What do I use for DPS on Undead / Skellies on a pure ranged ranger build

[pappo]

I have an AA / Deepwoods ranger who does decent job with paralyzing arrows. I am following the White Feather Sniper build.
When I run across skeletons and some undead, I not sure of the best arrows for them when I have to change from paralyzers?
Any help for pure ranged rangers would be appreciated.

[unbongwah]

Depends what level you're at. Using Morphic Arrows will break slashing/bludgeoning DR on skellies and zombies. The best elemental imbue will vary, although I think Force always works. Among named longbows, good options are Silver Longbow (Holy) and BotSilver Flame (Holy Burst + Weaken Undead). Invest in Fort bypass: Precision should be on at all times, ofc, but also the DWS cores and Armor-Piercing gear; black dragonhide or Assassin Initiate would be my pick for mid-teens heroic armor.

EDIT: hasn't been updated in about a year, but the wiki page on monster DR is still useful. Frost Arrows are a bad choice for a lot of undead; Acid is good for everything but Brimstone skeletons.

[Rys]

Fifth tier of acid arrows lowers the fortification up to -15%

[Enoach]

Depending on level I'll look for a bow that adds extra damage, use the Silver Long Bow, Bow of the Silver Flame [Heroic/Epic version] (Applies a weakness effect)

I generally use Morphic with Elemental Arrow Stance and even use Undead Bane Arrows (Silver Flame Favor) or Flame Arrows (Some undead are immune to fire)

I think we often forget that the secondary effects of Arrows is one of the ways we can improve our damage

[unbongwah]

Fifth tier of acid arrows lowers the fortification up to -15%

Good point, although if he's following White Feather Sniper he's using T5 DWS not AA. But Enhancements should always be tweaked for whatever content you're actually running, which is why leveling guides should be treated as general suggestions not iron-clad rules.

[Enoach]

Good point, although if he's following White Feather Sniper he's using T5 DWS not AA. But Enhancements should always be tweaked for whatever content you're actually running, which is why leveling guides should be treated as general suggestions not iron-clad rules.

There is some truth to this statement. I know that while I'm leveling I'll reset my enhancements to maximize for the environment. But then I also switch my spells on characters that can at shrines/Inns and my Twists at Epic levels. All because there isn't a "Best for all situations"

[cdbd3rd]

Wouldn't CC crafting a Good+Bludgeoning bow be an option vs skellies?

[Arktanis]

No real purpose to craft a bow like that just for them. You have Morphic arrows to break DR of most undead in the game, and can use Force Arrows (which will also hit the wraiths that typically accompany them). I usually take Acid or Lightning arrows as the Tier 1 which also works in that case.

[Mindos]

I have an AA / Deepwoods ranger who does decent job with paralyzing arrows. I am following the White Feather Sniper build.
When I run across skeletons and some undead, I not sure of the best arrows for them when I have to change from paralyzers?
Any help for pure ranged rangers would be appreciated.

Why not just pick up a blunt melee weapon? Or two? Ranger gets a lot of Two Weapon Fighting feats FOR FREE! You don't "half too" be ranged all the time, do ya?

But if you wanna, you could use a different bow, such as:
http://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Ghostbane_Longbow or
http://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Lumric's_Longbow

[nimodoc]

keep in mind terror arrows work just fine on undead... its a pain in the butt chasing them around afterwards but still useful especially in solo runs. Also exposing shot lvl 6 DWS core removes undead and construct sneak attack immunity so if ur heavily invested in DWS ur dmg should be pretty decent for 4 seconds after

[pappo]

Thanks to all for their comments. I appreciate it.

[EllisDee37]

Just to toss this out there, if for some reason you can't or would rather not use morphic arrows to make your arrows bludgeoning, you have a couple named bows to choose from:

Greatbow of the Scrag
+2 Enhancement bonus
2[1d8] base damage
Blunted Ammunition
Red Slot
ML4 (!)

Bow of the Silver Flame
+4 Enhancement bonus
1[1d8]
Silver
Holy Burst
Weaken Undead
Blunted Ammunition
ML16


That greatbow of the scrag is insanely good. 2[W] like an epic weapon on an ML4? Just nuts. Slot in a ghostbane augment and go to town.