PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (2024)

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This channel will go over general damage output lessons, ability prioritisation, crafting a rotation, a learning path, common mistakes, and tips and tricks.

For general PvM terminology, DPS tips, and revolution bars, check out their respective sections in #General DPM FAQ

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⬥ Generally, high damaging abilities should be prioritised and used more often than low damaging abilities.

⬥ To compare abilities, use RS Analysis' Ranged Page, and add your gear.

Note: This does not give an ability rotation, only a damage comparison chart. It does not consider Ability Cooldowns, Adrenaline, or any specific PvM encounter.

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Bows are the current recommended weapons of choice due to having access to arrows that provide better effects than crossbow bolts and most best-in-slot ranged gear having effects designed for bows.

Certain types of arrows like Wen PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (2), Ful PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (3), and Deathspores PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (4) provide better damage and utility than what bolts such as Ruby Bakriminels PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (5) have to offer.

One point of concern for Ranged PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (6) is adrenaline - Hydrix Bakriminel bolts PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (7) provide incredible adrenaline gain, and Ranged PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (8) is a style that heavily benefits from excess adrenaline. However, the effect of Incendiary Shot PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (9) used in tandem with other critical hit buffs such as Erethdor's Grimoire PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (10), Elite Dracolich Armour PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (11), and Deathspore arrows PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (12) can easily provide this adrenaline while bow camping.

See at the bottom of this guide for recommended gearing upgrade order, Essence of Finality setups, and more.

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⬥ Similar to other styles, a typical Ranged rotation uses the strongest basics available to build adrenaline, and spends it on the strongest available thresholds, ultimates, or special attacks.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• To achieve this, we must think about the following key considerations:

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⬩ Ability Cooldowns

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⬩ Adrenaline

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⬩ Ammo effects PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (14) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (15)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⬩ Boss HP and phases

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• If these considerations are well accounted for, you will be able to improvise rotations effectively.

*Note 1: This section does not go over the use of Bow of the Last Guardian PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (16) or Elite Dracolich Armour PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (17)

Note 2: Replace any mentions of Greater Dazing Shot PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (18) with Dazing Shot PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (19) or Needle Strike PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (20) if not owned or camping dual-wield.

See section further down for info on ranged rotations with best-in-slot gear.*

Basic Pattern

⬥ Greater Dazing Shot PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (21) should form the foundation of your rotation early on.

The basic pattern uses PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (22) often, in 'blocks' of 3 abilities:

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• [PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (23) → Ability → Ability ] → Repeat

Prioritise Greater Ricochet PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (24) as often as possible if it is owned, and use the earlier pattern in-between.

⬥ When building adrenaline, fill the empty slots with strong basics like the following, prioritising those that can crit:

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Greater Ricochet PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (25)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Snipe PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (26)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Binding Shot (Flanking) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (27)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Piercing Shot PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (28)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Corruption Shot PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (29)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Frag Shot (Walked) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (30)

Note: PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (31) and PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (32) cannot crit but are still strong abilities.

⬥ Once your rotation gets going, you can start using abilities like thresholds or better to fill in the blanks.

Death's Swiftness

Note: It is assumed that either the Planted Feet perk PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (33) or Greater Death's Swiftness unlock has been obtained PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (34) for the purposes of this guide.

⬥ Death's Swiftness PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (35) lasts 38.4 seconds, but only has a 60 second cooldown. We want to prioritise building to 100% adrenaline and using it often, as it boosts damage by 50%.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• The exception to this is when the fight would end too quickly, or mechanics occur, and you can't benefit from the full duration.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Ideally, enter boss fights with 100% adrenaline so you can activate it immediately at the start.

