Ranger guide

Ranger is one of three professions in Phantasy Star Online Blue Burst. It consists of four classes, distinct by their high accuracy potential and use of ranged weapons. Rangers have a large toolbox for any gameplay situation and fit easily into almost every party composition.

Weapon specials are more manageable for Rangers due to their high accuracy potential. In addition to that, Rangers have access to powerful, unreduced multi-hit or multi-target weapons like ES Needle, ES Shot and ES Mechgun. This combination makes Ranger unmatched in utilizing weapon specials.

Classes

Classes

Class	Stats (Max)								Shifta Deband	Jellen Zalure	Traps	Status Effect & HP/Exp Steal	Devil's & Demon's % HP Cut
	HP	TP	ATP	DFP	MST	ATA	EVP	LCK
RAmar	1770	1114	1260	515	665	249	715	100	15	-	No	100%	50%/75%
RAmarl	1565	1480	1145	577	1031	241	900	100	20	20	No	100%	50%/75%
RAcast	2214	0	1350	606	0	224	699	100	-	-	Yes	130%	25%/45%
RAcaseal	2140	0	1175	688	0	231	787	100	-	-	Yes	130%	25%/45%

• RAmar - Highest ATA class with access to Shifta and Deband lv15. Easiest class to reach Hit% breakpoints.

• RAmarl - Second highest ATA class with Shifta, Deband, Jellen, and Zalure lv20. Has the highest base EVP (900) of any class, which makes it possible to dodge almost every physical enemy attack by equipping Red Ring and Stealth Suit.

• RAcast - Highest ATP but lowest ATA Ranger with Traps. ATA is still high compared to non-Ranger classes, and the ability to utilize freeze traps makes the disadvantage of having the lowest Ranger ATA almost negligible. HP cut weapon specials are reduced, while Paralysis weapon specials are boosted.

• RAcaseal - Highest DFP class--which can be a hindrance for multi-hitting attacks from enemies, dying instantly instead of being knocked down--with Traps. HP cut weapon specials are reduced, while Paralysis weapon specials are boosted. With slightly higher ATA compared to RAcast, RAcaseal is unmatched in paralyzing enemies.

Starting weapons

Vulcan (50% Hit) Charge/Berserk/Spirit - High burst, multi-hit, single-target, medium-range with long ending animation. Not great against enemies with high defense.

Arms (50% Hit) Charge/Berserk/Spirit - Multi-target weapon with long range, decent damage, and animation speed. Being able to hit 5 enemies at a safe distance makes this weapon your early choice of handling large enemy waves.

Spread Needle (0% Hit) - Fast animation speed, low damage, small range, and a special to paralyze enemies. Charge Arms and Baranz Launcher will always be the better option to damage enemies, but common use is paralysing against Girtablulu and Dorphon as they cannot be Frozen.

Frozen Shooter (0% Hit) - Long range rifle with a special that uses heavy attack accuracy instead and ignores activation chance of freeze specials. This will be your utility for freezing elite enemies that give you a hard time. Common use against Garanz, Delsaber, Ill Gill, Gi-Gue, Sinows, Delbiter, Mericus, Merikle, Mericarol, Gibbles, Astark, and Goran Detonator.

Heaven Striker (0% Hit) - Handgun with rifle range normal and heavy attack. Special attack with berserk special that has shot ranges. This handgun touts insanely high single-target attack damage. Especially effective against high defense enemies on which Vulcans perform poorly. Has a set effect with Striker Unit, enabling usage of Divine Punishment when the hundreds digit of the beat time is even. Commonly used in Episode 4 to deal with Gorans and Lizards. You'll be wanting to sphere this weapon once you have one with a comfortable amount of Hit % as this will be your go-to weapon to kill elites and bosses.

Cannon Rouge (0% Hit) - Strongest Bazooka in the game and can be used to hit Dubchic switches. Commonly used against bosses such as: Dragon/ Sil Dragon, De Rol Le/Dal Ra Lie, Barba Ray, Gol Dragon, and Gal Gryphon. Niche uses against Canabin Ring, Chaos Sorcerers, Gilchics, and Girtablulu.

Slicer of Fanatic - (0% Hit) - Entry level demon's weapon. A notable unreduced multi-target option. The accuracy glitch can be utilized reliably with this weapon, making it effective at all Hit % levels.

