Have you ever wanted to kill your enemies with jellyfish? Bees? Well, in 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Baldur's Gate 3🐲, that's now possible with Patch 8's Swarmkeeper Ranger. With versatility in mobility and damage, the is a highlꦜy mobile threat on any field.

That said, the Swarmkeeper takes a lot of getting used to and 😼can fall behind in performance against more mains✱tream ranger options, such as the ever-strong Gloomstalker. This build seeks to put the jellyfish on top.

Best Swarmpkeeper Ranger Races And Backgrounds

The Swarmkeeper will do most of its melee fighting with its swarms,📖 so martial-dominant races no longer have the edge here. Mobility isn't as important with access to free teleportation and 🃏Fly.

As such, races that give extra resistances, edges for your saving throws, and handy spells will be superior. Some of the best races for the Swarmpkeeper are:

• Strongheart Halfling - Acess to Lucky, Brave, and Poison Resistance.
• Duergar Dwarf - Poison Resistance, Resistance against Charm and Paralysis, Darkvision, , and .
• Forest Gnome - Advantage on mental Saving Throws (Wisdom, Intelligence, and Charisma), Darkvision, and Speak with Animals.

Backgrounds featuring a Wisdom or Dexterity skill will always serve you:

• Charlatan
• Criminal
• Entertainer
• Folk Hero
• Outlander
• Urchin

Dark Urge can benefit from being a Wisdom-based class thanks to the Medicine profic🅰iency. The Deathstalker's Mantle is very useful for this build (like any), but it can be redundant if playing a Duergar Dwarf.

Multiclassing As A Swarmkeeper Ranger

Any multiclass with a Swarmkeeper will need to be a class that plays into Ranger's high Dexterity and Wisdom. The first obvious choice is Druid.

Of the possible Druid subclasses, Spore Druids appear to have the most dangerous synergy with Swarmkeepers. With the ability to infect enemies, stall he💧aling, and raiꦰse the dead, these two subclasses can mesh well together.

For this particular crossbow-based build, investment into Fighter can also be beneficial.

• Champion can be useful, lowering your Critical Hit requirement.
• Arcane Archer feels like the first thought, but its Intelligence requirement for Arcane Shots means a stat realignment.

If you're investing in Fighter, your primary benefits are from Extra Attack and Action Surge.

Rogue Thief can also be used with the Hellfire Hand Crossbow, as hiding will allow the user to inflict Burning. With no requirement for Invisibility, one can trade the for something like the .

Best Swarmkeeper Ranger Spells

Picking spells for the Swarmkeeper is as straightforward as any Ranger subclass. is your main workhorse, with and being your zoning options.

Lightning A🐠rrow and Conjure Barrage will likely rarely be used, but they have u♚nique properties later on in Act Three.

If you aren't interested in another Level Three spell beyond Lightning Arrow, you might consider swapping Conjure Barrage for Pass Without a Trace for this Invisibili💞ty/Hiding-centric bu𒁏ild.

Best Swarmkeeper Ranger Ability Scores And Feats

Dexterity and Wisdom will be your two primary focuses for this bui🦋ld - and for just about any Ranger build.

• Dexterity will increase your Armor Class (AC), your chance to hit, and your damage output.
• Wisdom will affect your DC for Ensnaring Strike, Web, Faerie Fire, and Lightning Arrow (amongst your other choices).

You'll have three chances for an Ability Score and feat upgrade, and we recommend the following choices:

Crossbow Expert will allow you to use your dual crossbows anywhere a🎃nd at any time, and it is compounded with Sharpshooter for immense damage.

If you're already happy with your damage but feel yourself really struggling with mages 𒁃and saving throws in the late game, swap Sharpshooter with Mage Slayer.

As a Ranger, you'll also be given several choices for your Natural Explorer and Favoured Enemy types. We recommend the🦹 following:

• Favoured Enemy: Bounty Hunter (Level 1), then Ranger Knight and Keeper of the Veil (Levels 6 and 10).
• Natural Explorer: Beast Tamer and Wasteland Wanderer: Fire and Cold.

Naturally, your Fighting Style should be Archery.

Best Swarmkeeper Ranger Swarm Type Choice: Bees, Jellyfish, Or Moths?

As a Swarmkeeper, your most important choice will be your swarm type.

1. Bees deal Piercing damage and push enemies away.
2. Jellyfish deal lightning damage, remove enemy Reactions, and disarm enemies.
3. Moths deal Psychic damage and blind enemies.

You'll get the option to change this as you grow, but we find Moths to be the most useful, followed by Jellyfish for their utility.

Throughout any playthrough, there is a cle🐎ar distinction between the fre𒁃quency of damage resistances:

Moths are great for gener꧅al use, and jellyfish are especially stro🧸ng in the first act.

Additionally, jellyfish lightning damage is affected by the Wet condition, making it possible to double your swarm damage.

Mos🍎t Piercing resistant enemies are reoccurring enemies, such as Necromites, Skeletons, Scrying Eyes, Hellfire Watchers, and🅷 more. Most Psychic-resistant enemies are bosses.