⬥ Both in and out of Death's Swiftness PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (36), you will want to prioritise your strong thresholds, special attacks, and modified ultimates.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Snapshot PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (37)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Rapid Fire PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (38)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Shadow Tendrils PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (39)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Tight Bindings (Flanking) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (40)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Igneous Deadshot PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (41)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Dark Bow (EoF) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (42) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (43)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• SGB PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (44) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (45)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• BoLG PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (46) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (47)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• etc.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⬩ While under the effect of a crit buff PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (48) the use of basic abilities during PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (49) to build adrenaline can be greatly reduced.

While waiting for PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (50) cooldown, you can use a few more thresholds, set up Deathspore arrows PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (51), etc.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• You do not want to needlessly camp 100% adrenaline, and can start building when PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (52) is nearly ready to use again.

Tips

⬥ Any basic ability with damage lower than PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (53) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (54) is considered a weak ability and should be avoided when possible. Sometimes you may be forced to use them. Don't sweat it too much.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Sacrifice PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (55)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Ricochet (non-greater) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (56)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Tuska's Wrath PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (57)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Binding Shot (no Flank) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (58)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Frag Shot (no Walking) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (59)

⬥ Keep in mind that Snipe PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (60) and Rapid Fire PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (61) are channelled abilities and should be cancelled with the next ability after 4 ticks and 8 ticks respectively, or during the last segment of their channel bars.

⬥ The damage buff gained through PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (62) is wasted if the follow-up ability is a damage-over-time ability PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (63) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (64) but sometimes it may be unavoidable.

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This section will cover usage of strong abilities (thresholds or better) within your Death's Swiftness PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (66) under different scenarios.

The following unlocks are assumed:

⬥ Ring of Vigour PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (67) or its passive effect after Extinction quest.

⬥ Greater Ricochet PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (68) unlocked.

⬥ Essence of Finality PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (69) with an adrenaline dump spec such as PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (70) or PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (71)

Keep in mind the following:

⬥ These are only suggestions to work from, and will not necessarily be applicable at all bosses or situations.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• For boss-specific rotations, see their respective guides.

⬥ Conservation of Energy is recommended PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (72) for a strong, all-purpose relic, or Heightened Senses PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (73) as a good alternative for Ranged PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (74) if planning for crit buffs PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (75) and Dark Bow EoF PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (76) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (77)

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⬥ 2x SGB PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (131) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (132)

⬥ 2x Rapid Fire PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (133)

⬥ 2x Snapshot PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (134)

⬥ 1x Shadow Tendrils PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (135)

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⬥ 2x ECB PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (163)

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⬥ 2x Rapid Fire PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (166)

It should be noted that all of the above rotations have stretches of filler globals, such as PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (167), PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (168), PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (169), or PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (170), intended to build adrenaline and fill the space between stronger cooldowns. With a crit buff PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (171), such as Incendiary Shot PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (172), many of these globals can potentially be replaced by stronger adrenaline dumps such as PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (173) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (174) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (175) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (176), while leaving much of the adrenaline-building to PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (177) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (178) and the crit buff PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (179)

See for examples of such rotations.

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Ranged weapons can use multiple types of ammo - bows consume arrows, and crossbows use bolts. While the choice of weapon (bow vs. crossbow) can be affected by the gear available, your DPS can significantly improve if proper ammo is used. In general, a bow will be preferred over a similarly tiered crossbow setup due to its ammo options.

For a full list of what ammo to use at what bosses, use the !ammo ‎command.

Elder god arrows are T95 ammunition made by charging dinarrows with resonant anima from GWD3, providing a variety of useful effects.

All Elder God arrows have a 33% of being consumed per ability (even if the ability does not benefit from them, e.g. Ful arrows PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (181) on PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (182)).

Ful arrows PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (183)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• All non-bleed abilities deal 15% more damage but have -10% hit chance.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• The most simple arrow to use when camped, providing consistent damage bonuses with minor hit chance issues.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⬩ Hit chance issues are usually solved using an aura PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (184), defence debuffs like black stone arrows PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (185), or affinity debuffs like PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (186) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (187)

Wen arrows PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (188)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Basic abilities add a stack of Icy Chill PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (189) per hit (capping at 15 stacks) that can be consumed by the next threshold or ultimate used to provide Icy Precision PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (190)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Icy Precision PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (191) gives +3% damage and accuracy per stack for all threshold, ultimate, and special attack abilities, with the effect lasting 0.6s per consumed stack (Up to +45% damage for 9 seconds).

