- | 109 | 196 | 240 |
| Sword | D | 101 | 183 | 210 |
| Club | E | 94 | 171 | 200 |
Sub-job Combinations
Ninja: A Ninja subjob to your ranger main brings many useful characteristics to the table. As a Ranger, you will be pulling mobs for your experience points parties and the added evasion and ability to cast Utsusemi: Ichi, and later Utsusemi: Ni, to absorb hits on the pull becomes extremely useful when preserving healer mana is so important for chaining mobs together efficiently. In addition, the Ninja ability Dual Wield allows rangers to equip more than one stat boosting melee weapon which can greatly increase ranged accuracy and attack power resulting in an increase in overall damage output.
Warrior: Combining a Warrior's devastating activated abilities like Berserk and Warcry with the hard-hitting ranged attacks of the Ranger creates a damage-dealing machine that is matched by few other jobs. In this case, however, survivability is sacrificed for higher damage output, requiring the RNG/WAR to choose their pulls more carefully to avoid being hit when returning to camp.