UAC ambushing ranger

[celtani]

(xposted from the officials)

Considering rerolling my monk into a ranger for RP and also power reasons. I was hoping for a little advice on a build that kept her UAC-focused, but maybe added in being sneaky. Something like:

2x brawling
1x dodging
1x PF
2x S&H
1x ambush
1x spells
1x HP
1x CM (at least early on)
armor to brig or so
1 rank TWC
climbing, swimming, survival, etc.

Am I missing anything critical? Is 1x ambush enough? Never had a ranger or a stealth-focused character before. Any advice would be helpful. Thanks in advance.

[Mumblz]

in order to tier up using an ambush, you need to max your ambush or you may jump out of the shadows and stay 'decent' against like leveled opponents.

[Aluvius]

Drop ranks of TWC for more ambush. You get a decent bump with just 1 rank, another nice bump at .5x and a decent bump up to 1x.

[Jeril]

Um, every rank after .5x is only .1 offensive DS, it isn't that great.

[celtani]

Yeah, I only have 1 rank in the build, but I agree that if I had more I'd want to cut it.

Seems like the general feedback is that I'm really going to want 2x Ambushing (especially early), so I think I'll try skipping CM for a while. Only really want smastery anyway. Thanks for the advice, guys.

[Aluvius]

Oops, yeah I see that now. I skimmed over it and thought you were 1x TWC :)