Animal is a good choice for favored enemies at the very beginning as well. They are pretty common in this game. As to hardest enemies, they might be: magical beasts, dragons etc.
Can you change your favored enemy 5e?
You have significant experience studying, tracking, hunting, and even talking to a certain type of enemy. At 10th level you may select to replace the favored enemy you selected at 1st level, though you do not gain a language for this shift.
How do you use favored enemies?
Favored Enemy grants +2 to damage rolls against the chosen creature type. At 5th level and every 5 levels thereafter (10th, 15th, and 20th) the Ranger selects an additional creature type from the favored enemy list and his damage bonus against all favored enemy types increases by 2.
What is a favored enemy?
What is favored enemy DND?
Favored Enemy You have advantage on Wisdom (Survival) checks to track your favored enemies, as well as on Intelligence checks to recall information about them. When you gain this feature, you also learn one language of your choice that is spoken by your favored enemies, if they speak one at all.
Does favored enemy do extra damage?
You gain all the benefits against this chosen enemy that you normally gain against your favored enemy, including an additional language. Your bonus to damage rolls against all your favored enemies increases to +4.
When does a Ranger get a favored environment?
At 5th level and every five levels thereafter (at 10th, 15th, and 20th level), the ranger may select an additional favored environment from those given on the table and gains an identical bonus on the appropriate skill checksin that environment.
Is there a revised version of the Ranger?
If this iteration of the ranger, or a future revision of it, grades high enough, our plan is to present it as a revised ranger in a future D&D sourcebook. Players can select the original ranger or the revised version, though DMs will always be free to use only one or the other.
When to swap out the standard class feature for a variant?
If you prefer the variant to the standard class feature, ask your game master if he approves of your swapping out your class feature for the variant version.
What’s the balance between the standard class and the variant?
The balance between the standard class and the variant is up to the game master. Instead of selecting a type of creature against which to apply a bonus on certain skills and damage rolls, the ranger selects a specific natural environment and gains bonuses when in that environment.
