Enshrouded: Best Ranger Skills

Highlights

• Crafting and fighting against enemies from a supernatural realm in Enshrouded offers a unique gaming experience.
• Players can mix skills from different classes to create their ideal build, providing flexibility and customization.
• Important Ranger skills like Marksman, Silent Stride, and Skill Shot enhance gameplay by improving precision and damage.

Keen Games’ Enshrouded is a unique open-world fantasy-survival game in which players can craft and fight against a tirade of enemies from a supernatural realm known as The Shroud. The game features a number of RPG elements, too, including a very open skill tree and class system. Rather than choosing a particular restrictive class, players can select skills from a variety of different classes in order to create their ideal build.

The Ranger class is undoubtedly one of the most popular when it comes to the fantasy RPG genre, enabling players to deal out damage while evading attacks and often combining stealth and traps to creatively take down enemies. In Enshrouded, the Ranger class features some very important skills for players to unlock, including some unique abilities and bonuses for those using ranged weapons.

8 Marksman

Early-Game Skill To Boost Overall Bow Damage

• Cost To Unlock: 2 Skill Points

Starting out near the lower end of the Ranger’s skill tree, the Marksman skill will increase all damage with ranged weapons by 10%. While this might not seem like a lot, it is certainly better to have the skill than not, and combined with other skills, the overall percentage of bonus damage can accumulate to a higher number.

Considering that most Rangers are likely to have a ranged weapon as their primary weapon, it makes sense to give a little extra bonus damage to these weapons, though it is certainly still possible for players to play as a Ranger while using melee weapons, too.

7 Silent Stride

Improves Movement While Sneaking, Allowing For More Effective Stealth Attacks

• Cost To Unlock: 3 Skill Points

One of the main advantages of playing as a Ranger or other class centered around ranged weaponry is the ability to utilize stealth in a way that is not always possible with melee weapons. The Silent Stride skill will increase movement speed while sneaking, which can make clearing certain areas much easier.

In addition to being able to take down enemies a lot faster with this movement speed bonus, players will also be able to navigate their way through dungeons and enemy encampments with a lot more ease, making use of their ranged weaponry all the while.

6 Eagle Eye

Helpful Skill For Bow Players That Provides Increased Range And Accuracy

• Cost To Unlock: 3 Skill Points

When using a bow, players can aim before taking a shot in order to increase accuracy and precision when aiming for vulnerable target areas. The Eagle Eye skill will increase the zoom of this aim, allowing players to pick their shots at a greater distance.

For any players using bows as their primary weapon, even for those specializing in the Survivor or Assassin classes, this skill should be picked up, as it will greatly increase the ease of using bows. At a cost of 3 skill points, it isn’t exactly a cheap skill, but it is well worth investing in when passing through the Ranger skill tree.

5 Skill Shot

Powerful Skill That Increases Headshot Damage

• Cost To Unlock: 3 Skill Points

Another skill that focuses on precision is Skill Shot, and players will greatly benefit from combining this with the Eagle Eye ability. Skill Shot simply increases the damage of all ranged headshots by 20%, essentially giving them critical hit damage but without the abilities that critical hits may trigger.

This gives players an extra incentive to be accurate with their shots beyond simply losing arrows. This skill will be most effective when facing other ranged enemies, as they are likely to be less mobile and easier to target with precision headshots.

4 Eagle’s Bane

Good Mid-Level Skill To Unlock That Bonus Damage Against Flying Enemies

• Cost To Unlock: 3 Skill Points

Flying enemies can be a real issue in Enshrouded, particularly for players who don’t use ranged weapons. Therefore, it is often the Ranger’s job to deal with such threats, particularly when playing in co-op with other players.

The Eagle’s Bane skill will increase all damage to flying enemies by 30%, which is a dramatic increase for any weapon. While the skill is limited to only certain enemy types, it can make them much easier to deal with, particularly when using a bow.

3 Ranger

Provides A Range Of Bonuses To Important Ranger Attributes

• Cost To Unlock: 5 Skill Points

As one of the most expensive skills in the game, it should not be a surprise that Ranger is quite a high-level skill to unlock. Rather than providing players with particular unique abilities or bonuses, this skill will increase several of the player’s overall attributes, which in turn will increase the effectiveness of several other skills.

In addition to adding +2 Endurance and +2 Dexterity, both of which will be greatly advantageous to players in this class, the skill also provides +5% Stamina Recharge and +5% Critical Hit Damage. For this reason, it is one of the strongest overall skills in the game, particularly for Ranger, Survivor, or Assassin players.

2 Bee Sting

Adds A New Dimension Of Combat For Ranged Players

• Cost To Unlock: 3 Skill Points

Bee Sting is a unique skill that enables players to draw their bow and fire while gliding. This can be extremely helpful for attacking enemies from unique angles where they otherwise might be protected. While it can be quite difficult to aim when too close to the target, it is a useful strategic option in many cases.

In order to activate the ability, players can simply use the ordinary aim mechanic while using a glider. It will also work with the previous bow-based abilities such as Eagle Eye and Skill Shot and enables players to combat flying enemies on an even footing.

1 Multi-Shot

A Powerful Bow Skill That Hits Multiple Enemies At Once

• Cost To Unlock: 3 Skill Points

Multi-Shot is one of the highest-tier skills in the Ranger skill tree, and that’s for good reason. Once equipped, players will have a 20% chance of firing a volley of arrows with their bow, rather than just a single one, which will spread out slightly when fired.

In addition to making combat easier when faced with multiple, close-ranged enemies, it can also be a very helpful triple damage bonus when facing some of the more durable enemies in the game. Combined with a powerful bow, this ability can be devastating and has the potential to elevate the Ranger to one of the strongest classes in the game.