Okay I thought I would Explain everything about Stat and Affinity in one Go instead of repeating my self over and over.

I’m going to take this step by step so everybody Understand and know the reason why this is good and that is bad.

Stat:

There are 5 Stat (color leafs) Oora, Unda, Pyro, Widu , and Erda !!

Oora:
Strength + 3
Increase change of Critcast

Unda:
Health +20
Increase health recovery rate while not in combat

Pyro:
Int+3
Increase change of Critstrike

Wudi:
Int+1
Resistance +1
Increases resilience
Increase Critstrike Bonus damage

Erda:
Strength +1
Defense +1
Increases Accuracy
Increase CritCast Bonus damage

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Oora = if you planning on increasing the strength of the Ranger this is the place to put your points.
But Remember only 1 skill (first skill you get at lvl 3 this count for all classes) is physical and the rest are magical.
So is going to be a every boring game play if you choose to go strength.

Unda = Best place to put your point if trying to be survivable or damage Dealer.
Why because of affinity and the Hp bonus we get from unda stat.
We get damage and Hp all from 1 stat what more do you want

Pyro = This is where people go wrong.
The +3 int do help and increase all of your skill but affinity effect you skill more then Int the Higher you lvl.
So Pyro is not that good for us.
Only if you go Pure Damage build does pyro truly comes in handy (explain why later)

Widu = this is Defensive stat for us.
Why defense because we don’t really get any advantage from the affinity of widu because of the lack of wudi attack skills.(explain this later)
And the +1 int is worst then the one from pyro because is less then pyro XD.
Basically the Dodge and magic resist bonus is the real bonus we get from this skill.

Erda = Same as Widu and Oora but then put together.
For the defence people this is the place to put your points.
Not much to say here then the Accuracy and critcast bonus.
Since we get a accuracy buff at lvl 92 you don’t really need it …….but then again the lvl limit is 90 for now so this really up to you.
You an also catch a pet to buff your accuracy if you don’t wanna put points in this stat but still need the accuracy.
The Critcast is a good reason to Choose this element even if you only going to notice the different after you put about 15 to 30 points into it.

Note: CritsStrike is Physical
CritsCast is Magical
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Affinity:

This is the magical Circle above the stat (colour leaf)

What Does affinity do ???

Well Affinity Increase the D.o.p. off all skill of the same Type as the Affinity.
(Example: Unda Affinity increase the damage of Unda Skill)
Affinity (automatically) increase Every lvl and not just after every 5 lvl like your stat.
Remember affinity is the Magical Circle above your stat.

How to increase Affinity ??

Affinity also Increase when you add point in your Stat.
So basically add point to Unda increase the Affinity of unda.

Easy right

I Think Yashiro here explained how Affinity works a little better than me.

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Originally Posted by Yashiro – Fort Phoenix
well let it put it simply.. 1 int= 1 dmg, but 1 affinity can mean 10/20/30+ etc dmg depending on your level (at 4x 1 affinity in unda gives me over 20 dmg)
so while 1 in affinity only affects that particular tree of skills, n int affects all skills (apart from physical), affinity adds way more dmg per point spent.

Note: D.o.p. is Damage out put.

Oke now we look at the rangers Skill……more at ranger it self before we talk about Build.

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Ranger:

Ranger is a Range attacker like we all know.
We can Debuff opponent.
We get 3 AoE skills(specially for our class)
We can Summon
We have Great Self cast, party buff and passive Buff
We use 2 elements Unda and Widu

Now that we know that less look at there skill.
If you look at the skill You will notice one thing 6 of all our attack skills Are UNDA type skill (this include the aoe skill ) and if you look closer at the stat you will see that 2 of the Strongest attack skills ranger get are Unda type:
Fallen star and Sky Drop (I know the lvl limit is 90 and we get the skill at lvl 92 but that dont mean that Sky drop is not the strongest normal skill we get )

And what about the rest you ask??
Well the rest are Debuff skill wich are all Widu Type and have a long Cool down time and there are only 2 Widu attack skill and 1 widu Aoe skill.
(Remember we are talking about Rangers so Common Ethyr skill don’t count)
All other skill are Curse, buff, self cast buff ,party buff and passive buff.

OKe Now that we know some Things about the ranger less move on the Build talk he

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Build:

Int is Good in the Beginning of the game.
Affinity is better then Int From the moment you hit lvl 30 and up.

To be effective in your Role you can only max out 2 Stat points if you put more then 2 your Character will fall in the Hybrid zone of Average Damage and Average Defence.

Basic Build Unda/Widu:
Unda is the power house of the ranger since the te most spam able skills are Unda and the Strongest (+AoE) skill we get are Unda.
Thx to the stat of +20 Hp we also get a Max of 1000 Hp from unda.
Must better is Unda affinity that Increase the D.o.p of all Unda skill.
While Widu give the Dodge and magic resist you need to survive a bit longer.
(good build for pvp and pve)

Offensive Build: Unda/Pyro
Since unda is there for Hp and for unda skill and Affinity.
Pyro is there to Give Extra int to Unda Skills because unda don’t give int like Widu and because you don’t have many widu attack skill means losing widu affinity is not a big problem since we only really benefit from there defensive stat (dodge and magic resist) then there offensive ones.
(good build pvp for pve but more for pve)

Defensive Build: Wudi/Erda
In this build you want to spam Ethyr skill.
This is the most survivable build there is in the game
Giving everything from Int to Dodge to Defense.
This build is not common because people think we are damage dealer why go defense.
Well because this build Give almost all useful point and if you need extra damage you can get it from your gear.
remember that widu also give int also helping increase the damage you deal.
(good for pve and pvp )

Added Tip for Defence Build:
If your going widu/erda and you truly wants too have a little more damage then put your points in Pyro NOT in unda.
This is because it take time and alot of points before unda affinity kick in.
While pyro you will see the different the moment you put 1 point in it.

Note: These are the 3 most useful build I fond so far in my entire Close beta play through and experience.
There are more Useful build out there but I have not test them out my self so I cant say anything about them.

I hope this help the new players Under us and Some more experience player out there.
Anyways Don’t forget the most important Rules of them all heh.

Having Fun In the Game !!!!

Credits go to souldriver9.