After having finished Hell difficulty with my HC Frenzy Barb (he managed to solo Hell in less than 4 hours), I was looking for a more challenging task for my next solo project. When reading Ian's ideas about a low level throwing barb I started to think about a Ranger. Equiped with a Kuko, he should be ready for Hell difficulty at lvl 33 already.

My first plan was to (self-)rush him to Hell and start the solo trip their, but that's a bit against my principles and I decided to let him do all the quests through Normal and Nightmare himself.

Plans so far for Lvl 33:

Kuko
Sanders Riprap (+5 Str +10 Dex)
Twichthroe (+10 Str +10 Dex)
Crafted knockback gloves

Str: 53 (25+13+15)
Dex: 49 (20+9+20)
Vit: 173 (25+32*5+10-13-9)
Eng: base
Life: 638+equipment (55+32*2+173*3)

10 Holy Shock
4 Conviction
4 Salvation
1 Blessed Aim (to help out early on)
5 Prereq
16 unused

That means not a single skill point in the Combat Tree (nothing usefull for a Kuko Ranger here), and the final str and dex is already reached at
lvl 6.

Starting Gear:

Arctic armor, gloves and belt
Hsarus boots
Kalims flail/Berserkers Axe
Pelta Lunata
Berserkers helm

Upgrades:

2x Nagelring (lvl 7)
Arctic bow (after I manage to get 55 dex)
Angelic Wings/Halo (lvl 12)
Blue ring with +91/+5% AR
Iratha's helm (lvl 15)