I'm a Ranger/Mage hybrid and just wanted to share what's been working for me lately. I seem to keep getting a lot of the same questions in-game about what people should do with regard to skills, attributes, etc. as a hybrid and wanted to get everything down to save my precious breath when I need it most.


Attributes are split between Agility/Int/End roughly 2/2/1 before and after equipment buffs.

For skill setup I use:

LMB:Poison Shot
RMB:Shadow Lightning
1:Gaseous Blast (Poison PBAE)
2:Acidic Blight (PBAE Enemy debuff)
3:Dark Wizardry (Shadow dmg buff)
4:Resistance flavor of the day
5:Trigger Frenzy (Attack speed buff)
6:Trigger Happy (Passive ranged attack speed buff)
7:Gym Freak (Passive HP increase)
8:Book Worm (Passive Mana increase)

Skills I have trained that aren't normally used are Noxious Shot(use instead of lightning when fighting pure shadow critters), Improved shadow lightning(in LMB when fighting all poison or boss farming), and all the other resists.

Because I am a hybrid and can't focus on everything at once effectively I've picked poison and shadow as my elements to focus on, not only because I like the spells themselves but also b/c they are by far the most common to find as damage bonuses on ranger gear that will also increase bow damge or anything else useful. Fire and Ice damage bonuses are usually paired together and can only be found on pure mage stuff near as I can tell.

Gameplay usually consists of mashing the LMB to get off the first shot, mash RMB to close the range a bit and get off a lightning shot, let off RMB for a sec whenever target isnt green,PBAE/Buff/Debuff when the opportunity arises, rinse, repeat.

As for weapons I go with anything faster than .6 speed as anything slower will interfere with my repeat spellcasting (you need to get off as many shots as possible before lightning resets and as far as I can tell .6 or better is the magic number to do that). Note that's WITH trigger happy loaded. So that rules out shotguns but bows and a few other guns are OK.

For other equipment, I go for a mix of ranger and mage gear, anything to bring up agi or int, bow,shadow,or poison damage and crit%/raw hp/mana score, in that order. I have no faith whatsoever in the melee/ranged reflection% stuff.
I also keep a fighter chest piece with massive bonuses to end and hp that I use only in boss farming groups.

I've never really found a use for turkey leg as when I'm getting swamped by mobs I'd much rather have my free hand sitting on the spacebar than looking for a damn turkey button.

Disclaimer:
As the title suggests,this is not supposed to be the be-all end-all definitive thread of how to be a ranger hybrid, just some stuff that I've observed that I'd like to share. I'm mid-level and still learning about half this crap myself. Alot of this stuff can also be found in other threads although not in tote. Not that anyone who actually needs this info will actually take 2 seconds out of gaming to read it when they can pester people in-game about it all night.


O yah and the #1 reason for Being a Ranger/Shadow Mage hybrid....... You get the title "Dark Assasin"