If you can’t count on that being a regular issue, give it a miss and go for Colossus Slayer instead.Īt 7th level, you get another choice of three defense tactics:Įscape the Horde : Opportunity attacks against you are made with disadvantage. Especially good if you’re ranged, or being flanked it’s best for groups of small enemies. Horde Breaker is more situational than Colossus Slayer but much less situational than Giant Killer it lets you attack two creatures once per turn as long as they’re both within 5 feet of each other and within range of your weapon. Still, given how situational it is, unless your campaign suggests a lot of big kills, give this one a miss. Bright side: It works as long as you can see the enemy, so you can use ranged attacks, unlike in an opportunity attack. Giant killer lets you use your reaction after the enemy attacks to attack back, but this only works if the enemy is size large or bigger. This one is the top pick of the three for frequency of use. It’s by far the least situational of the three options, and as long as you can hold your attack until after someone else in your party attacks the enemy, you can inflict that extra damage on a predictable, routine basis. Ĭolossus Slayer allows you to inflict extra damage as long as your enemy has taken at least 1 hp of damage, once per turn. Click here to pick up your own copy of the Player’s Handbook!Īt 3rd level, you get to choose between three offensive skills: Colossus Slayer, Giant Killer, and Horde Breaker. The Hunter Ranger subclass is found in the Player’s Handbook. Do they fight lots of small creatures? Colossal giants? Do they focus on humanoids? Do they prefer ranged or two-weapon fighting? This will determine your best choices.

Especially if you use the “optional” Tasha’s Cauldron rules (which may well become “standard” rules when 5.5e is released).Īll the same, while you’re going through this list, think about what exactly your ranger is going to do. So, let’s make some highly-specialized hunters, and make something Fun, Flavorful, and Viable. They are one-use tools whose job is to specialize in the thing they’re best at. The key thing to know when building a Hunter Ranger -and rangers in general-, is that they Are not swiss-army knives.

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