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Stacks vanish after 30 seconds if not re-applied.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• The strongest damage boosting arrow when used properly, but requires time to stack and planning within your rotation to use properly.

Jas arrows PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (192)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Provides +30% damage and +20% hit chance against dragons.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Best-in-slot ammunition for susceptible content such as Queen Black Dragon, ED2 dragons + bosses, etc.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Jas arrows come in two variants - dragonbane and demonbane, that apply to the monsters implied by their names.

Bik arrows PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (193)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• All abilities add a stack of Evolving Toxin, increasing poison damage PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (194) taken by 2% per stack, capping at 200 stacks (400% increased damage).

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Stacks vanish after 30 seconds if not re-applied.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Very strong in sustained, poisonable encounters.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⬩ Examples include Solak, high enrage Arch-Glacor, Kerapac, etc.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• See further below for optimizations involving Bik arrows.

Deathspore Arrows PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (195)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• T95 arrows that have the following effects:

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⬩ +3% critical hit chance.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⬩ Critical hits give 1 stack of Feasting Spores.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⬩ At 5 stacks, the next ranged ability that would cost adrenaline is free (9s window to use it). You must still have the required adrenaline to use the ability.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⬩ This effect has a cooldown of 100t/60s, but each critical hit lowers it by 3t/1.8s.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• They can be used to guarantee a free ultimate, and is commonly used to set up Incendiary Shot PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (196) or Death's Swiftness PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (197) and maintain full adrenaline to make use of their respective buffs.

Black stone arrows PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (198)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• T92 arrows with a passive effect where each ability used with PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (199) lowers the target's defence by 0.75% (up to 22 armour), capping at 15% (454 armour).

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⬩ Arrows are not consumed past max stacks.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⬩ Abilities that hit multiple times (like Greater Ricochet PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (200) will apply one stack per hitsplat).

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• This is an easy way for rangers PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (201) to increase hitchance at encounters like Nex, Vorago (P5/10/11), Telos, etc.

Ruby Bakriminel bolts PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (202)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Has a 5% chance to trigger its effect, dealing an extra 25-125% additional ability damage hit to the enemy at the expense of some lifepoints.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• The effect weakens as the target drops to lower health.

Onyx Bakriminel bolts PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (203)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Has a 10% chance to increase damage dealt by 25% and heal 25% of damage dealt in a hit.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Can give a reasonable amount of sustain in encounters, lowering the requirement for food.

Hydrix Bakriminel bolts PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (204)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Has a 10% chance of granting 10% adrenaline instantly and refreshing a buff that makes basics give +1% adrenaline for 15 seconds.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• This makes them incredibly good for building adrenaline.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Often used as a bolt switch when camping dual-wield.

Note: The proc chance on bakriminel bolts increases with Ranged cape perk PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (205) and Elite Seers Village achievements completed.

PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (206)

Pernix's Quiver is an ammo slot unlock that allows two different ammo types to be stored, saving an inventory slot and giving access to multiple keybinds that can make ammo swapping easier.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Unlocks Quiver ammo slot 1 and Quiver ammo slot 2 abilities in the ranged spellbook, allowing swapping to the ammo in the respective slot.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Acts as Cycle Ammo ability when the quiver itself is dragged onto the ability bar, allowing swapping to the ammo that is not currently active.

PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (207) ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Having multiple dyed quivers is possible PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (208) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (209) and the active ammo will be remembered for each quiver individually.

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Certain Ranged abilities are worth noting in particular, due to their behaviour and how they can be used. Here, we cover some of these abilities.

