B-TIER | BUILD RANGER FARSTRIDER (@ascensionsidekick) | ASCENSION CoA

Build Ranger Farstrider Ascension CoA
Farstrider
Party buff auras Falcon summons Ranged burst

Farstrider turns wilderness knowledge into party value: group-wide mobility and Horn buffs ready before every fight. It's the utility Ranger — the one who sets up every pull and keeps the group moving.

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Share your opinion on this spec: rate it across 4 game situations. Once enough votes come in, the community score influences the tier shown in the build rankings.
📊 Build
🏰 Dungeon
3.8
A
🐉 Raid
3.8
A
🥊 Arena
3.8
A
🌍 BG & Open World
4.0
S
WEIGHTED TIER B
5 votes
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Dungeon
Raid
Arena
BG & Open World
Signature Spell
Dream Flowers

Your damaging crits spawn a Dream Flower: an ally who walks over it heals up and gets a burst of movement speed.

Retail Feel

The closest retail analog is Augmentation Evoker: like Aug, its identity is built around empowering allies' output (the Horns' haste/crit auras, Battle Screech's attack buff) while still doing solid personal ranged damage on its own Advantage loop, with only minor incidental healing rather than a real healing rotation.

Role, tiers & resource
C
Dungeon
Raid representationPresent in 1.4% of mythic dungeons, i.e. 0.57× its expected share
C
Raid
Raid representationPresent in 11.5% of mythic and ascended raids, i.e. 0.44× its expected share
B
Arena
Expert opinionEvaluated by the Kami Labs team — August 5, 2026 (watch the video)
A
World Battlegrounds
Community voteAverage of 5 player ratings
RoleRanged DPS / Support
Primary statAgility
ResourceFOCUS

Why is this spec not rated like the others?

Combat logs only rank damage and healing. This specialisation does neither as its main job: it supports the group.

Its rating therefore answers a different question: is it brought to raids?

11.5%representation
26.3%expected share
×0.44its share

Across 1587 fights of mythic and ascended raids with at least 90% of the roster known.

The expected share is what a spec would get if slots were split at random between those competing for them — a tank and a damage spec are not after the same number. Above ×1 it is brought more than its share; below, less.

This rating never exceeds A: it describes what groups choose, not what a specialisation produces. A spec can be strong and rare.

Why is this spec not rated like the others?

Combat logs only rank damage and healing. This specialisation does neither as its main job: it supports the group.

Its rating therefore answers a different question: is it brought to raids?

1.4%representation
2.5%expected share
×0.57its share

Across 2158 fights of mythic dungeons with at least 90% of the roster known.

The expected share is what a spec would get if slots were split at random between those competing for them — a tank and a damage spec are not after the same number. Above ×1 it is brought more than its share; below, less.

This rating never exceeds A: it describes what groups choose, not what a specialisation produces. A spec can be strong and rare.

Ranking updated on August 29, 2026

The tree run at the highest difficulty. Read from 10 Farstrider Rangers who clear raid bosses in Ascended, of whom 2 have since switched specialisation and 2 were last recorded in a dungeon, leaving 6. 32 of its 52 talents are identical across all 6, so they agree on the bulk of it and part ways on the rest. Recorded on 16 August 2026.

This specialisation is not ranked: the logs record damage dealt and healing, never damage taken or mitigation, so no performance ranking exists for it. These players were picked on the difficulty they clear, not on a score. The 56 points are a fixed budget, so no tree can take everything. The most common picks left out of this one: Crippling Shot 83 %, Lethal Cunning 67 %, Command Aura 67 %.

These talents are a PvE configuration. The Arena and Battleground grades shown above rate the specialisation’s PvP potential, not this tree.

Stat Priority
PvE
Hit Rating (to land proc/utility triggers) Agility Critical Strike Haste Armor Penetration
PvP
Resilience Stamina Hit Rating Agility Critical Strike
Build Abilities
Class Tree
Guise Double The Pace Endurance Training Bloody Focus Elusive Character Surefooted Adrenaline Rush Survival Kit Blur Survival Expert Guile of the Ranger Crippling Shot Briar Veil Knockout Grace Woodland Adept Improved Waterskins Survival Potion Rapid Strikes Pinpoint Accuracy Deft Hands Snapseed Resourceful Cutthroat
Specialization
Hunting Tactics War Falconer Horn of War Blow the Horns! Falcon Charmer Thread The Needle Frenzy Battle Prowess Guidance Defense of the Ancients Gutpiercer Battle Screech Emerald Arrow Highlander Plumes of War Cunning Whipvine Arrow Horn of Alacrity Woodland Arrow Falconstrike Quel'dorei Poison Phoenix Plumes Falcon's Call Forest Herald Windrunner's Reach Falcon's Aid Razorquills Dragonhawk Tamer Forest Fighter

See also: all Ascension builds · the talent builder

Talent data: ascension.gg · Spec tiers & analysis: ascensionsidekick.com
Editorial rewrite, interactive talent tree, tooltips and fact-checking: KAMI LABS