Range Weapons

Weapon	Targets	ATP	ATA	Special
Vulcan	1	20	12	Charge/Berserk/Spirit
Arms	5	140	33	Charge/Berserk/Spirit
Spread Needle	5	110	40	Seize
Frozen Shooter	1	250	60	Unique Freeze (See page)
Heaven Striker	1	660	55	Unique Berserk (See page)
Cannon Rouge	10	750	45	Chaos
Slicer of Fanatic	3	360	40	Demon's

Gungnir (50% Hit) Charge/Berserk/Spirit - Melee weapon used for enemy spawns larger than 5, up to 10 targets. Really good against Chaos Sorcerer Clumps because of the orbs soaking damage. Primarily will be used to kill Yowies and Satellite Lizards.

Excalibur (0% Hit) - Multi-target saber with berserk targeting up to 3 enemies and second strongest saber in game. Commonly used against Yowie, Satellite Lizard, De Rol Le, and Barba Ray. Due to this being a weapon unlocked after killing 10,000 enemies from Lame d'Argent, an attribute slot is lost. You can only have 2 Stats for this weapon and one is usually reserved for hit%.

Galatine (0% Hit) - Strongest single target melee damage. Used to kill elite enemies with high defense.

Daylight Scar (0% Hit) - Strongest single target with multi-hit.

Twin Blaze (0% Hit) - Gifoie Special to stop enemies charging such as: Dorphon, Zu, and Delbiter. Other use is for instant breaking traps.

Melee

Weapon	Targets	ATP	ATA	Special
Gungnir	10	180	32	Charge/Berserk/Spirit
Excalibur	3	950	60	Berserk
Galatine	1	1260	77	Spirit
Daylight Scar	1	550	48	Berserk
Twin Blaze	1	520	40	Gifoie (1-10)

Endgame weapons

Single-target guns

Demon Mechgun - Very Powerful on RAmar and RAmarl even after sphere'ing Heaven Striker. It'll melt most elites and works really good against Epsilon even on RAcast.

Vulcan (50+% Hit) Charge/Berserk/Spirit - High burst, multi-hit, single-target, medium-range with long ending animation. Not great against enemies with high defense.

M&A60 Vise (50+% Hit) - Same as Vulcans but +5 ATP and +3 ATA

TypeMe/Mechgun (40% Hit) - 10 ATP but 21 more Grind levels and 2 Less ATA than 50% Vulcans.

Heaven Striker (15-35% Hit) - Pistol with rifle range's normal and heavy attack. Special attack with berserk special that defaults back to pistol range but has auto tracking like the Rianov weapon-series. This pistol touts insanely high single-target attack damage. Destroys enemies with high defense where Vulcans cannot overcome. Has special interaction with Striker Unit. During even beat timer(1st number of the 3digit numbers located bottom right of menu screen), gives access to Divine Punishment. Popularly used in Ep4 to deal with Gorans and Lizards. You'll be wanting to sphere this weapon once you have one with a comfortable amount of Hit % as this will be your go-to weapon to kill elites and bosses.

Frozen Shooter (25-35% Hit) - Long range rifle with a special that uses heavy attack accuracy instead and ignores proc chance of ice specials. This will be your utility to freezing elite enemies that are giving you a hard time to kill. Common use against Garanz, Delsaber, Ill Gill, Gi-Gue, Sinows, Delbiter, Mericus, Merikle, Mericarol, Gibbon, Astark, and Goran Detonator.

Snow Queen (25-40% Hit) - Same use as Frozen Shooter. Special pierces and freezes everything it travels but can bounce off hitbox and cannot combo.

Hell Rifle (70% Hit) or Hell Sniper (65% Hit) or Hell Blaster (65% Hit) or Hell Laser (50%+ Hit) - I find myself using this really often in episode 2 where the map has enemies spread out often. If its a trash mob enemy in episode 2, it's usually able to be killed with Hell Special. Elite enemies in ep2 are resistant for the most part so clearing trash rooms with Hell is often preferred for faster runs.

Single Target Guns

Weapon	Target Range	ATP	Grind	ATA	Special
Vulcan	1	20	9	12	Charge/Berserk/Spirit
ES Mechgun	1	10	50	20	Hell/Demon's
TypeME/Mechgun	1	10	30	20	Charge/Berserk/Spirit
Frozen Shooter	1	250	9	60	Unique Freeze (See page)
Snow Queen	INF	350	18	60	Unique Freeze (Pierces) (See page)
Heaven Striker	1	660	20	55	Unique Berserk (See page)

Multi-target guns

Spread Needle (35+% Hit) - At 35+% Spread Needle is comparable to Arrest Needle and effective on RAcast and RAcaseal due to their bonus to paralysis specials.

Arrest Needle - Is favored over Spread Needle to Paralyze enemies on RAmar and RAmarl.

Hell Needle - Essential Episode 2 weapon, you'll want either this or Hell Shot to take care of grunt mobs with low EDK. Shorter range than the Shot but compensates with higher attack speed and excels in smaller maps.

