I would highly suggest revising a few things about that DPS Schwarze, Vendetta’s mechanics leave it very lackluster, while I would suggest Rogue here over Fletcher (I highly doubt Fletcher will allow your crafted arrows to work for pistols), I would not suggest Ranger 3, furthermore when it comes to Ranger…
- Critical Shot - Requires a 2H bow, once your ranger/bow phase is done, you need to level this down, even while you’re a ranger it’s probably not the best bet given you’ll have lots of crit from Archer’s Swift Step Attribute
- High Anchoring - I’d dump here, but I would not priority max this, it seems strong, butt hey have to be roughly lined up. Unless you are with a psycho who has magnetic pole (who would prefer a Monk’s Sunray hands over you later on), you won’t get a chance to let this shine
- Barrage - I’m fairly sure this is only usable with a bow/2h bow/bow and shield however the skill simulator doesn’t state so at the moment.
- Steady Aim - This should be the only Ranger skill that will work as a Schwarze without having to switch weapon
Maxing Steady Aim should be your goal for going Ranger IMO if you want it for later on, the main reason would be getting a lot more damage in when you have a high AS already.
There’s a video of Schwarze being leveled to max level that uses Archer->Ranger->Sapper C2->Fletcher->Schwarze , I believe this video shows how with a Schwarze Sapper is basically all but the golden goblet, if you’re going to be forced to get off your mount for damage, you want it to be damage that sustains itself, given the damage the Sapper’s broom trap/ collar bomb does, I’d find it hard to go for Ranger instead (All of Ranger’s C2/C3 skills are bow only, and the only reason I can see for going Spiral Arrow is to get a class that has a very strong 2H bow skill hit later and using spiral arrow on it)
If you do decide to not go Schwarze later, but want to go bow (since the build is basically all bows until R6), I would suggest considering Oblique Shot’s usefulness over Steady Aim/Barrage (Great for leveling, a waste later if you’re not bows almost).
I’d consider playing around with the Sapper tree, Claymore’s will be pricey at first so won’t be used often, Stake Stockade doesn’t have a cost so that’s useful. Punji Stake is big damage for bosses but there’s a possibility getting the wood is hard. Detonate Mines is good but you need the traps there to detonate. Broom/Collar are basically must max for later on.
Assuming we’ll still be able to respec skills for almost free, I would probably take points out of Kneeling Shot ASAP. Rogue’s Capture should be usable while riding but would need to be tested, the rest of their skills can all work while using pistol so they should be the best of the R5 you can choose.
Schwarze skills I would mess around with based on attributes that we see.
There’s also the possibility of going Hunter, but that will depend entirely on if you can use half the commands while riding, if it gives you a second companion (one to ride one to command), etc.