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Note: Use !grico ‎for a summary on how it works.

⬥ Greater Ricochet PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (211) is an upgraded version of regular Ricochet PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (212) that hits the target, as well 2 additional targets within a 6 tile radius. Any hits not dealt to an additional target are instead dealt to the primary target at reduced effect.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• With Caroming 4 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (213), the number of additional hits on the main target from PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (214) can be increased up to 6, for a total of 7 hits on the primary target.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• On a single target, the initial hit deals 65-75% damage, followed by two hits of 30-40%, and any extra hits from PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (215) deal 10-15% damage each.

Greater Ricochet Damage Comparison

⬥ To see how PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (216) compares at different ranks of Caroming PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (217), click here.

This is the strongest ranged basic ability available.

It synergises well with multiple other ranged tools:

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Can build stacks faster when using arrows PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (218) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (219) etc.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Provides many chances to critically strike when under a crit buff PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (220)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Creates far more hitsplats when using weapon poison (and cinderbanes) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (221) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (222) due to increased hits per minute.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Can proc Perfect Equilibrium PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (223) twice in one cast, providing even more hitsplats.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Can greatly increase the chance of ammo procs PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (224) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (225) etc.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Deals great damage under ECB spec PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (226) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (227) due to how Soul Split PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (228) healing works.

PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (229)

⬥ Greater Dazing Shot PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (230) deals the same damage as Dazing Shot PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (231) but also applies a Puncture stack.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Puncture deals bleed damage every 1.8s for 9s (4 times), with damage increasing per stack (caps at 10 stacks).

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Using PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (232) or PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (233) refreshes this duration.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Splintering arrows PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (234) can be used to maintain stacks and increase the cap from 10 to 13 stacks.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• The extra hits from Puncture can trigger poison PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (235) and so synergises well with poison-stacking methods.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• It can also help phase bosses, saving time by not having to use an extra ability, a prominent example of this is Nex.

Salt the Wound PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (236) deals damage based on the number of Puncture stacks.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• The damage caps at 220-295% damage at 10 stacks, or 240-325% at 13 stacks with Splintering arrows.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Can be strong early on, but its usefulness begins to drop once you get access to more weapons' special attacks and abilities (PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (237) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (238) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (239) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (240) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (241) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (242)). It is not often used in end-game PvM scenarios.

PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (243)

⬥ Shadow Tendrils PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (244) is a threshold that deals a large amount of damage to the target in exchange for dealing some damage to yourself.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Deals a total of 100-135% ability damage to the player → results in 200-270% ability damage on target.

The attack is guaranteed to crit, dealing extremely strong consistent damage

⬥ The high ability damage pairs very well with the Bow of the Last Guardian PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (245) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (246) if lined up on a proc PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (247)

⬥ The guaranteed crit can be used to get adrenaline if used after PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (248) or PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (249) or any other critical hit adrenaline buff.

⬥ The self-damage is not too significant, as it can be healed back with Soul Split PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (250) very quickly.

PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (251)

⬥ Incendiary Shot PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (252) fires an arrow that explodes after 3 seconds, dealing 270-330% weapon damage to all targets in a 3x3 area, also granting a critical hit buff PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (253) - all critical hits for 30s afterwards will give +8% adrenaline.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• If the main target dies before PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (254) triggers, the effect will be lost.

It can be used to setup pre-fight to execute stronger rotations.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• e.g. Use War's Retreat adrenaline crystals and Invention combat dummies to PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (255) before the start of a fight like Raksha or Kerapac to have plenty of adrenaline in your opening ultimate rotation PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (256)

It can be set up mid-fight using Deathspore arrows PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (257), allowing for high uptime on the buff PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (258) without having to spend adrenaline to use it.

