I prefer the higher saves and the extra spell slot from wisdom at 18, but yes you can just take wisdom to 14 and do 14 str if you want and throw some points into con. We only get extra damage from strength on composite bows, so with the 14/14 split you're gaining 2 damage and some carry weight. Really just whichever floats your boat, it'll play about the same either way.

I told myself I can't buy WotR until I finish Pillars of Eternity 1 and 2, you're making it really hard for me to keep it that way with these vids, man.

finally a nice straight forward build that does not require changing classes 3 times, i have always had a perchant for 'pure' classes, i will definitely give this a try

Tbh, this class/archetype has a real synergy with the main story. I'm playing an Aasimar, and I'm really feeling the whole "Fantasy Joan of Arc: Divine Purifier & Instrument of Justice" vibe.

The Demon Slayer is a hilariously no-downsides archetype for a game that's like a good 75% SLAYING DEMONS. If you were playing a Ranger you'd likely want to pick demons quickly in any case, and no other Favored Enemy would hit nearly as many use cases.

The Cheetah is actually really really good. They get Trip AND pounce and with feats they get their Dex in addition to Str and instead of Str so they get their very high Dex mod twice. Also it upgrades before 7 and is Small/Medium so it fits inside a lot better.

So i posted my melee ranger build in a conversation under the last build video. So I thought i'd copy and paste it here, for anyone that's interested. "Ranger is also very good (especially demonslayer). You get a lot of skills (one less than the rougues, but they are the only ones who get 5 per level), an animal companion at level 4 (which you can ride. I recommend the smilodon for max dps). Going with two weapon fighting as your combat style, also lets you dual wield without investing in dex. For a melee dual wielder go something like Str 18 Dex 12 Con 14 Int 10 Wis 16 Cha 8. Pick any race you want, as long as you get a bonus to your strength. Human is probably the best (extra feat, plus 1 skill point per level). Important feats are: Power attack, Boon companion (as soon as you get your companion), Outflank (also get this on your companion. You'll need to raise its Int to 3 to do so, but it will be permanently active when you are mounted for both of you), Shield bash and shield master (they let you use a spiked shield effectively as a offhand weapon, which boosts your ac. You can skip them, but i like the image of mounted characters fighting with sword and shield). If you invest into mobility also consider Mounted Combat and Indomitable Mount to boost your pets survivability. For your combat style take two weapon combat and pick two weapon fighting, improved two weapon fighting and greater two weapon fighting as soon as you can. For your mythic feats and abilities choose two weapon fighting (mythic) and power attack (mythic) as well as mythic beast and leading strike. Play any mythic path you want. Compared to a rouge you should have more mobility/movement speed and survivability through your animal companion (enemies should prioritize your pet over you as long as you are mounted). I don't know which one does more damage, but i never felt like my ranger lacked dps. Rogue however gets one more skill points per level (don't know how important that is to you). The only thing i'd add is that you only get your companion at level 4 and that you can only ride it at level 7, but you should reach level 4 in act 1 and level 7 before you even choose your mythic path(you level up quite quickly early on). So you can ride your companion for most of the game. Also don't dual wield before picking up the associated feats. It will ruin your accuracy. Feel free to ask if you have any questions. Have fun!"

I finally got the game and was building out a character and got overwhelmed at the ability points. Was looking up guides for AP and Traits and lo and behold, you have a guide that had literally all of the things I had selected up to the the AP screen 😂 Thank you so much 🙌

I love the build variety in WOTR, and keep wanting to replay it to try different builds (I've completed it once so far). My problem is I can't bring myself to play through the same linear story again (even though it is possible to make a lot of different decisions, it still feels 80% the same). I keep restarting now but not getting very far with my repeat runs. I would love a game that combined WOTR's character build possibilities, it's combat and companions, but with a more open sandboxy feel.

Yes! I hope you do more of these because WotR seems like a game I'll be playing for years on end.

Just picked up the game and this looks like the perfect build for me. I went for Human and took Wis to 16 and Int to 12 just for some skills though. I got weapon focus Longbow for the extra feat.

The hunter was always my favourite class in WoW (yeah yeah I know, mine and everyone else's) and this looks like a nice version of it specific WoTR, with some lovely turning demons into pincushions.

I made myself a set of Illidan Stormrage portraits, and choose the demon slayer. Weapon of choice is dual-wielding that shuriken thingy.

I'm a new player and was hunting around for an archer build and got into my head that I would be a demon hunter. I now find out that Demonslayer is an actual class XD. Doing a small handful of changes. The cruel nature of faultspawn didn't sit well with me, especially cause I was aiming more for a good character so I went plumekith which actually gave me a couple extra points that I threw into strength. I haven't fully decided on mythic path cause I'll be picking primarily for rp reasons, rather than abilities. I figure Azata, angel, and gold dragon are all tempting options for the type of character I want to be.

Very nice build. An idea for a mythic path is the Trickster. They can critical hit 100% of the time plus stack critical feats for insane damage.

