Horde Breaker. Once on each of your turns when you make a weapon attack, you can make another attack with the same weapon against a different creature that is within 5 feet of the original target and within range of your weapon.
Can you use unarmed strike in wild shape?
You can make unarmed strikes while Wild Shaped, but they do normal unarmed strike damage. From the errata for the PHB: Melee Attacks (p. 195).
How many attacks do rangers get?
A dual wielding melee ranger may take up to 4 attacks, a ranged ranger or a ranger who is single wielding may take up to 3 attacks. Horde breaker allows you to make an extra free attack when there is an enemy within 5′ of an enemy you attack weather you are making a melee or ranged attack.
What’s the problem with Horde breaker Hunter Ranger?
Horde Breaker has the tiny problem that sometimes, encounters just don’t stick together. Enemies can scatter and move too easily, even moving through opportunity attack spaces to not be within 5 feet. Still, not bad at all.
How many attacks per round in Hunter Ranger 5e?
Once on each of your turns when you make a weapon attack, you can make another attack with the same weapon against a different creature that is within 5 feet of the original target and within range of your weapon. The other pretty good option. This lets you do decent crowd control, and get 3 attacks per round by level 5.
How to get Horde breaker on a greatsword?
You need to be adjacent to both targets, or willing to move a lot, in order to get Horde Breaker on a greatsword. With a bow or crossbow, you can make this work much easier if enemies are fighting in a line with each other, or in specific formations.
What’s the best defense for a Hunter Ranger?
Probably not many. Multiattack Defense is probably the best, melee or ranged. If you’re ranged, you can consider Steel Will, since you’re less likely to be attacked if you’re 90 feet away from the fight. Escape the Horde doesn’t do enough to make taking opportunity attacks enticing; you’re better off negating them entirely.