⬥ Deals a massive amount of damage on a single hit, making it a highly effective Perfect Equilibrium proc PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (259)

⬥ Greater Death's Swiftness PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (261) is an upgraded version of regular Death's Swiftness PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (262) that increases the duration from 52t/31.2s to 65t/39s, and retains the damage-over-time effect.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• This effect may be replicated using the Planted Feet perk PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (263) However, this loses the damage-over-time component and requires an extra inventory space.

⬥ The damage-over-time component can deal a moderate amount of damage, but it can also trigger other on-hit effects such as weapon poison PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (264) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (265) making it stronger than it appears.

PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (266) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (267)

Note: See !sgb ‎command for a list of boss sizes. For a full breakdown on how SGB special attack calculations work, and boss sizes, also see #mechanics

The Seren Godbow PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (268) is primarily used for its strong special attack, which hits up to 5 times for large damage.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Synergises well with PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (269) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (270)

⬥ The damage calculation for how PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (271) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (272) works can be summarised into the following scenarios:

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Camping ranged: use it on 3x3 or bigger targets.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Off-style switch: use it on 5x5 or bigger targets.

⬥ Scales extremely well with target size, making it highly effective at bosses such as Zamorak PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (273) and Arch Glacor PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (274)

On 5x5 or bigger targets, prioritise getting 2x PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (275) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (276) under PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (277) where possible.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• On 3x3 targets, it may be beneficial to only use it once and adjust rotation accordingly.

PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (278) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (279)

Note: For a full breakdown on Soul Split PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (280) healing works, see #mechanics

The Eldritch Crossbow PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (281) is primarily used for its strong special attack, which causes all Soul Split healing PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (282) to instead damage the target for 4 times the amount it would have healed for 15 seconds.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• During this period, PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (283) will not heal.

⬥ The effect is tied to your main hand weapon - if you change weapons, the effect is lost.

⬥ An Amulet of Souls PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (284) or EoF PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (285) will boost the damage from Split Soul.

PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (286) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (287) adds a significant amount of 'free' damage that scales well with strong ability rotations.

Prioritise abilities that hit for many (smaller) hits in PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (288) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (289):

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Rapid Fire PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (290)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Greater Ricochet PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (291) (can fit twice within 15s).

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• SGB special attack PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (292) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (293)

⬥ The Bow of the Last Guardian PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (294) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (295) benefits from PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (296) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (297) as PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (298) adds a lot of frequent extra hits.

> PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (299)

Bik Arrows PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (300)are extremely strong against poisonable targets with large HP pools (Solo Kerapac PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (301) Solak PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (302) 1-4k Arch-Glacor PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (303)). At 200 stacks of Evolving Toxin PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (304) (400%), poison hit splats can output massive damage. This section covers tips and strategies to maximise the potential poison damage when using Bik Arrows PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (305)

Preset and Synergy Considerations

⬥ Cinderbane Gloves PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (306), Weapon Poison (+++) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (307), and Kwuarm Incense Sticks PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (308) should all be used as standard poison damage buffs

⬥ Blood Reaver PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (309) synergises with Soul Split PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (310) and Vampyrism Aura PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (311) by adding an additional hit for every instance of healing, providing many chances to proc poison PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (312)

⬥ Scripture of Amascut PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (313) hits can proc poison and is considered the best pocket slot item for poison builds

⬥ Hitsplats of Split Soul PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (314), the Eldritch Crossbow special attack PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (315) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (316), can also proc poison

⬥ Wyvern Crossbow PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (317) with Emerald Bakriminel bolts PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (318) performs very well when the target has 200 Evolving Toxin PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (319) stacks and is a decent budget option before BoLG PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (320) is obtained

Ability Prioritisation

At the start of a fight the priority is to apply Bik Arrows PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (321) as often as possible to build to 200 stacks (400%) quickly.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (322) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (323) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (324) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (325) are all multi-hit abilities that will apply stacks rapidly.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Damage-over-time PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (326) abilities only apply 1 stack of Evolving Toxin and should not be prioritised.