Thanks! This will be the build for my first time playing WotR.

Plumekith Aasamar is also a viable race for this build. Although you get ugly metallic hair and no horns or tail.

I really appreciate you going through the feats all the way, noticed how that is not the case with the sword saint and you happened to be the guy that made me wanna roll one so since I also like ranger think I'll try that since there is clear direction where to go , thnx brother

This is perfect for my upcoming tiefling run. Thank you!

Leopard is also a good companion pick. Can be built as a trip bully.

I'm only in Act 3 on my Gendarme Cavalier, but this is making me want to restart as a Demonslayer ranger, or your Stoneheart slayer 😁

I always like rangers. Gonna start on PlayStation 5 on Friday

Thank you so much, this helped me a lot ^^

This is an awesome class to play. I found the game much better to play as this class. Thanks! Only change I made is to paly as a dwarf.

5:50 You can also use leopard

I like how I can literally copy every single choice you've made on every page, and yet I get a red thumbs down for "Point Blank Shot" instead of your green thumbs up. No wonder it's so easy to make a bad build in this game especially when the interface will just randomly lie to you.

Totally running this on my second playthrough

you know what I think I WILL wander in wisdom thanks

Ok yeah this looks perfect for my first playthrough on my first ever pathfinder game. So nice to have something to reference when nothing in the game makes sense to me yet. Also, I love animal companions and I love dragon companions. Is it ok if I pick something like bear though for a companion for flavor?

Cool build as always. I would suggest not having your main stat start at an even number unless you're going legend path. Having your main stat end on an odd number just means you coulda spent more points at character creation on con or something. Again love your videos, just a build suggestion to squeeze more power in by level 20

Demon Mythic Path with a Demonslayer would be hilarious :D

Blind Fight is excellent against concealment (rerolling miss chance) of enemies, like blur, displacement, invisibility, etc.!!! Even if your archer goes blind, he/she can still kick ass! Nb: yes, it works with ranged weapons in WotR, even if the description says "melee".

Why does it say that point-blank shot is non recommended feature for me? I chose everything identically to your build.

I did stormwalker /dragon fighter build, love it, was my second..

Good to see build videos again

It would be great if you had a spreadsheet of the build.

Yeah boy just got the ps5 edition cant wait to get in i had the ps4 version but then got my ps5 staight after so i stopped playing but so happy they released a ps5 version

why wis 18? 14 makes us able to cast all ranger spells, wasnt better to allocate rest in str for composite bows?

What are the best companions to have on your team for Demon Slayer?

Now it is a tough decision if you want to run a great archer whether to build this Ranger, a Zen Archer/Faith Hunter, an Eldritch Archer/Eldritch Hunter, or a Rowdy Rogue. Could you compare them?

Just out of curiosity why no mention of the Deadly aim feat?

I'm very new to the game and still learning.. this has all been really helpful but what's recommended for this build when allocating skill points going forward (from level 2 onwards) ? Do I just stack on top of stealth, lore and perception?

I respec’d Lann into a demon slayer, inspired by this video!

Do you have a build for the smilodon I'm afraid of messing it up 😅

Why is precise-shot not recommended now (by the game I mean)?

Thank you

i'm addicted to making characters so that said i made a gnome raptor rider demon hunter it's rather fun but you do loose a bit of damage due to the character size penalty

I would probably even out Int to 10 and 12 str, dropping the wisdom to 14. Minimum needed for all the ranger spells and they don’t get as much as the Paladin does out of turbo charging their casting att.

Wander in wisdom. I like that. Thanls 😜

This might be a dumb question but can you use this build with crossbows as well? I prefer the flavor of being a "Van Helsing" style hunter as opposed to using a longbow and was wondering if all the feats are strictly for longbow/shortbows, or if crossbows also get the same perks.

Honestly leopard is the best animal companion unless it been nerfef from Kingmaker

What deity should i choose?

I would ha e put some points in mobility there is a bow that adds half your mobility to damage. I wonder how you would make a demon slayer vital strike user. With the high bonuses he could easily hit and with quarry he could crit any threat roll... could be nice. I wonder if you get secondary natural attacks when you use vital strike then you could make a motherless and get a bite on top... just wondering.

I did every thing followes a guide to get all the mythic paths and it would only let me pick mythic knght were have i gone wrong

When do you get quarry and you can choose not fiendish? I’m just at the chapel looking for my party

Im attempting to replicate thisa build and the "point blank shot" feat is coming up as a non recommneded, but your vid shows the opposite. what did i miss?

I do love this build. Its a damn powerhouse!✊ gonna play your demon dancer (i think it was dancer) on my next run 🙂 good show sir!

free comment - regular build.

Why you dont use Deadly Aim? I tried it with Arushelai and it gave a lot of dmg for a small penalty that easily compensated with Fav Enemy and Quarry.

One thing i don't get is.. like when i make this character he shows me that blank shot is a thumbs down.. why is that ? I mean its literally the same build

Wait, have they fixed the Demon Slayer bug by now?

