0.3 Huntress/Ranger Leaguestart Campaign Guide

Updated Gems for Levelling, Tree is 90% the same, but we can pick up The Spring Hare on our way to Lightning Rod. Once in Maps pick up Deflect Nodes and Companion Damage Nodes

Ranger Levelling PoB

Huntress Levelling PoB

What Classes can use this?

This Ranger Leveling Guide uses all the Tricks from Speedrunners to minimize Campaign Time while optimizing for Damage.

While it is intended to go Deadeye or Amazon, you can also do this for Pathfinder or Ritualist, by respecing to the other Ascendancy in the Endgame.

Lategame Viability

The Passive Tree in the Passive Tree view is for Level 60, but the PoB contains Passive Tree Variants up to Level 94. The Build with either Variant should work to get you up to T15 Maps. During the Progression, it is recommended to swap into any viable Endgame Build.

For Example, my Spiral Volley Amazon.

Regex for Town Vendor

"COL|LIGHT|FIRE|MOV|TO ATTCK SP| IRIT"

Important Patch Note Changes

• Lightning Rod Quality got buffed, now granting a Chance for a second Explode on Impact, improving our Bossing Damage noticeably.
• Electrocuting Arrow might be a good Replacement for Stormcaller Arrow
• • We need to see the new Attack Damage Multiplier
• Freezing Salvo + Escape Shot + Cold Tipped Arrows + Lightning Rod might be insane, Single Target Damage
• • We need to see the new Attack Damage Multiplier
• We do not know Tree and Support Gem Changes yet.
• • Martial Tempo renamed and changed to Increase from More
• Amazon Critical Strike nerfed from 25% to 15%
• • We need slightly more Accuracy Rating to get Crit Capped
• Deadeye Called Shots and Eagle Eyes changed/buffed
• • We need to see how they feel to determine how good they are.
  • We need to see Mark Meta Gem Numbers and Range

Clear

Stormcaller Arrow will be our primary Clear Skill, if linked to Scattershot or using a Dualstring Bow all Explosions can Shotgun the same Pack, resulting in most Packs dying to 1-2 Attacks with Stormcaller Arrow.

On Big Packs or when swarmed by Enemies, we can also use Freezing Salvo.

Bossing

Pre Lightning Rod

Stormcaller Arrow has enough Single Target Damage to get us to the Point where Lightning Rod starts to nuke Bosses.

• Place Frost Bomb to apply Exposure
• • assumed to fall off around mid-Act 2
• Activate Barrage
• Fire Stormcaller Arrow

Use Freezing Salvo whenever 12 Charges have been generated.

With Lightning Rod

• Place Frost Bomb to apply Exposure
• • assumed to fall off around mid-Act 2(Pre)fire Lightning Rod
• place Tornado Shot
• • available once reaching Level 41
• Activate Barrage
• Fire Lightning Arrow to trigger the Lightning Rods
• Repeat above till Boss is Dead

Use Freezing Salvo whenever 12 Charges have been generated.

Mobility

With Instant Weapon Swap, we can chain Escape Shot and Disengage with Dodge Rolls and Sprint interweaved.

This requires a Spear in our off-hand

In very enemy crowded zones, we use Stormcaller Arrow into Dodge Roll. Only start the Dodge Roll when the Arrow is fired. Otherwise, you animation cancel your Stormcaller Arrow.

Stormcaller Arrow

Stormcaller Arrow has 2 Steps. First the Projectile, then a secondary Explosion after 1.5 Seconds. The Explosion deals the main Portion of the Damage due to having a fairly high %Attack Damage Modifier. With Scattershot this can clear an entire Pack in one Attack with the Explosions overlapping.

The Stormcaller Arrow Projectile does not disappear when reaching the maximum travel distance. It will land on a Wall or the Ground, if it hasn't hit any enemies, and still explode after 1.5 Seconds, dealing AoE Damage to any Enemies near it.

Lightning Arrow and Lightning Rod

Lightning Arrow and Lightning Rod are created to work specifically together. While Lightning Arrow works well on its own for clear. Its true potential is the single-target interaction with Lightning Rod.

Each placed Lightning Rod can be retriggered 8 times.

Lightning Arrow fires up to 4 Beams which each can chain 2 Times every time it hits an enemy. Those Arrows can hit Enemies, but also theLightning Rods. So whenever a Boss is hit by an Lightning Arrow while standing on top of Lightning Rods. Each Lightning Rod hit by one of the Beams gets retriggered and applies its Damage again.

Tornado Shot

Tornado Shot has an interesting Interaction with Lightning Arrow and Lightning Rod. If a normal Lightning Arrow hits an Enemy, we can only trigger a portion of the Lightning Rod based on the amount of Beams and Chains from our Beams.

However, if we fire 2+ Lightning Arrows, one can hit the Boss and another can hit the Tornado Shot, of which it then chains off the Beams and causes Lightning Rods to trigger AND one of the projectiles splits off the Tornado Shot can hit the Boss again, causing another Hit and Beams.

This Results in a lot faster trigger of all Lightning Rods and additional hits from Lightning Arrow.

Critical Strikes and Penetrate

Critical Strike allows us to overcap on Accuracy Rating and gain a Portion of the Excess as Base Crit Chance. This is added to the Base Crit of our Weapon, and then all % increases are calculated from that.

Penetrate gives us a set Flat Physical Damage based on our Weapons' Accuracy Rating from Affixes.

If a Bow has 400 Accuracy Rating, we would gain 100 Flat Physical Damage.

So a Dualstring Bow with only 400 Accuracy Rating is equally good as a 150 PDPS Dualstring Bow.

24.08.2025 | Initial Writeup for 0.3

27.08.2025 | Fully Updated PoB Gem Setup and Tree Setup to include best Pathing & Fixed Notes

31.08.2025 | Adjusted Ranger for 0.3 Gems and Tree