Around 100 Evolving Toxin PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (327) stacks (200%), DoT abilities move up in priority for their ability to generate hitsplats to proc PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (328)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (329) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (330) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (331) are DoT abilities that can proc poison repeatedly.

At maximum (200) Evolving Toxin PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (332) stacks (400%) switch to an alternative ammo, only switching back to PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (333) to upkeep stacks.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• You must land an ability with Bik Arrows PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (334) at least once every 30 seconds to upkeep stacks.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• If continuing to camp a bow PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (335), PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (336) are generally used after max PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (337) stacks.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• If utilising the Wyvern Crossbow PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (338), switch to Emerald Bakriminel Bolts PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (339)

> PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (340) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (341) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (342)

This section is focused on best-in-slot rotations that make full use of all the tools that ranged PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (343) has to offer. Players looking to optimise around Bow of the Last Guardian PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (344), Elite Dracolich Armour PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (345), and Wen arrows PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (346) in multi-ammo setups should navigate through this section.

⬥ The example rotations in this section also assume an active crit buff PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (347)

⬥ For boss-specific rotations, see their respective guides.

Bow of the Last Guardian PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (348)

Optimising Perfect Equilibrium PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (349) procs can result in some of the largest possible DPS increases for ranged PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (350). To understand how to plan around this effect, it's important to keep in mind ranged ability hit-counts:

Ordered in highest-to-lowest priority for lining up with a PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (351) proc:

Generates 1 stack: PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (352) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (353) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (354) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (355) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (356) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (357) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (358) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (359)

Generates 2 stacks: PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (360) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (361) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (362) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (363) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (364) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (365)

Generates 7 (3) stacks: PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (366)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• It may be more helpful to think of PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (367) as:

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⬩ generating -1 stacks (first 4 hits proc PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (368) with 3 leftover)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⬩ generating 3 stacks (first 4 hits proc PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (369) with 3 leftover)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⬩ Note: If outside of PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (370) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (371) thinking of it as 3 will not work**

Generates 8 (0) stacks: PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (372)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Will put you back at the number of stacks you had before.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⬩ This is useful for keeping track of stacks post-rapid for PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (373) rotations.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⬩ Before PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (374) is obtained, can optionally be cancelled early to adjust stacks as desired.

It can be useful to think of your rotation as blocks of abilities resulting in each PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (375) proc, building up to 2-3 stacks with lower-damaging abilities such as PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (376) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (377) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (378) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (379) and finishing off with a high damaging ability that also resets stack count.

Example PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (380) blocks, starting from 0 stacks:

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (381) (2) → PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (382) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (383) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (384) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (385) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (386) (4)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (387) (3) → PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (388) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (389) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (390) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (391) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (392) (4)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (393) (2) → PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (394) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (395) (3) → PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (396) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (397) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (398) (4)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (399) (2) → PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (400) (3)→ PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (401) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (402) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (403) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (404) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (405) (4)

This is a simple method of thinking about PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (406) at first that may be easy to improvise around, but keep in mind it's not always ideal to aim for exactly 4 hits at a time. We may want to incorporate ability sequences such as PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (407)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (408) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (409) that leave us at 1 stack for the next block, but continuing to keep hit-counts in mind will allow us to continue proccing PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (410) on strong hitting abilities

⬥ Example: PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (411) (3) → PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (412) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (413) (1) → PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (414) (3) → PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (415) (3) → PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (416) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (417) (4) → PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (418) (2) → PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (419) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (420) (4) → PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (421) (3) → PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (422) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (423) (1)

Tips

⬥ When PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (424) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (425) is first used, any number of stacks between 3-7 is adequate to proc the passive effect and be reset to 0 stacks.

PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (426) generates 1 stack on the tick it explodes, meaning you have one global to adjust or stall stacks to line it up with a proc.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Examples:

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⬩ (Starting from 1 stack) ‎ ‎PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (427)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (428)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (429) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (430) explodes

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⬩ (Starting from 2 stacks) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (431)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (432) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (433)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (434) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (435) explodes

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⬩ (Starting from 3 stacks) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (436)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (437)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (438) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (439) explodes.