Demon Needle - Really good on RAmar and RAmarl until you can get your Baranz Sphered up. Really good for groups of stronger enemies (especially Delbiters and Dorphons) and Girtablulu.

Berserk Needle - Not being able to have Hit % makes it difficult to utilize in multiplayer, but shines in One Player Mode on early area grunts.

Hell Shot - Essential Episode 2 weapon, you'll want either this or Hell Needle to take care of grunt mobs with low EDK. Slower to fire than the Needle, but compensates with longer range and can be pre-fired to hit incoming spawns with S2 or S3. Excels on larger maps.

Demon Shot - Really good on RAmar and RAmarl until you can get your Baranz Sphered up. Useful on niche spawns with scattered stronger enemies but requires positioning to hit them all.

Zalure Shot - Applies Zalure level 21 on hit (no accuracy check). Has limited use in parties with Forces, but can excel in One Person mode on every Ranger but RAmarl, or in multiplayer when a Force is not present.

Arms (50+% Hit) Charge/Berserk/Spirit - Multi-target weapon with long range, decent damage and animation speed. Being able to hit 5 enemies at a safe distance makes this weapon your early bread and butter for taking care of large waves of enemies.

TypeSH/Shot (40% Hit) Charge/Berserk/Spirit - 3 Less ATA than 50% Hit Arms but the Max Grind makes it stronger than Arms once fully sphered.

Baranz Launcher (50% Hit)- Slower and one less target than Shot weapon but huge increase in firepower. This will be your first or second weapon to sphere as you'll be pulling this out to kill mobs.

Cannon Rouge (25-60% Hit) - Strongest Bazooka in game and can be used to hit Dubchic switches. Commonly used against bosses such as: Dragon/ Sil Dragon, De Rol Le/ Dal Ral Lie, Barba Ray, Gol Dragon, and Gal Gryphon. Has other niche uses against Cave mobs (RAcast 50H+), Canabin rings (RAcast 60H+), Chaos Sorcerers, Gillchics, and Girtablulu.

Multi-Target Guns

Weapon	Target Range	ATP	Grind	ATA	Special
Spread Needle	5	10	40	40	Seize
ES Shot	5	10	125	40	Hell/Demon's/Zalure
ES Needle	5	10	70	40	Hell/Demon's/Arrest/Berserk
Arms	5	140	10	33	Charge/Berserk/Spirit
TypeSH/Shot	5	10	60	40	Charge/Berserk/Spirit
Baranz Launcher	4	240	30	40	Charge
Cannon Rouge	10	750	30	45	Chaos

Melee weapons

Excalibur (15-35% Hit) - Multi-target saber with berserk targeting up to 3 enemies and second stronger saber in game. Commonly used against Yowie, Satellite Lizard, De Rol Le, and Barba Ray. Due to this being a weapon unlocked after killing 10,000 enemies from Lame d'Argent, an attribute slot is lost. You can only have 2 Stats for this weapon and one is usually reserved for hit%. This is up there on your list of weapons to sphere.

Daylight Scar (15-45% Hit) - Strongest single target with multi-hit.

Galatine (15-35% Hit) - Strongest single target melee damage for RAmar and RAmarl, as it requires TP to use. Used to kill elite enemies with high defense.

Twin Blaze (0% Hit) - Gifoie Special to stop enemies charging such as: Dorphon, Zu, and Delbiter. Other use is for instant breaking traps.

Hell Scythe - This is a niche weapon only really for RAmar as his ATA is high enough to make use of a Hell Scythe against Lizards.

Melee

Weapon	Target Range	ATP	Grind	ATA	Special
Excalibur	3	950	0	60	Berserk
Galatine	1	1260	9	77	Spirit
Daylight Scar	1	550	25	48	Berserk
Twin Blaze	1	520	9	40	Gifoie (1-10)
ES Scythe	10	10	180	40	Hell

Sphering Priority

Really comes down to whatever you want and can get first but usually Baranz Launcher -> Heaven Striker -> Excalibur -> Cannon Rouge -> Daylight Scar -> Charge/Berserk/Spirit Arms.

Baranz Launcher - Baranz Launcher will be your go to weapon with its 230 ATP and hitting 4 Enemies. Having a set for all attributes will speed your run times immensely.

Heaven Striker - 30-35% Hit is recommended to keep value if you ever plan on upgrading. 30% Native / A.Beast and 35% Machine/Dark is ideal playing on RAcast comfortably to making combo kills. You'll find yourself swapping to this weapon picking off final hits often and destroys bosses.

