Guide to Ranger Feats

Feats 61-68

By Nuitaran



A rating of 1 or 2 means the Feat is pretty much
useless to a ranger and one that you probably want to avoid. A rating
of 3 indicates that the Feat can be used with some careful planning or with certain class combinations. We reserve a rating of 4 only
for those Feats that are almost necessary picks for certain types of builds or class combinations. A rating of 5 designates the best of the ranger Feats and ones
players should seriously consider in any href="http://ddo.tentonhammer.com/index.php?meid=5#Builds">DDO build
involving rangers.

















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1. Acrobatic
2. Alertness
3. Athletic
4. Bullheaded
5. Cleave
6. Combat Casting
7. Combat Expertise
8. Discipline
9. Dodge
10. Empower Healing Spell

11. Eschew Materials
12. Exotic Weapon Proficiency
13. Extend Spell
14. Great Cleave
15. Great Fortitude
16. Greater Two Handed Fighting
17. Greater Two Weapon Fighting
    
18. Greater Weapon Focus
19. Heavy Armor Proficiency
20. Improved Critical

21. Improved Feint
22. Improved Mental Toughness
23. Improved Precise Shot
24. Improved Shield Bash
25. Improved Shield Mastery
26. Improved Sunder
27. Improved Trip
28. Improved Two Hand Fighting
29. Improved Two Weapon Fighting
30. Iron Will
    

31. Lightning Reflexes
32. Luck of the Heroes
33. Many Shot
34. Medium Armor Proficiency
35. Mental Toughness
36. Mobile Spellcasting
37. Mobility
38. Negotiator
39. Nimble Fingers
40. Point Blank Shot
    

41. Power Attack
42. Precise Shot
43. Precision
44. Quick Draw
45. Quicken Spell
46. Rapid Reload
47. Rapid Shot
48. Resilience
49. Resist Poison
50. Sap
    

51. Self Sufficient
52. Shield Mastery
53. Shot on the Run
54. Skill Focus
55. Slicing Blow
56. Snake Blood
57. Spring Attack
58. Stealthy
59. Stunning Blow
60. Toughness
    

61. Tower Shield Proficiency
62. Two Handed Fighting
63. Two Weapon Blocking
64. Two Weapon Defense
65. Weapon Finesse
66. Weapon Focus
67. Weapon Specialization
68. Whirlwind Attack

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61. Tower Shield Proficiency
Official Text: “You are proficient with tower shields.”

Prerequisite: Shield Proficiency: General

Comments: Personally I’m not a big fan of Tower Shields.  I know that some people swear by them, and if you are one, maybe you can find a way to squeeze this one in.  I don’t think the Attack penalty is worth it.

Rating: 2

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62. Two Handed Fighting
Official Text: "Increases the chance of glancing blows when wielding a two-handed weapon."

Prerequisite: Strength 15

Comments: I say again, Rangers have better options that swinging "ginormous" axes around and generating massive aggro.

Rating: 1

63. Two Weapon Blocking
Official Text: "Increases the amount of damage you can block when defending with two weapons."

Prerequisite: Two Weapon Fighting

Comments: If you’re going to go dual wielding, this is one of the Feats you should consider, but Two Weapon Defense is far more useful.

Rating: 3

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64. Two Weapon Defense
Official Text: "Grants you a +1 bonus to your AC when you wield two weapons."

Prerequisite: Two Weapon Fighting

Comments: This is a great way to utilize a Rangers Two Weapon Fighting prowess without sacrificing as much AC.  Don’t go thinking you can Tank with two weapons once you have this though, you still want to watch your aggro so you don’t become a DPS Spell Point Sponge.

Rating: 5

65. Two Weapon Fighting
Official Text: “Reduces the penalty for fighting with two weapons.”
           
Prerequisite: Dexterity 15, Received at Ranger Level 2

Comments: You are going to get this one free for just two levels of Ranger, so taking it would be silly if that’s in your plan.

Rating: 1

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66. Weapon Finesse
Official Text: "You use your Dexterity bonus instead of Strength bonus to determine bonus to attack with one or more of the weapons below."

Prerequisite: Base Attack Bonus +1

Comments: If your Ranger has a much higher DEX than STR, this might be a good idea. Even if you still elect to use a Longsword or Battleaxe in your main hand, Finesse will apply to light offhand weapons.  Dual wielding Kukri’s with Weapon Finesse is a popular choice.

Weapons included in Weapon Finesse: Dagger, Handaxe, Kama, Kukri, Light Hammer, Light Mace, Light Pick, Rapier, Short Sword, and Sickle.

Rating: 4

67. Weapon Focus
Official Text: "Provides a +1 bonus to attack rolls when using [weapons of the specified type]."

Prerequisite: Base Attack Bonus +1

Comments: Most people would think to take this in Ranged Weapons, but if you have a high DEX, and a moderate STR, without Weapon Finesse, think about taking it to boost a weak melee attack bonus.  I am taking it in a melee type for my newest Ranger because he fires his bow with a +18 but only gets a +12 with his favorite axe.

Rating: 5

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68. Whirlwind Attack

Official Text: "Activate this ability to attack all enemies in a 360 degree arc around you."

Prerequisite: Base Attack Bonus +4, Combat Expertise, Spring Attack (Dodge, Mobility)

Comments: It just takes too many Feats to get here for a Ranger. That makes me sad.  I love this Feat.

Rating: 1