Any rotation examples from here on will also account for PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (440) stacks and so it is encouraged to pay attention to the hit-count of abilities on top of the relevant info from upcoming sections.

Elite Dracolich Armour PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (441)

Elite Dracolich provides ranged PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (442) with a burst window to deal massive damage and generate adrenaline refunds with crit buffs PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (443) after full channelling PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (444). With a well-planned rotation, this makes dealing damage to clear certain boss phases, such as at Zamorak PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (445), and generating Deathspore stacks PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (446) to highly reliably set up a free ultimate ability.

With the full 5-set equipped, there will be a 4-global window after PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (447) to make use of the buff, decreasing down to 2 globals with 3 pieces equipped.

⬥ A common use of this window is using 3 high damage adrenaline spenders PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (448) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (449) alongside PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (450) with an active crit buff PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (451) to regain the adrenaline to continue your rotation.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• This PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (452) has a very high chance of generating all 5 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (453) stacks needed to use a free ultimate ability, typically PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (454) if it isn't already active.

⬥ Prioritise using abilities such as PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (455) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (456) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (457) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (458) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (459) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (460) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (461) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (462) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (463) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (464) during PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (465) buff.

⬥ It's generally expected to use 2x Rapid Fire PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (466) per Death's Swiftness PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (467) if boss mechanics and phasing allows it.

Example PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (468) windows:

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (469)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (470)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (471) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (472)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (473)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (474) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (475)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (476)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (477)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (478)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (479) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (480)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (481)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (482) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (483)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (484)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (485) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (486)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (487) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (488)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (489) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (490)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (491)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (492)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (493)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (494) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (495)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (496) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (497)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (498)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (499) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (500)

Wen Arrows PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (501)

Proper utilisation of the Icy Precision PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (502) buff from Wen arrows PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (503) is key to maximising the damage output of the style PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (504). This section will go over how to smoothly build and spend Wen stacks PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (505) within a rotation.

Starting from 0 stacks:

⬥ The most common way of building up Wen stacks PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (506) is by using 2x PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (507) with a basic such as PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (508) or PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (509) in between the cooldown.

⬥ Wen stacks PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (510) can be prevented from being consumed earlier than intended by swapping to a different ammo, such as PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (511) or PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (512), allowing us to continue using adrenaline spenders to fill the space.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Example: PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (513) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (514) (7) → PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (515) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (516) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (517)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (518)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (519)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (520) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (521) (8) → PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (522) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (523)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (524) (15)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⬩ PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (525) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (526) and PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (527) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (528) do not consume stacks.

The resulting buff PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (529) lasts for 6 globals (15 ticks) upon consumption of max stacks. However, it's generally unfeasible to find the adrenaline for 6 back-to-back adrenaline spenders, so a PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (530) during the buff may be necessary.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Example: PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (531) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (532) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (533)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (534)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (535) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (536)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (537)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (538)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (539) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (540)

With Elite Dracolich Armour PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (541) the Wen stacks PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (542) can be consumed by PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (543), which will allow us to fully utilise the duration of the buff PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (544) since it will increase the damage of PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (545) as well.

This will cause the buff PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (546) to last for 3 globals after PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (547) ends.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• This combos well with the PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (548) window of 3 high-damage adrenaline spenders followed by PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (549)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Example: PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (550) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (551)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (552) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (553)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (554)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (555) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (556) (PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (557) ends) → PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (558)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⬩ This then gives us another 7 Wen stacks PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (559) to start building towards the next PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (560)

⬥ It may still be situationally useful to not consume stacks with PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (561), in which case a swap to another ammo type during PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (562) is required.