Excalibur - 25-30% Hit is recommended to perform most combo kills. 30-35% if you wish to use all your Excaliburs across Forces too. 30% Hit Native and A.Beast and 35% Hit Machine and Dark.

Cannon Rouge - 25%+ Hit is recommended to retain value and is break point for RAcast to 100% land Heavy on Gal Gryphon. Really good to sphere A.Beast to take down De Rol Le, Barba Ray, and Gal Gryphon.

Daylight Scar - 40-45% Hit is recommended for sphering. Can Combokill Frozen Delbiters on RAcast.

Frames

Frame Name	Rarity	DFP	EVP	Elemental Resists					Req.	Classes												AE	Notes
				EFR	EIC	ETH	EDK	ELT		HUmr	HUnl	HUct	HUcl	RAmr	RAml	RAct	RAcl	FOmr	FOml	FOnm	FOnl
Dress Plate	9★	30	30	0	0	0	70	0	None	○	×	○	×	○	×	○	×	○	×	○	×	Yes
Black Hound Cuirass	10★	300-330	−200	2	2	2	2	2	Level 121	×	×	○	○	×	×	○	○	×	×	×	×	No
D-Parts ver1.01	10★	115-125	85-92	0	0	0	15	25	Level 51	×	×	○	○	×	×	○	○	×	×	×	×	No	+35 ATP
Stealth Suit	10★	1	300-325	0	0	0	0	0	Level 120	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	Yes	Prevents slingshotting (see page); character warps 5-7 frames faster
Aura Field	11★	235-285	134-154	0	0	0	20	20	Level 152	○	○	×	×	○	○	×	×	○	○	○	○	Yes	Slowly drains TP
Brightness Circle	11★	190-240	116-136	0	0	0	25	20	Level 111	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	Yes
Sweetheart	11★	176-226	164-184	2	2	2	10	10	Level 131	×	○	×	○	×	○	×	○	×	○	×	○	No	Weapon ATP increases near males; DFP decreases near males; set effect (See page)
Virus Armor: Lafuteria	12★	240-290	90-110	0	0	0	15	15	Level 156	○	○	×	×	○	○	×	×	○	○	○	○	Yes

Units

Heavenly/Battle - Best Battle unit with 40% increase attack speed.

Heavenly/Arms - Capping out your character's ATA is always priority to land more special attacks. Wear 1-3 and replace them with Cure/Units when they stop benefitting you.

V501 - Raises weapon special proc chance by 50% for Freeze, Shock, Paralysis, Confusion, and Instant Kill. Cheap effective unit for increasing Spread Needle's paralysis chance.

V101 - Same attack speed boost as Heavenly Battle but has added stats, between Hero/Ability and God/Ability.

V502 - Upgrade from v501 with 50% -> 100% Instant Kill increase on proc rate. Ideally, used with a hell weapon.

Cure/Freeze - Probably the most helpful Cure unit. Dark Falz Phase 3, Ep2 Sinows, Ep4 Merissa A, and Girtablulu I usually equip this unit for.

Cure/Paralysis - RAmar and RAmarl only. Used usually in Ep1 and 2 against Lilys.

Cure/Confuse - Good against Gi-gue and map with confuse traps.

Cure/Shock - Hidelts, Vol Opt, Ul Zol, and Shock Traps.

Cure/Slow - Rarely ever use this but Gilchic's autos and Dark Falz jump can slow

Resist/Devil - +15 EDK for Females to avoid Ob Lily (96 EDK) and Del Lily(92 EDK) instant death. Brightness Circle 25EDK + Anti-Dark Ring 60EDK + Resist/Devil is enough to fully resist every time.

Heavenly/Resist - +12 All Resist. Same as Resist/Devil but barely makes the cut at 97EDK to avoid instant death.

Barriers

Frame Name	Rarity	DFP	EVP	Elemental Resists					Req.	Classes												Notes
				EFR	EIC	ETH	EDK	ELT		HUmr	HUnl	HUct	HUcl	RAmr	RAml	RAct	RAcl	FOmr	FOml	FOnm	FOnl
Anti-Light Ring	10★	90	80	0	0	0	0	60	Level 30	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	Good against Dark Falz early level farming.
Ranger Wall	9★	70-80	145-155	15	15	18	0	0	Level 41	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	+20 ATA
Anti-Dark Ring	10★	20	135	0	0	0	60	0	Level 80	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Gods Shield "Kouryu"	11★	95	180	40	40	40	0	0	Level 101	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	Built-in PB/Create Good early game shield for tanking
Red Ring	11★	150-235	232-257	30	30	30	5	5	Level 180	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	+20 ATP, MST, ATA and LCK Restores 1 HP/TP every 15 seconds