Talk:Ranger/@comment-80.62.116.36-20160213140133

One of personal favorites for this Class is the High Elf(the playable race can either be a Unicorn fielding faction, or one with summon mana. Fey is a pretty good pick, as they can both build and upgrade unicorns and have summon mana 1+2. Also having a fairly tough and quick hero, who is able to bring out fairly tough and powerful units early in the game, is a great boon for the Fey).

For 20 mana, you can summon a powerful cavalry unit. A Unicorn at level 4(only require powerlevel 2, ie. 15 in nature magic) with 10 points in the Life Rune skill, have nearly 200 health.

Combine this with a few points in Lore(for more starting mana and a higher max), Running(mobility) and Taming(All monsters), and a good amount of Intelligence(20+), and you can summon several powerful cavalry units in quick succession(or produce them the regular way).

Due to the Rangers "non-caster" healthpool, and the class's mobility, you can make daring raids on bases and skirmish with enemy armies. Many mana regen items lower movement speed, something you can negate with the Running skill. As such, after the 20 or so Intelligence, you can invest in Charisma, Strength or Dex to either be a more efficient commander or melee combatant.

Sure, a Wood Elf would be able to something similar with Treants, but Treants are much slower(both in terms of mobility and attackspeed), and cost much more mana.