Thx for this build guide. I was looking for something like this because I dislike all those take one level of this class for that feature and then 3 level of that class for X and so on. Giving you a mathematical good character that makes no sense background wise. I know I won't reach some of those extrem numbers with "pure" builds but I really don't care to clear this game on unfair so why min max to the extreme? If I may ask, what would you take as a second class if you would go legend with this build instead of Azata? Zen Archer maybe? Or fighter?

What mythic path should I go and what should I choose?

Thanks for all the videos (Builds and reviews) they are really helpful! Could you please make an Azata Sword Saint Build? I´ve been looking everywhere but can´t seem to finde a good one online.

would you say legend could be a powerful trade off? like maby add fighter for all the weapon specific feats.

Why ignore deadly aim?

Demonslayer can be really stong. I've build Wenduag this way once or twice but I do think it would be fun to do as my Main Char

This is awesome! However could you please do a Bloodrager Angel or Gold Dragon high DPS build? There's a big dearth of high dps builds for Bloodrager out there

Why No weapon specialasation/focus in this build though? i do get you got hunter but doesn't it add up with damage?

During the beta I was able to thinker a bit an I found out that the mythic weapon finesse applied to ranged weapons and it applied your dex to dmg with bows etc, would you be able to confirm if that is still the case? Cheers.

Hey does anyone have an Str build tweak to this

Potentially dumb question, but is it correct to assume that a build you designated as good for "Core" or "Hard" will also work well on easier difficulties?

why I got -4 penalty in my atak in every combat when enemy is in combat with OTHER character.

I wish there was a character planner website or app--sometimes it's hard to tweak build ideas in the game itself

Hi. As human what the ideal start stats? Or it isn’t to much important?

10 STR and 18 WIS? Curious why so high WIS when only getting level 4 spells thus need only 14, while STR adds to your composite bow damage? :)

Can this be adapted to a 2 weapon fighting style like say Drizzit Do'urden?

How are you hitting level 10 by the assault on Drezen? I keep hearing people saying do lepers smile at level 8 as well and I barely hit level 7 trying to get there.

Can you choose any mythic path with this build I’m having a hard time deciding on one

How much dex and wisdom at l20?

When does a Ranger get an Animal Companion?

Is there any prefered alignement for azata?

From a pure optimization perspective kitsune with master shapeshifter is the strongest race for this character.

Reverse str and dex ifn ye want melee instead?

Does this build get sneak attack?

Why 18 wis over just keeping it at 14-16…? I’m obviously not anywhere near as knowledgeable as you are, I actually just recently picked up a laptop mostly to play Wrath because of your videos and playing Kingmaker on both my PS4 and PS5 was just too buggy and crashed all the time but I loved the pathfinder system for builds etc. I’ll digress but for example with a Aasimar Plumekith your stat spread could be 14 20 14 10 14 7… as Teifling Faultspawn 14 20 14 8 14 7… also I like invisibility with the Aasimar over Hideous laughter because that way I can scout ahead as a ranger(how I roll play the character) I’m playing core pretty much but I changed it so I can retrain and negative effects are removed after a rest(I hate using consumables unless during a fight…🤷🏻‍♂️). Sorry for the ramble but is the higher wisdom needed for saving throws later in the game…? I’m early enough in my play through that I could easily start over but I don’t want to be kicking myself or forced to lowering the difficulty to get passed certain parts just because I screwed up at character creation… My second play through I was wanting to build an Arcane Trickster but I was going to dump wis in favor of having a lil charisma for persuasion and use magic device checks… I enjoy your builds and guides because it seems to be rooted in common sense and roll playing more so over just min maxing to the extreme or multiple level dips in 4-5 classes like you can see some people do… plus I’m not looking at playing anything higher then core with the few tweaks I mentioned… I would appreciate any other feedback from any other experienced players too… I know I may be over thinking it but I built a similar build in Kingmaker but with only using 12 wisdom and higher strength because I know from my D&D experience that ranger’s spells aren’t all that good… I was smashing everything pretty much all the way through but need to retrain some party members because I pretty much made Octavia an archer with her feats and gave Valerie a bunch of power attack and cleaving abilities over defensive ones 🤦🏻‍♂️ but to me that’s part of the fun and strategic thinking that makes these games good. Sorry for novel I wrote but I appreciate the content and your able to continue to grow as fast as you are! I’ve been here watching, liking and very rarely if at all commenting on your videos since you had under 10k and your guides helped me through DOS2!

As much as I am enjoying this game I have 95 hours on it, and I am early in chapter 4. I don't see how i will ever try different builds. I made this character, a demon slayer azata and it's not as effective as it should be, but I don't know the system and and don't have the patience to look it up. My only complaints about the game. IF I ever do a second playthrough I'll likely be perusing your builds, since I don't want to spend hours reading through everything.

Now just romance Arueshalae and you also become a demon’s layer. Not sorry.

Nice, didn't expect another build video now! I wonder if you are going to do any Sorcerer builds.