Best Swarmkeeper Ranger Equipment

Equipment Type	Equipment Piece	Act Available	Effect	Method Obtained
Helm/Hat		2	Gain an extra +1d4 to Hit on attack rolls made against foes with , , , or .	168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Sold by Araj at Moonrise Towers.
Armor		2	Add your full Dexterity to your AC. ൩When r🐎estraining creatures with your attacks and spells, enemies have disadvantage against you.	Sold by Roah Moonglow at Moonrise Towers.
Gauntlets		3	Gain +2 to your🌳 Hit and Damage with weapon attacks. Additionally, your Streng𒅌th saving throws are increased by +1.	Sold by Dammon at Forge of the Nine.
Boots		1	Gain free cast of Mi꧙sty Step and cannot slip. We🍃arer cannot be Enwebbed, Ensnared, or Entangled.	Drop by 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:defeating Nere in Grymforge.
Cape	Cindermoth Cloak	3	Creatures 𒀰that damage the wearer are in✨flicted with Burning.	Dropped by Aelis Sirya💛sius in the Lower C🐭ity Sewers; he is amidst the grease mephits and blobs.
Ring #1		2	Allows you to cast and once per Long Rest.	168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dropped by Fist Marcus at Last Light Inn.
Ring #2		1	Deal +1d4 ꧂Psychic damage with weapon attacks while concentrating on a spell.	Ins𒅌ide a chest in the Inquisitor's Chamber in R෴osymorn Monastery Creche.
Amulet		1	Whenever you are healed, a𓆏pply Poison to your weapon and deal +1d6 Poison damage on your next strike.	168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dropped by Kagha in the Druid's Grove.
Melee Hand Weapon		1	Gain the ability to Sing (increase your allies' Hit chance and saving throws by 1d4🅠) or Shriek (enemies are struck for d4 Thunder damage for each hit taken). +1 is ꩵadded to your Performance checks.	168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pulled from a stone in the Underdark besides the Selunite Outpost.
Off-Hand Shield	Justiciar's Greatshield	2	Gain the ability to cast Darkness Cloak (Invisibility) as a bonus action. You receive Advant꧟age on Perception 𒆙checks and a reaction to knock enemies Prone when you are struck with a melee attack.	168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dropped or given by Lyrthindor in the Gauntlet of Shar.
Ranged Weapon	(Left Hand)	1	Deal an additional 1d4🌼 Slashing damage to Burning targets.	168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Found inside a chest in Grymforge guarded by hellsboar and a merregon.
	Hellfire Hand Crossbow (Right Hand)	2	Inflict Burning while hiding o༒r Invisible. Scorching Ray can b🐬e cast once per short rest.	168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dropped by Yurgir in the Gauntlet of Shar.

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This build focuses on using Invisibility to lay on Burning conditions on an enemy from an Invisible start, allowin𓃲g you to Restrain and Burn a t🌞arget simultaneously.

This is accomplished via the which allows a cast of (as well as the Justiciar's Greatshield if the ring has already been used) and the Hellfire Hand Crossbow which inflicts Burning when you're Invisible or Hiding.

When you can't turn Invisible or Hide, taking damage will also inflict B🐠urning for you with the Cindermoth Cloak.

Once Burning is placed, you🍌'll be able to do a huge amount of damage:

• - When is applied (a Concentration spell), you'll actually deal +2d4 damage every hit.
• - Whenever you are healed, you'll deal an extra +1d6 Poison damage.
• - Deals another +1d4 Slashing when attacking a Burning target.
• (Shriek) - Every attack also causes +1d4 Thunder damage.
• - A static +2 extra damage on every attack.

Altogether, that's +7-22 extra damage on every hit.

The will ensure, while Hunter's Mark is active, you'll land your hits for all this damage - as will the .

And finally, your will prevent you from falling victim to your own spells as well as a free when your swarm features are expired.

There is an alternate build potential with using the Duelist's Prerogative rapier. As this gives you an additional reaction, you'll be able to use your swarm attacks more often. However, this does come with the caveat of action econom🌌y conflict, as the rapier's Withering Cut contests your swarm for the react🐻ion slot.

How To Use A Swarmkeeper Ranger - Battle Tips, Strategy, And Analysis

A finalized Swarmkeeper Ranger should have a stat sheet similar to:

The Swarmkeeper Ranger is all about damage, damage, and more damage. Although they don't get as many actions as a Fighter, they deal damage by using their Reactions to control their swarms.

Since Reactions are the way Swarmkeepers deal damage and gain extra movement, they suffer in melee range where retreating enemies can ruin your strategy.

For the most success as a Swarmkeeper, staying in ranged combat and keeping distance will do the most for you.

At the beginning of any combat encounter, you have a few things to complete on your ch🐭ecklist:

1. Keep your distance.
2. Go Invisible and close into comfortable range for crossbows.
3. Attack with Gaping Wounds.
4. Lay on Hunter's Mark.
5. Attack again with a normal attack.

With your first attack, you'll be asked to use your Swarm. We recommend u🅷sing either their special feature or an attack, depending on your circumstance.

Your next round will 💮be determined by your eꦺnemy's strategy:

• If the enemy closes into melee: Use Phalar Aluve and attack with your bonus action. Continue attacking next rounds in melee.
• If the enemy stays at range: Continue normal attacks, using or if needed to prevent being swarmed by mobs.

Where possible, receiving healing from a teammate or through a healing potion will further increase yo🌞ur next attack.

If you ever find yourself overwhelmed, use your swarm's teleporting feature to increase your AC and get yourself out ꧙of direct melee. This will require an attack, which is where Crossbow Expert comes into play.

Thankfully, Web will prevent your enemies from chasing you easily. W🐼ith your Nightwalkers, i꧅t won't slow you down at all.

In conclusion: the Swarmkeeper is all about keeping on the pressure and making the most of any situation.

Let Hunter's Mark and your Swarm do most of your heavy lifting, and you'll 🤡find the Swarmkeeper putting out quick damage num🀅bers to make even Fighters jealous.