Practical builds is very quickly becoming my favourite series on the channel

Yeah, but who wants to play a stealthy archer...<checks 50 saved games in Oblivion and Skyrim>...never mind. 😉

I really appreciate that you give level by level changes on screen. This really helps follow along and try myself with a DnDB build as I watch and pause.

I really liked this character build deep dive, I could imagine myself playing this character and facing the wall at level 5 and putting in the roleplaying internal struggle to bounce back at 6 stronger than ever. Amazing video Chris!

I think it would be great if you had a section where you talked about how the build was to play. "It was really great at X because my XYZ abilities really worked well together. I could really deal with X threats pretty well throughout my experience. As for weaknesses however I did have problems with X and after thinking about it you could compensate via Y." Just a nice section about practically play experience with the practical build.

To be fair to ranged combat, melee builds can never really be expected to match their theoretical damage output due to sometimes being out of range / going down from damage or conditions. The fact that this build matches theoretical melee damage output is even more impressive than it looks

"Mage Slayer is the best feat in the game."
Agreed. Now go tell Dungeon Dudes that lol

I'm happy gloom stalker + assasin still works in 2025.

13:40 Having just watched Dungeon Dudes’ video where they gave Mage slayer a C rank this is pretty funny. Just goes to show that different people value different things😅

Who knew gloom stalker assassin would stay true as the quintessential good archer!

Gloomstalker & Assassin is like peanut butter & jelly, it just works. I won't bring up that the best way to he a good Ranger is to be mostly a Rogue.

This was basically my wifes character in our last campaign. Ended at level 16, and she was a Ranger Hunter, Rogue Assassin using the 2014 rules.  
She absolutely slaughtered mobs when she got surprise, she mercd a Beholder from Stealth before anyone else even went.

Missed opportunity to name it Roger, the Rogue-Ranger

The stealth archer was inevitable

Just as we all turn into crabs, so to shall all our PCs turn into stealth archers

Hey optimancers, for this stealth archer we're gonna start .... Paladin!

Loving the practical builds

I love how versatile this build is, given its variety of skills, the ranger spell list and cunning strike options, in addition to solid damage. Excited to try it out!

I know this won’t show up in DPR calculations, but 6th level ranger is actually quite useful for extra movement.  Plus 10 ft move along with climb and swim speed is nice for exploration.  Also gives your character a bit more of a ninja vibe.

the thumbnails really add a lot to the experience