Wenspore PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (563) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (564)

⬥ We may run into situations where we want to receive the effect of a certain ammo, such as PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (565), and build PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (566) stacks on the same PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (567)

⬥ By starting on PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (568) and inputting PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (569) + PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (570) in that order on the same tick, we can build 7 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (571) stacks and roll for chances at PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (572) stacks on hits 2-7 of PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (573) and any ensuing PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (574) procs.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• This works because any hits past the first on multi-hit abilities such as PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (575) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (576) calculates their crit chance later than the initial cast

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• This can also be used to fish for the cooldown-reducing effect on PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (577)

⬥ Example: PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (578) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (579)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (580)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (581) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (582)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (583) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (584) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (585)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (586) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (587)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (588) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (589)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (590)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (591) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (592)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (593) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (594)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (595) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (596)PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (597)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• This rotation is able to use the second PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (598) with 15 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (599) and proc PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (600) on PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (601) in the same time frame

*Note: See !override ‎for a summary.

tl;dr - use Dart overrides for DW, blowpipe override for 2H.*

How It Works

⬥ Weapon overrides work by using a different weapon animation than the default one for your equipped weapon.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• This can be done by keepsaking a different weapon type, or by using certain cosmetic overrides.

Certain weapon overrides for Ranged can cause some abilities to hit 1 tick faster, depending on 3 factors:

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• The distance between you and your target's NPC coordinate (also called 'true centre'). For targets ≥ 3x3 in size, this is their SW tile.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• What weapon type you use to override.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• What abilities are affected by that override.

⬥ This is not a general DPS increase, but can be used to get in an extra hit where otherwise not possible, due to mechanics.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• It can make Soul Split PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (602) flicking easier to time.

List of Overrides

Note 1: The convention used here is that MD ‎= 1 tile from target's true centre, and MD → X ‎means from MD to X tiles from target's true centre ‎(e.g. MD → 2 ‎= from MD to 2 tiles from target's true centre)

Note 2: Greater Ricochet PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (603) and Ricochet PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (604) behave the same.

Javelins (only main hand required):

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Unload PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (605) hits fast at MD → 3.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Piercing Shot PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (606) and Ricochet PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (607) hit fast at MD → 2.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Rapid Fire PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (608) and Snapshot PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (609) hit fast at MD.

Darts (only main hand required):

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Unload PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (610) hits fast at MD → 3.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Piercing Shot PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (611) and Ricochet PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (612) hit fast at MD → 5.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Rapid Fire PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (613) and Snapshot PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (614) hit fast at MD → 4.

Knives (only main hand required):

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Unload PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (615) hits fast at MD → 3.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Piercing Shot PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (616) and Ricochet PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (617) hit fast at MD.

Blowpipe (2H override):

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Dazing Shot PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (618) and first hit of Deadshot PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (619) hits fast at MD → 2.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Piercing Shot PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (620) and Ricochet PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (621) hit fast at MD → 5.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Rapid Fire PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (622) and Snapshot PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Ranged DPM Advice (623) hit fast at MD → 4.

Ability Information Resources

The following links contain information about abilities and auto attacks.

Ability Information

For accurate tooltips and information about specific spells (auto attacks) and abilities and how they work refer to #Ranged Abilities.

Ability Damage Maths

To calculate your ability hit damage in detail, click here.This is affected by factors such as your gear and other boosts.

Ability Hit Timings

To see detailed breakdowns on ability hit timings, click here.This refers to when hitsplats appear on your target.

Auto-attack Adren Gain

To see adrenaline gained with different auto attacks, click here.

For further information and reading, you can refer to the following resources.

Quick Navigation Links

Links to related channels and resources for more information about PvM and DPS.

Upgrades and Gearing

#Ranged#eof-specs#ammo-setups

Invention

#perks#perk-information

Misc. Info

#Ranged Abilities#auto-attacks#mechanics

Note: If you have any difficulties in using the tools or understanding what the information means, you can always ask in #pvm-help.

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