Ranking Every RANGER Subclass In D&D 5e

Pretty much all rangers are underrated. Fight me.

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[conduit]

Swarmkeeper is S tier simply for the ability to flavor your swarm as bats and annoy your friends by constantly saying, "I'm Batman" in a gravelly voice.

[DnDShorts]

all rangers are underrated, fight me.

Edit: plz don't fight me I'm weaker than I look

[Kevoman]

Note about Fey Wanderer: The extra damage is once per turn if you attack the same creature multiple times, but if you split attacks between multiple creatures, the extra damage procs again.

[TheWiTheun]

0:30 Beast Master
2:42 Drakewarden
3:54 Fey Wanderer
6:37 Gloom Stalker
8:08 Horizon Walker
9:49 Hunter
12:12 Monster Slayer
13:40 Swarmkeeper

[Comicsluvr]

My wife played a Swarm Keeper with a creepy vibe. Her swam was bats and she multiclassed into Arcane Trickster Rogue. Her Origin was Haunted One and her backstory included her family being wiped out by a vampire who bit her but she fought off changing completely. Many of the spells and abilities merged with the classic vampire abilities like Body of Mist and Charming people.

[ArchieNox]

The Swarmkeeper can also have a swarm of Velociraptors, as they are also a tiny beast.

[thecamarrow]

Something to note here about the Drakewarden with Drake Companion: It says that the drake's cosmetics such as its color, scale texture or visible effects from your Draconic Essence is determined by YOU. This makes it so much better if you use this to trick enemies or BBEGs in or outside of combat because you can have the drake look like a red dragon and then completely catch them off guard when the drake starts dealing cold damage. Makes it even more fun to play with tons of variety

[joshhammer]

Note about the Horizon Walker: that bonus action that increases your damage also turns all of your damage into force damage, which almost no creatures in the monster manual are resistant or immune to

[Daktangle]

Wow, I forgot Eragon was a thing...

On topic, Ranger's main issue was never really the subclasses, which have been pretty solid, it was the core class being iffy until Tasha's. That book has done so much lifting.

[TheMarkoSeke]

I've never played D&D, but I get the impression Tasha's Cauldron of Everything is the real MVP, am I wrong?

[sacherry]

A fun thing about the Fey Wanderer’s Beguiling Twist feature is that while you absolutely can use it after an enemy fails to charm/frighten you or your allies, you can also use it if your allies failed to charm/frighten an enemy.
So if that charm monster from your party’s Wizard failed to work, you can Twist it to charm or frighten another enemy within range. It’s not only a great defensive feature but powerful offensive one too

[HunterTracks]

About Fey Wanderer: Beguiling Twist is not limited to its original effect, nor to your allies. You can cast Charm Person, have the enemy succeed, and then proceed to scare them instead.

It's especially powerful with Summon Fey, because the Mirthful option has a free charm effect as its bonus action.

[jettblade]

I really like the Horizon Walker. I do wanna note that the attack that lets you do an extra d8 also completely changes the damage of that attack into Force. It may seem minor but can be really important because Force is one of the best damage types.

[thaisteezy]

Ranger is easily my favorite class, so I can't wait to watch this!

[jaceg]

I would say that the most powerful part of being an horizon walker is the one turn of etherealness, just straight up being able to phase through walls is amazing, at the very least it could be a silent knock, when you open the door from the inside, with the added bonus of being better then a dimension door, as you can peek in and then decide if you want to hang out on the other side of whatever wall you would be vibin behind

[BevIsGuilty]

Gloom Stalker ranger is so good, even when we aren’t in darkness or fighting at night, that initiative bonus and first round extra attack?? *chef’s kiss*

[Olav_Hansen]

Before watching everyone knows gloomstalker is strongest.

I think the drakewarden might actually be 2nd best, with easily the most fun flavouring.

[hannasophia]

I play a changeling fey wanderer. Usually I'm the DM and this combo still lets me roleplay a ton of different characters for social encounters, so fun ❤ also the damage is still pretty good!

[dustyfedora]

I think a fun way to improve the Hunter Subclass is to allow you to swap your choices out during a long rest akin to a kind of prep for what you think you might face or might need in the next encounter.

[fightingfalcon]

Bro, the ultimate negotiator: 17 Eloquence Bard/3 Fey Wanderer Ranger. You max out your WIS and CHA, take expertise in all CHA skills, then apply Glibness spell: your minimum CHA check for those skills is 37, and on a Nat 20, 42. Hell, even on spells that require a CHA check, like Counterspell, your minimum is 31 and max is 36